{"id":1594,"date":"2021-03-29T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T05:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/devotionals\/?p=1594"},"modified":"2021-03-22T14:20:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T19:20:15","slug":"3-29-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/devotionals\/3-29-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential 100-Day 79"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-container ugb-container ugb-01d158d ugb-container--v2 ugb-container--design-basic ugb-main-block\"><style>.ugb-01d158d-wrapper.ugb-container__wrapper{border-radius:12px !important;background-color:#f1f1f1 !important}.ugb-01d158d-wrapper.ugb-container__wrapper:before{background-color:#f1f1f1 !important}.ugb-01d158d-content-wrapper > h1,.ugb-01d158d-content-wrapper > h2,.ugb-01d158d-content-wrapper > h3,.ugb-01d158d-content-wrapper > h4,.ugb-01d158d-content-wrapper > h5,.ugb-01d158d-content-wrapper > h6{color:#222222}.ugb-01d158d-content-wrapper > p,.ugb-01d158d-content-wrapper > ol li,.ugb-01d158d-content-wrapper > ul li{color:#222222}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-01d158d-content-wrapper.ugb-container__content-wrapper{width:100% !important}}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-container__wrapper ugb-01d158d-wrapper ugb--shadow-3\"><div class=\"ugb-container__side\"><div class=\"ugb-container__content-wrapper ugb-01d158d-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Acts 16-20:1-38<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Timothy Joins Paul and Silas<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1\u00a0<\/strong>Paul\u00a0came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named\u00a0Timothy,\u00a0the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.\u00a0<sup>2\u00a0<\/sup>He was well spoken of by\u00a0the brothers\u00a0at Lystra and Iconium.\u00a0<sup>3\u00a0<\/sup>Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he\u00a0took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.\u00a0<sup>4\u00a0<\/sup>As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance\u00a0the decisions\u00a0that had been reached by\u00a0the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.\u00a0<sup>5\u00a0<\/sup>So the churches were strengthened in\u00a0the faith, and they increased in numbers\u00a0daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Macedonian Call<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>6\u00a0<\/sup>And\u00a0they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.\u00a0<sup>7\u00a0<\/sup>And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but\u00a0the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.\u00a0<sup>8\u00a0<\/sup>So, passing by Mysia, they went down\u00a0to Troas.\u00a0<sup>9\u00a0<\/sup>And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, \u201cCome over to Macedonia and help us.\u201d\u00a0<sup>10\u00a0<\/sup>And when Paul\u00a0had seen the vision, immediately\u00a0we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Conversion of Lydia<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>11\u00a0<\/sup>So, setting sail from Troas, we\u00a0made a direct voyage to Samothrace, and the following day to Neapolis,\u00a0<sup>12\u00a0<\/sup>and from there to\u00a0Philippi, which is a leading city of the\u00a0district of Macedonia and\u00a0a Roman colony. We remained in this city some days.\u00a0<sup>13\u00a0<\/sup>And\u00a0on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate\u00a0to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we\u00a0sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.\u00a0<sup>14\u00a0<\/sup>One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods,\u00a0who was a worshiper of God. The Lord\u00a0opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.\u00a0<sup>15\u00a0<\/sup>And after she was baptized,\u00a0and her household as well, she urged us, saying, \u201cIf you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.\u201d And she\u00a0prevailed upon us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paul and Silas in Prison<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>16&nbsp;<\/sup>As we were going to&nbsp;the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had&nbsp;a spirit of&nbsp;divination and&nbsp;brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling.&nbsp;<sup>17&nbsp;<\/sup>She followed Paul and us,&nbsp;crying out, \u201cThese men are&nbsp;servants of&nbsp;the Most High God, who proclaim to you&nbsp;the way of salvation.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>18&nbsp;<\/sup>And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit,&nbsp;\u201cI command you&nbsp;in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.\u201d And&nbsp;it came out that very hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>19&nbsp;<\/sup>But&nbsp;when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and&nbsp;dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.