“Prisoners Set a Jailer Free”
June 27, 2010 Acts 16:16-34 Play
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HOW SAFE IS “SAFE”?
• uncertainties like earthquakes make us re-evaluate
our security
THE STRONGHOLD OF PHILIPPI
• trusting in: wealth, pride, military might,
culture, prejudice
THE TORMENT: DOWNWARD STEPS TO THE DUNGEON
• slave girl’s deliverance made owners furious (Ac
16:16ff; Mk 5:7ff)
• dragged, attacked, beaten, thrown into dungeon:
severely abased (22ff)
• extreme reaction to challenging of strongholds
AN ALMIGHTY BASS ACCOMPANIMENT: ALREADY FREE
• looking to Jesus enabled prisoners to persevere and
praise (25; Heb 11:27, 12:2f)
• rejoice always, present requests to God, experience
God’s transcending peace (Php 4:4,6f)
• jailer saved from needless self-destruction: gospel
today can save people from sin’s damage (Rom 6:23)
BELIEF’S BENEFITS – MERCY, CONNECTION, JOY
• trusting the Saviour makes compassionate heart,
awareness of Sonship through Holy Spirit (32ff; Mt 3:16; Rom 8:15f)