Third preaching journey (Acts 18:23-21:17)

Apollos (Acts 18:23-28)

• Priscilla was a great example of a woman serving the Lord. This is a great example of proper attitudes in teaching and learning. Apollos is a great example of humility in learning.
• See I Corinthians 16:12

Ephesus (Acts 19:1-41)

• Acts 19:1-7 – If we have had a different baptism, this passage shows you should be baptized again in the correct way.
• Acts 19:13-15 – Archaeological digs have since found a number of artifacts referring to Jesus and having various incantations similar to what is quoted here.

Asia, Macedonia, and Achaia (Acts 20:1-16)

• Acts 20:7 – Compare Acts 2:42, 46. The context must indicate whether “breaking bread” refers to the Lord’s Supper or not. This seems to be referring to the Lord’s Supper, while Acts 20:11 refers to a common meal.

Introduction

• What does it mean to be “called by God?” People today seem to have a different understanding of it than what it meant in Bible times. Especially “called by God” to do something specific. Can we say the same today?

We are all called to SALVATION by the gospel.

• II Thessalonians 2:14; 1:11-12
• I Corinthians 1:2-6

There is no doubt that God called specific people to do specific things for Him in the Bible.

• Jeremiah 1:4
• Hebrews 5:1-4
• Acts 9:3 – There was a specific thing God wanted Paul to do.
• Acts 13:2

But God’s direct intervention in Bible times cannot be generalized to everyone.

• Jeremiah 29:11, 1 – This was a letter to the exiles in Babylon.
• Romans 10:14-15
• Acts 16:6-10
• Esther 4:14

Caution: I might interpret signs and violate God’s will.

• I Samuel 24:1-7 – David’s men just knew this was a sign from God.
• Matthew 19:9 – We know this is God’s will. If we feel we are receiving signs to divorce, we know that any signs could not go against God’s written will.

Instead of looking for signs, just get to work obeying the Bible.

• Ephesians 2:10; 4:25-28
• Luke 7:28-30
• II Peter 1:10

Mark 3, continued:

• Mark 3:22 – See John 11:48-50. The Jews were afraid of losing their power.
• Mark 3:28-30 – The “Holy Spirit” here could be referring to the “divine nature of Christ.” They were denying Jesus’ deity and attributing it to Satan.
  • Matthew 12:34 – Matthew records Jesus’ strong description of His accusers.
  • John 12:37
  • Matthew 13:14-15
  • Acts 28:25-27
  • John 12:37-41 – Isaiah showed that the underlying sin was hardness of heart.
  • The “eternal sin,” therefore, was a wicked mindset that would follow these hardened rebels into eternity, where an “eternal judgment” (Hebrews 6:2) would be pronounced, and an “eternal punishment” of unending misery awaited them (Matthew 25:46), because there is no post-mortem plan of salvation (Hebrews 9:27). So, we see the final end Jesus announced upon those who deny the power and word of God, attributing it to another source, in this case, Satan.
  • Is it possible to be guilty of this sin today? Yes! See John 20:29; I Peter 1:8-9. If someone persistently rejects the New Testament evidence that supports Jesus’ credibility, hasn’t he in principle done the same as these Pharisees?

Introduction

• Romans 1:16-17
• II Corinthians 11:3; 4:3-4
• Ephesians 5:17; 3:3-4
• Luke 10:21

The simple, yet thrilling, account of the cross

• Matthew 27:46
• Romans 5:6-8
• Philippians 2:5-8
• I John 4:14; 2:2
• John 3:16-17
• Hebrews 2:9
• I Peter 1:18-19
• I Corinthians 15:57
• II Corinthians 8:9
• Acts 10:34
• Hebrews 2:9
• Revelation 22:17
• Titus 3:5
• Ephesians 2:8-9
• I Corinthians 1:18, 22-24

The simple requirements to be numbered among the redeemed

• Mark 16:15-16
• Acts 2:38
• II Corinthians 5:7
• Romans 10:17
• John 3:3, 5
• I Peter 1:22-23
• Romans 10:1, 16
• I Corinthians 15:1-4
• Romans 6:17-18, 1-5
• II Corinthians 5:17
• Galatians 3:26-27
• Acts 8:5, 12, 35-39

The simple worship of the Lord’s church

• II Peter 1:1
• Acts 20:7
• The elements of worship:
  • Teaching
    • Acts 2:42; 20:32
    • II Timothy 2:15
    • Psalms 119:97, 103
  • Giving
    • I Corinthians 16:1-2
    • II Corinthians 9:7
  • Lord’s Supper
    • Matthew 26:26-28
    • I Corinthians 11:26
    • Acts 20:7
  • Praying
    • Hebrews 4:16
    • Acts 2:42
    • I Thessalonians 5:17, 25
  • Singing
    • Colossians 3:16
    • Ephesians 5:19
• John 4:24
• II John 1:9
• I Peter 4:11
• Colossians 3:17

The simple and great organization of the Lord’s kingdom

• Philippians 1:1
• II Peter 1:1
• Romans 16:16
• I Corinthians 1:2
• Colossians 1:18
• Ephesians 1:22-23
• II Timothy 3:16-17
• Acts 20:28
• I Peter 5:2
• Ephesians 3:21, 10
• Acts 11:27-30 – care for needy saints
• I Corinthians 16:1
• Ephesians 4:16
• I Thessalonians 1:8 – proclaim the word of the Lord

Conclusion

• Jeremiah 6:16
• II Corinthians 11:3, 14-15
• Matthew 7:13-15
• II Thessalonians 2:10-12
• II John 1:9
• Colossians 3:17
• Philippians 4:9
• Psalms 119:161
• II Corinthians 11:3
• Mark 16:15-16
• Acts 22:16

The cup Jesus drank

• Matthew 26:36-42
• Mark 14:35-36
• Luke 22:42-44
• John 18:10-11
• Matthew 20:17-19 – Jesus foretells His death.
• Matthew 20:20-23; Mark 10:38-40

What is the “cup” referred to in these verses?

• Genesis 40:13 – literal cup
• Genesis 44:1 – literal cup
• Matthew 23:26-27 – literal cup as a figure
• Psalms 16:5 – figure
• Psalms 23:1-6 – blessings
• Psalms 116:13 – blessings
• Jeremiah 16:7 – advice, blessings
• Psalms 11:6 – suffering
• Psalms 75:8 – symbol of the wrath of God
• Isaiah 51:17, 22 – wrath of God
• Jeremiah 25:15, 17, 28 – wrath of God
• Jeremiah 51:7 – wrath of God
• Lamentations 4:21 – curses
• Ezekiel 23:31-33 – curses
• Habakkuk 2:16 – curses
• Zechariah 12:2 – curses
• Revelation 14:10 – curses

Joshua renews the covenant

• Joshua 8:34
• Matthew 10:42 – cup is a figure for any need a person may have
• Mark 10:38-40
• I Corinthians 10:16:22
• I Corinthians 11:25-29