&nbsp;<sup>20&nbsp;<\/sup>And when they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, \u201cThese men are Jews, and they are disturbing our city.&nbsp;<sup>21&nbsp;<\/sup>They&nbsp;advocate customs that are not lawful for us&nbsp;as Romans to accept or practice.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>22&nbsp;<\/sup>The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders&nbsp;to beat them with rods.&nbsp;<sup>23&nbsp;<\/sup>And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them safely.&nbsp;<sup>24&nbsp;<\/sup>Having received this order, he put them into the inner&nbsp;prison and fastened their feet in&nbsp;the stocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Philippian Jailer Converted<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>25\u00a0<\/sup>About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,\u00a0<sup>26\u00a0<\/sup>and suddenly\u00a0there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately\u00a0all the doors were opened, and\u00a0everyone&#8217;s bonds were unfastened.\u00a0<sup>27\u00a0<\/sup>When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and\u00a0was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.\u00a0<sup>28\u00a0<\/sup>But Paul cried with a loud voice, \u201cDo not harm yourself, for we are all here.\u201d\u00a0<sup>29\u00a0<\/sup>And the jailer\u00a0called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he\u00a0fell down before Paul and Silas.\u00a0<sup>30\u00a0<\/sup>Then he brought them out and said, \u201cSirs,\u00a0what must I do to be\u00a0saved?\u201d\u00a0<sup>31\u00a0<\/sup>And they said,\u00a0\u201cBelieve in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you\u00a0and your household.\u201d\u00a0<sup>32\u00a0<\/sup>And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.\u00a0<sup>33\u00a0<\/sup>And he took them\u00a0the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he\u00a0was baptized at once, he and all his family.\u00a0<sup>34\u00a0<\/sup>Then he brought them up into his house and set food before them. And he\u00a0rejoiced along with his entire household that he had believed in God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>35\u00a0<\/sup>But when it was day, the magistrates sent the police, saying, \u201cLet those men go.\u201d\u00a0<sup>36\u00a0<\/sup>And the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, \u201cThe magistrates have sent to let you go. Therefore come out now and go in peace.\u201d\u00a0<sup>37\u00a0<\/sup>But Paul said to them, \u201cThey have beaten us publicly,\u00a0uncondemned, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now throw us out secretly? No! Let them come themselves and take us out.\u201d\u00a0<sup>38\u00a0<\/sup>The police reported these words to the magistrates, and\u00a0they were afraid when they heard that they were Roman citizens.\u00a0<sup>39\u00a0<\/sup>So they came and apologized to them. And they took them out and\u00a0asked them to leave the city.\u00a0<sup>40\u00a0<\/sup>So they went out of the prison and visited\u00a0Lydia. And when they had seen\u00a0the brothers, they encouraged them and departed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chapter 17<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paul and Silas in Thessalonica<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1\u00a0<\/strong>Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to\u00a0Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.\u00a0<sup>2\u00a0<\/sup>And Paul went in,\u00a0as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them\u00a0from the Scriptures,\u00a0<sup>3\u00a0<\/sup>explaining and proving that it was necessary for\u00a0the Christ to suffer and\u00a0to rise from the dead, and saying, \u201cThis Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.\u201d\u00a0<sup>4\u00a0<\/sup>And\u00a0some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did\u00a0a great many of the devout\u00a0Greeks and not a few of the leading women.\u00a0<sup>5\u00a0<\/sup>But the Jews\u00a0were jealous, and taking\u00a0some wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd.\u00a0<sup>6\u00a0<\/sup>And when they could not find them,\u00a0they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city authorities, shouting, \u201cThese men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,\u00a0<sup>7\u00a0<\/sup>and Jason has received them, and they are all acting against\u00a0the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is\u00a0another king, Jesus.\u201d\u00a0<sup>8\u00a0<\/sup>And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard these things.\u00a0<sup>9\u00a0<\/sup>And when they had taken money as security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paul and Silas in Berea<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>10\u00a0<\/sup>The brothers\u00a0immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they\u00a0went into the Jewish synagogue.\u00a0<sup>11\u00a0<\/sup>Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness,\u00a0examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.