But Acts 17, if you're there, say amen. The Bible says in verse number one, now, when they had passed through Amphipolis in Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews. And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three Sabbath days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures. opening and alleging that Christ must needs have suffered and risen again from the dead and this that this Jesus whom I preach unto you is Christ. And some of them believed and consorted with Paul and Silas and of the devout Greeks a great multitude and of the chief women not a few but the Jews which believed not. moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city in an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. And when they had found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, these that have turned the world upside down are come hither also. whom Jason hath received, and these all do contrary to the degrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus. And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city when they heard these things. And when they had taken security of Jason and of the other, they let them go. How'd you like to be, Jason? He went to jail on Paul's behalf. and had to pay the bail himself and get out, and yet we don't see any complaining from him about that. But let's pray this morning. Heavenly Father, Lord, we do thank you for this morning. Thank you for the song service. Thank you for the testimony. Lord, thank you for the invitation to the gospel, and I'm thankful that, Lord, with the gospel that we preach, the gospel that you have fulfilled for us, Lord, is a whosoever will. God, I'm thankful that you're willing and able to save anybody and every person that will come to you Lord, in faith and repentance, God, thank you for dying on the cross for our sins. Lord, thank you for rising again the third day. Thank you for the truth of the gospel. Thank you for the power of the gospel. Thank you, Lord, for the difference it makes in our life. Lord, it doesn't just clean us up. God, it completely and totally changes us. From the inside out, God, we are new creatures in Christ. Lord, I do pray this one that you'd have me behind the cross of Calvary. Lord, you'd use me one more time. Lord, for your glory in and out of myself, fill me with your spirit. God, help us this morning from the word of God. We all stand in need this morning from help from heaven. God, would you do exactly that, what we need, and God, we'll give you the glory, we'll give you the praise. If somebody does need to get saved today, God, I pray, Lord, during the invitation, God, they'd come forward and trust you for salvation, Lord, and thank you for all that you do for us, and we love you. In Jesus' name we pray, amen, and amen. Thank you so much for standing. You can be seated this morning. We've come here to Acts 17, Really, there's a phrase that's been on my mind the past few days, and I was listening to the book of Acts that I've been striving to get through the Bible entirely this year just through listening to it, and man, it's been a blessing. And I've chuckled a few times, because the fellow reading it, he says words, he probably says them right, but the way he says and the way he emphasizes sometimes makes me chuckle. But he was reading, and he came across verse number, Let's see, verse number six this morning, and he hit that phrase right there. You've probably heard it before. You've probably heard a sermon approached from this text and on this line of thinking this morning where the Bible said, these that have turned the world upside down. have come hither also. And the interesting thing is the fellow that is saying this, the man that is lifting up his voice, he is not saying this because he is excited. He is not saying this because he is grateful. He is not saying this because he is thankful that Paul and Silas, that these fellows who've been preaching the gospel, have showed up in Thessalonica and have begun to do so. Matter of fact, this statement out of his mouth is one of accusing, one of almost that they are the problem, they are the issue. You better deal with these men who have turned the world upside down before they turn it upside down here in Thessalonica. We look at this this morning, and I have to ask myself, and I have to ask you this question. Are you turning the world upside down. Are you and I turning the world upside down? You say, Preacher, how in the world could little old me, me, myself, and I, Preacher, I don't know everybody. I don't have those kind of connections, Preacher. I don't have my own jet. I don't have that kind of means, preacher. I'm not the televangelist. I'm not bringing in that kind of money, preacher. I don't have that kind of, how in the world can somebody like you and I turn the world upside down, and if that is the criteria and we are not doing that, then are we failing in our Christian life? If we are not turning the world, if Paul and Silas could do it, then how come we are not this morning? Are we changing the world as we know it? Paul and Silas have arrived in the Thessalonica, and their presence has caused an uproar. It has caused, and really, it's not necessarily an organic movement. It is not because the whole city is mad. There's just a few fellas who have chosen not to believe the gospel, which shows you and I, listen, we can't make men believe, but if they choose not to believe, we can know one thing for sure, they'll never be happy. because the moment the Bible said in verse number five, but the Jews was believed not moved with envy, right? And so these few men go find some, the Bible calls them men who are lewd and of the baser sort. I don't know what all that means exactly, but I