WEBVTT 00:00:00.340 --> 00:00:04.099 And we will continue our worship with the reading and preaching of God's Word. 00:00:10.759 --> 00:00:12.000 It's so good to see. 00:00:12.580 --> 00:00:17.320 A lot of people are, I think, away for Labor Day weekend and other things, 00:00:17.460 --> 00:00:21.120 but it's also good to see some faces we haven't seen in a really long time 00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:26.500 that have come back from break and long extended COVID break 00:00:26.500 --> 00:00:30.440 and for some students, grad students and whatnot. 00:00:30.660 --> 00:00:32.539 And it's such a joy to worship with you. 00:00:34.359 --> 00:00:38.140 My name is Sean. For those of you who are new, I'm one of the pastors of Trinity Cambridge Church. 00:00:38.340 --> 00:00:41.140 It's my joy and privilege to preach God's Word to you this evening. 00:00:41.780 --> 00:00:46.240 Please turn with me to Acts chapter 16, verses 11 to 40. 00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:57.880 Acts chapter 16, verses 11 to 40. 00:00:59.780 --> 00:01:05.859 This is when Paul and his missionary companions are in Philippi. 00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:10.060 After seeing the vision of the man of Macedonia, they are heading over there. 00:01:13.460 --> 00:01:15.960 And let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's Word. 00:01:16.239 --> 00:01:25.640 Heavenly Father, 00:01:26.819 --> 00:01:33.500 we know that your Word is living and active, 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:35.879 that your Word 00:01:35.879 --> 00:01:40.959 never fails to accomplish its purposes. 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:43.579 It never returns void. 00:01:46.239 --> 00:01:47.939 Your Word is truth. 00:01:47.939 --> 00:01:52.840 And so we 00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:55.640 quiet our hearts 00:01:55.640 --> 00:01:58.920 and incline our ears before your Word this evening. 00:02:00.679 --> 00:02:01.500 Address us. 00:02:01.679 --> 00:02:02.400 We are your people. 00:02:02.599 --> 00:02:03.439 You are our God, 00:02:03.819 --> 00:02:04.519 our King. 00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:09.199 Shape us with your Word. 00:02:09.199 --> 00:02:13.219 Fill us with faith, hope, and love. 00:02:16.219 --> 00:02:17.959 Make us more like your Son, Jesus. 00:02:20.099 --> 00:02:21.519 Exalt your Son 00:02:21.519 --> 00:02:24.699 and captivate our hearts with Him. 00:02:28.099 --> 00:02:30.099 We ask in His precious name. 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:31.259 Amen. 00:02:31.259 --> 00:02:35.620 Acts chapter 16, verses 11 to 40. 00:02:39.459 --> 00:02:41.459 So setting sail from Troas, 00:02:41.620 --> 00:02:43.919 we made a direct voyage to Samothrace, 00:02:44.159 --> 00:02:45.659 and the following day to Neapolis, 00:02:46.239 --> 00:02:47.759 and from there to Philippi, 00:02:47.879 --> 00:02:50.560 which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:51.759 and a Roman colony. 00:02:51.759 --> 00:02:54.539 We remained in this city some days, 00:02:55.019 --> 00:02:55.939 and on the Sabbath day, 00:02:56.019 --> 00:02:58.199 we went outside the gate to the riverside, 00:02:58.379 --> 00:03:00.340 where we supposed there was a place of prayer. 00:03:01.079 --> 00:03:03.759 And we sat down and spoke to the woman who had come together. 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:07.340 One who heard us was a woman named Lydia 00:03:07.340 --> 00:03:08.979 from the city of Thyatira, 00:03:09.539 --> 00:03:10.759 a seller of purple goods, 00:03:11.019 --> 00:03:12.219 who was a worshiper of God. 00:03:12.939 --> 00:03:15.819 The Lord opened her heart to pay attention 00:03:15.819 --> 00:03:17.219 to what was said by Paul. 00:03:17.219 --> 00:03:19.780 And after she was baptized, 00:03:20.240 --> 00:03:21.280 and her household as well, 00:03:21.379 --> 00:03:22.460 she urged us, saying, 00:03:22.919 --> 00:03:25.319 If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, 00:03:25.819 --> 00:03:27.379 come to my house and stay. 00:03:28.180 --> 00:03:29.919 And she prevailed upon us. 00:03:30.939 --> 00:03:32.939 As we were going to the place of prayer, 00:03:33.039 --> 00:03:34.460 we were met by a slave girl 00:03:34.460 --> 00:03:35.759 who had a spirit of divination 00:03:35.759 --> 00:03:38.379 and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling. 00:03:39.099 --> 00:03:40.639 She followed Paul and us, 00:03:40.819 --> 00:03:41.539 crying out, 00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:44.879 These men are servants of the Most High God 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:47.780 who proclaim to you the way of salvation. 00:03:49.019 --> 00:03:51.680 And this she kept doing for many days. 00:03:52.659 --> 00:03:54.780 And Paul, having become greatly annoyed, 00:03:55.060 --> 00:03:56.659 turned and said to the spirit, 00:03:57.419 --> 00:03:58.400 I command you, 00:03:58.819 --> 00:04:00.879 in the name of Jesus Christ, 00:04:01.259 --> 00:04:02.259 to come out of her. 00:04:03.479 --> 00:04:05.840 And it came out that very hour. 00:04:07.099 --> 00:04:09.919 But when our owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, 00:04:10.039 --> 00:04:11.579 they seized Paul and Silas 00:04:11.579 --> 00:04:14.000 and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers. 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:16.540 And when they had brought them to the magistrates, 00:04:16.620 --> 00:04:17.019 they said, 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:18.759 These men are Jews, 00:04:18.899 --> 00:04:20.420 and they are disturbing our city. 00:04:20.899 --> 00:04:23.319 They advocate customs that are not lawful for us 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:25.019 as Romans to accept or practice. 00:04:25.480 --> 00:04:27.459 The crowd joined in attacking them, 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:29.699 and the magistrates tore the garments off them 00:04:29.699 --> 00:04:31.600 and gave orders to beat them with rods. 00:04:32.199 --> 00:04:34.939 And when they had afflicted many blows upon them, 00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:36.500 they threw them into prison, 00:04:37.120 --> 00:04:38.779 ordering the jailer to keep them safely. 00:04:39.779 --> 00:04:41.160 Having received this order, 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:43.120 he put them into the inner prison 00:04:43.120 --> 00:04:44.780 and fastened their feet in the stocks. 00:04:45.819 --> 00:04:46.600 About midnight, 00:04:47.060 --> 00:04:49.180 Paul and Silas were praying 00:04:49.180 --> 00:04:51.319 and singing hymns to God. 00:04:52.079 --> 00:04:54.139 And the prisoners were listening to them. 00:04:55.079 --> 00:04:57.480 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, 00:04:58.000 --> 00:05:00.259 so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:03.500 And immediately all the doors were opened, 00:05:04.019 --> 00:05:06.220 and everyone's bonds were unfastened. 00:05:06.220 --> 00:05:09.740 When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, 00:05:09.840 --> 00:05:12.160 he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, 00:05:12.420 --> 00:05:14.200 supposing that the prisoners had escaped. 00:05:14.960 --> 00:05:16.940 But Paul cried with a loud voice, 00:05:17.060 --> 00:05:18.460 Do not harm yourself, 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:20.100 for we are all here. 00:05:21.080 --> 00:05:23.820 And the jailer called for lights and rushed in. 00:05:24.380 --> 00:05:25.740 And trembling with fear, 00:05:25.860 --> 00:05:28.120 he fell down before Paul and Silas. 00:05:28.120 --> 00:05:31.100 Then he brought them out and said, 00:05:31.780 --> 00:05:35.639 Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 00:05:36.540 --> 00:05:37.500 And they said, 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:40.560 Believe in the Lord Jesus, 00:05:41.040 --> 00:05:42.840 and you will be saved, 00:05:42.959 --> 00:05:44.000 you and your household. 00:05:45.280 --> 00:05:47.500 And they spoke the word of the Lord to him 00:05:47.500 --> 00:05:49.240 and to all who were in his house. 00:05:49.459 --> 00:05:51.800 And he took them the same hour of the night 00:05:51.800 --> 00:05:53.259 and washed their wounds, 00:05:53.399 --> 00:05:55.199 and he was baptized at once, 00:05:55.199 --> 00:05:56.920 he and all his family. 00:05:57.939 --> 00:05:59.339 Then he brought them up into his house 00:05:59.339 --> 00:06:00.699 and set food before them, 00:06:00.860 --> 00:06:03.159 and he rejoiced along with his entire household 00:06:03.159 --> 00:06:04.979 that he had believed in God. 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:07.420 But when it was day, 00:06:07.860 --> 00:06:09.219 the magistrates sent the police, 00:06:09.379 --> 00:06:09.539 saying, 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:10.519 Let those men go. 00:06:11.500 --> 00:06:13.399 And the jailer reported these words to Paul, 00:06:13.500 --> 00:06:13.659 saying, 00:06:13.740 --> 00:06:15.419 The magistrates have sent to let you go. 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:17.560 Therefore, come out now and go in peace. 00:06:18.240 --> 00:06:19.439 But Paul said to them, 00:06:20.139 --> 00:06:23.480 They have beaten us publicly uncondemned. 00:06:23.480 --> 00:06:25.960 Men who are Roman citizens 00:06:25.960 --> 00:06:28.140 and have thrown us into prison. 00:06:28.920 --> 00:06:31.560 And do they now throw us out secretly? 00:06:32.700 --> 00:06:33.180 No. 00:06:33.920 --> 00:06:37.400 Let them come themselves and take us out. 00:06:39.100 --> 00:06:41.800 The police reported these words to the magistrates, 00:06:41.900 --> 00:06:43.620 and they were afraid when they heard 00:06:43.620 --> 00:06:44.740 that they were Roman citizens. 00:06:45.439 --> 00:06:47.200 So they came and apologized to them, 00:06:47.259 --> 00:06:49.540 and they took them out and asked them to leave the city. 00:06:50.280 --> 00:06:52.480 So they went out of the prison and visited Lydia. 00:06:52.480 --> 00:06:54.580 And when they had seen the brothers, 00:06:54.840 --> 00:06:56.900 they encouraged them and departed. 00:06:57.800 --> 00:07:00.000 This is God's holy and authoritative word. 00:07:01.640 --> 00:07:03.700 If you look around yourself, 00:07:03.980 --> 00:07:08.920 you'll notice that church is a ragtag bunch of people 00:07:08.920 --> 00:07:12.120 from all kinds of backgrounds and experiences. 00:07:12.120 --> 00:07:15.240 And we are, as a group, 00:07:15.480 --> 00:07:18.579 we might have never been friends otherwise, 00:07:19.100 --> 00:07:21.639 apart from the fact that we've been brought together 00:07:21.639 --> 00:07:23.360 by our common brotherhood 00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:25.120 and by the blood of Jesus Christ. 00:07:26.780 --> 00:07:29.819 That's because God has ordained to save a people 00:07:29.819 --> 00:07:33.480 from every tribe, nation, and tongue. 00:07:33.480 --> 00:07:38.600 And so in this passage, missionary work takes Paul and Silas 00:07:38.600 --> 00:07:41.200 and his companions to all kinds of people, 00:07:41.439 --> 00:07:46.060 to a wealthy female merchant who was a Gentile God-fearer, 00:07:46.580 --> 00:07:48.939 to a demonized slave girl, 00:07:49.580 --> 00:07:51.480 and also to a Philippian jailer. 00:07:52.480 --> 00:07:55.420 But despite their wildly different socioeconomic, 00:07:55.840 --> 00:07:57.480 religious, and likely even ethnic backgrounds, 00:07:57.480 --> 00:08:02.500 Paul proclaims the same message of salvation to them all. 00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:06.300 And from this, we learn that as we faithfully speak 00:08:06.300 --> 00:08:07.240 the word of the Lord, 00:08:07.680 --> 00:08:10.100 God powerfully acts to save. 00:08:10.420 --> 00:08:11.780 That's the main point of this passage. 00:08:12.120 --> 00:08:13.220 We're going to look at the profiles 00:08:13.220 --> 00:08:14.660 of the three different people we encounter. 00:08:14.920 --> 00:08:16.780 In turn, first, the seller of purple goods. 00:08:17.180 --> 00:08:18.660 Second, a demonized slave girl. 00:08:18.900 --> 00:08:20.720 And third, a jailer of the inner cell. 00:08:21.980 --> 00:08:24.640 Following God's redirection from the preceding passage, 00:08:24.819 --> 00:08:26.680 Paul and his companions sail into Philippi, 00:08:26.680 --> 00:08:28.620 which is described in verse 12 00:08:28.620 --> 00:08:31.319 as a leading city of the district of Macedonia 00:08:31.319 --> 00:08:32.440 and a Roman colony. 