Counter Revolution (12 of 22)
Series: UnStoppable - Acts
Tim Badal
Acts 19:21-41
We'll pick up our series ''Unstoppable'' in Acts 19. Paul was working his way through Asia Minor (modern day Turkey) and Macedonia (modern day Greece), sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ in city after city. This journey was incredibly fruitful, with many churches being planted and many lives being changed. In Acts 19:20, where we ended our last study, we saw a snapshot from Luke of what was taking place in Ephesus: ''So the word of the Lord continued to increase and prevail mightily.''
What an answer to prayer! This should also be our prayer for the Fox Valley area, that the Word of God and the power of God would be working in a mighty way. As the believers in Ephesus were being faithful to the gospel of Jesus Christ, living holy and upright lives and declaring to the world their love for the Lord Jesus Christ, people's lives were being changed in dramatic ways. Earlier in chapter 19, we read about the sorcerers in Ephesus giving up their practices and burning their sorcery books, a costly sacrifice worth 50,000 pieces of silver. But they made this sacrifice willingly in order to better serve and honor God.
We can take a lesson from Isaac Newton's Third Law of Motion, which says that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. As the church was moving forward and began to storm the gates of hell, the devil didn't sit back and take his loss. Rather, the gates of hell fought back. Today we'll see how the advance of the gospel in Ephesus produced a counter revolution. With every move the city took toward God, the devil did everything in his power to return it to darkness.
Ephesus was a significant city and a commercial hub. It wasn't the largest city in the region, but it was known for its idol worship and immorality. Its prestige also came because of its large theater that sat over 20,000 people-about the size of the United Center-the ruins of which can ...
Series: UnStoppable - Acts
Tim Badal
Acts 19:21-41
We'll pick up our series ''Unstoppable'' in Acts 19. Paul was working his way through Asia Minor (modern day Turkey) and Macedonia (modern day Greece), sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ in city after city. This journey was incredibly fruitful, with many churches being planted and many lives being changed. In Acts 19:20, where we ended our last study, we saw a snapshot from Luke of what was taking place in Ephesus: ''So the word of the Lord continued to increase and prevail mightily.''
What an answer to prayer! This should also be our prayer for the Fox Valley area, that the Word of God and the power of God would be working in a mighty way. As the believers in Ephesus were being faithful to the gospel of Jesus Christ, living holy and upright lives and declaring to the world their love for the Lord Jesus Christ, people's lives were being changed in dramatic ways. Earlier in chapter 19, we read about the sorcerers in Ephesus giving up their practices and burning their sorcery books, a costly sacrifice worth 50,000 pieces of silver. But they made this sacrifice willingly in order to better serve and honor God.
We can take a lesson from Isaac Newton's Third Law of Motion, which says that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. As the church was moving forward and began to storm the gates of hell, the devil didn't sit back and take his loss. Rather, the gates of hell fought back. Today we'll see how the advance of the gospel in Ephesus produced a counter revolution. With every move the city took toward God, the devil did everything in his power to return it to darkness.
Ephesus was a significant city and a commercial hub. It wasn't the largest city in the region, but it was known for its idol worship and immorality. Its prestige also came because of its large theater that sat over 20,000 people-about the size of the United Center-the ruins of which can ...
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