A Gospel-Formed Church

Acts 16.11-34, Phil. 1.1-2 Hearing the gospel. Believing in Jesus. This is the way of salvation. And it’s they way we see when the gospel of Jesus first crashes upon the shores of Europe at Philippi. Paul received a vision to preach the gospel in Macedonia. And it was this preached gospel that the Lord was going to empower so that spiritually lost, sin-blind sinners could be found and see the way of salvation in Jesus Christ alone. Over the past two weeks we established that the path of life is fullness of joy in God. But this begs the question—“Where does the journey of enjoying God begin?” With no hesitation, the believers at Philippi shout—“The journey of joy begins in the gospel.” All we have to do is look at the transformed lives of a religious woman, a slave girl, and a jailer at Philippi.