Sermon
Burn It All
The Capital Church
Speaker: Luke Peterson
May 7, 2023 · 38 min
Summary
Paul brings the gospel to Ephesus, a major world city, where the message of Jesus transforms people's understanding of sin and value. As believers confess their sins openly and burn valuables once deemed precious, the city witnesses dramatic spiritual power that causes the word of the Lord to spread with increasing momentum.
Highlights
I have a reason to not be accepted before God and because of Jesus I am accepted now, and I want that for you—irrelevant who's more sinful, irrelevant how messy the places you've screwed up are.
The message of Jesus has entered in and I can do nothing but start confessing my sin to people because I now have value in something that on my best day and my worst day it can't be taken.
I wonder how many of us could honestly say you know what burn it all—my career not as valuable, my reputation not as valuable, my house not as valuable—just give me Jesus, that's what's valuable to me.