biblestudy: Acts (Part 17)
Acts 15-16 The Imprisonment and Release of Paul and Silas
John W. Ritenbaugh
Given 17-Jan-89; Tape #BS-AC17
Description: Prior to the seventeenth installment expounding the book of Acts, John Ritenbaugh explores the connection between feelings or emotions (specifically controlling temper) and health, suggesting that the scriptures are seemingly light years ahead of scientific inquiry. Also the inextricable connection between ceremonial sacrifices and new moons preclude any current obligations to religiously observe new moons. At the beginning of Acts 16, we notice that Paul, by circumcising Timothy, demonstrates a reluctance to flaunt his religious liberty, preferring instead to exercise cautious conservative expediency. The first European convert to Christianity was Lydia, a generous, hospitable woman. The beating and false imprisonment of Paul and Silas (for casting out a demon- upsetting local customs) followed by their miraculous release (when an earthquake shook the prison to its foundations) brought about several positive outcomes: (1) The conversion of the bewildered jailer and his family, (2) Protection for local converts to Christianity,(3) Protection for future evangelists coming through the region, and (4)Correction of local authorities for rushing to judgment, having imprisoned a Roman citizen ( a punishable offense in the Roman colony of Philippi).This dramatic episode underscores God's proclivity for turning something initially evil into something good in the long run. (81 minutes)
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Sermons in the Acts series:
Acts (Part 1)
Acts as a Trial Document
Acts (Part 2)
The Miracle of Pentecost: Peter's Sermon
Acts (Part 3)
Acts 2, Speaking In Tounges
Acts (Part 4)
Acts 2:22-47 Christ's Messiahship/ Giving of Holy Spirit
Acts (Part 5)
Acts 3-4:4 Apostles Witness Brings Conflict With Established Authority
Acts (Part 6)
Acts 4-5:11 Peter and John's Boldness and Courage
Acts (Part 7)
Acts 5 & 6 Confrontation with the Sanhedrin and Stephen's Testimony
Acts (Part 8)
Acts 7:1-50 Rejection Of Deliverer Leads To Idolatry
Acts (Part 9)
Acts 7-8 Martyrdom of Stephen and Peter's Encounter with Simon Magus
Acts (Part 10)
Acts 9 Paul's Dramatic Conversion
Acts (Part 11)
Acts 10-11:1-18 Conversion of Cornelius
Acts (Part 12)
Acts 11-13 Relationship Between Prayer and God's Response
Acts (Part 13)
Acts 13 The Work of Paul and Barnabas in Cyprus
Acts (Part 14)
Acts 14 Paul and Barnabas at Lystra ; The Council of Jerusalem
Acts (Part 15)
Acts 15 The Council of Jerusalem : Circumcision and Gentiles
Acts (Part 16)
Acts 15:19-29 Sensitivity to Conscience and Scruples
Acts (Part 17)
Acts 15-16 The Imprisonment and Release of Paul and Silas
Acts (Part 19)
Acts 18: Priscilla and Aquila, Gallio's Decision, Arrival of Apollos
Acts (Part 20)
Acts 19 Paul encounters adherents to Diana (Artemis ) Worship/ Riot at Ephesus
Acts (Part 21)
Acts 20 Paul's Final Admonitory Instructions to the Ephesian Elders
Acts (Part 22)
Acts 21 Parallels Between Paul's and Christ's Last Journey to Jerusalem
Acts (Part 23)
Acts 22-23:10 Paul's Incredible Skill at Extricating Himself from Trouble
Acts (Part 24)
Acts 24 Paul Uses Trials as Opportunities to Witness
Acts (Part 25)
Acts 25-26 Paul's Appeal to Festus and his Testimony to King Agrippa
