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Acts 16:1–15 · BSB
16:1 Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.
16:2 The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.
16:3 Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
16:4 As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.
16:5 So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.
16:6 After the Holy Spirit had prevented them from speaking the word in the province of Asia, they traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia.
16:7 And when they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them.
16:8 So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.
16:9 During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”
16:10 As soon as Paul had seen the vision, we got ready to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
16:11 We sailed from Troas straight to Samothrace, and the following day on to Neapolis.
16:12 From there we went to the Roman colony of Philippi, the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.
16:13 On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river, where it was customary to find a place of prayer. After sitting down, we spoke to the women who had gathered there.
16:14 Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.
16:15 And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
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…the Philippian jailer and his family who were present the night God sent an earthquake and opened every cell in the prison. You remember that fromActs chapter 16? God is certainly able to get men out of a jailhouse, and Paul's saying if you people will pray, he just might do it again. But he's also talking…
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Look atActs chapter 16. I want to show you four or five different examples. Then I want to show you a scripture to back up the example. I'm glad you're in church tonight.…
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…the first verse again, let us remind ourselves a bit about some background of Philippians. If you want to read more about this, just turn back toActs chapter 16, where we have Paul's visit to the church there in Philippi. It's remembering that that Paul isn't writing to strangers; he knows this church. He…
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…about his ministry, he said that, I came to you after suffering and after going through mistreatment in Philippi. All we've got to do is go back toActs chapter 16and we see what his truly preaching the gospel had cost him. And he said, after that, we came to you as you yourselves know. And he said, we…
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…So there's our date. We could spend a lot more time on any of this, but we've got all of chapter 1 to get. But let's talk about the recipients inActs chapter 16. That's the background. To this. Luke is a very precise writer. And so the reason why those who give dates to things give the date of about 63 AD…
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…But look at the New Testament church. Think of it, right? Nobody walks into the church in Philippi and they're just like vibing off day one.Acts chapter 16shows us who walks into the living room on a Tuesday night. Who do we have? We have Lydia. She's a woman, she's rich and successful, she's a…
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…his life, of his flexibility with what God took him through and brought him through. For example, look if you would at Acts chapter 9. I'm sorry,Acts chapter 16. Look at Acts chapter 16 tonight. And if there's anything we need as Christians, it's it's a certain flexibility. And I'm not talking about a…
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…fact, you can't. In Mark chapter 10, verse 18, Jesus said, no one is good except God alone. So if we are not good, what must we do to be saved? InActs chapter 16, the Philippian jailer asked Paul and Silas this very question. And they said, Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved. It is never about…
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…it's going to pervert the truth of what this the Bible is saying. Take, for example, the story of Paul and Silas. If you remember in the book ofActs, chapter 16, they're illegally imprisoned. He's a Roman citizen. They're thrown in, they sing hymns in the middle of the night, the earthquake, the shackles…
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…in the New Testament. And he's writing as a Gentile. Luke was a doctor by trade. And Luke was a man who joined up with the Apostle Paul aroundActs chapter 16. And you'll notice as you read through the book of Acts, you'll see all the way through the book of Acts, the writer is saying, and they, and then…
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…fellowship in general. This is a partnership in the gospel from the very first day that the gospel took root in Philippi. Now you might remember inActs chapter 16, the Apostle Paul is given the Macedonian call, right? He was wanting to go different directions. He has this dream, he needs to bring the gospel…
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…Paul even invited Timothy to come along with him, Timothy already had a great reputation in the local church and community. Turn back over toActs chapter 16, Acts chapter 16, and let's read verses 2 and 3 again. He was well spoken of by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium. Paul wanted Timothy to…
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…to you and me. So uh Jesus died on the cross for our sin, Jesus rose again. And here's the truth: if you go back to the story of Philippians inActs chapter 16, this is what Paul said to the Philippian jailer. And there was an earthquake in the jail, and he Paul proclaims the gospel to the jailer, and this…
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…the kingdom of darkness and brought into the kingdom of Jesus. They've been brought into the light. We're going to spend a lot of time looking atActs chapter 16because there's three very specific examples of people that did this very same thing. The grace of God brought them out of the kingdom of darkness…
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…If you want to read about how Paul and Timothy met and how they got to know each other and how Paul brought him into his ministry, you can go toActs chapter 16and read verses 1 through 5. That's the beginning of their relationship. And it's around AD 50 when they first meet. And then there's a lot of…
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…through weakness. I'd like for you to turn to chapter 17. Paul begins his second journey as a missionary, taking the gospel now into Europe. And inActs chapter 16, he finds himself in Philippi, and things look good for a while. Prayer meeting by the river, he engages, a merchant woman that the Lord opens the…
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…times. God says, I'm not taking that from you, but my grace is sufficient for you. And one of those things that corresponds in time is that inActs chapter 16, the language of the narrative changes from, and they went here, and they did this, to, and then we. And then we, and it was given unto us. Luke…
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…at the heart of Christianity. The identity of a Christian. It may surprise you a little bit. We're going to look at this through a story inActs chapter 16. You may want to go ahead and turn there as I'm going to read it for us in a couple of minutes. But first, I want us to pray and ask for God's help…
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…get this right. Was it luck? No, okay. Now I want you to go with me back to the scripture we started at. And well, actually, I wanna continue onActs chapter 16to notice something. And if you're there, it says this. He was the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess. and believed. The Bible makes…
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…bed to sleep in, all that, all that kind of stuff. And then you know the other interactions. You know where Paul goes right after that. Like whatActs chapter 16tells us is that Paul right after that goes and exercises a demon from a slave girl. He's thrown into prison, but before he's thrown into prison,…
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