GETTING THE MOST OUT OF SUNDAY (13 OF 22)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: Acts 20:1-16
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Getting the Most Out of Sunday (13 of 22)
Series: UnStoppable - Acts
Tim Badal
Acts 20:1-16
We're in a series in Acts called ''Unstoppable,'' learning how God is on the move, not only in the first century in this incredible book in the Bible, but also how He is on the move in our world today. If we will be faithful to make Him our priority and look for the opportunities He lays before us, we can be confident that as we obey and honor Him in all we say and do, the work we're part of will change many lives through the gospel of Jesus Christ.
We're now in Acts 20, which is a transitional passage, something Luke uses from time to time. In this chapter we'll find a number of mundane items-the names of people and the cities where they traveled. It might seem that this chapter has little for us to draw from. But I want to show you that even in the mundane passages of Scripture, great truths can be gained. There is one exciting thing in our text. A man falls asleep during Paul's sermon and falls out of the window, but I'm not sure how much application we can find in that. If you fall asleep during my sermon, I'm not going to be able to raise you from the dead.
One of the transitions we see in this passage is a record of the personal involvement of Paul and his team with the churches they had established. For the past ten chapters we've seen the repeated stories of Paul and his associates going from place to place in Asia Minor (modern day Turkey) and Macedonia (modern day Greece). In each city Paul proclaimed the risen Savior and many people rejected his message.
In particular, the God-fearing Jews rejected the idea that Jesus was the Messiah for Whom they had long been waiting. But often the Gentiles would also get upset, because Christianity was an affront to the many gods they worshiped, because they could not accept that Jesus was Lord over all.
Yet despite this pushback, we also saw the unstoppable work of God. In each city, there were some who ...
Series: UnStoppable - Acts
Tim Badal
Acts 20:1-16
We're in a series in Acts called ''Unstoppable,'' learning how God is on the move, not only in the first century in this incredible book in the Bible, but also how He is on the move in our world today. If we will be faithful to make Him our priority and look for the opportunities He lays before us, we can be confident that as we obey and honor Him in all we say and do, the work we're part of will change many lives through the gospel of Jesus Christ.
We're now in Acts 20, which is a transitional passage, something Luke uses from time to time. In this chapter we'll find a number of mundane items-the names of people and the cities where they traveled. It might seem that this chapter has little for us to draw from. But I want to show you that even in the mundane passages of Scripture, great truths can be gained. There is one exciting thing in our text. A man falls asleep during Paul's sermon and falls out of the window, but I'm not sure how much application we can find in that. If you fall asleep during my sermon, I'm not going to be able to raise you from the dead.
One of the transitions we see in this passage is a record of the personal involvement of Paul and his team with the churches they had established. For the past ten chapters we've seen the repeated stories of Paul and his associates going from place to place in Asia Minor (modern day Turkey) and Macedonia (modern day Greece). In each city Paul proclaimed the risen Savior and many people rejected his message.
In particular, the God-fearing Jews rejected the idea that Jesus was the Messiah for Whom they had long been waiting. But often the Gentiles would also get upset, because Christianity was an affront to the many gods they worshiped, because they could not accept that Jesus was Lord over all.
Yet despite this pushback, we also saw the unstoppable work of God. In each city, there were some who ...
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