\u00a0<sup>12\u00a0<\/sup>Many of them therefore believed, with not a few Greek\u00a0women of high standing as well as men.\u00a0<sup>13\u00a0<\/sup>But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Berea also, they came there too,\u00a0agitating and stirring up the crowds.\u00a0<sup>14\u00a0<\/sup>Then the brothers\u00a0immediately sent Paul off on his way to the sea, but Silas and\u00a0Timothy remained there.\u00a0<sup>15\u00a0<\/sup>Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as\u00a0Athens, and after receiving a command\u00a0for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paul in Athens<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>16&nbsp;<\/sup>Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was&nbsp;provoked within him as he saw that the city was&nbsp;full of idols.&nbsp;<sup>17&nbsp;<\/sup>So&nbsp;he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.&nbsp;<sup>18&nbsp;<\/sup>Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said,&nbsp;\u201cWhat does this babbler wish to say?\u201d Others said, \u201cHe seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities\u201d\u2014because&nbsp;he was preaching&nbsp;Jesus and the resurrection.&nbsp;<sup>19&nbsp;<\/sup>And they took him and brought him to&nbsp;the Areopagus, saying, \u201cMay we know what this&nbsp;new teaching is that you are presenting?&nbsp;<sup>20&nbsp;<\/sup>For you bring some&nbsp;strange things to our ears. We wish to know therefore what these things mean.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>21&nbsp;<\/sup>Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paul Addresses the Areopagus<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>22\u00a0<\/sup>So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: \u201cMen of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious.\u00a0<sup>23\u00a0<\/sup>For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription:\u00a0\u2018To the unknown god.\u2019\u00a0What therefore you worship\u00a0as unknown, this I proclaim to you.\u00a0<sup>24\u00a0<\/sup>The God who made the world and everything in it, being\u00a0Lord of heaven and earth,\u00a0does not live in temples made by man,\u00a0<sup>25\u00a0<\/sup>nor is he served by human hands,\u00a0as though he needed anything, since he himself\u00a0gives to all mankind\u00a0life and breath and everything.\u00a0<sup>26\u00a0<\/sup>And\u00a0he made from one man every nation of mankind to live\u00a0on all the face of the earth,\u00a0having determined allotted periods and\u00a0the boundaries of their dwelling place,\u00a0<sup>27\u00a0<\/sup>that they should seek God,\u00a0and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him.\u00a0Yet he is actually not far from each one of us,\u00a0<sup>28\u00a0<\/sup>for<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2018In him we live and move and have our being\u2019;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>as even some of&nbsp;your own poets have said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2018For we are indeed his offspring.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>29&nbsp;<\/sup>Being then God&#8217;s offspring,&nbsp;we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.&nbsp;<sup>30&nbsp;<\/sup>The times of ignorance&nbsp;God overlooked, but&nbsp;now he&nbsp;commands all people everywhere to repent,&nbsp;<sup>31&nbsp;<\/sup>because he has fixed&nbsp;a day on which&nbsp;he will judge the world&nbsp;in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and&nbsp;of this he has given assurance to all&nbsp;by raising him from the dead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>32\u00a0<\/sup>Now when they heard of\u00a0the resurrection of the dead,\u00a0some mocked. But others said,\u00a0\u201cWe will hear you again about this.\u201d\u00a0<sup>33\u00a0<\/sup>So Paul went out from their midst.\u00a0<sup>34\u00a0<\/sup>But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius\u00a0the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chapter 18<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paul in Corinth<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1\u00a0<\/strong>After this Paul\u00a0left Athens and went to Corinth.\u00a0<sup>2\u00a0<\/sup>And he found a Jew named\u00a0Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife\u00a0Priscilla, because\u00a0Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them,\u00a0<sup>3\u00a0<\/sup>and\u00a0because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.\u00a0<sup>4\u00a0<\/sup>And\u00a0he reasoned in the synagogue\u00a0every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>5&nbsp;<\/sup>When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul&nbsp;was occupied with the word,&nbsp;testifying to the Jews that the Christ was&nbsp;Jesus.&nbsp;<sup>6&nbsp;<\/sup>And when they opposed and reviled him,&nbsp;he shook out his garments and said to them,&nbsp;\u201cYour blood be on your own heads!&nbsp;I am innocent.&nbsp;From now on I will go to the Gentiles.