Lesson 4668

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(Lesson 4668)(11-14-24) Acts 16:13-15 

   “And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither. And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.” 

 

   In todays’ quote, Paul and his companions go to a riverside outside Philippi on the Sabbath, where a woman had requested prayer. There the met a woman named Lydia, a merchant of purple cloth from Thyatira who worshipped God. The Lord opened Lydia's heart to receive Paul’s message, and she and her household were baptized. Grateful, Lydia invited Paul and his companions to stay at her home, insisting until they agreed. This passage highlights Lydia's faith and hospitality, marking her as the first recorded European convert to Christianity. ~