Continuing Kingdom Work

N.T.#859 "Continuing Kingdom Work"

Sept 4, 2026 

Acts 17

LET IT GLOW 

When they got out of jail free, Paul, Silas, and Timothy spent 3 weeks organizing a church from the Jewish converts Jason. Paul worked as a tentmaker so he wasn't a burden to the believers. Paul presented Jesus Christ suffered and rose from the dead. Many believed.  (verses 3-4)

The missionaries had such an impact of Thessalonica that the Jews gathered people to take them out of Jason's house. Why? They were turning the world upside down for Jesus. (verse 6) They were literally shaking communities for Jesus with the Gospel. They were preaching another king-Jesus, in the Jewish synagogues.

Paul uses the Gentile term "Lord."  Is Jesus king and Lord of your life and mine?

LET IT GROW 

Silas and Timothy stayed while Paul went to Berea and sailed to Athens. Silas and Timothy sent word to Paul that they were joining him, so Paul waited for them to arrive. 

What disturbed Paul there? Idolatry was engulfing the city. Paul met people in the market place-philosophers of the Epicureans and the Stoicks. Their motto was, "Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die." Stoicks believed in brotherhood of all men and held to the high moral principles of a life of self-denial. 

Paul became known as a babbler, which means a loafer, gossiper in the Greek.

That didn't prevent Paul from preaching Jesus crucified and resurrected.  What prevents us from sharing Jesus?

LET IT GO

Help us stay focused on You, Lord Jesus, and share the Truth with others. 

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