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>7&nbsp;<\/sup>And he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius&nbsp;Justus,&nbsp;a worshiper of God. His house was next door to the synagogue.&nbsp;<sup>8&nbsp;<\/sup>Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together&nbsp;with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized.&nbsp;<sup>9&nbsp;<\/sup>And the Lord said to Paul&nbsp;one night in&nbsp;a vision,&nbsp;\u201cDo not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent,&nbsp;<sup>10&nbsp;<\/sup>for I am with you, and&nbsp;no one will attack you to harm you, for&nbsp;I have many in this city who are my people.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>11&nbsp;<\/sup>And he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>12\u00a0<\/sup>But when Gallio was\u00a0proconsul of Achaia,\u00a0the Jews\u00a0made a united attack on Paul and\u00a0brought him before the tribunal,\u00a0<sup>13\u00a0<\/sup>saying, \u201cThis man is persuading people to worship God contrary to\u00a0the law.\u201d\u00a0<sup>14\u00a0<\/sup>But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, \u201cIf it were a matter of wrongdoing or vicious\u00a0crime, O Jews, I would have reason to accept your complaint.\u00a0<sup>15\u00a0<\/sup>But\u00a0since it is a matter of questions about words and names and\u00a0your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things.\u201d\u00a0<sup>16\u00a0<\/sup>And he drove them from the tribunal.\u00a0<sup>17\u00a0<\/sup>And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paul Returns to Antioch<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>18\u00a0<\/sup>After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of\u00a0the brothers\u00a0and set sail for Syria, and with him\u00a0Priscilla and Aquila. At\u00a0Cenchreae\u00a0he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow.\u00a0<sup>19\u00a0<\/sup>And they came to\u00a0Ephesus, and he left them there, but\u00a0he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.\u00a0<sup>20\u00a0<\/sup>When they asked him to stay for a longer period, he declined.\u00a0<sup>21\u00a0<\/sup>But on taking leave of them he said, \u201cI will return to you\u00a0if God wills,\u201d and he set sail from Ephesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>22&nbsp;<\/sup>When he had landed at Caesarea, he&nbsp;went up and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch.&nbsp;<sup>23&nbsp;<\/sup>After spending some time there, he departed and&nbsp;went from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia,&nbsp;strengthening all the disciples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Apollos Speaks Boldly in Ephesus<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>24\u00a0<\/sup>Now a Jew named\u00a0Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man,\u00a0competent in the Scriptures.\u00a0<sup>25\u00a0<\/sup>He had been instructed in\u00a0the way of the Lord. And\u00a0being fervent in spirit,\u00a0he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only\u00a0the baptism of John.\u00a0<sup>26\u00a0<\/sup>He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when\u00a0Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him\u00a0the way of God more accurately.\u00a0<sup>27\u00a0<\/sup>And when he wished to cross to\u00a0Achaia,\u00a0the brothers encouraged him and\u00a0wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived,\u00a0he greatly helped those who through grace had believed,\u00a0<sup>28\u00a0<\/sup>for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures\u00a0that the Christ was Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chapter 19<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paul in Ephesus<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1\u00a0<\/strong>And it happened that while\u00a0Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed\u00a0through the inland\u00a0country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.\u00a0<sup>2\u00a0<\/sup>And he said to them,\u00a0\u201cDid you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?\u201d And they said, \u201cNo,\u00a0we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.\u201d\u00a0<sup>3\u00a0<\/sup>And he said,\u00a0\u201cInto what then were you baptized?\u201d They said, \u201cInto\u00a0John&#8217;s baptism.\u201d\u00a0<sup>4\u00a0<\/sup>And Paul said,\u00a0\u201cJohn baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people\u00a0to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.\u201d\u00a0<sup>5\u00a0<\/sup>On hearing this,\u00a0they were baptized in\u00a0the name of the Lord Jesus.\u00a0<sup>6\u00a0<\/sup>And\u00a0when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and\u00a0they began speaking in tongues and\u00a0prophesying.\u00a0<sup>7\u00a0<\/sup>There were about twelve men in all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>8&nbsp;<\/sup>And&nbsp;he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, reasoning and persuading them&nbsp;about the kingdom of God.