Midweek Review #24 (Acts 14:8-28)

Cornerstone Church

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You say that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.

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You say that. You know, I actually take this literally and I tried this this week when I was studying.

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I said, I'm just going to say this to people. I said it to my kids where I was driving, I was like, hey kids, I got something to tell you.

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They perked up and I said, through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.

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And they just said, oh, okay, and what was that about? And then Timmy said, he's a preacher, he says stuff like that.

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But I take it literally. You say that. You say that to one another because it will strengthen and it will set the right expectation for what this

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Christian life is. It's not a joy ride. It is hard, but it is good and he's with us.

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And in the end, we enter the kingdom. And in the end, that little baby that was thrown into the sea will be resurrected and will be with the

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Judsons in glory. In the end, we enter the kingdom of heaven, but it's a hard road.

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Number four, in verse 23, when they had appointed elders for them in every church, this is the biblical model.

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Notice the plurality there. It's not elder singular as if one pastor is running everything.

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It's a plurality of elders, but they're appointed in order to lead. So the congregation is led by elders.

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And so what we do in the church is we support the leadership and we submit in a godly way, in a humble way, to humble leadership from elders.