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the error that he encountered in Ephesus? What reception did the multitude give to his teaching? Vs. 10-17. How long did Paul teach in the school of Tyrannus? With what re sult? How did God honor Paul’s testi mony? How do you account for the ab sence o f similar miracles today?- What was the sin of the vagabond Jews? What was God’s punishment upon them? What was the effect of this experience upon the preaching o f the gospel in that region? Vs. 18-20. How much in earnest were the believers? What resulted from this open break with sinful practices? I f the Word of God is to prevail mightily today, what is necessary? Praising God With Our Gifts A cts 20:17, 32-38 Memory V erse : “Remember the words o f the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35). Approach-. Paul preached in many cit ies while he was on his missionary jour neys. One of these cities was Ephesus.
Word so that they should all understand each other and work together. He re minded them that he himself had been satis fied with what little he had had, and that they, too, were not to envy those who had more than they. He reminded them that he had worked for everything he had, and that they were to do that, too. He said that he had showed them how to take care of the weak, and reminded them that Jesus had said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Then he knelt and prayed with them. They wept. They were sorry that Paul was leaving them. They knew that the words he had spoken were true. They wanted to be.that kind of a Christian. They felt that they needed Paul there to keep on helping them and reminding them of these things. Lesson Text-. Acts 24:10-23. Golden T ex t : “And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men” (Acts 24:16). Caesarea aesarea was a truly Roman city. It t t l was built by Herod in the days of Augustus Caesar,, and was named Caesarea in honor of him. Its principal pur pose was to provide a seaport which was typically Roman in character. There was no natural harbor; therefore great stones were dumped into the sea in as much as twenty fathoms of water, until a break
And now he was leaving, perhaps never to come back—and they were sorry. But Paul knew that if they remembered his words, and did as he said, God would be their strength. Golden Text Illustration A converted Hindu was persecuted bit terly for accepting Christ. His relatives, particularly, seemed filled with deadly hatred for him because he forsook the re ligion o f his ancestors, and they did what ever they could to force him to deny Christ Some sympathetic friends asked him how it was possible for him to bear so much trouble, and he replied, “Ask me rather how it is possible for me to bear all the joy that I have in the service and fellowship o f Christ.”— T he E xpositor . water was formed. A g r e a t w h a r f ran a l o n g this break water and along the shore. The harbor was open to the north, for it was sel dom that any storms came from that di rection. It is said by contemporarywriters that Caesarea had the best harbor o f all the towns on the Syrian coast. Today but little remains o f that grand city with its magnificent harbor. It has been isolated from the rest of the country
DECEMBER 10, 1933 PAUL IN CAESAREA -A cts , C hapters 20 to 26
T h e r e were many Ch r i st i ans in this city. When Paul was ready to leave Ephe sus to go back to Jerusalem, he gath ered t o g e t h e r the heads of the church to remind them of some o f the things which he had taught them.
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Lesson Story: He was going to leave them soon, and he felt that he was never going to see them again, so he wanted them to remember what he had to say to them. First he reminded them to read God’s
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