Acts 17 v 1 - 10 Christ Rejection
The Destination
The Route -
1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia,
The Result - they came to Thessalonica,
The Resource - where was a synagogue of the Jews:
The Declaration
The Preacher - 2 and Paul,
The Practice - as his manner was,
The Pursuit - went in unto them,
The Preaching - He Preached -
The Word of God -
and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
The Will of God - 3 opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead;
He Preached -
The Need of Salvation - He must suffer that I must be saved.
3 opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered
The Nature of Salvation - and risen again from the dead;
The News of Salvation -
and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
The Deliberation
A Partial Response - 4 And some of them believed,
A Practical Response - and consorted with Paul and Silas;
A Plentiful Response - and of the devout Greeks a great multitude,
and of the chief women not a few.
The Demarcation
The People - 5 But the Jews
The Problem - which believed not,
The Pride - moved with envy,
The Protest - took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort,
Matthew 12:30 He that is not with me is against me;
and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
The Disputation
The Solemnity - 5 But the Jews which believed not,
The Subtlety - moved with envy,
The Strategy - took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company,
The Skulduggery - and set all the city on an uproar,
The Severity - and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. (Paul and Silas)
The Denunciation
Their Failure - 6 And when they found them not,
Their Force - they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city,
Their Frustration - crying, These that have turned the world upside down
Their Fear - are come hither also;
Their Fury - at the -
Person - 7 whom Jason hath received:
Preachers - and these all do contrary to the decrees of Cæsar,
Preaching - saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
Their Fray -
The Trouble - 8 And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city
The Trial - when they heard these things.
The Treatment - 9 And when they had taken security of Jason,
and of the other, they let them go.
The Deportation -
The Haste - 10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas
The Hate - by night unto Berea:
The Hunger - who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews
The Determination - went into the synagogue of the Jews
“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.” ? Winston Churchill
