Peter Merrick – Revesby Presbyterian Church https://revesbypc.org.au Revesby Presbyterian Church Mon, 10 Oct 2022 03:17:44 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://revesbypc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RPC-Logo-2025-Square-200x200.png Peter Merrick – Revesby Presbyterian Church https://revesbypc.org.au 32 32 Preaching in a Pagan Backwater (Acts 14:8-20) https://revesbypc.org.au/2022/10/09/preaching-in-a-pagan-backwater-acts-148-20/ Sun, 09 Oct 2022 07:00:00 +0000 https://revesbypc.org.au/?p=8800

 

Jews pursuing Paul and Barnabas who flee to Lystra. Roman outpost. Different language and mythical beliefs and practices. Home of Timothy, Lois and Eunice.

  1. Miraculous Healing (vv.8-10)
    • Man cannot walk x3 in verse 8.
    • Given faith to be healed (perhaps God used Paul’s preaching from v.7)
    • Definitively healed
    • Paul
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Response to Peter’s Pentecost sermon where “This Jesus” (v.23) was declared Lord. This Jesus was the One whom Peter’s hearers crucified.

  1. Pricked Hearts and Consciences (v.37)
    • Peter’s whole sermon and particularly his final statement cut to the heart
    • Heart of stone transplanted with a heart of flesh. “And I
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  • In a crisis, where do you first look?
  • King Ahaziah is the son of King Ahab (killed in battle) and Jezabel
  • Moab have rebelled against Israel
  • King Ahaziah is on his deathbed after a fall Jonathan Edwards: “You hang by a slender thread…”
  1. We are not to consult evil
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Background: night and day change from 1 Kings 18 to chapter 19. The successes on Mt Carmel have not led to repentance in Israel. King Ahab and Jezebel in the town of Jezreel. Elijah is also in town.

  1. Persecution and Self-Exile (vv.1-4)
    • Jezebel strikes fear into Elijah’s heart and
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Background: Drought

We obey, straight away! Mark 1:16-18 immediate obedience

Obadiah – Feared the Lord greatly, protects the persecuted prophets

  1. Obadiah – the Flawed, Yet Faithful Prophet of God.
    • FB Meyer says that Obadiah was a man of weak faith, not to be imitated. The former statement may be
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