He needed to do the will of God. Instead, he left Priscilla and Aquila to start a ministry there. Paul then again set sail arriving in Caesarea visiting the Church there than traveling down to Antioch. This journey most likely took place between A. Throughout this trip, Paul visited many of the locations from his first and second missionary journeys. He was able to encourage the Churches he previously established and continue to spread the gospel.
Paul first went through the regions of Galatia and Phrygia. He was able to strengthen all the disciples in those areas. Paul then went to Ephesus in Asia. The last time that Paul was in Ephesus he was invited to stay longer, and Paul told them he would come back if the Lord wills. Paul did in fact return. There were disciples in the area who knew about John the Baptist and his ministry, but not of Jesus Christ, a man named Apollos had taught them, but Apollos himself did not know about Jesus until instructed by Priscilla and Aquila.
Paul was able to teach those who did not know about Jesus but were eager to hear about the death and resurrection, and they believed.
Paul then taught in the synagogue for three months. He was able to teach and proclaim the word of God boldly, there were some who were stuck in unbelief of what Paul said and then spoke evil about the message. Paul decided to no longer preach in the synagogue but instead went to the hall of Tyrannus and there he spoke daily about God and his word. There were others who were not followers of Jesus but thought they could profit from the work Paul was doing. This caused many to fear the name of the Lord, and all those who were believers gave up their practices of magic arts.
Demetrius was a silversmith and made idols for the people, and since Paul taught against idolatry this did not help Demetrius financially. Paul even wanted to go among the crowd, but the disciples would not let him since many there might want to kill Paul. Instead after reasoning from many different leaders including Alexander a Jew and a town clerk the rioting subsided.
Shortly after the riot, Paul left for Macedonia. As Paul traveled to Macedonia and through Achaia he encouraged the Churches there. When he came to Greece he spent three months there and then planned on sailing to Jerusalem. Those plans were changed when they found out about a plot by the Jews against Paul.
Paul then decided to go back through Macedonia to return to Jerusalem. He went through towns such as Berea, Thessalonica, and Philippi again. With him were many companions from various churches which gave him some protection while he traveled. When they found him he was dead but Paul restored life to this man. After Troas Paul walked to Assos where he met his companions. Instead, Paul called the elders from Ephesus to meet him in Miletus.
In Miletus he encouraged the elders and commended them, letting them know that he would not be seeing them again since he knew that imprisonment and maybe death waited for him in Jerusalem. From there Paul and his companions sailed towards Syria. They eventually made it to Tyre and stayed with disciples there that encouraged Paul not to go onto Jerusalem. Paul then continued on his journey after having been encouraged by many in Tyre.
From there Paul traveled to Ptolemais then headed to Caesarea and stayed with Philip. While Paul was there a prophet whose name was Agabus who came down and told Paul of the coming affliction he would face in Jerusalem. For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. Paul then traveled o Jerusalem and was greeted by his brothers in Christ.
He told the church there all God had been doing among the Gentiles. But then Jews from Asia saw Paul and stirred up trouble and Paul was arrested. These letters are 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus. Paul also spoke of his desire to go to Spain, and he may have during this fourth missionary trip, but there is no evidence in scripture that he did. Paul traveled in Asia as well, in 2 Timothy Paul talks about having to leave Trophimus in Miletus because he was ill.
While Paul was in Ephesus there were many who did not stay and help support Paul. Many false doctrines were also spreading at the time. Paul left Timothy and urged him to stay to keep the false doctrines from spreading anymore. And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. And they said, Unto John's baptism. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.
And they accompanied him unto the ship. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself. Paul then met with the disciples in Ephesus and encouraged them, said goodbye, and left for Macedonia, accompanied by Sopaterm Aristarchus, Secundus, Galius, Timothy, Tychicus, and Trophimus. They visited the churches in Philippi, Thessalonica, and Berea before he made his way to Corinth after a short time there, Paul sought to go back to Syria but was stopped short when he discovered a plot against his life.
Paul then retraced his steps back through Philippi, Thessalonica, and Berea, stopping in Troas where he stayed for seven days. Led by the Holy Spirit to go to Jerusalem, and eager to be there for Pentecost, Paul bypassed Ephesus knowing that he would need to stay there longer than he had time, so he called for the Ephesian elders to come and meet him in Miletus. This meeting was a difficult one for all the disciples and elders because Paul knew he was saying goodbye for the last time.
When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of them and prayed. They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him. What grieved them most was his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship. In about 55 A. After Paul had received a prophecy that he would be persecuted in Jerusalem, the people whom he was staying with at Caeserea pleaded with him not to go, but Paul refused to stay. I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
While in Ephesus on his third trip, Paul wrote 1st and 2nd Corinthians in about A. After Paul arrived in Jerusalem, he was quickly met by men who sought to destroy him. He was beaten, falsely accused, imprisoned, transferred from one place to the next, shipwrecked, held under house arrest, all in the course of around 4 years.
After Paul entered the Jewish Synagogue for the first time to teach, he was immediately met with opposition by the Jews. They incited a riot so violent and chaotic that Paul was arrested and carried off by two soldiers for his own safety. Finally Festus planned to transfer Paul back to Jerusalem to be put on trial there, but before this happened, Paul appealed to Caesar and was transported by ship to Rome.
It was during this journey to Rome that Paul was shipwrecked and experienced many difficulties before finally making it to Rome in 60 A. Paul may have been released after 2 years in prison c. It is hard to say for sure whether Paul went on a fourth missionary journey or not, and some count his trip from Caesarea to Rome as his fourth, as he ministered to many people along the way.
So much can be learned from the life of Paul and his missionary journeys, not only can we learn the example by which we are to model present-day missions, but we can also learn what living an abandoned life for Christ actually looks like.
But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ.
Missions work is no easy business, in some countries you may not face the threat of death, in others you might, but one thing is true of all countries, living in a different culture can be incredibly challenging.
In Philippians 3, Paul is explaining and contrasting his life before surrendering to Christ, and he had everything——status, money, respect, knowledge, all of it. But none of it meant a single thing to him next to knowing Christ. This kind of abandon ushers in radical, society altering, world-shaking impact. Among the many many other things we can learn, we know by his example how to live abandoned and obedient to the call of God and we learn that the key to perseverance in difficult times is through eyes set on God and God alone.
Subscribe Written by alyssialwilson Paul is known as the greatest missionary of all time; he went to the ends of the known world, heart set ablaze, to bring the Gospel message to all the lost people groups of the earth. Who was Paul? Pharisee Before Paul was converted in Acts chapter 9, he was a Pharisee who trained under Gamaliel, also a Pharisee who was held in great esteem among the Jews. Philippians Pharisees were teachers of the law; they studied and followed scripture to the T, though they were severely misguided and lost the point of the law and scripture.
Persecutor Paul, as a Pharisee was of the same mindset as the rest of his brethren. Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison Acts It was partly because of him that a great persecution broke out against the church, which then caused them to scatter. Changed Man But now on to the good part of the story.
Acts After a time of preaching in Derbe, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Attalia, then they returned to the church in Antioch where they first set sail from and spent some time there before heading out a second time. This, however, did not go as planned. Acts During their time in Damascus, Paul once again faced much opposition but in spite of this, they planted the churches in Philippi and Thessalonica.
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