Worship 101
What is the core attitude or essence of true worship?
Loving God supremely
Paul didn't defend Christianity with just clever words and preaching but with these visible reminders of suffering.
God's kindness is meant to lead people to this change of heart.
Repentance
Paul was accused of threatening this major social system.
Roman order
People often forget God when life feels like this.
When resources are plentiful
Whatever has our deepest affection becomes the thing we what?
Worship
Paul stayed passionate in the ministry because why?
He remembered what Christ had done for him
The gospel according to Paul includes God's truth, His fulfilled promises, and this.
The only hope for Sinners
The core issue Paul centered his defense upon in Acts 24-26
Israel's hope in the resurrection
The sailors panicked, but Paul remained calm because he possessed this difference.
The ultimate guidebook for worship?
The Scriptures
What was the greatest comfort Paul carried into suffering?
Christ's presence
The gospel demands something?
Response
The Jewish leaders, in an attempt to stop Christianity, attacked Paul's what?
His character
The main lesson of the shipwreck event.
God's providential care
God's manual for worship reveals these two aspects of who He is.
His nature and His character
The living and active Word of God produces 3 things.
Imparts Faith
Equips believers for every good work
All God's promises from Adam to David are fulfilled in who?
Jesus
When Paul shared his testimony before Agrippa, Paul was trying to do this to his listeners.
Touch a nerve; Appeal to their hearts
Paul's greatest comfort during the storm came from this.
The presence and Word of God
What does false worship or idolatry always do to people?
reduces human dignity
What were the three pieces of evidence Paul used against Tertullus' claims?
He was there to worship God.
His faith was consistent with the OT
His belief in the OT hope of the RESURRECTION
The final word in Acts that describes how the gospel advances.
Unhindered
What is the most terrifying judgment God can do to anyone
Give a person over to the hardness of their heart
Because of Paul's faith in God's promises, he was about to do this what the sailors who abandoned their responsibilities would not.