don't think that's a good description. If that's how people are describing you, that's probably not a good thing this morning. And they use these men and they create this uprise and they create this riot of sorts. And they have come and they have accused the city officials on Paul and Silas' behalf this morning. But we see this morning, we see exactly why these men are upset. We see exactly what world these men have turned upside down. In verse number seven, we already see as we know the history of the Bible, we know Paul's testimony, that they have turned to Judaism on its head. They have taught and are preaching this gospel that takes everything of the law and of the regulations of the performance religion and workspace and it's flipped it on its head and said, no, there is only one way to heaven. It is not through keeping the law. It is not by being good enough. It is not by being smart enough. It is not by being liked enough. It is through the blood of Jesus Christ. It is the death, the burial, and the resurrection of Christ. And they said, this is it, and it's turned all that on they're mad because their world has been turned upside down. But not only in the same breath are they turning Judaism upside down, they are turning the Roman system upside down. Look at verse number seven. I mean, not only, we know Paul. Paul didn't hold back. Paul didn't sugarcoat nothing. Paul didn't talk in uncertain terms. Paul called it how it was. Paul believed the proof was in the pudding. You better call it how you see it. And he preached that way, so we know through his preaching He dealt with the sexuality of Rome, the sensuality of Rome, the fleshly desires of Rome, and no doubt he preached against that. But look at verse number seven this morning. We find out what's really turned their world upside down. They're talking, there's another king. And when Jason had received him, these all do contrary to the grees of Caesar, saying that there is another king. Now you've got to realize this morning that Caesar in Rome, that emperor of Rome, that he was not elected by a democratic process. Right, it was a fight for the throne, but they also believed that man who was over the entirety of Rome was not just a mere man, but he was some kind of demigod, some half-man, half-god. But here come these preachers, here comes Paul and Silas and the apostles, and they're preaching that there is a real king, that there is another king, and they specify one. Jesus Christ, and I'm glad this morning, listen, the emperor might have got his way because he is conniving and skillful, but the one who sits higher than the highest, the one that is greater than the greatest, he is the king of kings and the lord of lords, he is that true king this morning. But by their preaching, they have turned that world upside down. And so we come here this morning asking ourselves, they turned the world upside down, what about Am I turning the world upside down? But I got to thinking about this. They have accused Paul of turning the world upside down and yet Paul himself had never went to the entire world. Matter of fact, I was curious and so I studied it out and figured out that in Paul's lifetime, the furthest journey he took that is recorded in scriptures, there are some that think that he might have went to Spain, but as far as going off the word of God this morning, the furthest Paul ever went was Rome itself, which was 2,500 miles from Jerusalem. No doubt that's a great journey. No doubt, that's a long journey, especially in Bible days. Well, could you imagine 2,500 miles on foot and donkey and boat? Not on Delta or United, American, Greyhound. But 2,500, that sounds far, that sounds great, but we also know that that's not the entire world. Matter of fact, 2,500 miles from where we're sitting at this morning west is Los Angeles. So in reality, Paul had not gone to the entire world, and yet he's being accused of turning the world upside down. Well, if he hadn't gone to the whole, how in the world did he do that? Was this fellow speaking prophetically? I guess, if you want to say that. Knowing good and well the gospel's gonna continue on, continue to go and grow and go forth and that's how it ought to do and that's what it's going to do. But they're accusing Paul of something that he physically hadn't done yet. He hadn't been to the uttermost parts of the world and of the earth. He never went to the Arctic. He never came down to God's country. Otherwise known as the southeast. He never made it over here, but how in the world could he turn the world upside down and yet never experience the entirety of the world, of the earth this morning? He said, preacher, what are you trying to say? Is this a faith promised missions statement? And sermon this morning, how can you and I turn the world upside down if you and I never go into the entire world? Yes, we support missions, and thank God for your faithful support. The gospel is going out and forth through different means and different missionaries, and we're thankful for that through South Haven Baptist Church. But really, what really began to work in my mind, I did the homework this week. I looked that word world up. I mean, because I know what the word world means. It means the entirety of the earth. The inhabited earth. And no doubt it carries that understanding. When we talk about the world as a whole, right? We understand it this morning. But I found out that there's another definition. There is another explanation of the word world. And it means this. It carries the understanding of the part of the earth that won. inhabits. The part of the earth where you inhabit. We would say it this way, this part of the earth, it is my world. You ever heard somebody say this? Preacher. They may never