In The Hands Of Our Enemy Acts 16: 16-40

There is not a chain strong enough, thick enough, rusted enough that the holy spirit can't snap and turn to dust. There's not a chain bounded up in your life that got you strapped in your life that the holy spirit of God can't snap like a twig. Some of you are bounded in grief. Some of us are bounded in anger. Some of us, ma'am, we are bounded in shame. There isn't a chain that the holy spirit of God can't break. He breaks all of them. [01:08:51] (50 seconds)  #BreakEveryChain

But you need to see in the text, God broke the chains of slavery from a demonically possessed girl. God broke the chains of fear and a and and abusiveness from a jailer, and God broke the literal physical chains off of Paul and Silas and these prisoners. And no one in this text is living in fear. Even after they've been beaten, no one's living in fear. And I'm telling you, this text proves to us that Jesus Christ can break every chain. [01:08:11] (39 seconds)  #NoChainCanHold

But you know this is a holy spirit moment because in the moment, here they are singing hymns to the lord and and the prisoners are listening. So they understand that this prison now is now their pulpit. This prison is now a place of a witness. This this moment where they are in prison is not some accidental moment. They understand that God is sovereign in this moment, in this dark, musty, nasty prison. [01:02:55] (30 seconds)  #PrisonIsPulpit

So that's why you find that jailer, he goes over to grab his sword, and he's getting ready to commit suicide. You ever been in a dark place like that where you think the only way out is to take your life? Then imagine the moment where he is getting ready to figure out where to put that sword, and he stationed it there, and he hears Paul scream out, hey, Man, we're all here. Don't don't do that. We're all here. [01:04:36] (30 seconds)  #YouAreNotAlone

When we read this text, we are so focused on the flogging and the persecution that Paul goes through that we miss the point that Jesus Christ saved this girl. We miss the point that Jesus Christ, by the mention of his name, the authority in his name, yanked the demon out this girl. We missed the point that this young lady is no longer enslaved to ruthless dumb men. She is free in Christ. [00:58:53] (32 seconds)  #NameOfJesusSetsFree

And I need you to know today that following Jesus is going to mean there's going to be some corrupters who are gonna come across you in your life. And you following Christ, and you walking out of your sinfulness into new life in Christ is gonna infuriate those who are around you who wanna keep you corrupted. And if you're not careful, you're gonna be so focused on the pain and the frustration and and and and and all the pain that's coming your way that you're gonna miss what Jesus Christ has done in your life. [01:00:03] (42 seconds)  #EyesOnJesus

But you need to know that the holy spirit of God will work in your life in such a way that men, those that are corrupted are gonna be angry. Expect it. Expect it. But for you, you keep your eyes focused on what Jesus Christ has done and what he's doing because you are free in Christ. [01:00:56] (46 seconds)  #ExpectResistance

she's putting a bull's eye on them because in Philippi, there were all kinds of little g gods that people surrendered themselves over to. To say they were the one they were from the most high god that can save them out of this mess meant that meant that, man, people were gonna be leaving behind these little g gods and going after them and and which meant that all the money made from those little g gods would exist no more. [00:57:19] (26 seconds)  #TargetedForTruth