RTW 2023

On the first day of the week, we gathered with the local believers to share in the Lord’s Supper. Paul was preaching to them, and since he was leaving the next day, he kept talking until midnight. The upstairs room where we met was lighted with many flickering lamps. As Paul spoke on and on, a young man named Eutychus, sitting on the windowsill, became very drowsy. Finally, he fell sound asleep and dropped three stories to his death below. Paul went down, bent over him, and took him into his arms. “Don’t worry,” he said, “he’s alive!” Then they all went back upstairs, shared in the Lord’s Supper, and ate together. Paul continued talking to them until dawn, and then he left. Meanwhile, the young man was taken home alive and well, and everyone was greatly relieved.

Acts 20:7-12

Dear brothers and sisters, I close my letter with these last words: Be joyful. Grow to maturity. Encourage each other. Live in harmony and peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you.

2 Corinthians 13:11

• Late one night…and Paul is preaching “on and on”.
• Eutychus, a young man, falls out of the window to his death.
• Paul brings the man back to life…and keeps on preaching!
• Many spiritual applications and lessons for us from the life of Eutychus.
• The Bible warns us to be watchful and vigilant…don’t fall asleep spiritually.
• 1 Peter 5:8
• 1 Corinthians 16:13
• God raised Eutychus to life…with purpose for Him!
• God resurrects us and puts us back on our mission for Him!
• Be on our mission…not everyone else’s!
• The Bible is full of surprising stories!!

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Don’t fall asleep spiritually! Be vigilant!!!