Feb. 26, 2023

Acts 17:10-15

“When You Need to Know”

1. Coming from Thessalonica (vs. 1-9)

A. Down the Road (Via Egnatia) (v. 1)

B. To the Synagogue (vs. 2-4)

C. Controversy (vs. 5-9)

Jealous (v. 5)

2. To Berea (vs. 10-15)

A. A Trip by Night (v. 10)

1 Thessalonians 2:17-18

B. Straight to the Synagogue

C. How Paul and Silas (and the Gospel) were received (v. 11)

D. How did they follow up on this message? (vs. 11-12)

E. Here comes the Thessalonians again (vs. 13-15)

3. The Choice: Be Like the Thessalonians or the Bereans.

A. The Search is On: What are you looking for?

Matthew 5:6

B. Jesus is our Righteousness

Romans 5:21

2 Corinthians 5:21

1 Peter 2:24

Colossians 3:1-2

2 Corinthians 13:1-4

C. Right Relationship with God Puts us in Right Relationship with others

Galatians 5:19-25

Reflection:

1. When you are told about something or experience something that someone says is of God where have you gone to see if it is true?

2. Are you actively hungering and thirsting for righteousness in your life?

Following UP in the Word through the Week…

Monday: Read: Matthew 5:6

What is the blessing and the promise to this Beatitude? How have you experienced this in your life? How does this connect with the experience of the Bereans?

Tuesday: Read: Romans 5:21

What reigns in death and what reigns in grace? What does righteousness lead to?

Wednesday: Read: 1 Peter 2:24

What do we die to and what do we live to? What act by Jesus provides us with this life?

Thursday: Read: Colossians 3:1, 2

Which direction are you seeking? Is your mind “set … on things that are above”? How do you accomplish that?

Friday: Read: 1 Corinthians 3:1-4

Where does the power come from that Paul is speaking of? How important is that power in your life?

Saturday: Read: Galatians 5:19-25

What are the works of the flesh? What are the works of the Spirit? What do you see at work in your life?