&nbsp;<sup>9&nbsp;<\/sup>But when some became stubborn and&nbsp;continued in unbelief, speaking evil of&nbsp;the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Acts+16%2C+17%2C+18%2C+19%2C+20%3A1-38&amp;version=ESV#fen-ESV-27581c\">c<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;<sup>10&nbsp;<\/sup>This continued for&nbsp;two years, so that&nbsp;all the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Sons of Sceva<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>11\u00a0<\/sup>And\u00a0God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,\u00a0<sup>12\u00a0<\/sup>so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and\u00a0the evil spirits came out of them.\u00a0<sup>13\u00a0<\/sup>Then some of the itinerant Jewish\u00a0exorcists\u00a0undertook to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying,\u00a0\u201cI adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims.\u201d\u00a0<sup>14\u00a0<\/sup>Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this.\u00a0<sup>15\u00a0<\/sup>But the evil spirit answered them,\u00a0\u201cJesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?\u201d\u00a0<sup>16\u00a0<\/sup>And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them, mastered all\u00a0of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.\u00a0<sup>17\u00a0<\/sup>And this became known to all the residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all, and\u00a0the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled.\u00a0<sup>18\u00a0<\/sup>Also many of those who were now believers came,\u00a0confessing and divulging their practices.\u00a0<sup>19\u00a0<\/sup>And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver.\u00a0<sup>20\u00a0<\/sup>So the word of the Lord\u00a0continued to increase and prevail mightily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Riot at Ephesus<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>21&nbsp;<\/sup>Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit&nbsp;to pass through&nbsp;Macedonia and Achaia and&nbsp;go to Jerusalem, saying, \u201cAfter I have been there,&nbsp;I must also see Rome.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>22&nbsp;<\/sup>And having sent into Macedonia two of&nbsp;his helpers,&nbsp;Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia&nbsp;for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>23&nbsp;<\/sup>About that time&nbsp;there arose no little disturbance concerning&nbsp;the Way.&nbsp;<sup>24&nbsp;<\/sup>For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis,&nbsp;brought no little business to the craftsmen.&nbsp;<sup>25&nbsp;<\/sup>These he gathered together, with the workmen in similar trades, and said, \u201cMen, you know that from this business we have our wealth.&nbsp;<sup>26&nbsp;<\/sup>And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great many people,&nbsp;saying that&nbsp;gods made with hands are not gods.&nbsp;<sup>27&nbsp;<\/sup>And there is danger not only that this trade of ours may come into disrepute but also that the temple of the&nbsp;great goddess Artemis may be counted as nothing, and that she may even be deposed from her magnificence, she whom all Asia and the world worship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>28\u00a0<\/sup>When they heard this they were enraged and were crying out,\u00a0\u201cGreat is Artemis of the Ephesians!\u201d\u00a0<sup>29\u00a0<\/sup>So the city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed together into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and\u00a0Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul&#8217;s\u00a0companions in travel.\u00a0<sup>30\u00a0<\/sup>But when Paul wished to go in among the crowd, the disciples would not let him.\u00a0<sup>31\u00a0<\/sup>And even some of the Asiarchs,\u00a0who were friends of his, sent to him and were urging him not to venture into the theater.\u00a0<sup>32\u00a0<\/sup>Now some cried out one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together.\u00a0<sup>33\u00a0<\/sup>Some of the crowd prompted Alexander, whom the Jews had put forward. And Alexander,\u00a0motioning with his hand, wanted to make a defense to the crowd.\u00a0<sup>34\u00a0<\/sup>But when they recognized that he was a Jew, for about two hours they all cried out with one voice,\u00a0\u201cGreat is Artemis of the Ephesians!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>35\u00a0<\/sup>And when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, \u201cMen of Ephesus, who is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great Artemis, and of the sacred stone that fell from\u00a0the sky?\u00a0<sup>36\u00a0<\/sup>Seeing then that these things cannot be denied, you ought to be quiet and do nothing rash.\u00a0<sup>37\u00a0<\/sup>For you have brought\u00a0these men here who are neither\u00a0sacrilegious nor blasphemers of our goddess.\u00a0<sup>38\u00a0<\/sup>If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen with him have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open, and there are\u00a0proconsuls. Let them bring charges against one another.\u00a0<sup>39\u00a0<\/sup>But if you seek anything further,\u00a0it shall be settled in the regular assembly.