Acts chapter 21 quickly follows Paul on his journey back to Jerusalem. On his way back Paul and his group say with a variety of past friends that they had made during their missionary journeys. Paul is being let by the Holy Spirit to go to Jerusalem, but at the same time he receives many warnings that persecution awaits him there. (more…)
Acts Chapter 20 briefly describes Paul’s travels to Macedonia then to Greece, and in Troas, Paul raised a man from the dead, who had fallen from a three story building (verses 7-12). Next Paul feels compelled to go to Jerusalem and so starts his journey. He sends word to the leaders of the Church in Ephesus to meet him along the way. In this final message he will give to these leaders, Paul emphasizes the trials he went through to preach the Gospel, and the importance of receiving the gospel’s message. (more…)
In Acts 17 we see Paul and company continue on their missionary journey throughout the Roman empire. In each place they stop, they simply tell the people that God had sent His Son Jesus in order that they might believe and be saved. But in each town, groups of jealous Jews twist Paul’s message and create mobs to run Paul and his companions out of town. (more…)
In the second half of Acts 16 we find Paul and company being harassed by a demon possessed slave girl.
Verses 16-18:
Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling. This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved.” (more…)
In the second half of Acts Chapter 9 we read about Saul’s (aka Paul) extreme behavior change resulting from his conversion to Christianity. (more…)
In Acts Chapter 9 we meet up again with the story of Saul (aka the Apostle Paul). We see in this chapter how Saul is converted by Jesus himself, becoming a devoted follower. When we were last told about Saul, he was standing by, giving his approval of the men who stoned the first Christian martyr, Stephen. Now he still was “breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He had asked for permission from the high priest to go to Damascus in order to search out and arrest any Christians he found there.
On his way to Damascus, a great light surrounded Saul and Jesus spoke to him. (more…)
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