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:35.879 In every city Paul visits, 00:08:36.039 --> 00:08:39.500 it's his custom, if you look at the book of Acts, 00:08:39.820 --> 00:08:41.580 it's his custom to enter into the city 00:08:41.580 --> 00:08:43.560 and then to go first to the Jewish synagogue 00:08:43.560 --> 00:08:45.419 where he'd encounter Jews 00:08:45.419 --> 00:08:47.039 who are already familiar with the Old Testament 00:08:47.039 --> 00:08:48.659 and he'd proclaim the gospel to them, 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:51.159 tell them that the promised Messiah has come. 00:08:52.360 --> 00:08:54.080 However, his routine in Philippi 00:08:54.080 --> 00:08:55.060 is a little bit different. 00:08:55.059 --> 00:08:57.019 In those days, 00:08:57.179 --> 00:08:58.599 a Jewish community was required 00:08:58.599 --> 00:09:01.179 to have a minimum of 10 Jewish men 00:09:01.179 --> 00:09:02.500 to constitute a synagogue. 00:09:03.479 --> 00:09:06.439 And in places that did not have an official synagogue, 00:09:06.839 --> 00:09:09.059 Jewish people and Gentile God-fearers 00:09:09.059 --> 00:09:11.359 preferred to meet near a body of water 00:09:11.359 --> 00:09:13.479 where they could ritually cleanse themselves 00:09:13.479 --> 00:09:14.279 before prayer. 00:09:15.299 --> 00:09:16.739 So here it seems that 00:09:16.739 --> 00:09:18.879 there weren't enough Jewish heads of household 00:09:18.879 --> 00:09:20.199 to constitute a synagogue, 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:23.080 and so the women met on their own 00:09:23.080 --> 00:09:25.360 outside the city gate by the riverside 00:09:25.360 --> 00:09:27.480 so that they might pray. 00:09:29.160 --> 00:09:31.240 And so Paul and his companions, 00:09:31.400 --> 00:09:33.680 supposing that there is a place of prayer there, 00:09:34.560 --> 00:09:37.220 go and indeed they find a group of women praying 00:09:37.220 --> 00:09:39.700 and they begin to teach that gathering 00:09:39.700 --> 00:09:42.200 about Jesus and his good news. 00:09:43.140 --> 00:09:44.320 Verse 14 says this, 00:09:44.320 --> 00:09:46.180 One who heard us was a woman named Lydia 00:09:46.180 --> 00:09:47.940 from the city of Thyatira, 00:09:48.379 --> 00:09:49.520 a seller of purple goods 00:09:49.520 --> 00:09:50.900 who was a worshiper of God. 00:09:51.820 --> 00:09:53.860 Lydia was a seller of purple goods, 00:09:53.940 --> 00:09:56.800 which was a luxury good in the ancient days. 00:09:57.640 --> 00:09:59.440 And since, as verse 15 tells us, 00:09:59.480 --> 00:10:00.780 that Lydia was wealthy enough 00:10:00.780 --> 00:10:02.700 to host Paul and his companions 00:10:02.700 --> 00:10:05.180 as a patroness, a hostess, 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:07.740 she was likely a well-to-do woman. 00:10:08.659 --> 00:10:10.240 But even more relevantly, 00:10:10.379 --> 00:10:12.139 Lydia was a worshiper of God. 00:10:13.100 --> 00:10:14.799 We are not told that she was a Jew, 00:10:14.919 --> 00:10:15.799 they would have told us that, 00:10:15.899 --> 00:10:17.620 but we're told that she is a worshiper of God, 00:10:17.680 --> 00:10:18.799 which is another way of saying 00:10:18.799 --> 00:10:21.200 that she is a Gentile God-fearer. 00:10:21.799 --> 00:10:23.779 Someone who was sympathetic to Judaism 00:10:23.779 --> 00:10:25.500 and prayed to Israel's God 00:10:25.500 --> 00:10:27.620 but was not yet a full Jewish convert. 00:10:28.940 --> 00:10:30.460 And verse 14 tells us that 00:10:30.460 --> 00:10:32.560 the Lord opened her heart 00:10:32.560 --> 00:10:34.860 to pay attention to what was said by Paul. 00:10:34.860 --> 00:10:38.659 We see both Lydia's human response 00:10:38.659 --> 00:10:41.320 and God's sovereign grace 00:10:41.320 --> 00:10:43.899 at work here in what's happening with Lydia. 00:10:44.740 --> 00:10:47.560 Verse 14 tells us that Lydia heard Paul. 00:10:48.180 --> 00:10:50.919 She's the one who gave Paul a hearing. 00:10:51.779 --> 00:10:52.720 But it also says, 00:10:52.980 --> 00:10:55.720 the Lord opened her heart to pay attention. 00:10:57.159 --> 00:10:59.560 People would never believe in Jesus 00:10:59.560 --> 00:11:03.060 apart from God opening up their hearts to believe. 00:11:03.059 --> 00:11:05.979 But in order for them to believe, 00:11:06.359 --> 00:11:08.139 someone also must speak 00:11:08.139 --> 00:11:10.079 the good news of Jesus Christ to them. 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:14.219 As we faithfully speak the word of the Lord, 00:11:14.439 --> 00:11:16.639 God powerfully acts to save. 00:11:17.219 --> 00:11:19.219 So Paul spoke the good news of Jesus 00:11:19.219 --> 00:11:22.500 and God opened Lydia's heart to believe. 00:11:23.339 --> 00:11:25.459 Lydia had been learning about Israel's God, 00:11:25.599 --> 00:11:27.699 but she was not yet aware 00:11:27.699 --> 00:11:30.000 that the promised Messiah had come. 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:32.860 She thought that she needed to become Jewish 00:11:32.860 --> 00:11:33.919 in order to be saved. 00:11:34.620 --> 00:11:36.279 But Apostle Paul declared the good news 00:11:36.279 --> 00:11:38.919 that by Jesus' death on the cross for our sins 00:11:38.919 --> 00:11:39.899 and by His resurrection, 00:11:40.419 --> 00:11:41.899 the dividing wall of hostility 00:11:41.899 --> 00:11:43.159 between Jews and Gentiles 00:11:43.159 --> 00:11:44.259 has been torn down, 00:11:44.639 --> 00:11:46.100 and that now all people 00:11:46.100 --> 00:11:47.379 who repent of their sins 00:11:47.379 --> 00:11:48.299 and believe in Jesus 00:11:48.299 --> 00:11:49.940 for forgiveness of sins 00:11:49.940 --> 00:11:51.480 may be saved 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:54.220 by grace through faith alone. 00:11:54.220 --> 00:11:58.540 Some of you here may not yet be a follower of Jesus. 00:11:59.580 --> 00:12:00.700 Maybe you are like Lydia. 00:12:01.740 --> 00:12:03.759 You've been searching for the truth. 00:12:04.160 --> 00:12:05.259 You've been seeking God. 00:12:06.080 --> 00:12:07.639 And God is opening your heart 00:12:07.639 --> 00:12:09.800 to pay attention to the good news of Jesus Christ 00:12:09.800 --> 00:12:11.060 that you are hearing even now. 00:12:12.080 --> 00:12:13.139 And if that's the case, 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:15.379 you must respond by believing in Jesus 00:12:15.379 --> 00:12:16.080 for salvation 00:12:16.080 --> 00:12:17.480 and by getting baptized. 00:12:18.180 --> 00:12:19.240 That's what Lydia did. 00:12:20.040 --> 00:12:21.120 It says in verse 15, 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:22.159 and after she was baptized 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:23.500 and her household as well, 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:24.840 she urged us saying, 00:12:24.980 --> 00:12:25.740 if you have judged me 00:12:25.740 --> 00:12:26.840 to be faithful to the Lord, 00:12:27.240 --> 00:12:28.799 come to my house and stay. 00:12:29.340 --> 00:12:31.000 And she prevailed upon us. 00:12:31.720 --> 00:12:33.220 Lydia, along with her household, 00:12:33.560 --> 00:12:34.419 was baptized. 00:12:35.019 --> 00:12:36.440 And later the Philippian jailer, 00:12:36.519 --> 00:12:37.679 along with his family, 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:39.720 will also come to faith in Jesus 00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:41.000 and get baptized. 00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:44.419 Baptism is an outward profession 00:12:44.419 --> 00:12:45.879 of an inward faith. 00:12:46.680 --> 00:12:48.180 It's the initiatory right 00:12:48.180 --> 00:12:49.940 by which we attest to the faith 00:12:49.940 --> 00:12:50.799 that we have in Jesus. 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:53.199 It's a public profession of that faith. 00:12:54.559 --> 00:12:57.120 So then, as a newly initiated Christian, 00:12:57.599 --> 00:13:00.379 Lydia jumps right into serving God's people. 00:13:01.379 --> 00:13:03.059 She will not be denied the opportunity 00:13:03.059 --> 00:13:05.000 to show hospitality to God's servants. 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:07.359 So it says she urges them. 00:13:07.679 --> 00:13:10.439 She insists on serving them, 00:13:10.559 --> 00:13:10.979 hosting them. 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:12.599 She prevails upon them. 00:13:13.379 --> 00:13:14.240 And in doing so, 00:13:14.299 --> 00:13:15.539 she becomes not only 00:13:15.539 --> 00:13:18.179 the first European convert to Christianity, 00:13:18.179 --> 00:13:22.759 but also the hostess of the first church in Europe, 00:13:23.299 --> 00:13:26.019 as we see in verse 40. 00:13:28.179 --> 00:13:31.159 Especially as we move into our new location next week, 00:13:31.299 --> 00:13:33.139 and as we relaunch community groups 00:13:33.139 --> 00:13:35.000 and children's ministry next week as well, 00:13:35.359 --> 00:13:37.479 there will be a lot of opportunities for us 00:13:37.479 --> 00:13:39.120 to serve God and His saints. 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:42.799 But I pray that God will give all of us 00:13:42.799 --> 00:13:44.879 Lydia's heart to serve, 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:47.679 to see it as a privilege and a blessing to serve, 00:13:49.200 --> 00:13:50.860 for it's better to give than to receive. 00:13:53.019 --> 00:13:55.340 And then verse 16 transitions us to a new scene. 00:13:55.460 --> 00:13:55.720 It says, 00:13:55.720 --> 00:14:05.600 The phrase, 00:14:05.960 --> 00:14:07.600 A spirit of divination, 00:14:07.899 --> 00:14:08.379 in Greek, 00:14:08.460 --> 00:14:10.759 is literally a spirit of Python, 00:14:11.379 --> 00:14:12.759 or a Pythian spirit. 00:14:13.820 --> 00:14:14.960 In Greek mythology, 00:14:15.220 --> 00:14:17.779 Python was an enormous female snake 00:14:17.779 --> 00:14:19.360 that the god Apollo 00:14:19.360 --> 00:14:21.560 repeatedly killed near Delphi. 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:24.779 And Apollo is the god of prophecy, 00:14:24.920 --> 00:14:25.600 among other things. 00:14:26.420 --> 00:14:28.019 And it was believed that the priestess 00:14:28.019 --> 00:14:30.360 of the temple of Apollo at Delphi was, 00:14:31.040 --> 00:14:33.740 the priestess was known as a Pythoness, 00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:35.720 and that it was believed 00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:37.540 that she would inhale the fumes 00:14:37.540 --> 00:14:40.279 that were coming out of the decomposing corpse 00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:41.100 of the Python, 00:14:41.460 --> 00:14:42.460 and as she was doing that, 00:14:42.500 --> 00:14:44.620 she would be possessed by Apollo himself 00:14:44.620 --> 00:14:46.080 and start to prophesy. 00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:49.560 That woman came to be known as, 00:14:49.920 --> 00:14:50.220 famously, 00:14:50.340 --> 00:14:51.279 the Oracle of Delphi. 00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:52.759 She was one of the most powerful women 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:54.100 in the classical world, 00:14:54.100 --> 00:14:56.379 and her divinations were considered 00:14:56.379 --> 00:14:58.139 to be the most prestigious 00:14:58.139 --> 00:14:59.100 and authoritative 00:14:59.100 --> 00:15:00.700 among all kinds of divinations 00:15:00.700 --> 00:15:02.360 for the Greeks. 00:15:03.060 --> 00:15:04.580 And this slave girl 00:15:04.580 --> 00:15:06.800 had a Pythian spirit, 00:15:07.899 --> 00:15:11.060 which suggests a powerful evil spirit 00:15:11.060 --> 00:15:14.159 that enabled her to practice divination, 00:15:14.820 --> 00:15:16.620 much like the Oracle at Delphi. 00:15:16.620 --> 00:15:19.000 And this brought her owners 00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:20.580 much gain by fortune-telling. 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:23.679 The girl is not unlike the psychics, 00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:24.480 mediums, 00:15:24.580 --> 00:15:25.740 and witch doctors 00:15:25.740 --> 00:15:26.960 that still proliferate 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:28.279 throughout our country 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:29.139 and throughout the world. 