"Cultivating Church Comfort"

Dale Gooding - Acts 15:30-41

https://youtu.be/5T4NNu6OETQ

I) The Comforted Church (Acts 15:30-35)
        A) By "The Letter"
               1) The Gathered Congregation
               2) The Content of the Letter
                     - The 4 Prohibitions
        B) By "The Word of The Lord" (15:35)
               1) Preaching
               2) Ministry: Discipleship & Evangelism

II) The Church in Conflict (Acts 15:36-41)
        A) Honorable Intentions (15:36)
               1) Journey Initiated by Paul
               2) Partnership Encouraged by Barnabas
               3) Reasoned Resistance
        B) Divine Grace at Work
               1) Addition by Division
               2) Paul Matured in Grace?

III) A Cure for the Conflict - Various
        A) New Testament Disagreements
               1) Jesus and Peter (Matt 16:23)
               2) Diotrephes (3 John 1:9-11)
               3) Paul and Peter (Gal 2:11-14a)
               4) Agabus and Paul (Acts 21:10-14)
               5) Paul, Philemon & Onesimus (Phm 1:1)
        B) Conflict Principles:
               1) Equality in Christ
               2) Humility
               3) Subjection (to Jesus' command
                    and His example)