The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 28, 1983 Page: 12 of 50
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Pag* 6, Section 2, THE SILSIEI BEE, Thunder, April 28,1983
OPEN SUNDAY
BREAKTHROUGH!
May 1,1983
ttuckground Scripture: Acts 15:36 through
17:34.
Devotional Reading: John 15:1-8.
There are two breakthroughs
in Acts 16—one of them is much
more well-known than the other.
When, in response to his vision
or dream, Paul and his party—
which now included Luke—set
sail from Troas for Samothrace,
they were in effect carrying the
Gospel of Jesus Christ from the
continent of Asia to Europe. With
that dream and Paul’s response,
the Gospel made an important
breakthrough. In centuries ahead,
it would be Europe, much more
than Asia, which would nurture
Christianity and account for its
expansion into all the world.
But, with Paul’s journey to
Macedonia, there was also ano-
ther breakthrough that is often
overlooked today. Just as the e-
vents in Palestine had broken
open the church to accept Gen-
tiles, so Paul’s missionary work
in Macedonia would open the
church to accepting women with
a new sense of value.
THE RIVERSIDE
The work in Macedonia’s ma-
jor city, Philippi, began without
much funfare. In light of Paul’s
vision which proclaimed the readi-
ness of the Macedonians for the
Gospel, this was hardly the kind
of reception Paul might have ex-
pected. What happened .those
first days in Philippi was that no-
thing happened.
When the sabbath day came,
however, Paul and his group went
to the riverside where they found
some women who had come for
prayer. It was then that Paul did
something for which he deserves
more credit than he usually gets on
this matter: he began to teach the
women about Jesus Christ. That
may not sound all that daring to
us today, but in those days it was
most unusual. Traditionally, the
rabbis taught the men and the men
taught their wives and other fe-
male family members. So, Paul
—often unfairly judged as a male
chauvinist—began his mission in
Europe by teaching a group of
women down by the riverside.
Furthermdpe, npfphiy'did Paul
preach and teach to the Women,
but Kis Vftst convSiWin Europe
were women of Philippi. The most
significant of these was one Ly-
dia, who persuaded her house-
hold to be baptized with her. And,
henceforth, it was her house that
was to be Paul’s headquarters
while in Philippi.
THE EXPLOITED
SLAVE GIRL
11 is also significant that Paul’s
next important encounter in Phi-
lippi vyas, also with a woman, or
in this case, a slave girl whose psy-
chic abilities were being exploit-
ed by her owners. It is interesting
that Pauf exorcised the spirit that
dominat^^er. pot in compas-
sion, nor to fitness to God’s po-
wer, but because he became “an-
noyed.” That hardly seems the
right motivation for a miraculous
act, but Paul wasn’t always Si.
Paul. So, Paul’s first miracle in
Europe (and there weren’t all that
many) was with a woman. What
was Christianity coming to?
There’s little else about Lydia
and her role in the church at Phil-
ippi, but, for a while, at any rate,
she was Paul’s most important
local contact and much of the
growth of Christianity in Mace-
donia resulted from this great
breakthrough.
(B.ixcdim outlines copyrighted by the Diviwon of Chris-
turn Education, National Council of the Churches of
l hrisi in the U S A Released by C ommunily Press
Service.)
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drained and flaked
1 cup milk
V* tsp. salt
V* tsp. dry mustard
'A tsp. pepper
6 tomato wedges
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lild
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30 min. or until knife inserted
near center comes but clean. Ar-
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Read, R. L. The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 28, 1983, newspaper, April 28, 1983; Silsbee, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth821127/m1/12/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Silsbee Public Library.