Acts 29, To Be Continued

Passage: Acts 28:30-31

This morning we come to the end of the final chapter of Acts.  Finally.  For those who are curious about such things this is sermon number 87.  What a journey we have had through this great book of the Bible, The Acts of the Apostles.

If you were going to sit down and write your life story, there is a real sense in which you could copy, cut and paste this entire book as chapter one of your story if you are a Christian.  We can all trace our Christian heritage all the way back to Acts.  This is the beginning of our spiritual genealogy.

God knows our spiritual lineage, our faith family tree all the way back to Paul’s preaching the Gospel to the Gentiles.  God knows the name of the Gentile who became a born-again believer and is your spiritual great grandfather and great grandmother.

The last word of the book of Acts is unhindered.  Let’s see three things that are unhindered.