In The Missing Ingredient: Obedience, we continue our series The Unstoppable Church by confronting a truth that is often overlooked but deeply necessary: the church is unstoppable by God’s design, yet frequently ineffective because of disobedience.
Acts 5 reveals that the problem facing many churches and believers today is not a lack of power, programs, or personality—but a lack of obedience. God’s work is not hindered by His ability, but by our unwillingness to obey what He has already made clear. This message challenges us to examine whether our Christianity is technically real, yet relationally unhealthy—marked by knowledge without submission and activity without surrender.
In this sermon, we learn:
• How obedience restores reverence and purity in the church
• Why discipline produces clarity, power, and spiritual distinction
• The predictable cost of obedience and the blessing hidden within persecution
• Why delayed obedience is still disobedience
• How obedience remains firm under pressure and opposition
• The connection between obedience and spiritual power
• Why joy, boldness, and fruit always follow a life of surrender
Through the testimony of the early church, we are reminded that God entrusts His power to obedient people—not perfect people, but surrendered ones. Obedience is not optional, negotiable, or delayed. It is the clear command of God to His redeemed people.
This message is not meant to be information only—but instruction obeyed. Whether you are resisting God’s command, delaying your response, or substituting activity for obedience, this passage calls us back to wholehearted submission.
Obey God. Always.
