Preacher: Rev Gavino Fioretti
Reading: Acts 8: 1 – 25
The gospel in Samaria
Introduction:
Counterintuitive strategy:
Confirming signs:
- Jesus’ commission:
His means: Word and sacraments
His promise: His presence and his Spirit
- Jesus’ kingdom:
Spiritual:
Gracious:
Powerful: Evil forces, sin’s consequences
Redemptive: sinful people, under-curse world
Joy-giving:
- Jesus’ followers:
The true church:
The militant church:
The witnessing church: the word, the good news, Christ
The international church:
