1. A Church to Die For

2. Shaky Foundations

3. Apollos

4. Priscilla and Aquila

5. Disciples

6. Paul’s Third Missionary Journey
GALATIA (Turkey)
GREECE
Antioch
Ephesus
Iconium
Lystra
Derbe
Corinth
Antioch
Bible Reading
Acts 19:8 – 20:1
CYPRUS
Paul’s Third Missionary Journey
Caesarea
Jerusalem

7. Spiritual Confusion

8. What’s going on here? Extraordinary Growth Signs and Wonders
Significant Opposition
and a man called Alexander

9. 1. Extraordinary Growth
Teaching
The Way – a Jewish sect

10. Paul’s Third Missionary Journey
GALATIA (Turkey)
GREECE
Antioch
Ephesus
Iconium
Lystra
Derbe
Corinth
Antioch
CYPRUS
Paul’s 3rd Missionary Journey
Paul’s Third Missionary Journey
Caesarea
Jerusalem

11. 2. Signs and Wonders Hankies & Aprons Would you want to be a Paul?
To be more like Jesus ...
Faith essential

12. What is our message? Acts JESUS Kingdom? Love? Forgiveness? Salvation?
Grace?
Repentance?
Acts
love – agape (Greek)
isn’t mentioned
once

13. 3. Significant Opposition
Spiritual confusion
Craftsmen, silversmiths

14. Temple of Artemis (Diana)
One of the
seven wonders of the world

15. 3. Significant Opposition
Spiritual confusion
Craftsmen, silversmiths
Gentiles
Jews (Dispersion – Diaspora)
Christians – people of The Way
Paul & friends
and a man called Alexander

16. Alexander? Apollos – a Jew from Alexandria
Priscilla & Aquila – Jews from Pontus who had come from Italy
Lydia - a dealer in purple
Timothy – a disciple from Lystra
Dionysius – a member of the Areopagus
Titius Justus – a worshipper of God
Crispus – the synagogue ruler

17. Alexander
Mediator?
Jew
Craftsman?

18. 14 Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm.
2 Timothy 4:14-15
14 Alexander the metalworker did me
a great deal of harm.
The Lord will repay him
for what he has done.
15 You too should be on your guard against him, because he strongly
opposed our message. NIV

19. 1 Timothy 1:18-20
18 Timothy, my son, I give you this instruction in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by following them you may fight the good fight, 19 holding on to faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected these and so have shipwrecked their faith.
20 Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.

20. Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm.
2 Timothy 4:14
Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm.
God did not protect Paul from the harm of this dangerous man. He allowed him to suffer at his hands.

21. 24 "No-one can serve two masters.
Matthew 6:24
24 "No-one can serve two masters.
Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other.
You cannot serve both God and Mammon. (money, possessions or whatever else you trust in) NIV