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*The Gospel Causes Uproar & Curiosity*
*Acts 17:1-15*
\\ *Acts 17:1-15*
*/17/*/ When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, /
/ they came to Thessalonica, /
/where there was a Jewish synagogue.
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/2 //As his custom was, /
/Paul went into the synagogue, /
/and on three Sabbath days /
/he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, /
/3 //explaining and proving that the Christ/ /had to suffer /
/and rise from the dead.
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/“This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,/”
/he said.
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/4 //Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, /
/ as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks /
/and not a few prominent women.
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/5 //But the Jews were jealous; /
/so they rounded up some bad characters /
/from the marketplace, /
/formed a mob and started a riot in the city.
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/They rushed to Jason’s house /
/in search of Paul and Silas /
/in order to bring them out to the crowd./
/6 //But when they did not find them, /
/they dragged Jason and some other brothers /
/before the city officials, shouting: /
/“These men who have caused trouble /
/all over the world have now come here,/
/7 //and Jason has welcomed them into his house.
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/They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, /
/saying that there is another king, /
/one called Jesus.” /
/8 //When they heard this, /
/the crowd and the city officials were thrown into turmoil.
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/9 //Then they made Jason and the others post bond /
/and let them go.
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/10 //As soon as it was night, /
/the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea.
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/On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue.
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/11 //Now the Bereans were of more noble character /
/than the Thessalonians, /
/for they received the message with great eagerness /
/and examined the Scriptures every day /
/to see if what Paul said was true.
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/12 //Many of the Jews believed, /
/as did also a number of prominent Greek women /
/and many Greek men.
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/13 //When the Jews in Thessalonica learned /
/that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea, /
/they went there too, /
/agitating the crowds and stirring them up.
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/14 //The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, /
/but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea.
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/15 //The men who escorted Paul brought him to Athens /
/and then left with instructions for Silas and Timothy /
/to join him as soon as possible.
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Today we continue with Paul and Silas on a missionary journey.
And we observe in this passage that the message of the Gospel causes different reactions in people.
There are a number of things that we can learn from this passage about sharing the Gospel with others and about the responses that can be expected.
The second Missionary Journey of the Apostle Paul
begins with Acts 15:39, and concludes with Acts 18:32.
Barnabas and Mark had been Paul’s companions
on the first journey.
But Mark had deserted them.
Now it was time to continue spreading the Gospel
throughout the Mediterranean basin.
Barnabas had suggested that they take Mark with them,
because he was a very valueable associate to them.
But, Paul would not take him along
because he had abandoned them before.
And /“they had such a sharp disagreement /
/that they parted company.
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/Barnabas took Mark and sailed (in the south easterly direction) /
/to (the island) Cyprus, /
/but Paul took Silas and left, /
/commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.
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/He went through Syria and Cilicia, /
/strengthening the churches/” (Acts 15:39-40).
In ch.
17, Paul and Silas are joined by a young man
by the name of Timothy
and they move on to Thessalonica, Berea, and Athens.
And we find in this account
that each city responds to the Good News differently.
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In Thessalonica the Gospel stirrs up controversy,
and is rejected.
In Berea it is received with interest and curiosity.
Today, as we share the Gospel with others,
we can expect similar responses.
\\ \\ I invite you to come with me as we travel with Paul
and the early missionaries,
to see and take note of Paul’s strategy
for spreading the Gospel,
observing the responses of the ancient people,
and also learning a few things about the responses
that we can expect
when we engage others with the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Thessalonica, was located about a 100 miles from Philippi.
It was the capital of the Province of Macedonia
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