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Church of the City New York

The Fifth Act | One "Yes" at a Time - Ralph Castillo

Church of the City New York

COTC NYC

Religion & Spirituality, Cotc, Churchofthecitynewyork, Cotcnyc, Christianity, Jontyson, Churchofthecity

4.8837 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This week, Pastor Ralph Castillo continued our series in the Book of Acts, The Fifth Act, with an exploration of Acts 16 and the diverse group of people God welcomes into His unfolding story. As the Gospel spreads beyond Jerusalem, we meet Timothy, Lydia, a slave girl, and a Roman jailer. Each person came from a vastly different background, displaying the power and reach of God's redemptive work, and that the Holy Spirit guides, frees, and saves all kinds of people who say "yes" to His leading. Whether God is calling us to a consecrated life, to open our hearts to Him, to surrender sin, or to trust Him in difficult circumstances, every “yes” helps close the gap between what we read in Scripture and what we experience in our world today.

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0:00.0

We're going to be in Acts chapter 16, verse 1 through 34.

0:13.1

Paul came also to Derby and to Lestria.

0:17.6

A disciple was there named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman, who was a believer. But his father was a

0:23.0

Greek. He was well spoken of by the brothers at Listria and Iconium. Paul wanted Timothy to

0:28.9

accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places.

0:35.3

And for all of them knew that his father was a Greek.

0:39.7

As they went on their way through the cities,

0:42.5

they delivered to them the observance,

0:45.2

the decisions that have been reached

0:47.4

by the apostles and the elders who were in Jerusalem.

0:50.9

So the churches were strengthened in faith

0:54.1

and they increased in numbers daily.

0:56.0

And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit,

1:04.0

to speak the word in Asia. And when they had come up to Missia, they attempted to go into Bithnia,

1:11.8

but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.

1:14.5

So passing by Missia, they went down to Troas.

1:18.4

And a vision appeared to Paul in the night,

1:21.2

a man of Macedonia standing there, urging him saying,

1:24.5

come over to Macedonia and help us.

1:27.1

And when Paul had seen this vision,

1:30.8

immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the

1:37.4

gospel to them. So setting cell from Troas, we made a direct voyage to Samothrace, and following there

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