Acts 16 Nkjv (2024)

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What is the main point of Acts 16? ›

THEME: Joy in all Things: Acts 16 displays the beauty of Christian joy, that joy is not tied only to triumph in the faith but also defeat. Acts chapter 16 starts off with Paul and Silas embarking on Paul's second missionary journey. The journey begins with them finding Timothy and training him up in the Gospel.

Paul's faith and trust in God allowed him to change his plans and go where God wanted him to be. He did not sulk, question why, or delay getting to work on the plan that God revealed to him. Instead, he accepted God's plan and continued working hard for the Lord. That is the example that we are to follow.

The "spirit of divination" that possesses the girl is related to the myth of Pythian: a serpent or dragon that guarded the oracle at Delphi and had been slain by Apollo.

Phrygia. Galatia. Asia (Roman province)

Help me discern your timing. Guide me to the places where I can be most useful to you at the time that is most advantageous to grow your kingdom, to bless your children, and to reach the lost. O Holy Spirit, please guide my life's direction and prevent me from mistakes of timing, sensitivity, and place.

Their response of song and prayer led the jailer and his whole family to believe in Jesus Christ! Paul and Silas knew they could pray to God anywhere, even in prison. Do you know that you can do that too? There is absolutely no place on this earth where you cannot talk to God.

After Paul casts the “spirit of python” out of her, we are told that she loses this ability. However, beyond that—and her owners' anger over this loss—we don't know what happens to her.

Found in all civilizations, both ancient and modern, it is encountered most frequently in contemporary mass society in the form of horoscopes, astrology, crystal gazing, tarot cards, and the Ouija board. In the context of ancient Roman culture and belief, divination was concerned with discovering the will of the gods.

Deuteronomy 18:10-11 – Let no one be found among you who consigns a son or daughter to the fire, or who is an augur, a soothsayer, a diviner, a sorcerer, one who casts spells, or one who consults ghosts or familiar spirits, or one who inquires of the dead.

The "we" passages—a number of verses in Acts are written in the first person plural ("we") apparently indicating that the writer is participating in the events he is describing—were first interpreted by Irenaeus as evidence that the writer was a personal eyewitness of these events, and a companion of Paul on his ...

What do you learn about salvation in Acts 16? ›

Within the facet of Acts 16, Luke defines salvation through the two incidences of the slave girl and the jailer. During the encounter with the slave girl, Luke narrates an invocation of the name of Jesus Christ. In answer to the jailer's question, believing in the Lord Jesus was put forward in response.

CSB When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison standing open, he drew his sword and was going to kill himself, since he thought the prisoners had escaped. NLT The jailer woke up to see the prison doors wide open. He assumed the prisoners had escaped, so he drew his sword to kill himself.

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Paul and Silas's direct response to their situation was faith. And because of how they chose to respond, they end up leading an entire family to the Lord (vv. 32–34).

The "we" passages—a number of verses in Acts are written in the first person plural ("we") apparently indicating that the writer is participating in the events he is describing—were first interpreted by Irenaeus as evidence that the writer was a personal eyewitness of these events, and a companion of Paul on his ...

Everybody needs to hear good news from time-to-time. Quite possibly, Lydia's hospitality included a mutual sharing of the gospel. Good news is not the spiritual and intellectual property of males only or of a particular religion. And true discipleship or learning involves dialogue, mutuality, and humility.