Acts 17 v 10 - 15 Christ Reception
The Work
A Testing Work - 10 and the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas
2 Corinthians 11:25-27
The Demands of Service - 25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
The Dangers with Service - 26 in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
The Denials in Service - 27 in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
A Trying Work - by night
A Trusting Work - unto Berea:
A Triumphing Work -
10 who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
2 Corinthians 2:14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
The Source of Triumph - Now thanks be unto God,
The Course of Triumph - which always causeth us to triumph in Christ,
The Force of Triumph - and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
The Word
The Soil - 11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,
The Seed - in that they received the word with all readiness of mind,
The Search - and searched the scriptures daily,
The Sign - whether those things were so.
The Success - 12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
The Bereans
Revered It - 11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,
Received It - in that they received the word with all readiness of mind
Researched It - and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Believed It - 12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
Their Nurture - 12 Therefore many of them believed;
Their Nature - also of honourable women which were Greeks,
Their Number - 12 many of them believed; ..... and of men, not a few.
The War
The People - 13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica
The Problem - had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea,
They had a Problem with the Word - 13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached
They had a Problem with the Witness -
that the word of God was preached of Paul
They had a Problem with the Work -
that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea,
The Pursuit - they came thither also,
The Purpose - and stirred up the people.
The Way
It's Haste - 14 And then immediately
It's Hope - the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea:
It's Hold - but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
It's Help -
The Ploy - 15 And they that conducted Paul
The Place - brought him unto Athens:
The Plan - and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed,
The Play - they departed.
