Acts 9:23-43 Bible Teaching
Shawn's teaching highlights Saul's transformation to Paul, his challenges post-conversion, Barnabas' support, Peter's miracles, and the spread of Christianity despite opposition.
Teachings
1 John 5:4-6 Bible Teaching
John's teaching highlights faith as key to overcoming worldly desires, emphasizing Jesus' example of humility and service. Faith in Jesus is essential, contrasting with other spiritual paths.
Acts 9:15-22 Bible Teaching
Shawn contrasts Saul's transformation and Ananias's hesitation, emphasizing commitment to Christ, God's non-discriminatory love, and individual roles in His plan. Saul's conversion highlights sincerity, spiritual transformation, and effective preaching, showcasing faith's transformative power.
Acts 9:6-22 Bible Teaching
Saul's conversion to Paul highlights humility, faith, and transformation after encountering Jesus. His journey emphasizes seeking God's will, walking by faith, and divine guidance.
1 John 4:19 – 5:5 Bible Teaching
The teaching explores love in 1 John 4:19, emphasizing love as a response to God's initial love. It discusses love's evolution from gratitude to unconditional, reflecting divine love. True agape love for God and others is central, manifesting in keeping commandments and loving others. Jesus as the Anointed One signifies salvation, and true belief results in love akin to family. Loving God involves manageable commandments, leading to liberation and joy. Selflessness leads to peace, contrasting with chaos from sinful desires. True freedom is in serving God, not worldly pleasures.
1 John 4:7-18 Bible Teaching
The teaching emphasizes agape love from God, shown through Jesus, urging believers to love others, expelling fear, and reflecting God's presence, challenging exclusivity of divine love.
Acts 9:1-5 Bible Teaching
The Transition in the Early Apostolic Church WelcomePrayerMusicSilenceActs 9.1-5July 10th 2016Milk Okay, we are now stepping into a very significant transition not only in the early apostolic church, not only in the Book of Acts, but in relation to Christianity…
Acts 8:29-40 Bible Teaching
Philip, led by the Spirit, guides an Ethiopian eunuch reading Isaiah, leading to his baptism. This highlights divine guidance, spiritual responsiveness, and the Gospel's spread.
1 John 4:1-13 Bible Teaching
Shawn's teaching stresses discerning God's truth, testing spirits, recognizing Jesus' incarnation, and agape love as proof of God's presence, countering false teachings.
1 John 3:17-24 Bible Teaching
John: Love through Christ's sacrifice, emulate in deeds. Shawn: Love in actions, faith with deeds. True Christianity: Active faith, love-in-action. Faith leads to love.
Acts 8:24-28 Bible Teaching
Peter warns against bitterness and sin, likening them to poison and chains. Shawn emphasizes overcoming fear and idolatry through spiritual warfare and God's guidance.
Acts 8:14-23 Bible Teaching
Simon's story in Acts 8 questions "once saved always saved," showing belief and baptism aren't enough if faith falters. Apostles gave Holy Spirit gifts, not bought, for early church growth.
1 John 3:11-19 Bible Teaching
Shawn's teaching on 1 John 3:11-19 highlights love in action as key to being God's child, contrasting envy with Christian love, and emphasizing selflessness and faith.
1 John 3:4-10 Bible Teaching
Sin is law transgression; Jesus fulfilled the law, freeing believers from sin. Faith in Christ, not law adherence, grants righteousness. God's children embody love, not sin.
Acts 8:1-13 Bible Teaching
Stephen's martyrdom led to Christian dispersion, spreading faith despite persecution. Philip's preaching in Samaria, Simon's conversion, and Saul's transformation highlight adversity's role in faith's growth. Shawn emphasizes God's plan, adversity's purpose, and believers' empowerment through the Holy Spirit.
Acts 8:1 Bible Teaching
Shawn highlights Jesus's universal mission beyond Jews. Paul explains Israel's role in Gentile salvation, bridges Jewish-Gentile worlds, and spreads Christianity despite persecution.
1 John 3:1-3 Bible Teaching
Believers have an internal anointing from the Holy Spirit, guiding them in truth and righteousness, resisting deception, and preparing for Christ's return by living justly and lovingly.
Acts 7:51-60 Bible Teaching
Stephen critiques temple reverence as idolatry, calls leaders "stiff-necked," highlights rejection of prophets, and emphasizes spiritual over earthly lineage. Shawn stresses humility, Holy Spirit's power, and Stephen's prayer as legitimate, linking to Romans 10:12-14.
1 John 2:21-29 Bible Teaching
John's teaching stresses truth, warns against antichrists, and emphasizes faith in Jesus for eternal life. Believers should remain in original teachings and avoid deception.
Acts 7:46-50 Bible Teaching
Stephen's sermon highlights God's transcendence beyond physical temples, emphasizing spiritual worship. David's life foreshadows the Messiah, while Solomon builds the temple. Temples symbolize spiritual realities, with believers as living temples. True worship is in spirit and truth, not confined to physical structures.