1. When God Moves in Power Acts 19

2. I.The Culture Confronting Paul

3. II.Paul Confronting the Culture

4. 1.Demonstrating discernment

5. II.Paul Confronting the Culture 1.Demonstrating Discernment “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” Acts 19:2a

6. II.Paul Confronting the Culture 1.Demonstrating Discernment “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” Acts 19:2a “We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.” Acts 19:2b

7. II.Paul Confronting the Culture 1.Demonstrating Discernment “And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.” Acts 19:6

8. II.Paul Confronting the Culture 2. Declaring the gospel

9. II.Paul Confronting the Culture 1. Displaying God’s power “Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.” Acts 19:11-12

10. II.Paul Confronting the Culture 3. Displaying God’s power

11. II.Paul Confronting the Culture 4. A defining moment

12. II.Paul Confronting the Culture 4. A defining moment “Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, ‘We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.’ Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so.” Acts 19:13-14

13. II.Paul Confronting the Culture 4. A defining moment “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?” Acts 19:15

14. II.Paul Confronting the Culture 4. A defining moment “And many who had believed came confessing and telling their deeds. Also, many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted up the value of them, and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of silver”. Acts 19:18-19

15. II.Paul Confronting the Culture 4. A defining moment “So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.” Acts 19:20

16. II.Paul Confronting the Culture 4. A defining moment “Men, you know that we have our prosperity by this trade. Moreover you see and hear that not only at Ephesus, but throughout almost all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are not gods which are made with hands.” Acts 19:25b-26

17. II.Paul Confronting the Culture Believers must be filled with the Spirit for an awakening to occur

18. II.Paul Confronting the Culture Believers must be filled with the Spirit for an awakening to occur “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!” Luke 11:13

19. II.Paul Confronting the Culture There must be a demonstration of power that draws attention to Jesus’ name

20. II.Paul Confronting the Culture There must be a demonstration of power that draws attention to Jesus’ name A church must be surrendered with Jesus at the center in order to move with power

21. II.Paul Confronting the Culture A church must be surrendered with Jesus at the center in order to move with power “So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.” Acts 19:20