Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000398
00:16 Hello, and welcome to His Words Are Life.
00:18 I'm Kelly Mowrer. 00:19 Today we'll be reading from the book of Acts, in the King James 00:22 Version, Chapter 18, 00:24 but before we start to read, let's go to God 00:26 in prayer together. 00:28 Dear God, thank you so much for allowing us to come into Your 00:33 presence, and to make a request of You that Jesus has told us to 00:38 make in His name, 00:39 and so we ask that You please send the Holy Spirit to be with 00:43 us right now, to lead us and to guide us as we read; to write on 00:48 our hearts in a new way the words that we will hear, 00:52 that we may learn the lessons from those who have gone before 00:55 us, and served You faithfully, and that we may serve 00:57 You more faithfully, 00:59 and we pray this in Jesus' name. 01:01 Thank You. 01:02 Amen. 01:03 Reading today from the book of Acts in the King James Version, 01:07 Chapter 18, and starting with verse 5. 01:10 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, 01:15 Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that 01:19 Jesus was Christ. 01:20 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, 01:24 he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon 01:28 your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go 01:33 unto the Gentiles. 01:34 And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's 01:38 house, named Justus, one that worshiped God, whose house 01:42 joined hard to the synagogue. 01:44 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the 01:48 Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing 01:52 believed, and were baptized. 01:55 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, 01:59 Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: 02:05 for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: 02:10 for I have much people in this city. 02:13 And he continued there a year and six months, 02:17 teaching the word of God among them. 02:20 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made 02:25 insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him 02:28 to the judgment seat, saying, This fellow persuadeth men to 02:32 worship God contrary to the law. 02:34 And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto 02:39 the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, 02:44 O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you: 02:48 but if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, 02:53 look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters. 02:57 And he drave them from the judgment seat. 03:00 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of 03:04 the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. 03:08 And Gallio cared for none of those things. 03:12 And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, 03:15 and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into 03:18 Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his 03:22 head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow. 03:25 And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself 03:29 entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. 03:32 When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, 03:36 he consented not; but bade them farewell, saying, I must by all 03:41 means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: 03:44 but I will return again unto you, if God will. 03:47 And he sailed from Ephesus. 03:49 And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, 03:52 and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch. 03:55 And after he had spent some time there, he departed, 03:59 and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, 04:03 strengthening all the disciples. 04:06 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent 04:11 man, and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus. 04:16 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being 04:20 fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things 04:24 of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. 04:27 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila 04:32 and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, 04:35 and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. 04:39 And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, 04:44 exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was 04:49 come, helped them much which had believed through grace: 04:53 for he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, 04:57 showing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ. 05:02 We're reading from the book of Acts, Chapter 19. 05:06 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, 05:11 Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus; 05:15 and finding certain disciples, he said unto them, 05:18 Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 05:21 And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether 05:26 there be any Holy Ghost. 05:28 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? 05:32 And they said, Unto John's baptism. 05:36 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of 05:41 repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe 05:45 on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. 05:49 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name 05:52 of the Lord Jesus. 05:54 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came 05:58 on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. 06:01 And all the men were about twelve. 06:04 And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space 06:08 of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning 06:13 the kingdom of God. 06:14 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil 06:19 of that way before the multitude, he departed from 06:22 them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in 06:26 the school of one Tyrannus. 06:28 and this continued by the space of two years; so that all they 06:33 which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, 06:37 both Jews and Greeks. 06:39 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: 06:43 so that from his body were brought unto the sick 06:47 handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, 06:50 and the evil spirits went out of them. 06:52 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them 06:57 to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the 07:00 Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom 07:03 Paul preacheth. 07:04 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the 07:10 priests, which did so. 07:11 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I 07:16 know; but who are ye? 07:18 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, 07:22 and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled 07:26 out of that house naked and wounded. 07:28 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at 07:31 Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord 07:35 Jesus was magnified. 07:37 And many that believed came, and confessed, 07:41 and showed their deeds. 07:43 Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books 07:47 together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the 07:51 price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. 07:56 So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. 08:01 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, 08:06 when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to 08:10 Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, 08:13 I must also see Rome. 08:15 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, 08:20 Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia 08:24 for a season. 08:25 And the same time there arose no small stir about that way. 08:30 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, 08:34 which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain 08:38 unto the craftsmen; whom he called together with the workmen 08:41 of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft 08:48 we have our wealth. 08:50 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost 08:55 throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away 08:59 much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with 09:02 hands: so that not only this our craft is in danger to be set 09:07 at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess 09:10 Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be 09:14 destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshipeth. 09:18 And when they heard these sayings, they were full of 09:21 wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. 09:25 And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having 09:30 caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, 09:33 Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord 09:37 into the theater. 09:38 And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, 09:41 the disciples suffered him not. 09:43 And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, 09:47 sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself 09:51 into the theater. 09:52 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: 09:55 for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not 09:58 wherefore they were come together. 10:00 And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, 10:03 the Jews putting him forward. 10:04 And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made 10:07 his defense unto the people. 10:09 But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about 10:14 the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana 10:17 of the Ephesians. 10:19 And when the town clerk had appeased the people, he said, 10:23 Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how 10:29 that the city of the Ephesians is a worshiper of the great 10:32 goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter? 10:35 Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, 10:39 ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly. 10:43 For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers 10:47 of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. 10:50 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with 10:54 him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, 10:57 and there are deputies: let them implead one another. 11:01 But if ye inquire any thing concerning other matters, 11:05 it shall be determined in a lawful assembly. 11:07 For we are in danger to be called in question for this 11:10 day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an 11:14 account of this concourse. 11:16 And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly. 11:20 We're reading from the book of Acts, Chapter 20. 11:23 And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the 11:27 disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go 11:31 into Macedonia. 11:32 And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them 11:36 exhortation, he came into Greece, and there abode 11:40 three months. 11:41 And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail 11:44 into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia. 11:48 And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; 11:53 and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; 11:56 and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothesus; and of Asia, 12:00 Tychicus and Trophimus. 12:03 These going before tarried for us at Troas. 12:06 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened 12:09 bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; 12:12 where we abode seven days. 12:15 And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came 12:18 together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, 12:21 ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech 12:25 until midnight. 12:26 And there were many lights in the upper chamber, 12:28 where they were gathered together. 12:29 And there sat in a window a certain young man named 12:33 Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was 12:37 long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from 12:42 the third loft, and was taken up dead. 12:45 And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, 12:49 Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him. 12:52 When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, 12:56 and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, 13:00 so he departed. 13:01 And they brought the young man alive, and were not 13:05 a little comforted. 13:06 And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, 13:11 there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, 13:15 minding himself to go afoot. 13:17 And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, 13:21 and came to Mitylene. 13:23 And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against 13:27 Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at 13:30 Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus. 13:33 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not 13:37 spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for 13:41 him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost. 13:46 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the 13:49 elders of the church. 13:50 And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, 13:53 from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I 13:57 have been with you at all seasons, serving the Lord with 14:00 all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, 14:04 which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews: and how I 14:09 kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, 14:12 but have showed you, and have taught you publicly, 14:15 and from house to house, testifying both to the Jews, 14:19 and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, 14:21 and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. 14:24 Thank you for being with me today, to read 14:27 His Words Are Life, and please join me again next time, 14:30 until then, may God bless you. |
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