\u00a0<sup>40\u00a0<\/sup>For we really are in danger of being charged with rioting today, since there is no cause that we can give to justify this commotion.\u201d\u00a0<sup>41\u00a0<\/sup>And when he had said these things, he dismissed the assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chapter 20<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paul in Macedonia and Greece<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>20\u00a0<\/strong>After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them, he said farewell and\u00a0departed for Macedonia.\u00a0<sup>2\u00a0<\/sup>When he had gone through those regions and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece.\u00a0<sup>3\u00a0<\/sup>There he spent three months, and when\u00a0a plot was made against him by the Jews\u00a0as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.\u00a0<sup>4\u00a0<\/sup>Sopater the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; and of the Thessalonians,\u00a0Aristarchus and Secundus; and\u00a0Gaius of Derbe, and\u00a0Timothy; and the Asians,\u00a0Tychicus and\u00a0Trophimus.\u00a0<sup>5\u00a0<\/sup>These went on ahead and were waiting for\u00a0us at\u00a0Troas,\u00a0<sup>6\u00a0<\/sup>but we sailed away from Philippi after\u00a0the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we came to them at Troas, where we stayed for seven days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eutychus Raised from the Dead<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>7&nbsp;<\/sup>On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together&nbsp;to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight.&nbsp;<sup>8&nbsp;<\/sup>There were many lamps in&nbsp;the upper room where we were gathered.&nbsp;<sup>9&nbsp;<\/sup>And a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window, sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer. And being overcome by sleep, he&nbsp;fell down from the third story and was taken up dead.&nbsp;<sup>10&nbsp;<\/sup>But Paul went down and&nbsp;bent over him, and taking him in his arms, said,&nbsp;\u201cDo not be alarmed, for his life is in him.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>11&nbsp;<\/sup>And when Paul had gone up and&nbsp;had broken bread and eaten, he conversed with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed.&nbsp;<sup>12&nbsp;<\/sup>And they took the youth away alive, and were not a little comforted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>13\u00a0<\/sup>But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land.\u00a0<sup>14\u00a0<\/sup>And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and went to Mitylene.\u00a0<sup>15\u00a0<\/sup>And sailing from there we came the following day opposite Chios; the next day we touched at Samos; and\u00a0the day after that we went to Miletus.\u00a0<sup>16\u00a0<\/sup>For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia, for he was hastening\u00a0to be at Jerusalem, if possible,\u00a0on the day of Pentecost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paul Speaks to the Ephesian Elders<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>17&nbsp;<\/sup>Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called&nbsp;the elders of the church to come to him.&nbsp;<sup>18&nbsp;<\/sup>And when they came to him, he said to them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou yourselves know\u00a0how I lived among you the whole time\u00a0from the first day that I set foot in Asia,\u00a0<sup>19\u00a0<\/sup>serving the Lord\u00a0with all humility and with\u00a0tears and with trials that happened to me through\u00a0the plots of the Jews;\u00a0<sup>20\u00a0<\/sup>how I\u00a0did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and\u00a0teaching you in public and from house to house,\u00a0<sup>21\u00a0<\/sup>testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of\u00a0repentance toward God and of\u00a0faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.\u00a0<sup>22\u00a0<\/sup>And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained\u00a0by\u00a0the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there,\u00a0<sup>23\u00a0<\/sup>except that\u00a0the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that\u00a0imprisonment and\u00a0afflictions await me.\u00a0<sup>24\u00a0<\/sup>But\u00a0I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only\u00a0I may finish my course and\u00a0the ministry\u00a0that I received from the Lord Jesus,\u00a0to testify to\u00a0the gospel of\u00a0the grace of God.\u00a0<sup>25\u00a0<\/sup>And now, behold,\u00a0I know that none of you among whom I have gone about\u00a0proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again.\u00a0<sup>26\u00a0<\/sup>Therefore\u00a0I testify to you this day that\u00a0I am innocent of the blood of all,\u00a0<sup>27\u00a0<\/sup>for\u00a0I did not shrink from declaring to you\u00a0the whole counsel of God.