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The Jerusalem CouncilThe Watershed of the Book of ActsThe Watershed of the Book of Acts
The BookOf Acts
151-
14
16-28
After the Jerusalem
Council, the church was at
a tipping point!
2nd Missionary Journey
2nd Missionary Journey
2nd Missionary Journey
Timothy from Lystra
• Great reputation in the church
• Mother was a believing Jewess and his father was a Greek
• Paul had him circumcised
TimothyPaul…
circumcised him because of the Jews
who lived in that area, for they knew that his father was a
Greek.
(Acts 16:3)
TitusNot even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be
circumcised, even though he was a
Greek.
(Galatians 2:3)
The Jerusalem LetterThe Jerusalem Letter
As they traveled from town to town, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey. So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers. (16:4-5)
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Kept from…Asia
Tried to enter Bithynia
…kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of
Asia. (16:6)
…the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to. (16:7)
…kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of
Asia. (16:6)
…we wanted to come to you…but Satan stopped us. (1 Thess. 2:18)
…the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to. (16:7)
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Troas was 10 Miles North of Ancient Troy
Journal Assignment #8
When a setback happens in your
life, do you tend to blame it on Satan or to look for the guiding hand of
God in the matter?
The Macedonian
Call
Come over to Macedonia and
help us!
1.There's a call comes ringing o'er the restless wave:Send the light! Send the light! There are souls to rescue, there are souls to save:Send the light! Send the light!
1 – Send The Light
Words & Music: Charles H. Gabriel© 2003 The Paperless Hymnal™
1 – Send The Light
© 2003 The Paperless Hymnal™
Send the light! the blessed gospel light; Let it shine from shore to shore! Send the light! the blessed gospel light; Let it shine for evermore.
c – Send The Light
© 2003 The Paperless Hymnal™
c – Send The Light
© 2003 The Paperless Hymnal™
2.We have heard the Macedonian call today:Send the light! Send the light! And a gold-en offering at the cross we lay:Send the light! Send the light!
2 – Send The Light
Words & Music: Charles H. Gabriel© 2003 The Paperless Hymnal™
2 – Send The Light
© 2003 The Paperless Hymnal™
Send the light! the blessed gospel light; Let it shine from shore to shore! Send the light! the blessed gospel light; Let it shine for evermore.
c – Send The Light
© 2003 The Paperless Hymnal™
c – Send The Light
© 2003 The Paperless Hymnal™
3.Let us pray that grace may everywhere abound:Send the light! Send the light! And a Christ like spirit everywhere be found:Send the light! Send the light!
3 – Send The Light
Words & Music: Charles H. Gabriel© 2003 The Paperless Hymnal™
3 – Send The Light
© 2003 The Paperless Hymnal™
Send the light! the blessed gospel light; Let it shine from shore to shore! Send the light! the blessed gospel light; Let it shine for evermore.
c – Send The Light
© 2003 The Paperless Hymnal™
c – Send The Light
© 2003 The Paperless Hymnal™
Luke as a Helper for Paul
“We” starts in Troas and ends when Paul left
Philippi.
16:10 to17:1 Starts again when Paul returned to
Philippi in 20:5-6!
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Philippi
• A Roman colony
• Large number of retired soldiers
• Important city
• 1st Church Paul planted on European soil!
“A Place of Prayer”
• Took 10 men for a minyan to form a synagogue
“A Place of Prayer”
• Pollard says it can mean a synagogue (111)
• McRay says it means the absence of a synagogue (144)
Conversion of Lydia
• A dealer in purple cloth
• From Thyatira
• Probably wealthy
• A God-fearer
Conversion of Lydia
• The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message (14).
• She & her household were baptized (15).
• Hospitality (cf. Zacchaeus)
Casting out Casting out Evil SpiritEvil Spirit
• Spirit of divination (Pythian Spirit – inspired by Apollo, the Pythian deity)
Casting out Casting out Evil SpiritEvil Spirit
• Demon possessed people in the N.T. confessed spiritual realities (cf. Mark 1:21-25, 32-34)
Casting out Casting out Evil SpiritEvil Spirit
• 1st time in Acts that Pagans initiated a persecution – and the reason was MONEY!
Casting out Casting out Evil SpiritEvil Spirit
• They were dragged into the agora (public square or marketplace)
Casting out Casting out Evil SpiritEvil Spirit
• Charges had an anti-Jewish tone to them – Appealed to loyalty and pride of being Roman
Stripped…Beaten…Severely flogged…
Paul in
Prison
• Paul spent as much as 25% of his time as a missionary in prison!
• See: McRay, pp. 146-147
The Jailer’s Conversion
• Began with a near- death experience – earthquake
• Fell trembling before Paul and Silas (29)
The Jailer’s Conversion
• What must I do to be saved? (30)
• Believe in the Lord Jesus!
• Believe (30)
• They spoke the word of the Lord to him (31)
• Baptized (33)
• He had come to believe (34)
Out of Jail!
• Paul played his citizenship card
• Probably protecting the church
Out of Jail!
• Escorted out by magistrates
• One last visit at Lydia’s house
Paul’s idea had been to retrace his steps from the 1st Missionary Journey. God’s idea was for the
gospel to move into Europe!
Outline of ActsOutline of Acts
1:8
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