Devoted to God Totally

Sunday, October 4, 2026
Alex Chen

Outline

The Word of God That Must Go Through Us

v.8 -- 8 For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything.
Matt 28:19-20 -- 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Acts 1:8 -- 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
v.8 -- 8 For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything.

The Allegiance to God That Should Mark Us

v.9 -- 9 For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
Ex 20:2-3 -- 2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3 “You shall have no other gods before me.
v.9 -- 9 For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,

The Waiting for Christ That Is Able to Sustain Us

v.10 -- 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
Acts 1:11 -- 11“Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”
v.10 -- 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.