ACTS: The Church In Action
halfway christianity/low-octane faith
Chapter Nineteen

INTRODUCTION: Chapter nineteen speaks to all those who have started on their walk of faith and then stopped growing in Bible knowledge and spiritual experience.  This chapters warns us against carnal Christianity and half-hearted commitments in receiving all God has for us.


one man with an incomplete message (18:23-28)
  1. Apollos was a mighty intrument in God's hand.
  2. Apollos was limited which caused others to be limited.
  3. Apollos had a three-fold message:
    1. Forgiveness on the basis of repentance
    2. Water baptism was necessary
    3. Expectancy on the truthfulness of Scriptures. 
Twelve men with an insufficient filling (19:110)
  1. The importance of declaring the reality of the Holy Spirit (19:1-2)
  2. The importance of humility in receiving the Spirit (19:2-4)
  3. The importance of administering the Spirit (19:5-7)
  4. The importance of permitting the gifts of the Spirit (19:6)

seven men with inadequate power (19:11-20)
  1. Facing demonic forces without divine power (19:13, 14, 19, 20)
  2. Facing life powers without supernatural grace (19:15, 18)
  3. Facing demonic attacks without supernatural protection (19:16)
  4. Facing demonic destruction without supernatural restoration (19:16)