08 November 2026
Senior Sunday School 4 : Book of Philippians : Lesson 2
Senior Sunday School 4 : Book of Philippians : Lesson 2
Text: Acts 16
- Speaker:
- Pastor Charles Tan
- Series:
- Book of Philippians
Message Notes
SSS 4 8 November 2026
Text: Acts 16
16 Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling.
17 This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.”
18 And this she did for many days.
But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And he came out that very hour.19 But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities.
20 And they brought them to the magistrates, and said, “These men, being Jews, exceedingly trouble our city;
21 and they teach customs which are not lawful for us, being Romans, to receive or observe.”
22 Then the multitude rose up together against them; and the magistrates tore off their clothes and commanded them to be beaten with rods.
23 And when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely.
24 Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
Acts 16:16-24
1. Prayer at the Riverside
a) This was still the established place for Prayer
b) There were many who gathered there who were attentive to what Paul preached
2. Lydia’s home
a) For resting
b) For meals
c) For planning
A SPIRITUAL BATTLE
16 Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling.
17 This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.”
18 And this she did for many days.
But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And he came out that very hour.Acts 16:16-18
1. A certain slave girl
a) She was possessed with a spirit of divination
b) She was a fortune teller
c) She had many clients
d) She brought great success to her masters
2. She began to follow Paul and team
a) She declared that Paul and team were “servants of the Most High God”
b) And that they had come to proclaim the way of salvation
c) She kept doing this for many days
d) She was a nuisance
3. The Response of the Apostle Paul
a) He spoke to the slave girl
b) He commanded the spirit of divination to depart
c) The demon inside her was exorcised
d) Such was the power of the name of the Lord Jesus
THE FURY OF HER OWNERS (MASTERS)
19 But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities.
20 And they brought them to the magistrates, and said, “These men, being Jews, exceedingly trouble our city;
21 and they teach customs which are not lawful for us, being Romans, to receive or observe.”
22 Then the multitude rose up together against them; and the magistrates tore off their clothes and commanded them to be beaten with rods.
23 And when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely.
24 Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
Acts 16:19-24