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Forbidden to Speak? God is concerned with the messenger as well as the message Acts 16:6-18 Slide 2 Why stop a person from speaking if what they are saying is true? Slide 3 A. God was still working on Paul. Pauls downward development: Galatians 2:6AD 50 1 Cor 15:8-9AD 57 Ephesians 3:8AD 61 1 Timothy 1:15AD 64 Why did the Holy Spirit forbid Paul to speak? (vs.6-7) Slide 4 Why did the Holy Spirit forbid Paul to speak? B. God was simultaneously and strategically at work in many other people and places. Slide 5 Take Away: 1. Get your mouth under Gods control. Slide 6 2. Give God freedom to interrupt your plans. Slide 7 3. Delight in Gods perfect timing even before you see it.