Thank you for continuing this journey of The Gospel Project®
for Kids. Sunday’s Bible account picks up with Paul’s third missionary
journey. Paul traveled from place to place, teaching about Jesus and
encouraging the believers. Luke, the writer of Acts, records that a
major disturbance arose in Ephesus concerning Christians. Ephesus was a
large city in Asia Minor. It was a central location for politics,
religions, and business.
Some
men there made their living by making silver shrines for false gods,
like the goddess Artemis. If people started to believe what Paul was
saying, they could lose their livelihood! The men started a riot. Paul
wanted to speak to the people, but the disciples would not let him. They
feared for Paul’s life. After the uproar was over, Paul left for
Macedonia.
In Troas, a city in Macedonia, Paul spoke about Jesus late into the night. One young man named Eutychus (YOO
tih kuhs) was sitting on a window sill, listening, when he fell asleep.
He fell out the window from the third story and died. But Paul—through
the power of God—brought him back to life.
Sometime
later, Paul decided to go back to Jerusalem. Along the way, a prophet
named Agabus came to Paul. He took Paul’s belt and tied his own feet and
hands. Then he said that the Jews in Jerusalem would bind Paul’s hands
and feet in the same way. Paul’s friends begged him not to go. But Paul
was not afraid to be arrested—or even to die—for the name of Jesus, so
Paul kept going toward Jerusalem.
Paul
told about Jesus even when he was in danger. Paul shared the gospel
with people who didn’t know Jesus. He told people to turn from their
sins and trust in Jesus, and he encouraged believers in the church to
continue loving Jesus. God changed the people’s hearts, and they turned
away from their sin. The good news about Jesus is powerful and
life-giving.
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