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in fact the world is already upside down!
in v. 6 of our passage Paul and his team were accused of turning the world upside down
an amazing compliment!
the world is not as God created it
the Fall of man and God’s resultant curse on the earth has resulted in the world believing the lie of the devil and going from bad to worse
contrast with those who live their lives trying to fly under the radar and without getting noticed
there are Christians who are making no impact on the world they live in
all of humankind is trapped in an evil world system under the control of the devil
it is hostile to God
the people of Thessalonica accused Paul and Silas of turning their world upside down!
sin has turned our world upside down, wrong is right, evil is good, what was shameful is now exalted as virtuous
don’t forget that they had just entered Europe and this accusation was levelled at them!
what is it that made Paul and Silas so effective and powerful in their ministry?
in fact the world is already upside down!
There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what happened.
To be successful, you need to be a person who makes things happen.
Jim Lovell
Paul and Silas were people who made things happen
they disturbed the comfort of sinners
examples of OT prophets
Prophets of OT
Elijah vs. Ahab - “he who troubles Israel”
Jeremiah, the weeping prophet - prophesied the downfall of Jerusalem while the false prophets said otherwise
God has always had people like this and always will
God wants his people to confront their society, who will call sin sin and warn sinners of judgment.
Paul was that kind of person, he boldly spoke the truth
wherever he went he made Christianity the issue
he was a man who shook the world!
what were the things that made Paul and Silas and others so effective in their ministry?
how were they able turned the world upside down or right side up depending on your perspective?
today we will consider the spiritual principles which enabled Paul and Silas to change their world
God is not standing by helpless or unwilling to intervene
he has been sending his messengers and continues to send them to proclaim the light of Christ to a sin-darkened world
to those in darkness those messengers appear to be upsetting the system
they disturb the comfort of sinner and thereby stir up their wrath
from their perspective they are turning the world upside down
from God’s perspective they are turning the world right-side up!
examples of Elijah, Jeremiah and Amos in the OT
like those OT prophets the Apostle Paul shook sleeping sinners out of their complacency
there were two responses: rage and repentance
we will answer the question: ‘what does it take for us to be world changers?’
having been asked to leave Philippi, Paul and his team visited Lydia where they had been staying and when they had encouraged her and the other believers they pressed on in their evangelism and church planting ministry
Acts 1
“brothers”
describes the familial relationship of believers with believers
happens the moment a person is brought from death to life
they are brothers and sisters in Christ
Principle
we are to treat each other that way and in the best sense
we are all aware of dysfunctional families
that reality should not describe the local church but all too often it does
Jesus to his disciples: “they will know you are Christians by your love”
love for Christ which translates into love for one another
true love for Christ will of necessity translate into love for one another
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Paul and his team travelled SW across S Greece from Philippi
followed the coastline to the port city of Thessalonica
the Roman capital of Macedonia
in modern day Greece it is now known as Thessaloniki
A Tale of Two Cities
it would appear that it was the presence of a synagogue which attracted Paul to this city
as the capital of Macedonia Thessalonica was the most important city with a population of about 200k
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