00:15:29.139 --> 00:15:31.399 Some of those people 00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:32.319 are also possessed 00:15:32.319 --> 00:15:33.179 by evil spirits 00:15:33.179 --> 00:15:34.059 at different times. 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:36.500 And verse 17 says 00:15:36.500 --> 00:15:37.759 that this demon-possessed girl 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:38.539 followed Paul 00:15:38.539 --> 00:15:39.840 and his fellow missionaries 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:40.259 around, 00:15:40.539 --> 00:15:40.860 saying, 00:15:41.299 --> 00:15:42.600 These men are servants 00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:43.879 of the Most High God 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:45.159 who proclaim to you 00:15:45.159 --> 00:15:46.419 the way of salvation. 00:15:48.059 --> 00:15:48.559 Now, 00:15:48.699 --> 00:15:49.620 on the surface, 00:15:49.960 --> 00:15:51.139 what the Spirit is saying 00:15:51.139 --> 00:15:52.639 through this slave girl 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:53.559 is true, 00:15:53.620 --> 00:15:53.919 isn't it? 00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:55.539 These men are servants 00:15:55.539 --> 00:15:56.439 of the Most High God. 00:15:56.440 --> 00:15:58.260 They are proclaiming 00:15:58.260 --> 00:15:59.080 the way of salvation. 00:15:59.740 --> 00:16:00.600 So you might think 00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:02.500 that Paul would have welcomed 00:16:02.500 --> 00:16:04.380 such free publicity, 00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:05.040 right? 00:16:05.420 --> 00:16:06.400 They're new to the town. 00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:07.360 This girl is well-known 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:07.900 in the area. 00:16:08.680 --> 00:16:09.020 Come on, 00:16:09.080 --> 00:16:09.520 keep going. 00:16:10.560 --> 00:16:11.840 But eventually, 00:16:11.980 --> 00:16:12.860 it says in verse 18, 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:15.360 Paul became greatly annoyed 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:17.660 and he casts out the Spirit 00:16:17.660 --> 00:16:18.420 from the slave girl. 00:16:19.400 --> 00:16:20.800 There may be several reasons 00:16:20.800 --> 00:16:21.960 for Paul's annoyance. 00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:22.360 First, 00:16:22.820 --> 00:16:23.700 while for Jews 00:16:23.700 --> 00:16:24.380 the expression 00:16:24.380 --> 00:16:25.740 Most High God 00:16:25.740 --> 00:16:26.580 would have referred 00:16:26.580 --> 00:16:27.500 unambiguously 00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:29.620 to the one true God, 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:31.600 to the Gentiles, 00:16:31.720 --> 00:16:32.440 it would have 00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:34.180 not been so clear. 00:16:35.039 --> 00:16:35.560 The phrase 00:16:35.560 --> 00:16:36.600 Most High God 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:37.740 was commonly used 00:16:37.740 --> 00:16:38.240 by the Greeks 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:39.259 to refer to Zeus 00:16:39.259 --> 00:16:40.440 as the highest deity 00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:41.440 in the Greek pantheon. 00:16:42.680 --> 00:16:43.180 Second, 00:16:43.340 --> 00:16:44.320 in the original Greek, 00:16:44.580 --> 00:16:44.980 the phrase 00:16:44.980 --> 00:16:46.200 the way of salvation 00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:47.600 is actually indefinite. 00:16:48.220 --> 00:16:49.539 So it is better translated 00:16:49.539 --> 00:16:51.659 as a way of salvation, 00:16:51.820 --> 00:16:52.379 which is exactly 00:16:52.379 --> 00:16:54.460 how the New American Standard Bible 00:16:54.460 --> 00:16:57.340 and the Common Standard Bible. 00:16:57.680 --> 00:16:58.500 That's not Common Standard, 00:16:58.540 --> 00:16:59.040 but CSB. 00:16:59.120 --> 00:16:59.860 What does that stand for? 00:17:03.180 --> 00:17:04.519 It might be the Common Standard Bible. 00:17:04.980 --> 00:17:05.420 Translated. 00:17:06.120 --> 00:17:06.779 So that's the, 00:17:06.860 --> 00:17:07.400 moreover, 00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:08.600 the Greeks often understood 00:17:08.600 --> 00:17:09.640 the term salvation 00:17:09.640 --> 00:17:11.319 in material ways 00:17:11.319 --> 00:17:12.900 and not in terms of 00:17:12.900 --> 00:17:14.120 that's described in Scripture 00:17:14.120 --> 00:17:15.980 as forgiveness of sins 00:17:15.980 --> 00:17:16.740 and eternal life. 00:17:17.220 --> 00:17:18.259 And so for these reasons, 00:17:18.340 --> 00:17:18.840 even though 00:17:18.840 --> 00:17:19.640 what the slave girl 00:17:19.640 --> 00:17:20.640 is saying is true, 00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:21.940 it's also misleading. 00:17:21.940 --> 00:17:23.940 It's not wholly true 00:17:23.940 --> 00:17:25.140 in light of the context. 00:17:25.900 --> 00:17:27.420 Who is this Most High God? 00:17:28.259 --> 00:17:29.539 Is it the God 00:17:29.539 --> 00:17:30.960 that the Jews worship? 00:17:32.019 --> 00:17:33.059 Or is it Zeus? 00:17:34.860 --> 00:17:36.080 And are Paul and Silas 00:17:36.080 --> 00:17:37.200 proclaiming only 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:38.440 a way of salvation? 00:17:38.600 --> 00:17:39.380 Or are they proclaiming 00:17:39.380 --> 00:17:41.160 the way of salvation? 00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:43.480 And what is this salvation after all? 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:45.480 Is this just some good fortune? 00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:48.759 Or is it forgiveness of sin 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:49.519 and eternal life? 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:51.400 Not only that, 00:17:51.539 --> 00:17:53.539 the medium affects the message, 00:17:53.639 --> 00:17:54.000 doesn't it? 00:17:54.859 --> 00:17:56.579 Even if the demonized slave girl 00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:58.579 did speak fully truthfully, 00:17:58.720 --> 00:18:01.059 not everyone is a suitable messenger 00:18:01.059 --> 00:18:01.759 for the gospel. 00:18:02.740 --> 00:18:03.639 Think about it this way. 00:18:03.700 --> 00:18:05.299 In 2020, last year, 00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:07.240 when Joe Biden was running for president, 00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:09.119 Richard Spencer, 00:18:09.539 --> 00:18:10.879 a prominent neo-Nazi, 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:11.639 endorsed him. 00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:14.039 But the Biden campaign 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:15.619 quickly tweeted out saying, 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:16.480 quote, 00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:17.819 what you stand for 00:18:17.819 --> 00:18:19.740 is absolutely repugnant. 00:18:20.360 --> 00:18:22.539 Your support is 10,000% 00:18:22.539 --> 00:18:23.539 unwelcome here. 00:18:25.299 --> 00:18:26.660 10,000%. 00:18:26.660 --> 00:18:30.259 So why did they repudiate 00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:31.900 his endorsement? 00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:34.460 Because there are some endorsements 00:18:34.460 --> 00:18:35.779 that you just don't want. 00:18:36.940 --> 00:18:39.039 Because it actually paints 00:18:39.039 --> 00:18:40.680 your reputation. 00:18:40.900 --> 00:18:42.700 It hurts your credibility. 00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:44.500 It compromises your message. 00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:48.259 Paul didn't want the gospel 00:18:48.259 --> 00:18:49.559 of Jesus Christ 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:50.420 to be associated 00:18:50.420 --> 00:18:53.319 with a pagan psychic medium. 00:18:54.579 --> 00:18:56.259 If Paul legitimized 00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:57.500 this slave girl's pronouncements, 00:18:57.579 --> 00:18:58.640 then people may continue 00:18:58.640 --> 00:18:59.460 to listen to her 00:18:59.460 --> 00:19:00.779 after they are long gone. 00:19:01.619 --> 00:19:02.960 So he had to make it 00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:03.859 abundantly clear 00:19:03.859 --> 00:19:05.180 that they had nothing 00:19:05.180 --> 00:19:06.039 at all to do 00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:07.400 with this slave girl 00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:08.700 and the demon that possessed her. 00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:11.740 So Paul speaks this spirit 00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:12.579 in verse 18. 00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:14.059 I command you 00:19:14.059 --> 00:19:15.879 in the name of Jesus Christ 00:19:15.879 --> 00:19:17.419 to come out of her. 00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:19.699 This teaches us several things. 00:19:19.879 --> 00:19:20.799 First, the evil spirit 00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:22.419 is inside the slave girl, 00:19:22.819 --> 00:19:23.779 which is why Paul must 00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:25.000 command it to come out. 00:19:25.879 --> 00:19:27.179 Second, the slave girl 00:19:27.179 --> 00:19:27.879 is controlled 00:19:27.879 --> 00:19:28.679 or possessed 00:19:28.679 --> 00:19:29.759 by this spirit, 00:19:30.179 --> 00:19:31.419 which is why Paul speaks 00:19:31.419 --> 00:19:32.279 to the spirit 00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:33.679 and not to the girl. 00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:35.679 Third, Paul commands 00:19:35.679 --> 00:19:36.139 the demon 00:19:36.139 --> 00:19:37.139 in the name 00:19:37.139 --> 00:19:38.319 of Jesus Christ. 00:19:38.879 --> 00:19:40.460 You can't exercise 00:19:40.460 --> 00:19:41.880 a spirit unless you have 00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:42.819 higher authority 00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:44.000 than that spirit. 00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:45.440 And to speak 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:46.299 in the name 00:19:46.299 --> 00:19:47.160 of Jesus Christ 00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:47.740 is to speak 00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:50.299 with His almighty authority. 00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:53.039 Ephesians 1, 20-21 00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:53.640 tell us that 00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:55.100 because Jesus was raised 00:19:55.100 --> 00:19:55.900 from the dead 00:19:55.900 --> 00:19:57.039 and has ascended 00:19:57.039 --> 00:19:57.799 to the right hand 00:19:57.799 --> 00:19:58.640 of God the Father, 00:19:59.039 --> 00:19:59.640 He is, quote, 00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:01.680 far above all rule 00:20:01.680 --> 00:20:02.259 and authority 00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:03.500 and power and dominion 00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:05.579 and above every name 00:20:05.579 --> 00:20:06.440 that is named, 00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:08.579 not only in this age, 00:20:08.579 --> 00:20:10.480 but also in the one to come. 00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:12.439 In exorcism, 00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:13.279 back in those days, 00:20:13.339 --> 00:20:14.299 they would always name 00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:15.000 something in order 00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:16.419 to exercise a spirit, 00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:17.679 name another God 00:20:17.679 --> 00:20:19.059 or another more powerful spirit. 