2. Acts 16: 6-15 God “blocks” Paul’s paths through Asia
Paul receives a vision & goes to Europe
They travel to Roman colony of Philippi

3. are joined around this time by Luke (the author of Acts).
Paul, Silas, and Timothy
are joined around this time
by Luke (the author of Acts).
The group encounters a new issue:
a small Jewish population in Philippi

4. Acts
16: 16-18
Paul exorcises a spirit of divination from a slave girl after the demon tries to “butter up” the missionaries.

5. 14 … For what do righteousness and wickedness have
2 Corinth. 6: 14-15
14 … For what do righteousness and wickedness have
in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial [a demon]?

6. From the beginnings of the Church into today, people have tried to blend Pagan AND Christian beliefs & values.

7. The Lure of the Mormon Church

8. Jehovah Witness Christian Science

9. Philippians 3:18
“As I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many
live as enemies
of the cross
of Christ.”

10. Acts 16: 19-24
The slave girl’s owners lead a riot against Paul and Silas, using anti-Semitism.
They are beaten with
rods and are flogged
Placed in inner cell of
jail, with feet in stocks

11. Acts 16:25
“About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners
were listening to them.”
1 Thessalonians 5:18
“Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus”

12. The man answered, “I am pretty well, under the circumstances.”
One day a Christian met another believer whose face was very downcast and asked, “How are you?”
The man answered, “I am pretty well,
under the circumstances.”
To which the first man replied, “I’m sorry that you are under the circumstances. Get above them.
Christians should never
be under the circumstances.

13. Colossians 3: 1-2
1 “Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above,
not on earthly things.”

14. Acts 16: 26-34 A miraculous earthquake frees
all the prisoners from their chains.
“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
The Jailer and his family are saved,
baptized, and also make amends.

15. British Army to answer one question: Suppose I am a wounded soldier
For many years, the Chaplain-General Bishop John Taylor Smith required candidates to be Chaplains in the
British Army to answer one question:
Suppose I am a wounded soldier
on the battlefield and have only
three minutes to live and am afraid
to die because I do not know Christ…
“Tell me, how may I be saved and die with the assurance that all will be well?”

16. Acts 16: 35-40 Paul & Silas willingly remain in custody
overnight to save Jailer
They are released, but protest how their rights as Romans were violated
They encourage the
new Philippian believers

17. Philippians 3:20 “Our citizenship is in Heaven…”
“The legs feel nothing in the stocks, when the heart is in Heaven.”
- Tertullian (Early Church Historian)