1. ACTS 18 Acts Chapter 18, Corinth, Claudius Anti-semitism, apologetics or trying to persuade, our responsibility, do not be afraid, Gallio of Achaia, Rome's law against new religions, Sosthenes, Nazirite Vows, Alexandria, a Jew named Apollos, Johns baptism only, Refuted In Public Ephesus 2004

2. Ephesus 2004 3. ACTS 18 The Finish Of The 2nd Start Of 3rd. 4. BIBLE IN FIVE Pastor Dave Kooyers Valley Bible Fellowship Box 433 Boonville CA 95415 http://www.slideshare.net/dkooyers www.ValleyBibleFellowship.org (707) 895-2325 God bless you as you examine His Word, Your servant in Christ, 2Cor. 4:5, Dave Matthew 10:8 Freely you received, freely give. These Microsoft PowerPoint presentations are provided "for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ" (Ephesians 4:12-15). To help Christians to "to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ." So that "we are no longer...tossed here and there...by every wind of doctrine." They may be downloaded and modified free of charge. 5. Luke 12:4 Ezekiel 2:6, Be Not Afraid Genesis 3:10 He said, "I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself. DLK could only find 163 NASU, or 189KJV 6. Acts 18:1 After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. 7. Corinth From Corinth Paul wrote 1 & 2 Thessalonians and Romans 8. Corinth Corinthian columns at Corinth in south-central Greece. The remains of the ancient city lie about 50 miles west of Athens, at the eastern end of the Gulf of Corinth. On mainland Greece, Corinth was the main center of worship of Aphrodite (Roman: Venus) goddess of sexual love and beauty. On his second missionary journey the Apostle Paul spent 1- years preaching the Gospel at Corinth. 9. Greece: Corinth, Corinthian columns 10. Corinth Canal 2004 11. NAU 2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. 12. Acts 18:2, Aquila of Pontus Acts 18:2 There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla 13. PontusPontus was a Roman province and region in the northeastern part of Asia Minor. 14. Acts 18:2, Claudius Anti-semitism A.D. 49 Acts 18:2because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them, NET Notes say, Claudius refers to the Roman emperor Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus, known as Claudius, who ruled from A.D. 4154. The edict expelling the Jews from Rome was issued in A.D. 49 (Suetonius, Claudius 25.4). Anti-semitism 15. Acts 18:4, , Trying To Persuade Acts 18:4 Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks. he reasoned trying to persuade =apologetics Paul always seems to use Cosmological, ontological, prophesy, resurrection, and Jesus is the Christ reasoned is not blind faith or burning in the bosom 16. Acts 18:5, Acts 18:5 When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. He stopped tent making testifying = personal testimony 17. Acts 18:6, Shake The Dust Off Your Feet NAU Acts 18:6 But when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles." 18. Acts 18:6, Our Responsibility? Acts 18:6I am clear of my responsibility We have a responsibility If they reject; Acts 18:6.Your blood be on your own heads!... Where do you suppose the responsibility lies if we dont, or are not solemnly testifyingthat Jesus was the Christ (Acts 18:5)? 19. Acts 18:9-11, Do Not Be Afraid Acts 18:9-11 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: "Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. 10 For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city." 11 So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God. Good memory verse 18 months with Paul teaching them the word of God Wow! Lucky Corinthians 20. Acts 18:12, Bible Knowledge Commentary Verses 12-17 form a critical point in Luke's apologetic. It is important first because of who Gallio was, a Roman proconsul, governor of Achaia. Any judgment pronounced by him would establish legal precedent. Furthermore, Gallio was a brother of Seneca (4 B.C.?- A.D. 65), a philosopher of great influence in Rome. DLK; Separation of church and state 21. Acts 18:13-15, Bible Knowledge Commentary 18:13-15. The Jews charged Paul with persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the Roman law. Rome did not permit the propagation of new religions. Judaism was an accepted and established belief. These Jews were saying in effect that Christianity was a new and different cult, distinct from Judaism. 22. ACTS 18:17 Gallio cared for none of those things 23. Acts 18:17, Sosthenes NAU Acts 18:17 And they all took hold of Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and began beating him in front of the judgment seat. But Gallio was not concerned about any of these things. The frustrated Jews took out the anger on their own leader of the synagogue. Could this be NAU 1 Corinthians 1:1 Paul, called as an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, 2 To the church of God which is at Corinth 24. Acts 18:18, Cenchrea, Nazirite Vows Acts 18:18 Paul stayed on in Corinth for some time. Then he left the brothers and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. Before he sailed, he had his hair cut off at Cenchrea because of a vow he had taken. Acts 18:18 Cenchrea was Corinth's main port on the isthmus. IVP NAU Numbers 6:18 'The Nazirite shall then shave his dedicated head of hair at the doorway of the tent of meeting, and take the dedicated hair of his head and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings. Paul was told byActs 21:18James, and all the elders 24 take them and purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads; and all will know that there is nothing to the things which they have been told about you, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Law. 25. Acts 18:18, Cenchrea, Nazirite Vows Acts 18:18 Paul had his hair cut off at Cenchrea because of a vow he had taken. He then took the hair to the Temple in Jerusalem, to be offered. Acts is a transition book from Judaism into the church. 