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Acts 17:1-9

Paul, Silas and the team leave Philippi to go preach the gospel in

Thessalonica. After they preached, a group of frustrated antagonists make a

very unique claim against them, “These that have turned the world upside

down are come hither also”.

Part two of this message focuses on the need for the church, it takes team

a collection of courageous believers to turn the world upside down.

Acts 17:1-9

Paul, Silas and the team leave Philippi to go preach the gospel in

Thessalonica. After they preached, a group of frustrated antagonists make a

very unique claim against them, “These that have turned the world upside

down are come hither also”. Our question today is, how do we personally

live a life that has the power to unsettle the entire world with the

gospel.

Acts 16:24-38

Paul & Silas have prayed and praised in their hour of need and now the

doors have been opened. The next question is what to do? Do they take the

way of escape or do they enter the open door, a spiritual opportunity to

share the gospel with a man who is desperately in need of salvation? Do we

put greater focus on negotiating the difficulties of life than on

ministering the gospel?

This week Temple Worship led us through a season of prayer and praise. We

used the Tabernacle prayer template as a springboard to glorify and meet

with God.

Acts 16:22-26

Last week we found that in order to have an unshakeable faith that it will

require us to accept persecution as a fact and believe the promises of God

(Mat 5:11,12). This week we find Paul and Silas beaten and bloody in a

prison cell…the average person would be at their breaking point but these

men choose to worship. We learn this week that an unbreakable, unshakeable

believer is a person yielded to the joy and discipline of prayer and

worship.

Judges 1

In this sermon, Eric uses the book of Judges to teach that compromise will

always cost you something. Spiritual compromise is the willful decision of

a believer to allow sin to remain. Is there sin that you’re allowing to

thrive in your life? You must trust God to kill it or it will cost you

everything.

1 Corinthians 10

In this message, Uriah unpacks the warnings Paul gives to us in 1

Corinthians 10, while also using Deuteronomy 5 as a reference. We must not

be ignorant of the things we’ve learned, and we must draw near to the fire

without fearing the burn.

Acts 16:18-24

The gospel has a way of unsettling the worldly institutions around us, when

that happens, we are bound to face persecution. This week we see the

ramifications of Paul gospel ministry in Philippi. When the world’s

cultures and systems accuse us and are hostile towards our faith, how do we

stand strong?

Acts 16:16-18

In this week’s story from Acts, the team of missionaries meets another

influential woman of Philippi, a soothsayer. Like Lydia, this woman had

power and influence but proved to be a threat to the ministry. Today we

look to Paul to help us answer, “How do I deal with people and messages

that seem to distract from the mission?”

Acts 16:11-15

In our story of Paul and his journey into Europe, the team discovers a

woman named Lydia and her friends worshipping the God of the Bible. In this

lesson, we learn the value of spiritually-minded female leaders as well as

what it means to use your sphere of influence for the gospel's sake.