NewLife Living presents the bible teaching of Pastor Alan Brooks of NewLife church in Rio Rancho, NM, a group of God’s people seeking to know Jesus and to make Him known.
As we continue in our review of the Acts of the Apostles we are witness of God developing the heart of His people, the Church. We are on a path of looking more and more like our heavenly Father. Central ways we see this in the first generation Church is in community and generosity. God continues to develop His heart in us as well.
The boldness of the disciples continues to be displayed by their refusal to comply with the Sanhedrin's mandate not speak of Jesus. This teaching considers what can we learn from their defiance in knowing when and how best to respond authorities in our world today.
It was recognizable that Peter and John had been with Jesus. Is Jesus recognizable in our life? How do I spend time with Jesus and what does it look like to participate in God's presence? We will discover that moving further into God's presence should be our focus no matter what we face.
Peter and John lead the church to standing firm, relying on the Holy Spirit and not backing down to any threats, real or perceived. They set the tone for the Church holding their ground of commitment to the reality of Jesus, the cross and the resurrection and God lead many to saving faith in Jesus as a result! How and where should we stand today?
This message examines how Peter takes advantage of a great teaching moment after the miraculous healing of a man who had been lame for more than forty years and gives us a Biblical model for our own evangelism.
God has preserved the story of Peter and John's encounter with the lame beggar at the Temple gate to instruct and challenge us even today. What can we glean from that event? How the early disciples dealt with and responded gives us an indication of God's heart for the church and keys to how we are to minister today.
This teachings looks at Jesus commissioning of His disciples in light of the devotion shown in the early church in being equipped and helping to equip followers of Jesus in fulfilling the Lord's calling.
Were Jesus and His followers Communists? Some have heard that claim being made, but do the Scriptures bear it out? In this teaching from Acts 2 we will examine what some point to as a communal model for Christian life and consider whether Jesus and His earliest followers taught that was what God expected for His church.
Through His people and by the Holy Spirit, God's kingdom grows and advances. God has a message to communicate and a people to develop. He will accomplish it from start to finish and the fruitful result will be entirely to His credit and glory. Today, we continue to learn and apply what we see God doing all along, since the beginning of the Church.
God is doing a multi-faceted work through Peter's first sermon that has ripple effects to us today. He is continuing the work and ministry of Jesus the Messiah, through the church and is accomplishing it in the same way He did through the Holy Spirit in Jesus' life and actions. God is further developing and equipping His people for the work of ministry. Today we are participants in receiving Jesus through faith as well as undergoing development and growth to become more like Him.
