Celebrate the Journeys - Week 5
August 7, 2024
The Second Missionary Journey – Acts 15:36 – 18:22
Week Five – Corinth
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Series Key Truth – Life is a journey, and Christ gives us a mission. When we combine the two, we can change the world.
Acts 18:1-17
After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them, and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them. Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.
When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah. But when they opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
Then Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titius Justus, a worshiper of God. Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his entire household believed in the Lord; and many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and were baptized.
One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.” So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.
While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews of Corinth made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the place of judgment. “This man,” they charged, “is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law.”
Just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to them, “If you Jews were making a complaint about some misdemeanor or serious crime, it would be reasonable for me to listen to you. But since it involves questions about words and names and your own law—settle the matter yourselves. I will not be a judge of such things.”
So he drove them off. Then the crowd there turned on Sosthenes the synagogue leader and beat him in front of the proconsul; and Gallio showed no concern whatever.
Act 1 – The Tentmaking Preacher – Acts 18:1-4
Takeaway – God places people where he needs them.
Act 2 – The Full-time Preacher – Acts 18:5-8
Takeaway – Sometimes, we need to move on.
Act 3 – Promises Made and Promises Kept – Acts 18:9-17
Acts 18:9-10
One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.”
Takeaway – God doesn’t want us to be afraid.
Isaiah 41:10 – So do not fear, for I am with you;
2 Timothy 1:7 – God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. (CSB)
1 John 4:18 – There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear.
Psalm 34:4 – I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.
Joshua 1:9 – Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD YOUR God will be with you wherever you go.”