Sermon Audio: Four Great Goals For Christian Growth
Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Acts 18:22-28
Duration: 23:41
Size: 16.2 MB
Acts: Life In The Spirit
Four Great Goals For Christian Growth
Acts 18:22-28
"Even when I have pains, I don't have to be one."

1. The first goal is be available.
Apollos had a lot going for him. He was a great speaker. He was an expert in the Old Testament. He was very committed and courageous. But apparently, he wasn't saved.

In spite of all of his gifts and knowledge, Apollos hadn't heard the Gospel, so he needed the most important help of all.

In fact, that's one of God's great goals for our lives, because He wants to do amazing things in us and through us.

2. So be available. -- And be teachable.
God wants us to be teachable. We can never get to the point where we know everything. We never know so much that we can't learn more.

But thankfully, Apollos had an open heart. He was teachable, and we need to be teachable too.

3. Be teachable. -- And be dependable.
We expect loyalty and reliability from things and other people. Isn't it reasonable then that God just might expect the same from us?

4. So be dependable. -- And be flammable.
We need to see people the way Jesus sees them, and feel what He feels about them.

Only God knows how many more souls have been saved because that daddy's heart was on fire. And we need the same kind of burning in our hearts.