Acts 17:1-3 After Paul and Silas* had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three sabbath days argued with them from the scriptures, explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Messiah* to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, ‘This is the Messiah,* Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you.’
Paul went into a synagogue in Thessalonica and for three straight sabbath days used the scriptures to proclaim the message that Jesus is the Messiah. He proclaimed a message that an executed criminal was the Messiah that these people had been waiting for. And he used their own Bible, on their own holy days, in their own holy building, to do it.
Takes a bit of moxie. Takes quite a bit of the Holy Spirit. And if the Holy Spirit can call and empower Paul to do this... do you think maybe the Holy Spirit can inspire you to invite your neighbor to worship with you? I wonder.
In Christ,
Pastor Seth
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