Kingdom Family Relationships
Acts 11:19-21; Selected Scriptures
“The world is crying, ‘Does anybody know I’m alive?””
I. The Model Declared
A. Luke 8:19-21 READ
B. Matthew 23:8, “ye are all brethren”
II. The Model Described
A. 1 Thess. 2:8 (Sacrificial love)” So being affectionately
desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto
you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls,
because ye were dear unto us”
B. Romans 12:9-20 (from ‘living sacrifice’ in vs. 1)
1. Sincerely
2. Purely
3. Tenaciously
4. Devotedly
5. Humbly
6. Earnestly
7. Fervently
8. Submissively
9. Hopefully
10. Perseveringly
11. Prayerfully
12. Graciously
13. Hospitably
14. Forgivingly
III. The Model Demonstrated (Antioch – Acts 11:19-21)
A. Jew-Gentile barrier was demolished
1. Racial barrier
2. Cultural barrier
3. Religious barrier
B. Gal. 3:26-28, “For ye are all the children of God by faith
in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized
into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor
Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither
male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus”
C. Generosity – Acts 11:27-30
(Relief for church in Judea)
