Aim: To be continually united to Christ as we hear His gospel preached to us.
Doctrine: Gospel preaching cracks the earth into two distinct spiritual hemispheres. Some sinners love preaching because it brings Jesus to them; some sinners hate preaching because it exposes them as idolaters.
Exegesis: The main ingredients of the inevitable consequences of gospel preaching: initially, positive general excitement is generated (vv. 42-43); then, resistance results in a rupture between people (vv. 44-47); finally, salvation confirms God's promise of joy, and the truth of His sovereignty (v. 48).
Further application: How gospel preaching inevitably impacts us in the church today: it either cements us to Jesus, and separates us from our flesh, or it inflames our pride and seals our doom.
Key verses: vv. 45, 48 ''But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy; and contradicting and blaspheming, they opposed the things spoken by Paul. ... Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.''
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Rev. Mark Henninger received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and he has been Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois for more than 30 years.