Next Step Part II - Following Jesus is Radical
Acts 8:26-40 - Pew Bible #700
Pastor Mike Roberson

Introduction: If you are born again your

life in Christ is

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different from your

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life. Because what we

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, we become.
Revelation 2 and 3

I. Radical Values from those who

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a. Stephen: Acts 7 - i. Value

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life over

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life.
1. Called to carry a

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, not

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. Mark 10:21
ii. Value

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of God over

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of man.
1.

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always purifies and evangelizes. Phil 1:15-19
b. Phillip: i.

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Up. John 21:22-23
ii.

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} what you hear. Rom 10:14-17
iii.

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to the lost, not expect the

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to run to us. Matt 28:16-20
iv. You cannot

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where you have not

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. Heb 10:5-7
v. Moves saved towards

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=baptism.
vi. When the Spirit

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you up, you go. v.39, I Thess 4:13-18
c. Samaritans: v.5-25 - i. Believe the Gospel

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culture.
ii. Valued the

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more than the healing.

II. Radical Values from those who will believe:

to the Spirit.
John 3:1-21, 16:8-11
a. Life Change:
i. Saul was so

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that he changed his name: Acts 9
1.

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, but did not let the past

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his future. Phil 3
b. National Change:
i. Ethiopian was so changed that he changed his

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.
1.

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by God’s personal force: Genesis 1:1-2
a. To make

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to worship. b. To read

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.
c. To ask good

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}.
e. To be

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.
2.

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by the Spirit: Isaiah 11:1-2
a. Celebrated the

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, not just the good times.
b. Responsible to

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, resourced to grow.

III. Not-so-Radical values of those who do not believe:

of the
Spirit. Ephesians 4:30
a. Simon the sorcerer: - i. Saw ministry as a path to

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.
ii. Power of man over

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of God.
iii. Self-protection over

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of self.

Conclusion: What we

we

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. What do you value?