In Pursuit of Paul: The Apostle

 Video Bible Study 

IN PURSUIT OF PAUL – Dr Con Campbell (Our Daily Bread films)

The Apostle Paul's First Missionary Journey: In Pursuit of Paul | INTRODUCTION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2GP1GyJB-k&list=PLPOUA7GLxXIE8fVIvSB5zex_puERrXYkD&index=9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epZM1-2U3vg&list=PL01C648FBC2F13092&index=3

The Apostle Paul's First Missionary Journey: In Pursuit of Paul | Episode 1

Acts 7:54 – 8:3, 9:1-31

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi_A1vSyXsI&list=PLPOUA7GLxXIE8fVIvSB5zex_puERrXYkD

What did Paul think of Christians, before he himself became one. According to that Pastor Meno, how do Jews view Christians?

The Apostle Paul's First Missionary Journey: In Pursuit of Paul | Episode 2

Acts 9: 19b-25 11:19-30 Galatians 1:11-17

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkttDPDsFxk&list=PLPOUA7GLxXIE8fVIvSB5zex_puERrXYkD&index=2

A Quiet Time is all I need

https://www.youtube.a/watch?v=P31IeAZs3JI&list=PL01C648FBC2F13092&index=6

The Apostle Paul's First Missionary Journey: In Pursuit of Paul | Episode 3

Acts 13 & 14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMuTrfc8cF8&list=PLPOUA7GLxXIE8fVIvSB5zex_puERrXYkD&index=3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QISkiGp-qFY&list=PL01C648FBC2F13092&index=8

Who was Paul preaching to? Jews or Gentiles? Where did he preach from? Importance of the Roman infrastructure. How can I be saved?

 

The Apostle Paul's First Missionary Journey: In Pursuit of Paul | Episode 4

Acts 16-18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcnriMDWYjY&list=PLPOUA7GLxXIE8fVIvSB5zex_puERrXYkD&index=4

The Apostle Paul's First Missionary Journey: In Pursuit of Paul | Episode 5

Acts 19-26

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJSS8N8vQmY&list=PLPOUA7GLxXIE8fVIvSB5zex_puERrXYkD&index=5

Food for thought : why do people think Christianity is a white man’s religion ?

How Paul must have felt? Missionaries today

song In A Dream - recap how Paul was called to Macedonia / Europe

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nABZVgyw2xo&list=PL 01C648FBC2F13092&index=8 

ending song You Are Not Alone 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rX2slYi_Xc&list=PL01C648FBC2F13092&index=12

The Apostle Paul's First Missionary Journey: In Pursuit of Paul | Episode 6

Acts 27-28:10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkjb1yueuMA&list=PLPOUA7GLxXIE8fVIvSB5zex_puERrXYkD&index=7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkjb1yueuMA&list=PLPOUA7GLxXIE8fVIvSB5zex_puERrXYkD&index=7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cinA87zowWs

The Apostle Paul's First Missionary Journey: In Pursuit of Paul | Episode 7

Acts 28:11-31

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuUQ--dNUYU&list=PLPOUA7GLxXIE8fVIvSB5zex_puERrXYkD&index=8

My One Aspiration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgXYfN01wAc&list=PL01C648FBC2F13092&index=18

Revelation Week 7 - Church of Laodicea

 

3 Oct 2021 Rev 3:14-22

Episode 7 Laodicea | The 7 Churches of Revelation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaFWY2iaSZ0&list=PLPOUA7GLxXIGCc84xHWAB9dw25R2Og3Y&index=7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31O5EcFlWjo

Revelation Week 6 - Church of Thyatira & Philadelphia

26 Sept 2021 Rev 2:18-29 3:7-13 

Episode 6 Thyatira & Philadelphia | The 7 Churches of Revelation 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUsm9dZPrcY&list=PLPOUA7GLxXIGCc84xHWAB9dw25R2Og3Y&index=6 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31O5EcFlWjo

Revelation 3:1-13 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Buj7rJGQ6g&t=113s

Philadelphia - brotherly love in Greek 

Commended for little strength that was strong

No complaint of this church.

Reward :- Kept from "hour of trial", made a pillar, God's name written.

There are two streams of church now in the world :-

Evangelistic 

Apostate

Four Great Awakening in the history 

-  John Wesley 250K miles on horse back

- 18th Century 10K conversions per week - 1 million conversions in a year.

- 1904 Great Welsh Revival 

- 1960-1980 Billy Graham 

Every 40 years, its another Great Awakening, we are due for another Awakening.

https://www.gci.org/articles/the-church-at-philadelphia-and-the-key-of-david-revelation-37-13/

https://www.simplybible.com/f573-revln-message-to-philadelphia.htm

https://www.gotquestions.org/church-in-Philadelphia.html

https://www.thingsofthesort.com/sermons-2/2018/11/4/revelation-37-13-the-letter-to-the-church-in-philadelphia

https://eldersdigest.org/archives-en/2015/4/lessons-from-the-church-at-philadelphia

Revelation Week 5 - Church of Sardis

 

19 Sept 2021 Rev 3:1-6 

Episode 5 Sardis | The 7 Churches of Revelation 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffO5ipDSQvQ&list=PLPOUA7GLxXIGCc84xHWAB9dw25R2Og3Y&index=5 

Sardis has Large graveyards - city of death - cemetary on a thousand hills

Influenced by Christianity

Midweek Bible Study | Revelation 3:1-13 | Gary Hamrick

Martin Luther wrote 95 thesis against the Catholic Church especially Indulgences and Salvation from works. 

Seven spirits - completeness, one Holy Spirit. Isaiah 11:2

Seven-fold aspects of the Spirit- Lord, wisdom, understanding, counsel. might, knowledge and fear of the Lord.

Seven Stars - angels of the churches. Messengers - Pastors. 

God always take small remnant of people to achieve His purpose.

Activity does not equal vitality.

Psalm 69:28 - David wrote - let them be blotted out from the book of life.

Book of Life - 7 times mentioned in the Book of Revelation. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Buj7rJGQ6g&t=113s

Revelation Week 3 - Church of Smyrna

 

5 Sept 2021 Rev 2:8-11

Episode 3 Smyrna | The 7 Churches of Revelation 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlLRxFlnLo8&list=PLPOUA7GLxXIGCc84xHWAB9dw25R2Og3Y&index=3 

https://youtu.be/JlLRxFlnLo8

The Roman Emperor tortured Christians by putting weights on the victim, one at a time until they were crushed to death. Jesus mentioned 3 wieghts to come upon them : persecuted, afflicted, imprisonment

Poor but rich in God.

Bishop Polycarp was burnt at the stake.  

Revelation 2:8-17

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hlZ2fKUKr4&t=61s

Myrrh produced in Smyrna. Only become fragrant when crushed. 

- perfume

- annointing oil for priests

- for the death - Nicodemus brought 100 lbs to embulk Jesus 

Smyrna exported myrrh to Egpyt.

Jesus had no complaint of Smyrna.

About 6 million Christians were myatrred.

Sign of fish came to be.

 

Greek letter for fish -

Christians began using the Greek word for "fish" as an anagram/acronym for "Jesus Christ God's Son, Savior." 

https://images.app.goo.gl/6KfE3GQE64WMrP3bA

https://www.gotquestions.org/Christian-fish-symbol.html