Today’s memory verse is from second Corinthians, chapter 8, verse 21.
Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men
2 Corinthians 8: 21
The message for today’s story is We share Jesus by doing what is right.
Paul and Silas were in jail. They could have easily grumbled and complained, but they love Jesus and did some things very differently. Let’s see how they share Jesus. “These men are the servants of the Most High God. They’re telling you how you can be saved”. Paul and Silas spun around. A girl with an evil spirit followed them. Her masters made money by listening to this evil spirit and then telling people what was going to happen to them for days The girl followed and shouted the same message after Paul and Silas. “These men are the servants of the Most High God. They are telling you how you can be saved”. Even though what the girl was saying was right. It was not good for people to think that Christians had anything to do with evil spirits.
So Paul finally turned to the girl and order the evil spirit. “By the power of Jesus Christ. I command you to come out of her”. The evil spirit left the girl immediately and she became quiet. The servant girls masters became very, very angry. They dragged Paul and Silas to the city rulers. “These men are Jews and they are making trouble”. They shouted. “They are teaching things that are unlawful for us to practice”.
Soon and angry crowd gathered and they began to beat Paul and Silas with big sticks. So the rules Through Paul and Silas into jail. Although they were in pain, Paul and Silas began to pray and sing praises to God at night. About midnight, the ground suddenly shook so hard that the doors of the jail fell open, and the chains fell off the prisoners; It was an earthquake.
The jailer was sure that all the prisoners had escaped. But just then Paul shouted, “we’re all here”. “Bring me a light”, the jailer call to a servant. He ran to look for himself. Not one prisoner had run away. The jailer took Paul and Silas to his own home. There he fed them and listened to as they told him about Jesus. Men, he said, What must I do to be saved? Paul and Silas smiled, just believe they said, Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved.
Before the night was over Paul and Silas back The jailer and all of his family. Paul and Silas praised God when bad things happen to them. They showed the jailer about Jesus’s love. You can share about Jesus too, by doing what is right.
