Paul's Passing Thoughts

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Lesson 50 – April 7, 2015 (click here to listen on-demand)

Tonight’s Text – Acts 19:1-10
Brief review

1. Concluding thoughts on Apollos
   1. He was disposed
      1. βουλομαι – (BOO-lo-my). To will (reflexively).
      2. Decision to go to Corinth did not originate with Apollos
   2. Who is being “encouraged”?
      • προτρεπομαι “pro-TREP-oh-my” – to turn forward for oneself

   “And with him (Apollos) being willing to go to Achaia, the brethren (in Ephesus) having been motivated to proceed, wrote to the disciples (in Corinth) advising them to welcome him (Apollos).”

2. Paul and the other disciples
   1. John’s baptism
      1. Disciples of Apollos
      2. An incomplete knowledge
   2. Holy Spirit baptism
      1. Baptized in the name of Jesus
      2. Receiving of gifts
         • Tongues
3. Paul’s on-going ministry in Ephesus
   1. Speaking boldly in the synagogue
      1. Paul’s normal, daily manner.
      2. Continuous, on-going
   2. Disputing and persuading
   3. Be ye separate.
   4. The school of Tyrannus
      1. A center for Paul’s ministry
      2. All of Asia hears the word.