00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:20.379 But there is one 00:20:20.379 --> 00:20:21.299 who has a name 00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:22.139 that is higher 00:20:22.139 --> 00:20:24.079 than every other name 00:20:24.079 --> 00:20:25.240 in past, present, 00:20:25.339 --> 00:20:25.919 and future 00:20:25.919 --> 00:20:26.379 and that is 00:20:26.379 --> 00:20:28.000 the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:20:28.639 --> 00:20:29.619 So with that authority, 00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:30.819 Paul commands 00:20:30.819 --> 00:20:32.179 the spirit of Python 00:20:32.179 --> 00:20:33.879 and the serpentine spirit 00:20:33.879 --> 00:20:34.740 has no choice 00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:35.359 but to obey. 00:20:35.359 --> 00:20:38.959 In many human civilizations, 00:20:39.179 --> 00:20:39.959 there are mythologies 00:20:39.959 --> 00:20:41.240 of snake deities 00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:41.959 or monsters 00:20:41.959 --> 00:20:43.139 that embody evil 00:20:43.139 --> 00:20:44.679 which are then slayed 00:20:44.679 --> 00:20:45.859 by a hero god 00:20:45.859 --> 00:20:46.679 or a demigod. 00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:48.139 For example, 00:20:48.699 --> 00:20:49.479 Norse mythology 00:20:49.479 --> 00:20:51.139 has the thunder god Thor 00:20:51.139 --> 00:20:53.119 slaying Jormungandr, 00:20:53.459 --> 00:20:54.559 the monster serpent 00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:55.259 that wraps around 00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:55.979 the entire world 00:20:55.979 --> 00:20:56.639 with its tail. 00:20:57.859 --> 00:20:59.319 Hinduism has Brahma 00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:01.039 banishing the serpent deity Naga. 00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:03.839 The original Chinese legend 00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:04.740 of the white snake 00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:05.779 before it evolved 00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:07.059 into a romance story 00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:07.939 was a story 00:21:07.939 --> 00:21:08.639 of good and evil 00:21:08.639 --> 00:21:11.179 with the white snake demon 00:21:11.179 --> 00:21:12.539 an embodiment of evil 00:21:12.539 --> 00:21:14.039 ensnaring a human 00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:15.399 and then a Buddhist monk 00:21:15.399 --> 00:21:15.939 Fahai 00:21:15.939 --> 00:21:17.279 saving his soul 00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:18.259 by defeating the serpent. 00:21:19.379 --> 00:21:20.419 Greek mythology 00:21:20.419 --> 00:21:21.319 has Perseus 00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:22.099 slaying Medusa, 00:21:22.639 --> 00:21:23.639 Zeus slaying 00:21:23.639 --> 00:21:24.500 the serpent monsters 00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:25.619 Typhon and Echidna, 00:21:26.139 --> 00:21:26.859 Hercules killing 00:21:26.859 --> 00:21:28.179 the snake monster Hydra 00:21:28.179 --> 00:21:29.220 and as I already mentioned, 00:21:29.539 --> 00:21:30.879 Apollo killing Python. 00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:34.100 But all of these 00:21:34.100 --> 00:21:36.380 are but faint 00:21:36.380 --> 00:21:38.100 distorted echoes 00:21:38.100 --> 00:21:39.300 of the truth. 00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:43.560 The Bible in various places 00:21:43.560 --> 00:21:44.980 calls the devil 00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:45.780 and Satan 00:21:45.780 --> 00:21:47.280 the great dragon 00:21:47.280 --> 00:21:49.100 or the ancient serpent. 00:21:50.140 --> 00:21:51.520 He's the original snake 00:21:51.520 --> 00:21:52.900 in the Garden of Eden 00:21:52.900 --> 00:21:54.140 who lured Adam and Eve 00:21:54.140 --> 00:21:55.640 to rebel against God 00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:56.500 and cause the fall 00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:57.080 of humanity. 00:21:58.120 --> 00:21:59.300 And in Genesis chapter 3 00:21:59.300 --> 00:22:00.000 verse 15, 00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:01.299 God said to this serpent, 00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:03.099 I will put enmity 00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:04.339 between you and the woman 00:22:04.339 --> 00:22:05.859 and between your offspring 00:22:05.859 --> 00:22:06.740 and her offspring. 00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:09.059 He shall bruise your head 00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:11.019 and you shall bruise his heel. 00:22:11.940 --> 00:22:12.920 This promise 00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:14.420 is fulfilled by Jesus, 00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:16.779 the promised son of man, 00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:18.500 the offspring of the woman. 00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:20.420 The serpent bruises 00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:21.480 Jesus' heel. 00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:23.920 Jesus dies on the cross 00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:25.960 but little does the serpent know 00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:27.640 that it is by his death 00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:29.400 that Jesus destroys 00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:30.340 the one who has 00:22:30.340 --> 00:22:31.100 the power of death 00:22:31.100 --> 00:22:31.860 that is the devil. 00:22:33.040 --> 00:22:34.460 He says in Hebrews 2.14, 00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:36.600 Jesus by his death 00:22:36.600 --> 00:22:37.220 and resurrection 00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:39.020 lands a fatal blow 00:22:39.020 --> 00:22:40.460 on the serpent's head. 00:22:41.100 --> 00:22:42.100 It's Jesus, 00:22:42.380 --> 00:22:43.280 not Apollo, 00:22:44.120 --> 00:22:44.780 who is the one 00:22:44.780 --> 00:22:46.340 who crushes the python's head. 00:22:48.100 --> 00:22:49.480 And he alone 00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.160 for that reason 00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:51.040 can offer us 00:22:51.040 --> 00:22:52.259 eternal life, 00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.720 resurrection life, 00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:55.339 and as Christians 00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:56.220 who have been baptized 00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:58.039 in the name of Jesus 00:22:58.039 --> 00:23:00.079 therefore have authority 00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:01.819 over the python 00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:03.920 and over all other 00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:05.240 evil spirits under him. 00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:08.740 Paul spoke in Jesus' name 00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.799 and it's the authority 00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.299 of Jesus 00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:12.100 that cast the demon out. 00:23:13.360 --> 00:23:14.400 We don't know 00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:15.279 if the slave girl 00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:16.299 became a Christian or not, 00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:17.160 it doesn't tell us, 00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:18.019 but she was certainly 00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:19.480 delivered from the bondage 00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:20.400 and control 00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:21.539 of this evil spirit. 00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:23.399 So as we faithfully 00:23:23.399 --> 00:23:24.759 speak the word of the Lord, 00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:26.599 God powerfully acts 00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:27.599 to deliver. 00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:30.039 Some of you may be 00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:31.119 like this slave girl 00:23:31.119 --> 00:23:32.159 or her owners 00:23:32.159 --> 00:23:33.220 who are enmeshed 00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:34.559 in occult practices. 00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.480 Maybe you have also 00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:37.740 dabbled in other religions. 00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:39.519 You may not have done it 00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:40.559 for financial gain 00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:41.240 like they did, 00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:42.059 but you still got 00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:42.960 something out of it. 00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:44.980 Maybe you're seeking 00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:46.319 moments of euphoria 00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:48.480 or transcendence 00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:49.180 or peace 00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:49.980 or power. 00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:51.279 Maybe you're just 00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:52.480 trying to make sense 00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:52.980 of things 00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:54.279 or understand the world. 00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.500 Maybe you, 00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:57.139 like Paul's Greek audience, 00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:58.119 think that there are 00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:59.399 many ways of salvation. 00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.720 You see Christianity 00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.759 as just one option 00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.359 among many. 00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:04.079 Or maybe you conceive 00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:04.779 of salvation 00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:06.160 in an entirely different way. 00:24:06.359 --> 00:24:06.680 For you, 00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:08.319 salvation is not 00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:09.500 being forgiven the sins 00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.619 and being reconciled to God 00:24:10.619 --> 00:24:11.440 and having eternal life. 00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:11.819 For you, 00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:12.660 salvation is 00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:13.740 getting rich 00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.539 or famous, 00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:16.180 getting loved 00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:16.759 and married 00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:18.359 and enlightenment, 00:24:19.119 --> 00:24:20.079 a career breakthrough, 00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:21.579 leaving a mark 00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:22.399 for progeny. 00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:25.059 Whatever the case 00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:25.619 might be, 00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.819 the Word of God 00:24:26.819 --> 00:24:27.759 teaches us here 00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:29.879 that what you need most, 00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:31.199 what all of us 00:24:31.199 --> 00:24:31.939 need most 00:24:31.939 --> 00:24:32.799 is to be saved 00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.980 from sin 00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:35.439 and its unavoidable 00:24:35.439 --> 00:24:36.119 consequence, 00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:36.799 death. 00:24:38.699 --> 00:24:40.359 There's only one 00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:41.500 Savior who is up 00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.179 to that task 00:24:42.179 --> 00:24:43.460 and His name 00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:43.939 is Jesus. 