Week 7: Acts 18-20
Acts 18-20 cover some of the most fruitful time in Paul’s ministry during the book of Acts. There is so much good stuff to learn from this week, so I hope you’ll dig into the Word of God with me!
In today’s podcast, we’ll discuss:
- We get the phrase “tentmaker” from Acts 18
- We discover that Paul is bi-vocational to some extent
- Devoted himself full-time to preaching when help arrived
- Paul shook the dust off his clothes in protest as Jesus commanded in Luke 9:5
- Paul was committed to the gospel, not to people. We need to go where the gospel is fruitful, not just to a people we would like to see fruit in.
- Paul wan’t willing to waste his time with unwilling hearts
- The Lord directed Paul in a vision – stayed in Corinth longer than anywhere else yet
- Gallo, the wicked Proconsul
- Ephesus – the place the Holy Spirit prevented Paul from going to before
- Apollos – another powerful mouthpiece
- The baptism of the Holy Spirit in Ephesus – included tongues AND prophecy
- Two years in Ephesus – the most yet!
- “Out of the ordinary” miracles by Paul
- Sons of Sceva incident – it invoked fear and repentance
- The riot of Ephesus
- Paul’s life threatened in Macedonia
- Eutychus dies and is raised to life in Troas
- On to Jerusalem – Paul already knows his fate
- “More blessed to give than to receive” – a quote by Jesus?
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