PRISON CHANGES PEOPLE (7 OF 22)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: Acts 16:19-40
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Prison Changes People (7 of 22)
Series: UnStoppable - Acts
Tim Badal
Acts 16:19-40
We've been chronicling the missionary journeys of the Apostle Paul in our series called ''Unstoppable.'' All of last year we dealt with the first part of Acts, looking at how the church began, in a series called ''Unfinished.'' While much was accomplished in the early church, in the 21st century we still have work to do. So the book of Acts is reminding us that this mission we're on as gospel ambassadors in also an unstoppable work. No matter what was thrown at the early church-whether persecution or imprisonment or other tribulations-every time the devil and this world tried to stop the church, it only got stronger and the gospel went farther and farther.
We need to realize today that God has given us an unstoppable gospel. Let us never forget, brothers and sisters, that Jesus wins-amen? We have this opportunity to be on the winning team, declaring to the world their need to turn from their sins and throw themselves into the arms of Jesus, Who alone is able to save.
Today we're going to read about the work God did in Philippi. Last week we learned that Philippi was a leading city in the region of Macedonia, which is now modern-day Greece. Paul and his team had been working in what is now modern-day Turkey, but on their second missionary journey, Paul, Silas, Timothy and Luke headed over to Macedonia and went into Philippi. There they came into contact with a group of women who prayed by a riverside. When they shared the good news of Jesus Christ with them, Lydia, a wealthy woman, had her heart opened to receive the truth they brought, and she became a follower of Jesus. She was baptized, after which she opened her home to this missionary team.
As the men continued to share the gospel in that city, a slave girl who was inhabited by a demon spirit mocked them as they came and went. She called them ''servants of the Most High God'' who had come to bring the way of sal ...
Series: UnStoppable - Acts
Tim Badal
Acts 16:19-40
We've been chronicling the missionary journeys of the Apostle Paul in our series called ''Unstoppable.'' All of last year we dealt with the first part of Acts, looking at how the church began, in a series called ''Unfinished.'' While much was accomplished in the early church, in the 21st century we still have work to do. So the book of Acts is reminding us that this mission we're on as gospel ambassadors in also an unstoppable work. No matter what was thrown at the early church-whether persecution or imprisonment or other tribulations-every time the devil and this world tried to stop the church, it only got stronger and the gospel went farther and farther.
We need to realize today that God has given us an unstoppable gospel. Let us never forget, brothers and sisters, that Jesus wins-amen? We have this opportunity to be on the winning team, declaring to the world their need to turn from their sins and throw themselves into the arms of Jesus, Who alone is able to save.
Today we're going to read about the work God did in Philippi. Last week we learned that Philippi was a leading city in the region of Macedonia, which is now modern-day Greece. Paul and his team had been working in what is now modern-day Turkey, but on their second missionary journey, Paul, Silas, Timothy and Luke headed over to Macedonia and went into Philippi. There they came into contact with a group of women who prayed by a riverside. When they shared the good news of Jesus Christ with them, Lydia, a wealthy woman, had her heart opened to receive the truth they brought, and she became a follower of Jesus. She was baptized, after which she opened her home to this missionary team.
As the men continued to share the gospel in that city, a slave girl who was inhabited by a demon spirit mocked them as they came and went. She called them ''servants of the Most High God'' who had come to bring the way of sal ...
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