SERMONS ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, VOLUME 6 (Acts 8:1-35)

In this concluding volume of Authentic Christianity Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones shows the significance of the events recorded in Acts 8: 1-35 for readers today. Here we see how the persecution that arose after Stephen's martyrdom led to a dramatic advance of the gospel into Samaria and, through the conversion of the Ethiopian eunuch, even into Africa. In this way the words of the Lord to his disciples, that they would be witnesses to him '... in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.' began to be fulfilled.

These sermons, preached between October 1967 and February 1968, are full of penetrating insights on such topics as man's need for the gospel, the work of the Spirit, the supernatural character of true Christianity, repentance and faith, the danger of spurious belief, and the very heart and centre of the gospel in the sufferings and death of Christ, as expounded by Philip to the man of Ethiopia.

The series on Acts was cut short by Dr Lloyd-Jones' illness and consequent retirement as minister of Westminster Chapel. These concluding sermons therefore gain an added poignancy from the fact that the Doctor felt increasingly unwell. However, as he ministered God's Word he was clearly supported by his own experience of the power of the truths he commended so passionately to others.

(314 pages)