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Review For approximately two years, Paul ministered in the needy city of Corinth. He had a fruitful ministry there but eventually he moved on to a short visit in Ephesus and then completed his missionary journey by returning to Antioch. After several years he began a third missionary journey, but Luke’s…

Acts 19:1-41 Introduction— A saying in leadership: “When you’re tired of saying people are just starting to hear it” Statement about the value of repetition especially of things that are important Often I come back to a sermon, passage or topic - not because it was a good sermon but because it’s important…

Easter and Christmas are probably the most significant days in the Christian faith. The birth of Jesus and His resurrection, major components of the gospel. Instead of spending just one week focusing on the Easter event, I wanted us to spend a few weeks after Easter reflecting on the resurrection and…

Mission Control “This is Paul, I’m ready to go again.” Paul has returned to Antioch after this trip, just as he had his first missionary trip. Between trip one and trip two a two year interval passed, but a trip to Jerusalem did happen for Jerusalem counsel Paul did spend sometime, but not long in Antioch…

The book of Acts moves fairly quickly from one place to the next and it is easy to get the impression that all the events happened in a very short period of time. But in reality this book covers a span of 32 years from the ascention of Jesus to Paul’s imprisonment in Rome in about AD 62. And his third…

33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. You hear the Kingdom of God or the Kingdom of Heaven talked about. Do you know what it is? Can you define it? Do you know what the Bible says about it? It was is a popular topic in the New Testament.…

Today we will be seeing a few different groups of people in the city of Ephesus—grouped by their response to the good news of Jesus Christ. These people could be representative of groups of people today. Background Journey Ephesus third largest city, about 250,000 residents. Important port city would…

49 “Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.” 11 Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and…

23 After he had spent some time there, he departed and went over the region of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples. 11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of…

Spiritual Blessings in Christ We finished Galatians and learned a lot how Gossip can ruin a church, how the Christ became the law and we are not justified by faith and not by works. Also how it doesn’t matter who we are or what we did in the past God still sent His Son for us. Now we are going to continue…

Our World's illusions of power fail as an altrnative to the true power of God.

We've come to the end of Acts and we summarised it from the perspective that it's a Spirit-empowered, boundary-crossing GROWTH story. It encourages us in our faith journey of growth, and as we boldly share the gospel.

I. The Occasion for Timothy’s Mission A. When Paul Left 1 Timothy 1:3 (NASB95) 3 As I urged you upon my departure for Macedonia , remain on at Ephesus so that you may instruct certain men not to teach strange doctrines, 1. Paul and Timothy were together in Ephesus 2. Paul was leaving Ephesus for Macedonia…

Designation of Paul Verse 1 tells us that it is Paul the apostle to the Gentiles who wrote this letter. Also chapter 3:1 tells us again that Paul is the human author. This letter was one of the most widely circulated letters of the New Testament and Paul’s authorship has never been doubted. The letter…

Show Map City of Ephesus Founded by the Amazons about 2000 B.C Ephesus was once the capital of Asia Minor state of the Roman Empire. Ephesus means desirable 3rd largest Library (Library of Celus) in Ancient World (SHOW PIC) Ephesus derived its greatness from two sources, commercial trade (sea-port city)…

Video of Retreat... 18 Then he said, “Now pick up the other arrows and strike them against the ground.” So the king picked them up and struck the ground three times. 19 But the man of God was angry with him. “You should have struck the ground five or six times!” he exclaimed. “Then you would have beaten…

Secular - Historical/Cultural Context - The book of 1 John is one of the five books in the New Testament that was written by John the Apostle, brother of James. They were known as the sons of thunder. This letter was written between A.D. 85 to A.D. 100. First John was written to a church or group of…

Acts 29 We spent the last 37 weeks traveling through the book of Acts. It has been a joy and a journey for me and I’m sure for you as well. What I want to do this morning is highlight some key insights into the book and then I want to give you all the opportunity to speak up and out about how we can…

Order of Service Welcome 27 Turn away from evil and do good; so shall you dwell forever. 28 For the Lord loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off. 29 The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell upon it forever. Hymn…

11 Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them. 13 Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord…

Ministry in Ephesus Intro This morning we are going to continue to look at Paul’s ministry in Ephesus. Remember Ephesus is the cultural center of The Roman Empire. Not only was it the cultural center it was also a cultic center. Much Pagan worship took place in Ephesus and that is going to play a huge…

1 And it happened, while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper regions, came to Ephesus. And finding some disciples 2 he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” So they said to him, “We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.”…

Gospel-Centered Discipleship Introduction Several years ago I had the privilege of going to England for School. This was a trip where I could earn College Credit while studying abroad. It was an absolute blessing. The trip was fully funded by family and friends. One of the courses I took was in Evangelism.…

A Soldier’s Prayer I asked God for strength, that I might achieve, I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey. I asked for health, that I might do great things, I was given infirmity, that I might do better things. I asked for riches, that I might be happy, I was given poverty, that I might be…

During Pastoral Prayer may want to give some updates on SBC Introduction Good morning. (( recap last week )) Dirty politics is not new. Gas-lighting is not new. Definition - Gas-lighting is a form of psychological manipulation in which a person or a group covertly sows seeds of doubt in a targeted individual…