00:24:44.939 --> 00:24:45.779 If you want to 00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:47.139 escape the deadly grip 00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:48.360 of that ancient serpent, 00:24:48.600 --> 00:24:49.460 you must throw 00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:50.140 your lot in 00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:50.759 with Jesus. 00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:54.480 The casting out 00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:54.920 of the spirit 00:24:54.920 --> 00:24:55.420 of divination 00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:56.640 starts a chain reaction 00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:57.300 that will eventually 00:24:57.300 --> 00:24:58.500 land Paul and Silas 00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.020 in prison 00:24:59.020 --> 00:25:00.500 where God has ordained 00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:01.340 that they will meet 00:25:01.340 --> 00:25:02.360 and minister to 00:25:02.360 --> 00:25:03.460 a jailer. 00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:05.800 The owners 00:25:05.800 --> 00:25:06.720 of the slave girl, 00:25:07.120 --> 00:25:07.740 recognizing that 00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.340 a lucrative 00:25:08.340 --> 00:25:09.520 revenue stream 00:25:09.520 --> 00:25:10.700 has been cut off 00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:12.060 by Paul's exorcism, 00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:13.720 forcefully seize 00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.560 Paul and Silas 00:25:14.560 --> 00:25:15.240 and drag them 00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:15.960 into the marketplace 00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:16.840 before the rulers. 00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:18.700 But notice the charges 00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.819 that the owners 00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:20.579 bring against 00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:21.539 Paul and Silas. 00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:22.100 So Luke, 00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:22.519 the narrator, 00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:23.500 tells us the reason 00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.319 why they were upset 00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:25.180 because they lost 00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:26.019 some income, 00:25:26.180 --> 00:25:26.860 potential income. 00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:28.759 That's the real reason. 00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:30.039 But they bring 00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:30.660 these charges 00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:31.880 in verses 20 to 21. 00:25:32.860 --> 00:25:34.240 These men are Jews. 00:25:35.600 --> 00:25:36.700 They are disturbing 00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:37.220 our city. 00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.860 They advocate customs 00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:40.740 that are not lawful 00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.660 for us as Romans 00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:42.819 to accept or practice. 00:25:42.819 --> 00:25:47.599 their charges 00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.480 have nothing 00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:49.059 to do 00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:49.919 with the actual 00:25:49.919 --> 00:25:50.460 reason 00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:51.379 for them 00:25:51.379 --> 00:25:52.859 bringing this trial, 00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.659 bringing this lawsuit. 00:25:54.939 --> 00:25:55.740 This was not 00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:56.579 the first time, 00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.220 nor would it be 00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:58.059 the last time, 00:25:58.439 --> 00:25:59.200 that pursuit 00:25:59.200 --> 00:26:00.720 of material gain 00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:02.019 would be couched 00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.759 in terms of 00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.559 patriotism, 00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.720 anti-Semitism, 00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.700 and xenophobia. 00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:10.019 They are Jews. 00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:11.420 Oh, but we are 00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:12.180 the Romans. 00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.720 They're advocating 00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.960 unlawful customs 00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:18.000 that are unacceptable 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.980 for us Romans. 00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:21.400 They're disrupting 00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:22.259 our way of life. 00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.900 If you let them alone, 00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.799 they will overrun 00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.220 our city 00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:26.339 and everything we know 00:26:26.339 --> 00:26:27.200 and hold dear. 00:26:28.639 --> 00:26:28.940 These, 00:26:29.339 --> 00:26:30.180 the owners of the 00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:31.200 slave girl were shrewd. 00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:32.200 They knew exactly 00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:33.240 what buttons to push. 00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:35.660 The result was 00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:36.639 popular outrage. 00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:37.779 It says in verse 22, 00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:38.940 the crowd joined 00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.900 in attacking them 00:26:39.900 --> 00:26:41.019 and the magistrates 00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.940 tore the garments 00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.460 off them 00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:43.259 and gave orders 00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:44.000 to beat them 00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.620 with rods. 00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:46.800 The crowd is now 00:26:46.800 --> 00:26:47.740 also inveighing 00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.740 against the missionaries 00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:50.019 and the magistrates 00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:51.280 undoubtedly motivated 00:26:51.280 --> 00:26:52.200 in part by their 00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:53.120 fear of the mob, 00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:55.820 by the throw justice 00:26:55.820 --> 00:26:56.980 by the wayside 00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:57.840 and order them 00:26:57.840 --> 00:26:58.340 to be beaten 00:26:58.340 --> 00:26:58.920 with rods. 00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:01.200 We learn later 00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:02.019 in verse 37 00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.860 that it was actually 00:27:02.860 --> 00:27:04.160 illegal for them 00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:05.040 to publicly beat 00:27:05.040 --> 00:27:06.080 and imprison Roman 00:27:06.080 --> 00:27:06.600 citizens 00:27:06.600 --> 00:27:08.180 before their 00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:09.000 condemnation 00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:10.759 under due process. 00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:13.220 After their release, 00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:14.660 Paul demands 00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.460 that the magistrates 00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.359 personally come 00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:17.339 and escort them 00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:18.059 out of the prison 00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:19.619 likely as a way 00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:21.079 of public vindication 00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:22.339 and rehabilitation 00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:23.839 so that the church 00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:24.579 in Philippi 00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:25.640 might be shielded 00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:26.380 from the shame 00:27:26.380 --> 00:27:27.900 and dangerous precedent 00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:28.779 that was set 00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:29.940 by them being 00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:30.319 imprisoned 00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:30.720 and beaten 00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.960 without due process. 00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:34.440 But at this point 00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:35.579 of the story, 00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.640 Paul and Silas 00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:37.359 don't appeal 00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:38.419 to their Roman citizenship 00:27:38.419 --> 00:27:39.359 in order to get out 00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:40.500 of this predicament. 00:27:41.699 --> 00:27:42.539 It's possible 00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:42.959 that everything 00:27:42.959 --> 00:27:43.479 just happened 00:27:43.479 --> 00:27:44.000 too quickly, 00:27:44.399 --> 00:27:45.479 but it's also possible 00:27:45.479 --> 00:27:46.419 that Paul and Silas 00:27:46.419 --> 00:27:47.399 didn't want 00:27:47.399 --> 00:27:48.479 to legitimize 00:27:48.479 --> 00:27:49.500 the Philippians' 00:27:49.959 --> 00:27:51.199 Roman civic pride 00:27:51.199 --> 00:27:52.799 and their anti-Jewish 00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.259 sentiments 00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:53.939 by appealing 00:27:53.939 --> 00:27:55.079 to their Roman citizenship. 00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.519 Doing so 00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:57.699 would have undermined 00:27:57.699 --> 00:27:58.639 their proclamation 00:27:58.639 --> 00:28:00.500 of the Jewish Messiah 00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:02.039 who brings salvation 00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:03.179 to all peoples. 00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:05.340 So they instead 00:28:05.340 --> 00:28:06.580 endured the pain 00:28:06.580 --> 00:28:07.180 and shame 00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:08.220 of being stripped 00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.900 of their clothes 00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:09.680 and being flogged 00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:10.160 in public. 00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:12.779 And after this, 00:28:12.840 --> 00:28:13.340 it says in verses 00:28:13.340 --> 00:28:14.299 23 to 24, 00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:14.880 the magistrates 00:28:14.880 --> 00:28:15.860 threw them into prison 00:28:15.860 --> 00:28:16.680 ordering the jailer 00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:18.039 to keep them safely. 