Into Unanticipated Places
Acts 16:11-40
- Read through this entire text, pausing after v.15 (the story of Lydia), again after v.21 (the story of the young slave woman), and finally after v.40 (the story of the jailor) to ask, "How would I describe this person? If I met this person on the street, would I think she or he might be open to the gospel?"
- Which people in 21st-century Southern California would each of these three people be most like? Which one would you be most drawn to? Most resistant toward?
- In what ways would the gospel of Jesus Christ connect with needs or longings each might have had? How might the gospel have seemed relevant in distinctive ways to their lives?
- What would a small group fellowship including three people like this have been like?
- The church in Philippi that these people probably were charter members of became one of the Apostle Paul's most loved and most supportive churches. Are you surprised at how they must have developed and grown? Why or why not?
- In what ways do these three "Living Letters" have application to people at LAC?
- What is the main lesson you hope to apply to your life from this passage?
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