Yesterday I finished up a sermon series on the book of Acts. This is an incredible book about what God will do through ordinary people who are simply willing to let go of their insecurities, trust that God is working through them with Holy Spirit, and go. But in reality this sermon series reaches back to last October.
Last fall we started with the story of Creation and the rebellion of Adam and Eve. In Genesis 3:15 God gave the promise that He would reconcile the world through Eve’s offspring. We watched as this seed blossomed into a family, which turned into a nation, and culminated in Jesus Christ. In Exodus we saw the birth of a nation; in Acts we read about the birth of a church and an invitation to be part of an eternal Kingdom.
There is certainly a great value to see the entire picture of the Bible. It is fascinating to see that everything points to Jesus – everything. The Old Testament prophets preached that Jesus was coming, and now we get to preach what Jesus accomplished through his death, burial, and resurrection. Everything points to Jesus.
What an incredible journey! There have been a lot of “a-ha” moments for me. I hope that there have been those moments for others.
I am looking forward for the next two weeks as we are having two guest preachers preach, Lance Anderson will be preaching on July 21st and D.B. Lewis will be preaching on August 2nd. We will begin a new series called “Thirst” on August 9th. I am grateful for these two gentlemen because it will give me a chance to catch up on some visitation and housekeeping items so that we can run more efficiently. However, this afternoon I am headed to the golf course with my father-in-law!
