ACTSChapters 17 & 18

TROUBLEFERVOR

August 18, 2002

1 Thessalonians 2:14

For you, brothers, became imitators of God's churches in

Judea, which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own countrymen the same things

those churches suffered from the Jews.

1 Thessalonians 3:3

…so that no one would be unsettled by these trials. You know quite well that we were

destined for them.

2 Thessalonians 1:6

God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you

1 Thessalonians 2:17

But, brothers, when we were torn away from you for a short time

(in person, not in thought), out of our intense longing we made

every effort to see you.

Acts 4:31

After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was

shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke

the word of God boldly.

Acts 16:26

Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the

foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison

doors flew open, and everybody's chains came loose.

1 Corinthians 13:5

It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered,

it keeps no record of wrongs.

Psalm 119:155

Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek out your

decrees.

Isaiah 55:6

Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is

near.

Psalm 22:19

But you, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to

help me.

1 Corinthians 15:32

If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for merely human reasons, what have I gained? If the dead are

not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."

Titus 1:12

Even one of their own prophets has said, "Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons."

John Pollock, Apostle

He could not know that whole books would be written about it or that in a few hundred years

the Parthenon would become a Christian church;

John Pollock, Apostle

And that nineteen centuries on… the national flag which flies

beside the ruins of the Parthenon would be lowered to

half-mast each Good Friday, and raised on Easter Day in honor of

Christ’s resurrection.

God’s Word for the Biblically Inept, Acts, 204

Prostitutes were called “Corinthian girls.” To “act the

Corinthian” meant to engage in sex outside of marriage. And

when a Corinthian was portrayed in a play, he was always drunk.

1 Corinthians 2:3

I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.

Acts 18:18

Paul stayed on in Corinth for some time. Then he left the

brothers and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and

Aquila. Before he sailed, he had his hair cut off at Cenchrea

because of a vow he had taken.

Acts 18:26

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they invited

him to their home and explained to him the way of God more

adequately.

Romans 16:3

Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 4:19

Greet Priscilla and Aquila and the household of Onesiphorus.

1 Corinthians 16:19

The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Priscilla greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church

that meets at their house.

2 Corinthians 11:9

And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a

burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from

Macedonia supplied what I needed.

Matthew 27:25

All the people answered, "Let his blood be on us and on our

children!"

Acts 19:8

Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three

months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.

Acts 28:17

Three days later he called together the leaders of the Jews.

1 Corinthians 1:14

I am thankful that I did not baptize any of you except

Crispus and Gaius.

God’s Word for the Biblically Inept, Acts, 210

He (Gallio) was known for kindness and fairness. His

brother wrote: “No man was as ever as sweet to one as Gallio is

to all.”

1 Corinthians 1:1

Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,

and our brother Sosthenes,

2 Corinthians 3:1

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need,

like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from

you?