UNSHAKEN

Part 2: Don’t Be Silent

August 30, 2026

 

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1 Corinthians 15:58 (NIV) Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

 

Acts 18:1–8 (NIV) After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them, and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them. Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks. When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah. But when they opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” Then Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titius Justus, a worshiper of God. Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his entire household believed in the Lord; and many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and were baptized.

 

• I don’t need to obey God.

 

Galatians 1:10 (NIV) Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

• I can love people and still .

 

Proverbs 4:23 (NIV) Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

• is often God’s .

 

Acts 18:7–8 (NIV) Then Paul left the synagogue and went next door… and many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed.

• I can feel without letting .

 

2 Timothy 1:7 (NLT) For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.

 

 

Acts 18:9–11 (NIV) One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.” So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.

 

Romans 1:16 (NIV) For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes.

1. Let your give weight to your .

 

Acts 20:18 (NIV) [Paul said,] “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I came into the province of Asia.”

2. Refuse to .

 

Ephesians 4:245 (NIV) Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor.

I will not what I know is false.

I will not what I know is false.

I will not to what I know is false.

3. Speak the without losing .

 

Colossians 4:6 (NIV) Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt…

4. Keep and leave the to God.

 

1 Peter 4:19 (NIV) So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.