When Jesus Goes To Jail Slides, 1/19/14
- 2. When Jesus Goes to Jail Acts Series January 19, 2014
- 3. As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divina8on and brought her owners much gain by fortune-‐telling. She followed Paul and us, crying out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salva8on.” And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.”
- 4. And it came out that very hour. But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers. And when they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men are Jews, and they are disturbing our city. They advocate customs that are not lawful for us as Romans to accept or prac8ce.”
- 5. The crowd joined in aJacking them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods. And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them safely. Having received this order, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. Acts 16:16-‐24
- 6. About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the founda8ons of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds were unfastened. When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
- 7. But Paul cried with a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.” And the jailer called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas. Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.
- 8. And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was bap8zed at once, he and all his family. Then he brought them up into his house and set food before them. And he rejoiced along with his en8re household that he had believed in God. Acts 16:25-‐34
- 9. 1. No ma3er what happens, WORSHIP!
- 10. “…and the prisoners were listening to them.”
- 11. 1. No ma3er what happens, WORSHIP! 2. WORSHIP, PRAY, and let God work ANY way He chooses!
- 12. “What must I do to be saved?”
- 13. “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
- 14. 1. No ma3er what happens, WORSHIP! 2. WORSHIP, PRAY, and let God work ANY way He chooses! 3. If we’re saved, it shows!