Acts 20:1-12 Are You Staying Awake?

Acts 20:1-12 Are You Staying Awake?

Paul in Macedonia and Greece

      1After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and when he had exhorted them and taken his leave of them, he left to go to Macedonia. 2When he had gone through those districts and had given them much exhortation, he came to Greece. 3And there he spent three months, and when a plot was formed against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia. 4And he was accompanied by Sopater of Berea, the son of Pyrrhus, and by Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia. 5But these had gone on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas. 6We sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at Troas within five days; and there we stayed seven days.

      7On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight. 8There were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered together. 9And there was a young man named Eutychus sitting on the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep; and as Paul kept on talking, he was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third floor and was picked up dead. 10But Paul went down and fell upon him, and after embracing him, he said, “Do not be troubled, for his life is in him.” 11When he had gone back up and had broken the bread and eaten, he talked with them a long while until daybreak, and then left. 12They took away the boy alive, and were greatly comforted.

We see in this study that the Jews wouldn't give up and let go of their anger for Paul. He was once one of them, converted to the Way, a follower of Jesus Christ after seeing the blinding truth of the road to Damascus when Jesus confronted him and blinded him with His glory.

And what about you? Is there someone in your life that you won't let the anger subside over? Was this person once one with you but then turned on you? Christian, you need to let it go. Jesus tells us we have to forgive or the Father wont forgive us. Don't let bitterness take root in your heart as it will affect your whole body, poisoning it from within. And if you have already poisoned your whole body, pray for the poison and bitterness to be removed from you. You will breathe with new lungs and the oxygen will restore your strength and people will see a new light in you. The light of Jesus Christ.

Do we prolong our message like Paul and put people to sleep? This young man was sitting in a bad location and fell three stories to his death. Paul was able to restore him through the power of Jesus Christ . I pray my studies don't put you to sleep and that you don't fall to your death apart from Jesus Christ. Let's be clear here, if you die without Jesus you die twice, the first death is of your body then the second death is of your soul. The second death will be more painful as it will linger throughout eternity.

Dear Heavenly Father, I pray you bless those reading today's message and if we are holding any anger or bitterness towards anyone that You guide us to let it go and bring us to repentance through Your Son Jesus Christ. Please keep us awake when we study Your word so we don't fall to our death apart from you.

In Jesus name I pray.

Blessings, David 

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