00:28:18.840 --> 00:28:19.440 Having received 00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:19.980 this order, 00:28:20.080 --> 00:28:20.580 he put them 00:28:20.580 --> 00:28:21.680 into the inner prison 00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.799 and fastened 00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.160 their feet 00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.799 in the stocks. 00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.920 The inner prison 00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:27.279 in modern terms 00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:28.140 would be the maximum 00:28:28.140 --> 00:28:29.180 security cell. 00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:31.320 that's where 00:28:31.320 --> 00:28:31.940 you put people 00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:32.640 you really don't 00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:33.279 want to get out. 00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:35.480 And they were bound 00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:36.440 with wooden stocks 00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:36.940 on their feet 00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:37.500 so they can't even 00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:38.560 move around the prison. 00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.779 Try to put yourself, 00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.299 pause for a moment 00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:43.200 and put yourself 00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:44.200 in Paul and Silas' 00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:44.940 shoes here. 00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:46.500 I mean, 00:28:46.580 --> 00:28:47.299 they haven't done 00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:47.940 anything wrong. 00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.880 All they were doing 00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:51.279 was faithfully proclaiming 00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:51.740 the gospel 00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.259 in the power 00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:53.019 of Jesus' name 00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:54.220 and here they are 00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.640 beaten, 00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:56.039 now in prison, 00:28:56.320 --> 00:28:57.460 under trumped up charges. 00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:59.900 Their backs are flayed 00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:00.539 and bleeding 00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:01.519 so they probably 00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.460 can't even lie down 00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:02.840 to sleep 00:29:02.840 --> 00:29:03.480 because it hurts. 00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:05.079 That's probably why 00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:05.740 they're awake 00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.500 at midnight 00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:07.319 even though they had 00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:08.100 a really long day. 00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:09.900 In the darkest, 00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:10.880 dankest part 00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:11.380 of the prison 00:29:11.380 --> 00:29:11.960 with not only 00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.500 their freedom 00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.400 but their mobility 00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:14.200 taken away, 00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:16.000 they're surrounded 00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:17.380 by the suffocating 00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:18.539 smell of blood 00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.259 and sweat 00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:20.460 with the pain 00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:22.420 of fresh wounds 00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:23.059 on their backs 00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:24.039 and the pain 00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:25.100 of wounded pride 00:29:25.100 --> 00:29:25.819 on their hearts. 00:29:25.819 --> 00:29:27.319 they're facing 00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:28.480 an uncertain future 00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:29.460 not knowing 00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:30.139 what awaits them 00:29:30.139 --> 00:29:30.919 the next day. 00:29:31.659 --> 00:29:32.319 They don't even know 00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:32.939 if they'll live 00:29:32.939 --> 00:29:33.939 past the next day. 00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.799 What do you think 00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.799 was going through 00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.960 Paul and Silas' minds? 00:29:41.159 --> 00:29:42.119 Paul and Silas 00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:42.879 were men of faith 00:29:42.879 --> 00:29:43.419 to be sure 00:29:43.419 --> 00:29:44.139 but they were not 00:29:44.139 --> 00:29:45.099 stoic robots. 00:29:46.419 --> 00:29:46.919 They were going 00:29:46.919 --> 00:29:47.939 through some serious 00:29:47.939 --> 00:29:49.639 pain and heartache here. 00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:51.079 They must have had 00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:52.259 questions on their minds 00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:52.539 too. 00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:54.419 What went wrong? 00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:56.320 Could we have done 00:29:56.320 --> 00:29:57.240 something differently? 00:29:59.080 --> 00:30:00.360 But Paul and Silas 00:30:00.360 --> 00:30:01.120 decide that they 00:30:01.120 --> 00:30:02.220 can't hang their heads 00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.779 in despair. 00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:05.120 Perhaps they remember 00:30:05.120 --> 00:30:06.600 Psalm 42. 00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:08.460 Why are you 00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:09.259 cast down 00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:09.900 O my soul? 00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:11.320 Why are you 00:30:11.320 --> 00:30:11.860 in turmoil 00:30:11.860 --> 00:30:12.480 within me? 00:30:12.580 --> 00:30:13.759 Hope in God 00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:15.320 for I shall again 00:30:15.320 --> 00:30:16.519 praise Him 00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:18.019 my salvation 00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.900 and my God. 00:30:20.340 --> 00:30:21.200 And so though 00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:22.039 they are physically 00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:22.600 exhausted 00:30:22.600 --> 00:30:23.620 and emotionally drained 00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:24.919 it says in verse 25 00:30:24.919 --> 00:30:25.859 about midnight 00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:26.959 Paul and Silas 00:30:26.959 --> 00:30:27.939 were praying 00:30:27.939 --> 00:30:29.639 and singing hymns 00:30:29.639 --> 00:30:30.119 to God 00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:31.339 and the prisoners 00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:32.039 were listening 00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:32.579 to them. 00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:35.619 Brothers and sisters 00:30:35.619 --> 00:30:36.459 you know well 00:30:36.459 --> 00:30:37.119 that Christians 00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:37.959 are not immune 00:30:37.959 --> 00:30:39.179 to sin and suffering. 00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:41.559 God will preserve us 00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:42.139 till the end 00:30:42.139 --> 00:30:43.419 and we who persevere 00:30:43.419 --> 00:30:44.579 in faith and obedience 00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:45.659 will be saved 00:30:45.659 --> 00:30:46.259 in the end. 00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:48.079 We will share 00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:49.159 in the glory of God 00:30:49.159 --> 00:30:49.599 forever 00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:51.079 but here on earth 00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:51.959 we will have 00:30:51.959 --> 00:30:53.239 our share of tribulations. 00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:55.599 but in the midst 00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:56.059 of that 00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:56.920 let us not 00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:57.819 languish 00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:58.500 like those 00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:59.599 who have no hope. 00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:02.599 Whether you have 00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:03.660 a terminal cancer 00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:04.240 diagnosis 00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:06.559 or crippling anxiety 00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:08.259 whether you're 00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:08.960 dealing with 00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.640 unemployment 00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:11.059 or family drama 00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:12.420 or religious persecution 00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:13.880 if you're going 00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:14.880 to be beaten down 00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:15.299 if we're going 00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:15.980 to be beaten down 00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.920 let's go down 00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:17.480 praying 00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:18.339 and singing 00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:19.180 hymns to God. 00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:24.019 look at what it says 00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:25.180 at the end of verse 25 00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:26.180 and the prisoners 00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:27.160 were listening 00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:27.680 to them. 00:31:28.600 --> 00:31:29.340 When you pray 00:31:29.340 --> 00:31:30.460 and sing to God 00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:31.100 in the midst 00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:31.920 of your suffering 00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:33.000 I assure you 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.680 brothers and sisters 00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:34.640 your unbelieving 00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:35.400 family members 00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:35.860 friends 00:31:35.860 --> 00:31:36.720 and neighbors 00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.460 they are 00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:38.600 listening to you. 00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:42.279 You're bearing 00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:43.360 witness to Jesus 00:31:43.360 --> 00:31:44.380 and the 00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:45.519 inextinguishable 00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:45.960 hope 00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.900 that we have 00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:47.420 in him. 00:31:50.100 --> 00:31:50.980 Now in the book 00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.560 of Acts 00:31:51.560 --> 00:31:53.180 whenever you see 00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:53.940 mentioned a prayer 00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:54.420 that's when you 00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:55.019 should start 00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:56.560 grabbing 00:31:56.560 --> 00:31:57.660 holding onto 00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:58.180 your seats 00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:59.560 because you should 00:31:59.560 --> 00:32:00.280 expect to see 00:32:00.280 --> 00:32:00.940 God move 00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.560 in response 00:32:01.560 --> 00:32:02.540 in a powerful way. 00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:04.440 That's the pattern 00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:04.840 we see 00:32:04.840 --> 00:32:05.880 throughout this book 00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:06.259 and throughout 00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:06.840 this passage 00:32:06.840 --> 00:32:07.759 in verse 13 00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:09.060 it's at the place 00:32:09.060 --> 00:32:09.780 of prayer 00:32:09.780 --> 00:32:10.980 that Paul meets 00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.480 Lydia 00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:12.400 whom God saves. 