Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and best-selling author Dr. Paul David Tripp connects the

transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life. In this episode, Paul picks up his Bible study,

the gospel one chapter at a time with the next four New Testament books, Acts, Romans, and First and Second Corinthians.

In this first segment, Paul summarizes the book of Acts, which he entitles, preach the gospel.

Here's Paul.

Well, what do you say about Acts other than it is ridiculously exciting?

The Gospels are just full of the excitement of the arrival of Jesus,

but you begin to see the fruit of his work exploding in Acts.

From the cross and the resurrection to Jerusalem, to Judea, to Samaria, and across the

world to Rome. Acts is amazing.

You could title Acts preach the gospel because a third of the content of Acts

is actually speeches or sermons.

It's where you begin to see the gospel formed into this way of thinking, this

way of thinking about us, the way of thinking about our world, the way of thinking about

this person, Jesus, and what he has provided. And because that message is to be carried to the world, empowerment is needed.

Help is needed. We are not capable of doing the work of the gospel justice. And so in Acts

2 we see the gift of the spirit.

As the spirit is given, you see the fulfillment of those promises of Jesus that I'll be with you always.

We become the place where God dwells.

You see very quickly that this gospel is not a gospel of the law.

It's a new way. It's a gospel of grace.

And it's a gospel that's not offered just to Jews. It's a gospel offered to all

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