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Between two and three years.

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God had moved mightily in Ephesus and the

surrounding area;

Many were saved and turned from idolatry.

Paul was preparing to leave and go through

Macedonia, Achaia, Jerusalem, and then to Rome.

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Acts 19:22 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that

ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he

himself stayed in Asia for a season.

These two men had submitted themselves

unto the Apostle Paul

to minister unto him, but also to help him minister.

Paul sent and they went.

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23 And the same time there arose no small stir about

That Way. ("That Way" being Christianity)

Luke is the master of understatement.

It was an uproar in that city.

Riot

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24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a

silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana,

brought no small gain unto the craftsmen; 25 Whom

he called together with the workmen of like

occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this

craft we have our wealth.

If you want to make people mad, start getting

into their money!

Especially if they are wealthy.

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26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at

Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul

hath persuaded and turned away much people,

saying that they be no gods, which are made with

hands:

It is true; Paul did preach that man-made

idols are not true gods.

We serve God Almighty, Creator of all.

We are not Creator of any god.

There is no other God.

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27 So that not only this our craft is in danger to be

set at nought; but also that the temple of the great

goddess Diana should be despised, and her magni-

ficence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the

world worshippeth.

The more people who believed Paul's

message, the Gospel of Jesus Christ,

The less idols they could sell.

When people put their trust in the True and

Living God, they despise the counterfeits.

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Counterfeit godsExodus 20 1 And God spake all these Words,

saying, 2 I am the Lord thy God, which have

brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the

house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods

before Me.

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The first of the Ten Commandments is that Israel

was to worship the one true God. Worshiping false

gods would be setting up rivals to Him (before Me

may mean “in opposition to Me” as well as “in My

Presence”) and thus overlooking His uniqueness.The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures by Dallas Seminary Faculty.

Any other god is in opposition to the True

and Living God, and we are always in

His Presence.

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Gods of this world may not be stone or wood, and

we may not bow down physically to worship them.

Too many people love money

more than they love God.

1 Timothy 6 8And having food and raiment let us be

therewith content. 9 But they that will be rich fall into

temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and

hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and

perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all

evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred

from the faith, and pierced themselves through with

many sorrows.

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Fun and pleasure

can be a god

When you neglect

God, church, and

family.

We even call them idols.