Category: Acts 16
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No Prison Could Hold Them
(Acts 16:25-40) Paul and Silas were thrown into prison and beaten wrongfully for their testimony and casting out the demon that had bound the life of a slave girl. This was a vindictive, spiteful and hateful act against these two men who had done good. And why was it done? Because the owners of the…
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Suffering for the Lord’s Sake
(Acts 16:19-24) When you come to The Lord and especially if you do a work in his name, it is never a bed of roses. The one thing you can be sure of is that if you work for The Lord you are going to come up against opposition and that means you may suffer.…
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False Spirits
(Acts 16:16-18) Do not believe everything you see and hear! That is the warning we get from this section of scripture. There is truth and then there are words and teachings that sound like truth but are not. Paul discovered this when he was in Philippi and was being followed by a slave girl who…
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Preaching the Word
(Acts 16:6-15) In this section of scripture we see Paul and his associates travelling through parts of the old world preaching to the people in different cities and regions. There are a few insights we can gather from what they did and how they approached the people. It is worth looking at these to see…
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Did The Apostle Paul Lie?
(Acts 16:1-5) Here is a conundrum. In the last few few posts I have been looking at how Paul and Barnabas argued with some members of the early church who were pushing for the new Gentile churches to be taught that they must be circumcised. Paul and Barnabas hotly opposed these men and to get…
