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“The Dangers of Sleeping During the Sermon” (Acts 20:7-12)
My big brother, Ben, is a wonderful sleeper. That guy can nap like it’s his job. He’s a super hard worker, and a great husband and father. So, when he’s tired, he sleeps, even if it’s not bedtime. I’ve gone hunting with him, only to find him sleeping in the truck. I’ve gone fishing with him only to see him fall asleep in the boat. The guy knows how to sleep.
In today’s Bible passage, we’re going to hear about a young man who also was apparently pretty good at sleeping. Today’s sermon is entitled “The Dangers of Sleeping During the Sermon.”
Let’s go to the Lord in prayer and ask Him to speak to us as we study His Word.
(prayer)
Let me give you a little background to what leads up to our passage in Acts 20.
After Jesus rose from the dead, He hung out on the earth for forty days; then He ascended back to Heaven.
After Jesus left the earth, the apostles began to lead the church, and tell others about Jesus.
On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples, and Peter preached a powerful sermon where about 3,000 people became part of the early Church.
From there, the church began to blossom and spread through the ministry of Peter and John, and the other apostles. God also raised up another apostle, one who was once an enemy of the Church, whose name was Paul.
Paul would become a legendary preacher, missionary, and church planter. He was particularly effective in taking the gospel to the non-Jewish world.
Paul took the gospel to many cities, including a city called Troas. That takes us to Acts 20:7-12, where Paul would spend seven days in Troas.
By the way, the book of Acts was written by Luke, who was a traveling companion of Paul.
Well, let’s dive into today’s passage. Look at Acts 20:7-12:
7 On the first day of the week, we assembled to break bread. Paul spoke to them, and since he was about to depart the next day, he kept on talking until midnight. 8 There were many lamps in the room upstairs where we were assembled, 9 and a young man named Eutychus was sitting on a window sill and sank into a deep sleep as Paul kept on talking. When he was overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead. 10 But Paul went down, bent over him, embraced him, and said, “Don’t be alarmed, because he’s alive.” 11 After going upstairs, breaking the bread, and eating, Paul talked a long time until dawn. Then he left. 12 They brought the boy home alive and were greatly comforted.
This is a weird story, right? I’ve never heard of this happening to anyone other than this young man named Eutychus.
By the way, that’s also a weird name. Although his name Eutychus means “fortunate.” Now, this story certainly didn’t start out fortunate for Eutychus, but it did end that way.
Something special happened in this story. However, I hope that you will see there’s more than one special element to this story.
First, let’s see that . . .
I. There is something special about the fellowship of God’s people.
When we speak of fellowship, we mean gathering together and spending time together.
One aspect we repeatedly see in the New Testament concerning the early church was that they gathered frequently.
Churches should enjoy being together in fellowship with one another.
In this case, the church gathered at a building, probably someone’s house, and they hung out all night. That’s amazing!
Church, we should have a bond with one another to where we enjoy being together.
Now, to be clear, this was a special circumstance. From what we know, Paul was about to leave town, so they probably spent more time together than they normally do, so they could soak up every last ounce of what Paul was teaching.
However, it was a regu
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My big brother, Ben, is a wonderful sleeper. That guy can nap like it’s his job. He’s a super hard worker, and a great husband and father. So, when he’s tired, he sleeps, even if it’s not bedtime. I’ve gone hunting with him, only to find him sleeping in the truck. I’ve gone fishing with him only to see him fall asleep in the boat. The guy knows how to sleep.
In today’s Bible passage, we’re going to hear about a young man who also was apparently pretty good at sleeping. Today’s sermon is entitled “The Dangers of Sleeping During the Sermon.”
Let’s go to the Lord in prayer and ask Him to speak to us as we study His Word.
(prayer)
Let me give you a little background to what leads up to our passage in Acts 20.
After Jesus rose from the dead, He hung out on the earth for forty days; then He ascended back to Heaven.
After Jesus left the earth, the apostles began to lead the church, and tell others about Jesus.
On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples, and Peter preached a powerful sermon where about 3,000 people became part of the early Church.
From there, the church began to blossom and spread through the ministry of Peter and John, and the other apostles. God also raised up another apostle, one who was once an enemy of the Church, whose name was Paul.
Paul would become a legendary preacher, missionary, and church planter. He was particularly effective in taking the gospel to the non-Jewish world.
Paul took the gospel to many cities, including a city called Troas. That takes us to Acts 20:7-12, where Paul would spend seven days in Troas.
By the way, the book of Acts was written by Luke, who was a traveling companion of Paul.
Well, let’s dive into today’s passage. Look at Acts 20:7-12:
7 On the first day of the week, we assembled to break bread. Paul spoke to them, and since he was about to depart the next day, he kept on talking until midnight. 8 There were many lamps in the room upstairs where we were assembled, 9 and a young man named Eutychus was sitting on a window sill and sank into a deep sleep as Paul kept on talking. When he was overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead. 10 But Paul went down, bent over him, embraced him, and said, “Don’t be alarmed, because he’s alive.” 11 After going upstairs, breaking the bread, and eating, Paul talked a long time until dawn. Then he left. 12 They brought the boy home alive and were greatly comforted.
This is a weird story, right? I’ve never heard of this happening to anyone other than this young man named Eutychus.
By the way, that’s also a weird name. Although his name Eutychus means “fortunate.” Now, this story certainly didn’t start out fortunate for Eutychus, but it did end that way.
Something special happened in this story. However, I hope that you will see there’s more than one special element to this story.
First, let’s see that . . .
I. There is something special about the fellowship of God’s people.
When we speak of fellowship, we mean gathering together and spending time together.
One aspect we repeatedly see in the New Testament concerning the early church was that they gathered frequently.
Churches should enjoy being together in fellowship with one another.
In this case, the church gathered at a building, probably someone’s house, and they hung out all night. That’s amazing!
Church, we should have a bond with one another to where we enjoy being together.
Now, to be clear, this was a special circumstance. From what we know, Paul was about to leave town, so they probably spent more time together than they normally do, so they could soak up every last ounce of what Paul was teaching.
However, it was a regu