IT'S TIME TO GET STIRRED UP!

Acts 19:21 says, “So mightily grew the Word of God and prevailed.”

            Ephesus was an impressive city that stood proudly on the Crystal River, back in from the coast of the Icarian Sea. It had natural wharfs which made it the commercial centre of Asia for trade.

            It was the crossroads of Asia and the melting pot of mankind. In this city could be found every culture. There were every trade known to man, right down to the sorcerers who filled the people with awe.  Ephesus was called the “First Metropolis of Asia.”

            It was also here that one of the seven wonders of the world existed, “The Temple of Diana” with it’s hundred marble monoliths that displayed the art of Phidas and Scopas and Apeles. Later there was the theater built to seat nearly 25,000 people. Ephesus, city of wealth and culture and power.

            Then one day, into that city came a disciple of Jesus wearing tattered clothes and worn sandals. Paul.

            He found a handful of Christians and persuaded them to make a full surrender of their lives to the Holy Spirit and to deepen their walk with the Lord. Because of his bold delivery of the Gospel there came an awakening to a truth that jarred that great city of Ephesus. Demetrius rose up in defense of Diana and the mobs cried out, but the Gospel was firmly planted in Ephesus!

            The history of Ephesus is great. Countless nationalities walked through it’s streets; kings rode there; soldiers and conquerors and merchants alike all were there. But, nothing ever happened to it that could compare to what happened when the Gospel invaded it.

            Diana is gone, and so are the temples and the commerce. The desert covers  the Ephesian glory; but the Gospel that flowed forth from there still blesses the world!

            It’s big news when Christ’s Word comes in to stir us! Let His Word stir you today.

            Have a great day in the Lord.
            Pastor Coutts 

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