Sermon

Faith in Captivity: How Paul’s Witness Transformed a Jailor’s Life

Acts 16

February 1, 2009 | Joel R. Beeke

Joel Beeke discusses Acts 16, highlighting how Paul and Silas, despite their imprisonment, continued to trust God and evangelize. Their faith and actions led to the miraculous conversion of the Philippian jailor and his household. Beeke emphasizes the power of God’s providence and the importance of faithful witness in all circumstances, showing how God can use any situation to bring people to faith.

Joel R. Beeke serves as president and professor of systematic theology and homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, and pastor of the Heritage Reformed Congregation of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is the author or co-author of more than 100 books, editor of another 100 volumes, and has just finished writing the final volume, with Paul Smalley, of Reformed Systematic Theology (4 vols.; Crossway).