TITLE: An Open Case of Conversion
TEXT: Acts 8:26-40
PROPOSITION: God requires that conversion be open.
QUESTION: Which?
KEY WORD: Elements
READING: Acts 8:26-31
INTRODUCTION:
I. Open Preacher 26-27
1. Willing to leave a successful meeting
2. Willing to preach to all nations
3. No prejudice - racial, religious, moral
What if you were sent to -
Homosexual? Black? Jew?
Athiest? China? Iran?
II. Open Mind 31
1. Insulting question
2. Willing to study and learn
III. Open Bible 30
1. Was reading the prophet, Isaiah
2. What do you take on a trip to read?
IV. Open Mouth 35
1. Began at the same scripture
2. Matt. 5:1
V. Open Eyes 36
1. See, here is water
2. Able to see opportunities
VI. Open Confession 37
1. Willing
2. Matthew 10:32-33
VII. Open Life 39
1. Went on his way rejoicing
2. Ethiopia became a world center of the church