Developing Gospel Grit Acts 28 “Nothing causes so much backsliding as enlisting disciples without letting them know what they are taking in hand.” Bishop JC Ryle What Will It Take for the Church to Develop Gospel Grit? 1. The willingness to stay true to the Gospel regardless of unjust treatment and rejection 2. A tenacious commitment to the vision God has given us and a refusal to be derailed 3. The courage to declare the truth and present the Gospel without watering it down “Grace…has become so watered down that it no longer resembles the grace of the New Testament, the costly grace of the Gospels.” Dietrich Boenhoffer “Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.” Dietrich Boenhoffer. “When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer 4. The ability to share the Gospel boldly whether we feel hindered or not Small Group Discussion Questions: 1. What stood out to you from today’s message? 2. What is your biggest takeaway from this series through Acts and what’s the one thing you’re going to do about it?