26. Acts 18:18, Cenchrea 27. Acts 18:18, Acts Is A Transition Book Acts 18:18 Paulhad his hair cut off at Cenchrea because of a vow he had taken. Matt 5:36-37 And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. 37 Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one. James 5:12 Above all, my brothers, do not swear not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. Let your "Yes" be yes, and your "No," no, or you will be condemned. Acts 21:23-24.There are four men with us who have made a vow. 24 Take these men, join in their purification rites and pay their expenses, so that they can have their heads shaved. Then everybody will know there is no truth in these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law. 28. Acts 18:18, Acts Is A Transition Book At the conclusion of a Nazirite vow; Num 6:18 "'Then at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the Nazirite must shave off the hair that he dedicated. He is to take the hair and put it in the fire that is under the sacrifice of the fellowship offering. C. Missler (pg. 28) says its not a Nazirite vow, based on; 1 Cor 11:14 Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, John 15:5apart from me you can do nothing. James 5:15the prayer offered in faith [GING] , , 1. prayer . the prayer offered in faith Js 5:15.2. oath, vow Ac 18:18; 21:23.* [pg 82] Bible Knowledge Commentary, Now the time of the Nazirite vow was over (after about a year and a half), and Paul got a haircut at Cenchrea (cf. Num 6:1-21). 29. Acts 18:21, God's Will Acts 18:21 But as he left, he promised, "I will come back if it is God's will." Then he set sail from Ephesus. James 4:13-16 Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15 Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." 30. End Of 2nd. Missionary Journey Acts 18:22 When he landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church and then went down to Antioch. Caesarea, Jerusalem, Antioch Over 300 miles total 31. Acts 18:23, Start Of 3rd. Missionary Journey 32. Acts 18:23, Start Of 3rd. Missionary Journey Acts 18:23 After spending some time in Antioch, Paul set out from there and traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples. 33. Acts 18:24, Apollos An Alexandrian NAU Acts 18:24 Now a Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was mighty in the Scriptures. Apollos was a native of Alexandria, the 2nd largest city in the Empire, of its population were Jews, cultural and educational center of the world, great library. 34. Acts 18:24-28 A Jew Named Apollos a learned man, thorough knowledge of the Scriptures. He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, he spoke with great fervor and taught about Jesus accurately, he knew only the baptism of John. He began to speak boldly in the synagogue Priscilla and Aquilaexplained to him the way of God more adequately. the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him he was a great help to those whobelieved. he vigorously refuted the Jews proving from the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ. He was teachable, received correction well 35. Acts 18:24, GotQuestions.org Ignorance of the whole Word of God GotQuestions.org talked about; 4. Ignorance of the whole Word of God. Apollos was a powerful and eloquent preacher, but he only knew the baptism of John. He was ignorant of Jesus and His provision of salvation, so his message was incomplete. Aquila and Priscilla took him aside and explained to him the way of God more adequately (Acts 18:24-28). After that, Apollos preached Jesus Christ. Some groups and individuals today have an incomplete message because they concentrate on certain passages to the exclusion of others. They fail to compare Scripture with Scripture. 36. Acts 18:25, Johns Baptism Only NAU Acts 18:25 This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, being acquainted only with the baptism of John; NAU Acts 18:26 and he began to speak out boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately. 37. Acts 18:28, Refuted In Public NAU Acts 18:28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating by the Scriptures [OT] that Jesus was the Christ. This is not just Friendship Evangelism they must hear; NAU Acts 13:7 Sergius Paulus, sought to hear the word of God. NAU Acts 15:7 the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe. NAU Acts 17:32"We shall hear you again concerning this." 38. Acts 18:6, Refuting In Public Will Get Opposition Plan on it, embrace it NAU Acts 18:6 But when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles." George Whitefield said, If you are going to walk with Jesus Christ, you are going to be opposed.... In our days, to be a true Christian is really to become a scandal. --George Whitefield (English preacher who proved to be one of the vessels used by God in the Great Awakening) 39. Ephesus Theater The End