2008-11-16 Ronnie Stevens Acts 1:6-9

THE WITNESS AND THE WORLD 
 
ACTS 1:8        Part 4
 
 
1)       THE JOB IS NEVER FINISHED BEFORE WE BEGIN NEW VENTURES
2)       THE PLACE WE ARE IS NOT A PLACE TO LAND BUT A PLACE TO LAUNCH
3)       THE CHOICE IS NOT BETWEEN GOING OR STAYING;THE CHOICE IS BETWEEN GOING AND SENDING
4)       WE ARE TO BECOME WORLD CHRISTIANS
5)       WE MUST PREPARE FOR RESISTANCE
   A. THE RESISTANCE IS ORCHESTRATED BY A POWERFUL BUT DEFEATED ENEMY
   B. OUR RESOURCES ARE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT
      1. THE RESOURCES ARE PRIMARILY SPIRITUAL
      2. THE IMPORTANCE OF 1 PETER 3:15
   C. WE MAY EXPECT RESISTANCE ALONG THREE LINES
      1. THE IDOLATRY OF NATURE – THE BIOLOGICAL ERROR
        a) MATTER IS SELF EXISTENT-THE INFINITE REGRESS
        b) IMPERSONAL AND INANIMATE COMPONENTS INEXPLICABLY  ORGANIZE THEMSELVES INTO PERSONAL AND LIVING SYSTEMS
        c) NATURE IS ASSIGNED THE PROPERTIES OF DEITY
      2. THE IDOLATRY OF MAN- THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL ERROR
      3. THE IDOLATRY OF FALSE RELIGION-THE THEOLOGICAL ERROR
6)   FAITH AND THE EYEWITNESSES