In Acts 13, Paul preaches his first recorded sermon in the book of Acts, and by examining this scene we learn four things about evangelism (telling people the gospel) and two things about ultimate reality.

Evangelism: 1) Be ready, 2) tell people mainly about Jesus, not yourself, 3) know you audience, and 4) trust the Holy Spirit to change people's hearts to love Jesus.

Ultimate reality. 1) Jesus is the fulfillment of the Bible who is the "Savior...as [God the Father] promised." The Bible is not about great men and women of God. Rather, the Bible is about the great God of men and women—Jesus. 2) Jesus is the fulfillment of the human race who has received from the Father "the holy and sure blessings of David." This blessing is that Jesus is the resurrected forever-King who will establish His kingdom and bring about the justice and peace the world needs. Another way Jesus is the fulfillment of the human race is by being the Savior of whom the prophet wrote, "You will not let your Holy One see corruption." This is about the resurrection of Jesus, which is a promise that the future you want is fulfilled in Him. As Michael Williams points out, "The resurrection is something of a foretaste, a movie trailer or commercial for God’s ultimate future, for in Christ’s resurrection we have a picture of the future given before its arrival. ...[the bodily resurrection of Jesus] claims that history is moving toward nothing less than a fully restored and glorified universe. Those who are in Christ, along with the entirety of creation, will receive his resurrection life upon his appearing (Rom. 8:21-25)."

But how do we know if Jesus is our personal fulfillment and we are forgiven and acceptable before God? If our faith is in Jesus alone and His work in His sinless life, death on the cross, and bodily resurrection as our Savior-King—"Through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, and by him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses."