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A long time ago in an Empire far, far away....
▾ Start:
Entice:
▾ Entice:
Acts 16.11-12
• Acts 16.11.12
Today we will follow Paul and his team as they take the gospel into a new environment.
• Paul and his team take the gospel into a new environment.
The group they meet by the river evidently comprise the entire community.
As an Imperial Roman
While there they take the initiative to tell the story of Jesus
Colony Philippi's civic pride is different from the more mixed Hellenistic cities Paul is familiar with.
This is the first time that his own Roman citizenship will be put at
This group they meet by the river evidently comprise the entire Jewish community in a synagogue-less City.
As an Imperial Roman Colony Philippi's civic pride is different from the more mixed Hellenistic cities Paul is familiar with.
This is the first time that his own Roman citizenship will be put at issue; likely because this is the first place that he has been that his citizenship is significant.
Philippi was in a sense the cradle (or at least the bank roll) of Hellenism.
The city was named after Philip of Macedon who annexed the area, gave it sound government and stability, & helped himself to the gold.
The gold funded the expansion of his armies.
His son Alexander used those armies to become "great" by conquering the empires of the east.
Spreading his ideology of Hellenistic inclusive-ism.
Ironically it was more Roman than Greek due to the impact and influence of the Roman soldiers who were given land there and for whose sake the region was designated a Roman Colony.
issue; likely because this is the first place that he has been that his citizenship is significant.
• Philippi was in a sense the cradle (or at least the bank roll) of Hellenism.
The city was named after Philip of Macedon who annexed the area, gave it sound
government and stability, & helped himself to the gold.
The gold funded the expansion of his armies.
His son Alexander used those armies to become "great" by
Expand: Paul and his party encounter a strange mix of Jewish devotion, oriental religious practices, Hellenistic culture, and Roman practical government.
conquering the empires of the east.
Spreading his ideology of Hellenistic incluseivism.
Ironically it was more Roman than Greek due to the impact and influence of
the Roman soldiers who were given land there and for whose sake the region was designated a Roman Colony.
• Expand: Paul and his party encounter a strange mix of oriental religious practices, Hellenistic culture, and Roman practical government.
They meet with Jewish
Paul found that the gospel could make a profound difference even in this very new and different soil.
Philippi became the spring-board for expanding European evangelism.
women who made up but a small faith community and come into conflict with occult practices which were embraced less from religious awe than pure profit
motive.
Paul found that the gospel could make a profound difference even in this very new and different soil.
Philippi became the spring-board for expanding
Engage: Christianity's entry to Europe introduced realities we continue to struggle with to this day.
What is really at stake in a culture with so much exploitation?
So many prisoners?
Powerful inequities?
So many who are lost and adrift?
European evangelism.
• Engage: Christianity's entry to Europe introduced realities we continue to struggle with to this day.
What is really at stake in a culture with so much exploitation?
So
What is at stake?
many prisoners?
Powerful inequities?
So many who are lost and adrift?
Someone’s Eternity!
• Excite:What is at stake?
Eternity.
And the solution to the dilemma is the Gospel Paul brought into Europe.
A gospel of liberated captives whose hearts become
Somebody’s Liberty!
Somebody’s Liberty!
And the solution to the dilemma is the Gospel Paul brought into Europe.
A gospel of unbound captives whose liberated hearts become captive to the Gospel.
The power of God liberates all those who are enslaved by Empire.
captive to the Gospel.
• Explore: The power of God liberates all those who are enslaved by Empire.
Explain: Let's get specific and identify exactly who is liberated from what in this passage.
• Explain: Let's get specific and identify exactly who is liberated from what in this passage.
Fist we can identify those who are
1 Exiled Seekers.
1 Exiled Seekers.
▾ 1 Exiled Seekers.
1.1 Paul & his party were seeking a new field of service…in effect the Holy Spirit exiled them to Macedonia.
• 1.1 Paul & his party were seeking a new field of service…in effect the Holy Spirit exiled them to Macedonia.
1.2
They found a small group of seekers, exiled beyond the city wall because there was no place for them in the well-ordered, pagan, powerful, colonial city.
1.2
They found a small group of seekers, exiled beyond the city wall because there was no place for them in the well-ordered, pagan, powerful, colonial city.
1.2.1 The Word was spoken.
• 1.2.1 The Word was spoken.
1.2.2
Faith bore fruit.
• 1.2.2
Faith bore fruit.
1.2.3
The Church in Europe was born.
• 1.2.3
The Church in Europe was born.
Where were you stranded when someone approached you with a message that liberated you and plotted the path for your divine destiny?
• 1.3
Where have you been stranded when someone approached you with a message that could end your estrangement from God and plot the path for your divine
Next, think about the
destiny?
2 Exploited Victims.
▾ 2 Exploited Victims.
2.1 One poor girl exploited in so many ways:
▾ 2.1 One poor girl exploited in so many ways:
Children were considered burdensome to begin with.
• 2.1.1
Children were considered burdensome to begin with.
She was a slave.
• 2.1.2
She was a slave.
2.1.3
She was a girl.
She was a girl.
• 2.1.3
She was a girl.
She was used to create wealth for others.
• 2.1.4
She was used to create wealth for others.
She was possessed by a demon that enabled divination, prediction and ventriloquism.
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