In today's sermon, "The Hand Of Salvation That Breaks One's Imprisonment", according to the section "Summary From Last Week (#50)": What is the most blessed meeting in one's life, and it's description? What must one do in order to plant the seed of Christ into other's lives? What is the cursed meeting, why is it so, and what will we be like? What exactly is this, and how does it make us united with Christ? How has God recreated us? What do we have to do as a living community of God? What is inevitable to fulfill this mission? What is the main goal of serving the Church?
In the section "The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas ... Upon receiving such orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in stocks.": What happened when Paul cast out the evil spirit that had seized the slave girl's soul? How did their real motive rise to the surface? How have they gained great power, and what has now happened? Why did they pretend to be very devoted Christians? Why did they now begin to persecute Paul and his companions? How does Matthew 24:23-24 predict this whole situation? How is their evil faith exactly the same as the Pharisees?
Even though Paul's mission seems to collapse, because of their opposition, what is actually happening? why can't we welcome the message of the gospel with our lustful standard and thoughts? what does Matthew 12:29-30 say about the many crowds eagerly following Jesus and the only sign He would give them? What one truth does the whole passage in the Bible talk about, and why can't we understand it? What do three days and three years represent? What happens if we aren't truly forgiven and freed from our bondage? How does the Holy spirit begin to cast out our misconception? How does Matthew 6:19-21 show how the message of the gospel will be considered as our most precious treasure?
What are the things that were considered to be our treasure before, and how does Paul tell us in reverse? What will happen if we use what is given by god for our own satisfaction? How will they become the true gift and our eternal pleasure, and how will they then be used? How does Matthew 16:24-26 further explain this? How do we change our worldly treasure to the bread of heaven? What heavenly treasure will keep our life from eternal death?
In the section "About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God ... At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody's chains came loose. (v.25-26)": Although Paul and Silas are beaten and imprisoned, how do they respond? How does 2 Corinthians 4:10-12 describe how they can act this way? Despite the crowds in the darkness rejoicing to see our gospel being imprisoned, what do we know? What is the mystery of the gospel? How do the imprisonment of God's saints burst into prayer? How does the Holy Spirit work more dynamically in our silence? How is the reality of God's light discovered, and what else works in this way? How can we give thanks to god all the time? What spiritual law did Paul and Silas know, and what is made in it's discovery?
When and how does God's work begin? What is the earthquake a sign of? What does the Saints' prayers and praise in their imprisonment cause? What is and is not miracles, and what does God want to spread through them? What is our spiritual reality? How does Luke 4:18 point this out? What is the purpose of our temporary imprisonment, and how does it flow?
In the section "The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas ... They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved - you and your household" (vv.31-32): Who does the grace of God's judgement invade? What was the jailer's mind like? Why did the jailer try to commit suicide? Why might he have made such a dramatic decision instantly? How does understanding the meaning of what Paul shouted help Why is the suicide rate increasing today? What happened when Paul stops him immediately? What is he asking for, and why? What would happen without someone's help? When does he ask for help, and where does the real outcry for salvation come out of? When will one seriously cry out for God's salvation? How can one see the hand of God's salvation?
What is the meaning of the reply of Paul and Silas? How does God's salvation come upon his household as well?
In the "Conclusion": What were the events in God's definite will that guided Paul's mission in an unexpected way? What is the spiritual law of God's salvation that Paul knew? How is the prison door broken down? Where does God's salvation flow, and how does this happen? What does Matthew 5:10 say is the resulting blessing?
In "D-Day At Philippi", by Ray Stedman:
In today's daily devotion, entitled - :