00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:13.280 Her house 00:32:13.280 --> 00:32:13.820 then becomes 00:32:13.820 --> 00:32:14.700 the gathering place 00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:15.300 for the church 00:32:15.300 --> 00:32:15.900 in Philippi 00:32:15.900 --> 00:32:17.200 and in verse 16 00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:17.820 it was on 00:32:17.820 --> 00:32:18.460 one of Paul's 00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:19.240 regular journeys 00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:20.200 to the place 00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.780 of prayer 00:32:20.780 --> 00:32:22.100 that he exercised 00:32:22.100 --> 00:32:22.759 the slave girl 00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.480 who had a spirit 00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:24.080 of divination 00:32:24.080 --> 00:32:25.259 and finally 00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:26.300 here in verse 25 00:32:26.300 --> 00:32:26.620 it says 00:32:26.620 --> 00:32:27.340 Paul and Silas 00:32:27.340 --> 00:32:28.100 were praying 00:32:28.100 --> 00:32:29.240 and singing hymns 00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:29.680 to God 00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:31.420 that God intervenes. 00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:33.000 It says in verse 26 00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.620 and suddenly 00:32:33.620 --> 00:32:34.320 there was a great 00:32:34.320 --> 00:32:34.700 earthquake 00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:35.700 so the foundations 00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:36.380 of the prison 00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:36.900 were shaken 00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:37.940 and immediately 00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:38.540 all the doors 00:32:38.540 --> 00:32:38.940 were opened 00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.620 and everyone's 00:32:39.620 --> 00:32:41.060 bonds were unfastened. 00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.420 The jailer's 00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.000 living quarters 00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:45.140 was apparently 00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:46.380 connected to the prison 00:32:46.380 --> 00:32:47.779 we see that 00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.559 in verses 32 00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:49.359 and 34 00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:50.740 the commotion 00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:52.039 caused by the earthquake 00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:53.440 wakes up the jailer 00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:53.900 and then he 00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:54.700 rushes in 00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:56.559 to see what's happened 00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:57.680 and then the prison doors 00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:58.339 are wide open 00:32:58.339 --> 00:33:00.279 and so it says 00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:01.059 in verse 27 00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:01.920 he drew his sword 00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:03.299 and was about to kill himself 00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:04.579 supposing that 00:33:04.579 --> 00:33:05.140 the prisoners 00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:05.799 had escaped. 00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:07.839 If the prisoners 00:33:07.839 --> 00:33:08.740 whom he had been 00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:10.420 specifically charged 00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:10.900 to guard 00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.680 safely 00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:13.000 in verse 23 00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.840 have escaped 00:33:13.840 --> 00:33:14.900 the jailer 00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:15.400 would have been 00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:16.320 punished severely 00:33:16.320 --> 00:33:17.500 perhaps even executed. 00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:18.960 We saw earlier 00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:20.220 in Acts chapter 12 00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:21.279 that the guards 00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:23.259 under whose watch 00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:23.779 Peter, 00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:24.440 Apostle Peter 00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:25.180 escaped prison 00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:26.360 were executed 00:33:26.360 --> 00:33:26.960 by Herod. 00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:29.720 But Paul 00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:30.660 interrupts 00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:31.320 him 00:33:31.320 --> 00:33:32.680 with a loud voice 00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:33.360 in verse 28 00:33:33.360 --> 00:33:34.700 do not harm yourself 00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:35.539 for we are all here. 00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:37.519 Paul has been 00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.140 in the dark 00:33:38.140 --> 00:33:39.600 lightless prison 00:33:39.600 --> 00:33:40.360 so his eyes 00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:41.000 are already adjusted 00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:41.579 to the dark 00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:42.519 so he can see 00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:43.440 everything that's going on 00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:44.460 but the guard 00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:45.339 wasn't able to see it 00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:47.119 and so he calls them 00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:48.539 calls for the lights 00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:49.119 to come in 00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:50.079 and they rush in 00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:51.039 and then he says 00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:51.720 in verse 29 00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:53.359 trembling with fear 00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:54.220 he fell down 00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:54.839 before Paul 00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:55.519 and Silas. 00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:57.539 It's not hard 00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:58.099 to imagine 00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:59.440 why the jailer 00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:00.099 is trembling 00:34:00.099 --> 00:34:00.680 with fear. 00:34:01.619 --> 00:34:02.259 He was literally 00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:03.380 seconds away 00:34:03.380 --> 00:34:03.920 from taking 00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:04.680 his own life. 00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:07.460 Many nights 00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:08.239 have gone by 00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:09.119 uneventfully 00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:09.839 at the prison 00:34:09.839 --> 00:34:10.779 on his job 00:34:10.779 --> 00:34:12.500 but who are 00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.500 these new 00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.079 prisoners 00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:15.259 Paul and Silas 00:34:15.259 --> 00:34:16.599 that heaven 00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:17.319 would move 00:34:17.319 --> 00:34:17.799 earth 00:34:17.799 --> 00:34:18.359 to break 00:34:18.359 --> 00:34:18.900 them out? 00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:21.159 Who are 00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.779 these prisoners 00:34:21.779 --> 00:34:23.079 who instead 00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:24.299 of scrambling 00:34:24.299 --> 00:34:24.940 to escape 00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:25.519 as the doors 00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:26.000 are open 00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:27.460 remain calm 00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:28.179 and collected 00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:29.359 concerned not 00:34:29.359 --> 00:34:30.239 for their own 00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:30.699 welfare 00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:31.659 but for the life 00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:32.819 of the jailer 00:34:32.819 --> 00:34:33.579 that put the 00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:34.579 stocks on their feet? 00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:37.000 Who are 00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:37.559 these people? 00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:40.039 the jailer 00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.779 is overwhelmed 00:34:40.779 --> 00:34:41.860 and is trembling 00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:42.500 with fear 00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:43.340 and falls down 00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:43.840 before Paul 00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:44.400 and Silas. 00:34:46.299 --> 00:34:47.299 Perhaps the jailer 00:34:47.299 --> 00:34:48.039 had heard of 00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.900 what the demonized 00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.500 slave girl 00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:50.500 was saying 00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.460 about Paul 00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:52.139 and Silas 00:34:52.139 --> 00:34:53.019 that they are 00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.719 servants of the 00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:54.619 Most High God 00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:55.480 proclaiming to you 00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.440 the way of salvation. 