18 - Paul at Ephesus -The Itineraries Of Paul
Paul at Ephesus We’re in Acts 19 and this is where the Word went over Asia in A year and three months so that everybody got a chance to hear the Word. In the first three months it was in the synagogue and after divers were hardened, they went to the school of Tyrannus and they separated the disciples. Acts 19:9-10: But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. 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 Word doesn’t cause division, the unbelievers cause the division. When the Word moves in an area, then the unbelievers stir up the others. Then there’s a division because they don’t want to go with God’s Word. That’s what happened here; why they separated the disciples. The Word brings unity but those who do not want to believe cause division. “disputing daily” – They reasoned, not disputed. They reasoned daily, just like twig fellowships. “one” – delete The schools of rhetoric normally operated in the morning until about 11 o’clock or so; therefore if Paul utilized the school, he would have had to use it in the afternoon. This school of Tyrannus, if it was a Greek school or Roman or something, they may have just utilized it; rented it or something. If it were a Jewish rabbi school, then the only reason they could have utilized it was because he would have been converted and would have been a believer. Those are two possibilities. Nevertheless, using this school and going out witnessing into the different communities, all Asia had a chance to hear the Word. This pretty well solidified the work from at least the Jerusalem area all the way up around Asia. Who knows how it had been reaching over into Egypt and over into Babylon or up north into Armenia. We don’t know because there are no records in the Word on it. In the seco
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Tweet Topic: logospedia Format: Mp3 Publication Date: 1976-1977 Walter J. Cummins graduated from the Power for Abundant Class in 1962. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Ohio State University in 1968 and his Master of Education degree in Secondary School Administration in 1978 from Wright State University. He was ordained to the Christian by The Way International in 1968. He has studied at The Way International under Victor Paul Wierwille and K.C.Pillai. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, he was director of the Research department of the Way International and served as assistant to the president. PDF AUDIO