Missional Movement Series
“Supernatural Diversity”
Acts 16:11-40 (Bible pp. 925-26)
Bob Myers, Lead Pastor
March 11 & 12, 2017
Only the gospel could assemble the unlikely and diverse
group that formed the Philippian Church. The gospel, by its
supernatural power brings together an unlikely people in
supernatural ways.
Quotes from the Cutting Room Floor
‘Blessed are You for not making me a Gentile. Blessed are You for not
making me a woman. Blessed are You for not making me a slave.’ Ancient
Orthodox Jewish Prayer
WARNING INSCRIBED ON TEMPLE WALLS IN JERUSALEM TO
GENTILES:
NO FOREIGNER
IS TO GO BEYOND THE BALUSTRADE
AND THE PLAZA OF THE TEMPLE ZONE
WHOEVER IS CAUGHT DOING SO
WILL HAVE HIMSELF TO BLAME
FOR HIS DEATH
WHICH WILL FOLLOW
"Every aspect of the way God views and saves sinners is designed to
undermine racism and lead to a reconciled and redeemed humanity from
every people group in the world." — John Piper
"It was weird to me to go to school all week and experience racial diversity,
but then on Sunday be faced with the option of having to choose between
black and white. This didn't seem right to me. The whole world outside of
the church seemed to be in full color, but the church looked like the black
and white television of the old days." — Efrem Smith
"We will not wish we had made more money, acquired more stuff, lived
more comfortably, taken more vacations, watched more television, pursued
greater retirement, or been more successful in the eyes of this world. Instead,
we will wish we had given more of ourselves to living for the day when
every nation, tribe, people, and language will bow around the throne and
sing the praises of the Savior who delights in radical obedience and the God
who deserves eternal worship." — David Platt
"God directs his people not simply to worship but to sing his praises “before
the nations.” We are called not simply to communicate the gospel to
nonbelievers; we must also intentionally celebrate the gospel before
them." — Timothy J. Keller