~13 in an upper room
~Garden, scattered, (fear, turning point)
~Cross, (fear)
~Resurrection (fear, turning point, preaching point)
~Acts 1, 120 in an upper room
~Acts 2, 3,000
~Acts 4, 5,000
~Acts 8:4, persecution, spread worldwide (the fish)
~1 Peter 1:6-7 Pure faith
~James 1:3-4 Perfect (mature) faith
All comfort does for the church is make us comfortable.
During the testing of your faith, that’s where your turning point will be.
Acts 8:4, “Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the Word.”
1 Peter 1:6-7, “In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
Pure faith
James 1:3-4, “Knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.”
Perfect (mature) faith