Sermon Series on the Whole Counsel of God (Spring 2009)

This semester we’re going to be talking about "the whole counsel of God”.  This sounds like a rather ambitious task, so here’s a further explanation.  The apostle Paul said in Acts 20:17,  “I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.”  We’re going to do our best to explore what he meant when he said this.  What in Paul's mind is "the whole counsel of God”?  We’ll be looking at portions of many of his epistles to find out.  What are the major themes? What is most central?  What is the whole big picture about?  These are the questions we’ll have in mind as we look at how the apostle Paul lays out the main things of the Christian faith along with their application for our lives.  In the end, we'll see that "the whole counsel of God" is about his all-encompassing plan to redeem sinners.  In other words, his counsel is far more about all that he has done for you than it is about what he wants you to do for him.