The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1960-02-13

Acts 18:2220:12 Print - Acts
1870, 1888; 2O1-3.
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We wreStle not against flesh
and blood, but against princi-
palities, G in powers,
against the rulers of the dark
ness of this world, against Spir-
itual wickednesS in high places
-Ephesians GID. The Chris
tan life is a warfare and Sa-
tan is the enemy. He will put
forth every effort possible to
prevent every Christian from
going to heaven. This is not a
literal and carnal warfare in
which Christians fight against
flesh and blood. Satan is a
mighty foe and has a gerat
host of wicked spirits which
battle against the believers.
This host of wicked spirits is
seated in high places, that is,
between the saint on earth and
the Christ in heaven. When we
pray, our prayers must break
through this host, and when
The answer comes back it also
must pass through this wick
ed host. For this reason the
Christian is called on to fight
the good fight of faith. Satan
assails the saints with doubt
and unbelief. The Christian
tights best on his knees.
PAUL P r E A G H E S
IN EPHESUS:
'And he went into the syna-
gogue, and spake boldly for
the space of three months, dis
putting and persuading the
things concerning the kingdom
of God" When Paul came
to Ephesus he preached for
three months in the synagogue
there, including all who were
of a receptive mind. His dis
courses on the kingdom of God |
were in terms of the Christian
doctrine rather than that of |
Judaism; that is why he often
found himself disputing with
and persuading his audience,
for those who were Jews had
been taught to think of the
kingdom of God differently"
But when divers were hard
ened, and believed not, but
spake evil of that way before
the multitude, he departed
from them, and sparated the
disciples, disputing daily in
the school of one URANUS
There was a certain element
which adopted stiffening at
titude of opposition toward the
Christian gospel, and these
people publicly derided and
slandered the faith which Paul
preached, So he departed from
the synagogue, and used the
school of Tyrannus, after the
regular hours that it had been
used by Tyrannus. Paul could
take the afternoon to devote
that time to preaching and
teaching the gospel of Jesus
Christ. "And this continued
by the space of two years; so
that all they which dwelt in
Asia heard the word of the
Lord Jesus, both Jews and
Greeks" The result was
that Paul spent two years of
profitable ministry in this
place; not profitable in the
sense of financial gain, but
profitable from the viewpoint
of winning souls for Christ.
OPPOSITION OF THE Sill
VERSMITHS:
"And the same time there
arose no small stir about that
way"-The preaching of the
gospel cripples a flourishing
business in and around Ephe-
sus where many of the people
was given to idolatrous wor-
ship of Diana, where there was
a great idol temple with flour
ishing business for idol max
ers.
For a certain man named
d e m e TT III S, a silver
smith, which made silver
shrines for Diana, brought no
small gain unto the craftsmen"
These images of the temple
of Diana were sold to people
who wanted to offer them to
the goddess or take them home
to be used as something sacred
or as charm. The making of
these models brought great
monetary gain to the silver
smith of Ephesus. whom he
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