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SERMON TITLES
DATE:
July 23rd, 2017 SPEAKER:
David Hicks
SUNDAY MORINING 11 AM:
"You Are Going to Preach Matthew 1???"
Scripture Reading:
Matthew 16:15-20
SUNDAY EVENING 5 PM:
"The Life of the Apostle Paul"
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KNOW THE TRUTH - "Preaching Jesus!" July 2nd, 2017
Excerpt -
Philip was one of the first-fruits of the Gospel as it began in Jerusalem.
As many of the disciples remained in Jerusalem to learn from the Apostles,
we know that after several years, persecutions came to these early
Christians. They were scattered everywhere preaching the Gospel. In
Acts
8:26-39; we have an illustrative presentation of the preaching of
the Gospel. Philip is divinely instructed to move himself southward from
Samaria to the road between Jerusalem and Gaza (a deserted place). As Philip
executes his instructions, he comes into contact with an Ethiopian of great
authority who is returning from Jerusalem, where he had been to worship.
What unfolds is a precedence setting case that needs to be observed in order
to practice the accurate process of preaching Jesus today.
The instructor must first ascertain the level of understanding each
individual has in order to best instruct that individual. Philip finds the
Ethiopian reading from Isaiah (the Ethiopian was obviously a proselyte into
Judaism); it is here that Philip will demonstrate the act of determining the
knowledge level of this potential student.