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                                        “Mission Ephesus”

                         Acts 19:1-10

Baptizing the Found (vv. 1-7)

Preaching to the Lost (vv. 8-10)

Take 5 (minutes) to Give 5 (things or truths):

1.      God

2.      Man

3.      Need

4.      Gospel 

4 Roads to God:

1.      Creation

2.      Conscience

3.      Communication (bible)

4.      Christ

Jonah 2: 1-10

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"Learning Then Giving the Word of God"

Acts 18:24-28

Learning (vv. 24-26)

Mt. 3:11 "I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

1 Cor. 1:12 What I mean is that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," or "I follow Apollos," or "I follow Cephas," or "I follow Christ." 3:5-6 4 For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not being merely human? 5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each. 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.

Eph. 4:11-15 11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds[a] and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood,[c] to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. 15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,

1 Pet. 2:2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—

Heb. 5:14 But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.

Acts 18:12-23

Acts 18 1-11

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                     “Proclaiming 4 Roads to God”

                Acts 17:22-34

1. Creation (vv. 22-26)

2. Conscience (vv. 27-29)

Ro. 1:19: "that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them."

Psa. 14:1b-3  … The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, They have done abominable works, There is none who does good. 2 The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God. 3 They have all turned aside, They have together become corrupt; There is none who does good, No, not one. 

3. Communication (v. 30)

4. Christ (vv.31-34) 

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The Gospel in a Culture of IdolsText: Acts 17:16–22 (ESV)

Church Life, “Are You a Good Berean?” 

                                    (Acts 17:10-15) 

The Right Mind (vv. 10-11)

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. - Charles Spurgeon -  

Heb. 5:12-14 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, 13 for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. 14 But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.  

Ro. 15:4 For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. 

The Right Heart (v. 12) 

The Right Mission (vv. 13-15)

How to Develop Wisdom and Discernment (through God’s means of grace):

1.     Seek God in the word (be a good Berean)

2.     Seek God in prayer (Ja. 1:5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.)

3.     Seek God in the fellowship of the local church (‘iron sharpens iron’)

The Call of God pt 4- The Gospel Courage " Acts 16:25-40

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“The Calling of God, Pt.3- To Suffer” (Acts 16:16-24) 

The Conflict in Suffering (vv. 16-21)

Deut. 18:10-12a 10 There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering,[a] anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer 11 or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, 12 for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord.... 

The Consequence of Suffering (vv. 22-24)

Phil 1:12-14 12 I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, 13 so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ. 14 And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

Mt. 5:10-12  10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

1 Pet. 4:14-16  14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory[a] and of God rests upon you. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler. 16 Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.

Ja. 1:2-4 2 Count it all joy, my brothers,[a] when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Ro. 5:3-4 3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, .. 1 attachment