00:34:57.279 --> 00:34:58.279 It says in verse 30 00:34:58.279 --> 00:34:58.960 the jailer 00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.619 brought them out 00:34:59.619 --> 00:35:00.079 and said 00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:01.559 sirs what must 00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:02.139 I do 00:35:02.139 --> 00:35:02.940 to be saved? 00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:06.460 Maybe he's 00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:07.400 concerned that 00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:07.700 he 00:35:07.700 --> 00:35:08.920 the just jailed 00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:09.659 men who clearly 00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:10.599 have the power 00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:11.019 of a deity 00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.599 behind them 00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:13.019 the jailer 00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.519 knows that 00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:14.079 he is not 00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.559 saved 00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:14.880 and that 00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:15.460 he needs 00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:15.980 salvation 00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.659 and there's 00:35:16.659 --> 00:35:17.260 something that 00:35:17.260 --> 00:35:17.920 Paul and 00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:18.860 Silas know 00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.900 something that 00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:20.460 Paul and 00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:21.300 Silas have 00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:22.119 that he does 00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:22.760 not know 00:35:22.760 --> 00:35:23.539 and he does 00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:24.280 not have 00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:25.019 and so he 00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:25.820 implores them 00:35:25.820 --> 00:35:27.119 sirs what 00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:28.240 must I do 00:35:28.240 --> 00:35:29.000 to be saved? 00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:31.000 This is likely 00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.679 a typical 00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:33.000 Roman pagan 00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.699 expectation 00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:34.860 behind the 00:35:34.860 --> 00:35:35.539 jailer's question 00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:36.260 what must 00:35:36.260 --> 00:35:37.159 I do 00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:38.000 to be saved? 00:35:38.340 --> 00:35:38.780 Should I 00:35:38.780 --> 00:35:39.099 make a 00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:39.559 sacrifice 00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:40.079 to this 00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.320 God 00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:40.960 to appease 00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:41.199 him? 00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:42.440 Should I 00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:42.860 become a 00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:43.079 Jew 00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:43.639 like you? 00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:46.179 Paul and 00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:46.900 Silas' answer 00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.559 in verse 31 00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:47.940 would have 00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:48.880 totally upended 00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:49.500 the jailer's 00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:50.099 expectations 00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:51.800 believe 00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:52.659 in the 00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:53.219 Lord Jesus 00:35:53.219 --> 00:35:54.900 and you 00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:55.440 will be 00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:55.800 saved 00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:56.340 you and 00:35:56.340 --> 00:35:56.860 your household 00:35:56.860 --> 00:35:59.240 this salvation 00:35:59.240 --> 00:35:59.900 that we 00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:00.360 offer 00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:01.160 is not 00:36:01.160 --> 00:36:01.860 what you 00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:03.039 must do 00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:04.140 it is about 00:36:04.140 --> 00:36:05.160 believing in 00:36:05.160 --> 00:36:06.039 who Jesus 00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:06.760 is 00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:07.900 and what 00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:08.820 he has 00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:09.700 already done 00:36:09.700 --> 00:36:12.000 the lordship 00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:12.700 of Jesus 00:36:12.700 --> 00:36:13.340 entails 00:36:13.340 --> 00:36:13.900 the death 00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.340 and resurrection 00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:15.000 of Jesus 00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.920 because it is 00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:16.380 by his 00:36:16.380 --> 00:36:16.880 resurrection 00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:17.480 that Jesus 00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:18.160 was proclaimed 00:36:18.160 --> 00:36:19.059 to be 00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:19.920 the Lord 00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:21.099 Paul says 00:36:21.099 --> 00:36:21.579 in Philippians 00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:21.780 2 00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:22.380 7-11 00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:23.059 that because 00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.440 Jesus 00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:24.000 obeyed his 00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.700 father unto 00:36:24.700 --> 00:36:25.120 death 00:36:25.120 --> 00:36:26.000 even death 00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.280 on the 00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:26.700 cross 00:36:26.699 --> 00:36:27.460 that God 00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:28.019 highly 00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.579 exalted 00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:28.919 him 00:36:28.919 --> 00:36:29.419 and bestowed 00:36:29.419 --> 00:36:29.879 on him 00:36:29.879 --> 00:36:30.819 the name 00:36:30.819 --> 00:36:31.119 that is 00:36:31.119 --> 00:36:31.579 above 00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:32.399 every name 00:36:32.399 --> 00:36:32.659 so that 00:36:32.659 --> 00:36:32.919 at the 00:36:32.919 --> 00:36:33.199 name 00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:33.379 of 00:36:33.379 --> 00:36:33.799 Jesus 00:36:33.799 --> 00:36:34.980 every knee 00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.619 should bow 00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:36.339 in heaven 00:36:36.339 --> 00:36:36.899 and on earth 00:36:36.899 --> 00:36:37.279 and under 00:36:37.279 --> 00:36:37.739 the earth 00:36:37.739 --> 00:36:38.559 and every 00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:38.939 tongue 00:36:38.939 --> 00:36:39.480 confess 00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:40.099 that Jesus 00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:40.779 Christ 00:36:40.779 --> 00:36:41.419 is 00:36:41.419 --> 00:36:42.980 Lord 00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:44.619 to the 00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:45.039 glory of 00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.399 God the 00:36:45.399 --> 00:36:45.699 father 00:36:45.699 --> 00:36:48.519 Jesus 00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:49.279 is Lord 00:36:49.279 --> 00:36:50.559 because 00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:51.279 he is 00:36:51.279 --> 00:36:51.739 the only 00:36:51.739 --> 00:36:52.199 son of 00:36:52.199 --> 00:36:52.379 God 00:36:52.379 --> 00:36:52.839 exalted 00:36:52.839 --> 00:36:53.579 at the 00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:54.319 right hand 00:36:54.319 --> 00:36:54.899 of God 00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:56.920 Jesus 00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.420 is Lord 00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:57.700 because 00:36:57.700 --> 00:36:58.000 he is 00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:58.539 the only 00:36:58.539 --> 00:36:58.980 person 00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.300 who has 00:36:59.300 --> 00:36:59.920 defeated 00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:00.599 sin and 00:37:00.599 --> 00:37:00.880 death 00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:01.200 on the 00:37:01.200 --> 00:37:01.619 cross 00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:02.800 Jesus 00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:03.460 is Lord 00:37:03.460 --> 00:37:03.840 because 00:37:03.840 --> 00:37:04.340 he is 00:37:04.340 --> 00:37:04.920 the only 00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:05.400 one 00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:06.039 who has 00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:06.240 been 00:37:06.240 --> 00:37:06.720 raised 00:37:06.720 --> 00:37:07.180 from 00:37:07.180 --> 00:37:07.400 the 00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:07.780 dead 00:37:07.780 --> 00:37:08.599 forever 00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:11.119 believe 00:37:11.119 --> 00:37:11.900 in 00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.760 the 00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:13.360 Lord 00:37:13.360 --> 00:37:13.940 Jesus 00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:15.260 and you 00:37:15.260 --> 00:37:15.800 will be 00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:16.300 saved 00:37:16.300 --> 00:37:17.340 that is 00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:17.920 the one 00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:18.360 thing 00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:19.280 you must 00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:19.740 do 00:37:19.740 --> 00:37:20.639 in order 00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:20.980 to be 00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:21.280 saved 00:37:21.280 --> 00:37:23.000 salvation 00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:23.540 is not 00:37:23.540 --> 00:37:23.840 something 00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:24.460 you attain 00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:25.540 by accumulating 00:37:25.540 --> 00:37:26.500 enough good 00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:26.960 works 00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:27.820 or karma 00:37:27.820 --> 00:37:28.360 points 00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:30.019 salvation 00:37:30.019 --> 00:37:30.880 is not 00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:31.440 found in 00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:32.080 any other 00:37:32.080 --> 00:37:32.660 philosopher 00:37:32.660 --> 00:37:33.480 or religious 00:37:33.480 --> 00:37:34.060 teacher 00:37:34.060 --> 00:37:35.140 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