Carry the Mission Forward // Acts 28 // Watermark Community Church

Main message: The sermon closes the book of Acts by showing that its ending is intentionally open-ended: the mission of the early church continues in every generation. The church today should look like “Acts chapter 29,” carrying forward the same gospel, Spirit, and mission with urgency and expectancy.

Key points:

• Acts ends with Paul in Rome, in chains, yet preaching boldly “without hindrance,” showing the gospel cannot be stopped.
• The open ending signals that the church’s mission continues beyond the first century.
• The church should remain devoted to prayer, since prayer preceded major movements in Acts.
• The church should remain devoted to Scripture, treating the Bible as God’s spoken word and final authority.
• The church must be Spirit-led, not merely strategic, and should serve, give, and follow God’s leading with sensitivity.
• The church should live missionally, send workers to the nations, pursue maturity, and keep the resurrection and reign of Jesus at the center.

Scriptures mentioned: Acts 1:8, Acts 1:14, Acts 2, Acts 6, Acts 13:3, Acts 16, Acts 18, Acts 28:30-31, Colossians 1:15-20, 1 Corinthians 12, James 2, Matthew 6