\u00a0<sup>28\u00a0<\/sup>Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all\u00a0the flock, in which\u00a0the Holy Spirit has made you\u00a0overseers,\u00a0to care for\u00a0the church of God,\u00a0which he\u00a0obtained\u00a0with his own blood.\u00a0<sup>29\u00a0<\/sup>I\u00a0know that after my departure\u00a0fierce wolves will come in among you,\u00a0not sparing the flock;\u00a0<sup>30\u00a0<\/sup>and\u00a0from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them.\u00a0<sup>31\u00a0<\/sup>Therefore\u00a0be alert, remembering that\u00a0for three years I did not cease night or day\u00a0to admonish every one\u00a0with tears.\u00a0<sup>32\u00a0<\/sup>And now\u00a0I commend you to God and to\u00a0the word of his grace, which is able to\u00a0build you up and to give you\u00a0the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.\u00a0<sup>33\u00a0<\/sup>I coveted no one&#8217;s silver or gold or apparel.\u00a0<sup>34\u00a0<\/sup>You yourselves know that\u00a0these hands ministered to my necessities and\u00a0to those who were with me.\u00a0<sup>35\u00a0<\/sup>In all things\u00a0I have shown you that\u00a0by working hard in this way we must\u00a0help the weak and\u00a0remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said,\u00a0\u2018It is more blessed\u00a0to give than to receive.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>36&nbsp;<\/sup>And when he had said these things,&nbsp;he knelt down and prayed with them all.&nbsp;<sup>37&nbsp;<\/sup>And&nbsp;there was much weeping on the part of all;&nbsp;they embraced Paul and&nbsp;kissed him,&nbsp;<sup>38&nbsp;<\/sup>being sorrowful most of all because of&nbsp;the word he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And&nbsp;they accompanied him to the ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ededed\">The Holy Bible, English Standard Version\u00ae (ESV\u00ae), copyright \u00a9 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-divider ugb-divider ugb-f0575d6 ugb-divider--v2 ugb-divider--design-basic ugb-main-block\"><style>.ugb-f0575d6 hr.ugb-divider__hr{background-color:#dddddd !important;height:1px !important;width:50% !important;margin-left:auto !important;margin-right:auto !important}.ugb-f0575d6 .ugb-inner-block{text-align:center}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><hr class=\"ugb-divider__hr\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acts 16-20:1-38 Timothy Joins Paul and Silas 1\u00a0Paul\u00a0came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named\u00a0Timothy,\u00a0the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.\u00a02\u00a0He was well spoken of by\u00a0the brothers\u00a0at Lystra and Iconium.\u00a03\u00a0Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he\u00a0took him and circumcised him because &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/devotionals\/3-29-2021\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Essential 100-Day 79<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-1594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-devotional","tag-essential100"],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bible-banner-e1638982898238.jpg",2000,648,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bible-banner-e1638982898238-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bible-banner-e1638982898238-300x97.jpg",300,97,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bible-banner-e1638982898238-768x249.jpg",768,249,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bible-banner-e1638982898238-1024x332.jpg",900,292,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bible-banner-e1638982898238-1536x498.jpg",1536,498,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bible-banner-e1638982898238.jpg",2000,648,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bible-banner-e1638982898238.jpg",2000,648,false]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>Acts 16-20:1-38 Timothy Joins Paul and Silas 1\u00a0Paul\u00a0came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named\u00a0Timothy,\u00a0the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.\u00a02\u00a0He was well spoken of by\u00a0the brothers\u00a0at Lystra and Iconium.\u00a03\u00a0Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he\u00a0took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.\u00a04\u00a0As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance\u00a0the decisions\u00a0that had been reached by\u00a0the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.\u00a05\u00a0So the&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/devotionals\/category\/devotional\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Devotional<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Champion Forest","url":"https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/devotionals\/author\/cfbcms_admin\/"},"comments_num_v2":"8 comments","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Essential 100-Day 79 - Devotionals<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Daily devotionals with Champion Forest Baptist Church. 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