KEY SCRIPTURE
Acts 16:11-15
THEME
What is Our Role in Evangelism? What is God’s Role?
The Conversion of Lydia
Act 16:11-15
11So, setting sail from Troas, we made a direct voyage to Samothrace, and the following day to Neapolis, 12 and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city some days. 13 And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together. 14 One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul. 15 And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.
God opens doors
Colossians 4:3
3 At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison–
God draws people unto himself
John 6:44
44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
God opens the heart.
Our Role is to PRAY
Our Role is to SEE
Our Role is to SPEAK
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“We must school and train ourselves to deal personally with the unconverted. We must not excuse ourselves, but force ourselves to the irksome task until it becomes easy.” Charles Spurgeon