The Cost of the Gospel: Emulating Paul’s Passion
The sermon offers a robust, high-energy application of [Acts 20](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+20&version=KJV), effectively challenging the congregation to live with eternal urgency and sacrificial love. However, the closing altar call reveals a critical theological tension: it relies on human decisionism to secure salvation, undermining the very sovereignty of God that the sermon otherwise celebrates. This creates a hybrid message that is practically motivating but theologically compromised.
Biblical Parallel (Archetype): Pergamum — The sermon blends orthodox biblical exposition with a significant theological compromise regarding the mechanics of salvation. While the call to repentance is biblically grounded, the attribution of the decisive power to human will rather than divine grace introduces a Pelagian-leaning error (The Error of Human Self-Sufficiency) that distorts the Gospel's core message of sovereign grace.