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?