Cause Some Trouble

Cause Some Trouble
Pastor Blake Hanson | 6.14.23 

Acts 17:6 (NLT)

6 … “Paul and Silas have caused trouble all over the world,” they shouted, “and now they are here disturbing our city, too.

Acts 17:6 (ESV)

6 …“These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

1) Don’t be afraid to the gospel. 

Acts 18:8–11 (NLT)

8 Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, and everyone in his household believed in the Lord. Many others in Corinth also heard Paul, became believers, and were baptized. 

9 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision and told him, “Don’t be afraid! Speak out! Don’t be silent! 

10 For I am with you, and no one will attack and harm you, for many people in this city belong to me.” 

11 So Paul stayed there for the next year and a half, teaching the word of God.

2) Start a with people. 

Acts 17:1 (NLT)

1 Paul and Silas then traveled through the towns of Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

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Acts 17:2 (NLT)

2 As was Paul’s custom, he went to the synagogue service, and for three Sabbaths in a row he used the Scriptures to reason with the people.

Acts 17:10 (NLT)

10 That very night the believers sent Paul and Silas to Berea. When they arrived there, they went to the Jewish synagogue.

Acts 17:18 (ESV)

18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, “What does this babbler wish to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.

3) Give people the . 

Acts 17:3 (NLT)

3 He explained the prophecies and proved that the Messiah must suffer and rise from the dead. He said, “This Jesus I’m telling you about is the Messiah.”

Romans 1:16 (NLT)

16 For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile.

4) Start where people are . 

Acts 17:16 (NLT)

16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply troubled by all the idols he saw everywhere in the city.

Acts 17:17 (NLT)

17 He went to the synagogue to reason with the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles…

 Acts 17:19–21 (NLT)

19 Then they took him to the high council of the city. “Come and tell us about this new teaching,” they said. 

20 “You are saying some rather strange things, and we want to know what it’s all about.” 

21 (It should be explained that all the Athenians as well as the foreigners in Athens seemed to spend all their time discussing the latest ideas.)

Acts 17:22–23 (NLT)

22 So Paul, standing before the council, addressed them as follows: “Men of Athens, I notice that you are very religious in every way, 

23 for as I was walking along I saw your many shrines. And one of your altars had this inscription on it: ‘To an Unknown God.’ This God, whom you worship without knowing, is the one I’m telling you about.

5) Leave the to God. 

Acts 17:32–34 (NLT)

32 When they heard Paul speak about the resurrection of the dead, some laughed in contempt, but others said, “We want to hear more about this later.” 

33 That ended Paul’s discussion with them, 

34 but some joined him and became believers. Among them were Dionysius, a member of the council, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

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