Day 50 - Preparation for Expansion

Prayer Suggestion |

Almighty God, you have built your Church upon
the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus
Christ himself being the chief cornerstone: Grant
us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their
teaching, that we may be made a holy temple
acceptable to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, forever and ever. Amen.

Book of Common Prayer | Collects |
Via Lectionarypage.net

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Bible in Time |

Friday | Fifth Week after Pentecost |

New Testament Study, Day 50 |

It’s 53 c.e./a.d.

Today - Day 50 | Acts 18:5 - 28 |
Revo. pp. 183-185

Next - Day 51 | Acts 18:23-28 |
Revo. pp. 191

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Edwards insights for Today’s Reading-

• After ending his 2nd missionary journey,
  Paul resides in Antioch for a year prepping
  for Journey 3.

• Paul’s purpose to come to Ephesus is to
  create a church that is tasked to train future
  leaders for founding new churches in the region.

• Each leader has to experience church life
  before founding a new church. Churches
  are staffed by leaders in congregations.

• Apollos (not trained this way) becomes a
  leader of the Corinth church.

Paul ends 2nd tour and goes to 3rd -
Map

My Thoughts on Today’s Session -  

See NOAB5 per below |
Notes pp. 1990 - 1992

Paul’s clear mandate is to create churches
beyond synagogues to create community and
faith. The mission is to create more communities
of faith so they create more communities of faith.
This action moves the Church in a constant creation
Modality (creating new churches) rather than building
up one local church. Paul’s model is the expansion 
Through outreach to make more disciples. Disciples
go out a do ministry as God calls them to do.

Churches then becoming centers for mission to enable
Disciples to do their ministry and worship the Lord.
Churches in the modern era are the places where
Disciples are asked, “What is God calling you to do?”
and giving them the tools of faith to make this happen.

 
May the Holy Spirit be in your life!

Blessings,

Dave Eitland

deitland@gmail.com

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Note: “Revo.”, “Revolutionary”, “Edwards”
refers to our textbook “Revolutionary Bible
Study” by Gene Edwards,
ISBN 978-0-97975157-8,
© 2009.

Also used notes from the New Oxford
Annotated Bible, 5th Edition, © 2018.
(NOAB5)

Also used Mark Allen Powell, Introducing
the New Testament, 1st ed., ISBN
978-0-8010-2868-7

Also using links to Biblegateway.com for
copy of the readings.

• Use Right Arrow to get to the next
  chapter

Posted to blog - 6/2/2021

Picture Credit -
https://www.akron.com/articles/st-peregrine-hosts-groundbreaking-for-new-church/