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Acts 16:23–28 · BSB
16:23 And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.
16:24 On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
16:25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
16:26 Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.
16:27 When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, presuming that the prisoners had escaped.
16:28 But Paul called out in a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself! We are all here!”
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…some paper copies if you want one. Just lift up your hand. Uh take one. It'll be good to have the text in front of you today. We're gonna be inActs chapter 16. Uh before we do that, there is something really important. Uh Hughsmans, Margaret and Louis Husman celebrate their 73rd, these are TVCers' 73rd…
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…And when it doesn't show up like we expected, we can't receive what we need. Can I move a little deeper into this teaching? You good? Okay. FindActs chapter 16. If you can find it in your Bible or if you want to look it up on your phone. I always have a backup plan on the screen for you, just in case. In…
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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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…and liberated. We see an earthquake open up a prison and the jailer and his family get saved. We see these three distinct miracles, all inActs chapter 16. But the miracle you and I are tempted to completely gloss over is that these three people and more become a family at the end of chapter 16.…
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…unto God with the voice of triumph, hell will tremble. Hell will begin to say, what is happening here? What is going on here? It's just like inActs chapter 16, when Paul and Silas were in prison, and they were going to be executed the next day. But at midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and they began…
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Amen. Thank you so very much. If you have your copy of God's Word, turn with me toActs chapter 16. If you do not have a copy of God's Word, there's one in front of you. I'd encourage you to use that copy this morning. And you can find today's…
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…our gift to you. Well, we are continuing our study of the Acts of the Apostles this week. If you would turn with me, once you have your Bible, toActs chapter 16. Acts chapter 16 this morning. For the past two weeks, we saw Paul and the council in Jerusalem settle an important matter about the nature of…
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…and you know the recipients, the better you'll understand the letter. What do you know about the Thessalonian church? Well, how well do you knowActs chapters 16and 17? Because those are the chapters in the book of Acts that detail for us the birth of this church and how this church came into existence.…
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…make decisions based on their own preference, but each one was willing to surrender their rights for the sake of the family. Now we're gonna see inActs chapter 16, we're gonna see an insane example of this. When you turn to page to Acts chapter 16, Paul had a traveling companion named Timothy. And Timothy was…
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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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…in here. Sometimes we get in these places and we say, God, I can't see the way out. But listen, don't open a door that God has closed. Listen toActs chapter 16. Even the early church went through this. The Holy Spirit would close a door from time to time, and they had to learn how to dance and keep in step…
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…you pray. Come on, say change break when I pray. Minnie Hill, are you hearing me? Chains break when I pray. Pastor, where do you get that from?Acts chapter 16. Verse 25 to 26. It says about midnight. Paul in silence. I feel like preaching today. It says about midnight. Go to that scripture up. Paul and…
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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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…this morning. I put my idol away and I pulled out my scriptures. Today I'm speaking in rhymes all the time. You didn't know I was that clever.Acts chapter 16. We're gonna Or sorry, Acts chapter 17, we we already did that one. It tells the story of a similar collision of world views. Two separate cities…
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