ACTS: The Church In Action
communicating our faith
Chapter Twenty Five & Six

INTRODUCTION: The Church is presently having a great difficultly communicating with society.  It's ironic that the world, having matered the art of communication, has little to say.  On the other hand, the church, exploding with content, has yet to learn how to communicate effectively.  Paul by his example in Chapters 25 and 26 teaches us how to be the church in action and communicate effectively with our culture.


seizing the moment
  1. Current Opportunities (25:23-27; Col 4:5; Jn. 4:35)
    • Seeing the potential in the problems
  2. Communicating with insight (26; I Chron. 12:32)
    • Seeing the questions before they are asked
  3. Communicating with warmth (26:1, 2, 29; Lu. 9:11)
    • He received them
    • He spoke to them
    • He healed them
    • He fed them

Evangelism: the church is like manure. pile it up, and it stinks up the neighborhood, spread it out and it enriches the world. - luis palau

sharing the mystery
  1. A testimony prevails over the adversary (Rev 12:11)
  2. A testimony provokes movement in the Heavens (Mat. 10:32)
  3. A testimony pierces the human heart (Acts 26:24, 27)
sowing the message
  1. He displayed his personal joy (26:1,2)
  2. He discovered his personal interests (26:3a)
  3. He desired his personal attention (26:3b)
  4. He detailed his background (26:4-13)
  5. He declared the power of God (26:12-18)
  6. He describes the promise of Scriptures (26:22-23)
  7. He dealt with the opposition (26:24-26)
  8. He demanded a personal response (26:27-29)