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May 29, 1988
It’s easy to sing when life is good. But what happens when circumstances take a turn for the worse? After being beaten and thrown into prison, the apostle Paul wrote, “For Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties.” Alistair Begg examines this great Christian paradox of rejoicing in suffering as we learn that with God there is no such thing as purposeless pain.
16As we were going to xthe place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had ya spirit of zdivination and abrought her owners much gain by fortune-telling. 17She followed Paul and us, bcrying out, “These men are cservants of dthe Most High God, who proclaim to you ethe way of salvation.” 18And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, f“I command you gin the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And hit came out that very hour.
19But iwhen her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and jdragged them into the marketplace before the rulers. 20And when they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men are Jews, and they are disturbing our city. 21They kadvocate customs that are not lawful for us las Romans to accept or practice.” 22The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders mto beat them with rods. 23And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them safely. 24Having received this order, he put them into the inner nprison and fastened their feet in othe stocks.
25pAbout midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,
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