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Transcript of 1 SILAS: A Joyful Witness Scripture Focus Acts 16:16-40.
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SILAS:A Joyful Witness
Scripture Focus
Acts 16:16-40
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SILAS:A Joyful Witness
The Word to Live By
Believe in the Lord Jesus, and
you will be saved.
--Acts 16:31
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SILAS:A Joyful Witness
Session Truth
The gospel has always encountered
resistance wherever it has been proclaimed,
but the power of God has always been at
work in ways to overcome that resistance
through grace and the faithful witness of the
people of God.
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SILAS:A Joyful Witness
What does it take
for the gospel to be heard
in a culture
that has embraced
the worship of false gods
and the exploitation of people?
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SILAS:A Joyful Witness
How does the Holy Spirit guide
believers in their attempts to
establish the church in such an
environment?
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SILAS:A Joyful Witness
What was
the slave girl
saying about
Paul and Silas?
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SILAS:A Joyful Witness
What was the problem with the
girl's pronouncements?
Was the gospel message
damaged by the girl?
Why or why not?
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SILAS:A Joyful Witness
The Scripture Focus says Paul
was “annoyed.“
Did Paul let his feelings get the
best of him?
Did he act rashly?
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SILAS:A Joyful Witness
What does Paul’s example say to
us about dealing with
annoyances?
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SILAS:A Joyful Witness
How can the church bring the
light of Christ into a community’s
spiritual darkness?
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SILAS:A Joyful Witness
The charges mentioned that Paul and Silas
were Jews.
How was this ethnic term used by
the accusers to gain favor
with the authorities
and crowd?
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SILAS:A Joyful Witness
What physical condition do you
imagine Paul and Silas were in by
the time they had been punished
and thrown into prison?
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SILAS:A Joyful Witness
Have you ever been on the
receiving end of injustice,
especially related to your faith?
How did you respond?
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SILAS:A Joyful Witness
Why is it so easy to trump up
fear in people toward an
ethnic group that is different
from their own?
If this occurs in your
community, how should the
church respond?
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SILAS:A Joyful Witness
Why did Paul and Silas respond
in such an unusual way to
mistreatment?
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SILAS:A Joyful Witness
We are told that “the other
prisoners were listening.”
What does that say to us?
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SILAS:A Joyful Witness
Why did Paul and Silas pass up
the opportunity to walk out of the
damaged jail after the
earthquake?
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SILAS:A Joyful Witness
Why did the jailer turn to God?
Whom did his “household” include?
How is it that they were included in
salvation?
What immediate difference was
evidenced in the jailer?
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SILAS:A Joyful Witness
Have you experienced the Holy Spirit
holding you steady in the midst of a
difficult life challenge?
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SILAS:A Joyful Witness
Should Paul and Silas have
“turned the other cheek” with
regard to the magistrates?
What did Paul and Silas do on
their release?
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SILAS:A Joyful Witness
What can we learn from the
example of Paul and Silas?
What enabled these men to
offer encouragement to
other believers?
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SILAS:A Joyful Witness
My Faith Response
Is there a place where you need to
take a personal stand this week?
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SILAS:A Joyful Witness
My Faith Response
To whom can you be an
encouragement this
week?
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SILAS:A Joyful Witness
My Faith Response
What expressions of praise
should you offer today?