God's Appointments in the Beginning of Our Church | Going from Doors to Doors to Invite People | Sharing Gospel & Praying for People | Leaving a Conversation Full of Disputes about Faith to Go to Next Door Neighbor who Had a Heart Ready for God | Don't Spent too Much Time with Opposition Rather Look for Opportunity | Grace of God Covers All Our Mistakes | Paul the Apostle Giving Powerful Sermon Addressing Both Jews & Gentiles | He Used Scripture to Share Messiah with Them | Giving the Gospel at the End | Warning them not to Reject it not to Perish as in Habakkuk 1:5 | Many Followed Paul | Proselytes = Gentiles Converted to Judaism | Turn from Law & Commandments to Grace | Favor of God Rather Than Yoke of Bondage | 1/3 of the 1st Century Jews Converted to Followers of the Messiah | Beware of Legalism | It Shows on People's Faces | Share the Lord in Love Rather Than Speaking Down to People | Joy & Freedom of Salvation | Saved by Grace Through Faith in Jesus Christ | No One Can Earn the Way to Heaven | Walk in Grace & Faith Daily | No Ticket to Sin | Joyfully Serve & Share Jesus | Abounding in Faith with Thanksgiving | All Came to Hear the Wonderful & Powerful Word of God | Faith Comes by Hearing | Whole Family Converted to the Lord Last Week | Jewish Leaders Saw the Multitudes & Became Envious | Filled with Envy Contradicted & Opposed Paul | Work Of Holy Spirit Threatens the Enemy & he Tries to Stop It | Discernment to Know When the Lord Is at Work | Distractions & Discouragement During a Service Made Pastor Joe Press Forward | Realize God Is Bringing Something Big & the Enemy Is Worried | Like Sanballat and Tobiah Were Discouraging the Rebuilding of the Jerusalem & Temple | Look to the One Who Created You ‐ the Author and Finisher of Our Faith | Forget Disappointments & Leave Them Behind | Reach Forward and Be Encouraged | Opposition Will Come | Keep Pressing Forward | Paul & Barnabas Became Bold | Word of God Needs to be Spoken | First to Jews & Then to Gentiles | Paul Uses Scripture to Back Up His Ministry | Appointed Light to the Gentiles to the Ends of the Earth | Be Careful to Hear About the "New Stuff" | Paul Didn't Waste Time to Convert the Angry Jewish Leaders | But Talked to Those Who Were Open | Gentiles Watched the Angry Jews Contradict Paul Who Stayed Calm | Not Paul's Oppositions but the Word | Predestination vs. Free Will | We Have to Exercise Free Will to Accept Faith | Paul didn't Fall to His Flesh & Hot Angry or Walked Out | Bold in the Holy Spirit | Good Reaction to Opposition | Hard Pressed on Every Side but Not Crushed | Always Persecuted but Not Forsaken | Don't Focuse on Yourself | In the Midst of Fiery Furnace Their Clothes Didn't Burn | Everlasting God Doesn't Get Weary & His Understanding is Unsearchable | Our Source of Strength | God Gives Power to the Weak | If God Is For Us Who Can Be Against Us | Paul & Barnabas Got Expelled from the Region & Shook of the Dust off Their Feet | Came to Iconium | Wipe Off the Dust of Unreceiving City | Kingdom of God Came Near to You and You Rejected It | Disciples Filled with Joy & Holy Spirit | Paul & Barnabas Left Behind 2 Different Groups | Those Angry & Envious Rejecting the Gospel | And a Big Group of Joyful Spirit Filled Believers | Where Do You Belong? | If You Are Doing What God Called You to There Will Be Opposition | Don't Spend Too Much Time on Opposition but Enjoy the Work You Are Doing | Joy of the Lord is Our Strength | Grow in the Lord | Love God's Word & Things of Holy Spirit |

Acts 13:42-52 | Psalm 111 | Habakkuk 1:5 | Colossians 2:6-7 | Philippians 3:13-14 | 1 Corinthians 16:9 | Isaiah 49:61 | 2 Corinthians 4:8 | Luke 10:10-11 |

From Opposition to Opportunity | 03-23-2025 | Acts 13:42-52 | Pastor Joe Pedick