#18 – Keep Speaking the Gospel (Acts 18:9–10)

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David Platt

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🗓️ 28 August 2017

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Jesus encourages us to keep speaking the gospel—even when it's not easy, when we face challenges, and when we are tempted to be silent.

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0:00.0	Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.
0:06.0	Acts chapter 18 verses 9 and 10.
0:09.4	The Lord said to Paul one night in a vision,
0:12.1	do not be afraid but go on speaking and do not be
0:16.6	silent for I am with you and no one will attack you to harm you for I have many in this city who are my people.
0:26.0	These verses. This vision had to be so encouraging to Paul so Paul was in Corinth at this point and facing all kinds of
0:34.6	challenges. We know that Corinth was a hard city with all kinds of idolatry and
0:41.0	immorality, so much opposed to the gospel and you can only imagine just the
0:45.6	challenges that Paul was facing and wanting to to someday just move on to
0:51.0	another place and so the Lord comes to Paul one night in a vision and says do not be afraid which obviously implies he was
0:58.4	tempted to be afraid. There were threats against him. It was hard work that was threatening him, but Jesus says,
1:06.6	don't be afraid, go on speaking, do not be silent, which implies at the very least that Paul was tempted to not speak the gospel to be
1:17.3	silent and then Jesus says I am with you and no one will attack you to arm you and then he gives this promise for I have many in the city who are my people.
1:25.9	In other words he's saying, I'll keep proclaiming the gospel.
1:29.7	There are people who I'm drawing to myself here. So don't be afraid. Keep on speaking. Don't be silent. Keep doing this work. I just I think about this. Obviously Jesus is not unless he comes to you in a vision tonight and saying this he's not
1:46.1	come to me in a vision and said this but we see here in acts chapter 18 a
1:50.4	picture of Jesus encouragement to keep speaking the gospel even when it's not easy
1:56.5	even when we face challenges even when we're tempted to be silent which aren't
2:00.9	we all tempted to be silent with the gospel. I know I am, I will get in a conversation with
2:07.2	somebody and I'll have a wide open door to share the gospel, but I'll be tempted
2:11.7	to be silent to not say anything and almost to
2:14.7	shirk back in some kind of fear. I'm not even sure exactly what I'm afraid of. I'm guessing
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