have called you preacher. My kids are my world. You ever heard somebody say that? My job is my world. Has somebody ever done something that you do on a normal basis, and they've done it one time, and it stressed them out, and they almost lost their mind, and they come to you telling you, hey, you won't believe, I had to do what you do on a normal basis, and that was crazy, and I didn't know I was gonna make it through, and you say, welcome to my world. Right, yes, so there is this general great sense of the world, but in reality, there's also this understanding that my world and your world is the place that you and I inhabit, the place that you and I live on a daily basis. Your life, where you live, my job, my family, my friends, my church, it is my world. And when it comes to your world, Your family, your church, your job, your world, are you turning your world upside down for the cause of Christ? We think of such a, oh, Preacher, I don't even know how to speak half those languages. Preacher, I don't know how to speak English, let alone Chinese. How am I gonna turn the world upside down? Well, maybe one day God will work it out and get you over there, but what about the world you're in right now? the place that you're currently living, the place that you inhabit right, are you turning your world upside down for the cause of Christ? You gotta realize when that fella made that statement, he too, he didn't know what all was out there. But he said, these fellas, where they are at right now, they are turning this thing upside down. I'm gonna preach on this thought this morning of how to turn your world upside down for the cause of Christ. where you are right now, where you're living at this very moment. How do I turn that upside down for the cause of Christ? We often use that statement, my whole world's been turned upside down as a bad thing. Everything's gone crazy, preacher. But the reality is when you and I strive to live for Christ, when we go into our world and the world that we live in, it is counterproductive and it's counterintuitive of Christ and of God. And so when you and I begin to live as a Christian in the world we live, yeah, we're going to come in and turn it upside down. because everything is different. We could do it from God's perspective. Notice three things that must be present in order for us this morning to turn our worlds upside down for the cause of Christ. Number one, there must be a consistent manner. There must be a consistent manner. In verse number two, the Bible said that Paul and Silas have arrived in the Thessalonica. And in verse number two, the Bible says, and Paul as his manner was. Not that Paul had manners. He probably did. He spoke kindly to people. He spoke respectfully to each other. We're not talking about yes ma'am and no sir. But this word right here, and it's funny, I was going through this and I was like, boy, I'm doing as much homework if not as everybody else in one sermon. I began to look this word manner up this morning, and what does it mean? And it's the way that one does something. And so Paul had a manner that was known about him. In essence, people knew what Paul was going to do when he arrived into a new city or a new town, because it's what he did every time he arrived into a city. There was a manner of consistency about Paul. Well, preacher, what would Paul do when he arrived into the city? He would go to the synagogue on the Sabbath for three Sabbaths. And while he was there, he would begin to proclaim and teach and to preach the gospel within the synagogues. In essence, you knew when Paul got in town that he was going to show up that Saturday at the synagogue for Sabbath. He was going to walk in and he was going to be a part of what was going on there. And sometimes in our minds we think that Paul probably walked in there, hijacked the service, tried to take it over, and tried to put everybody in their place. But really what Paul does is allowed within the rules and really the expectations of the service within the synagogue. There was a point in time, and you've got to realize, we know Paul. that his story, we know where he come from. He was a Pharisee of Pharisees. He was trained up by Gamaliel, and he had got the best education, and he was well learned, and he knew all of those things. And so when he come into town, there were people who knew Paul when he was a Pharisee. When he come into the synagogue, it was custom to give those who had a good reputation, those who were known to be great teachers, to give them the floor. And it's interesting this morning, because when Paul got saved, you can go in and he gives that testimony about all that he had, tribe of Benjamin, all of this, and he goes down, a pharisee of pharisees, learned this, knew that, had the best stock, the greatest stock, all of that kind of stuff, and he says, I count it all for Doug, and yet he realized, even though he had a past that was worthless in his salvation, it was one that God was using to get the gospel out. And so Paul shows them to these synagogues, and there's Paul. Let's give him the floor, let's see if he has something to say. And so he was given, proverbially speaking, he was given the microphone. And teach us, Paul. And I'm pretty sure they thought he was gonna go to the Ten Commandments. I'm pretty sure they thought he was gonna go down the law, and he's gonna go down the customs and the regulations and the rules. And then Paul, Bible says, Paul begins to open and allege to them the gospel. But he didn't just do it one Saturday and disappear. The Bible said for at least three Sabbaths. He would go in and he would do this same thing over and over again. Now the Bible does tell us that they began to meet on the first day of the week, not the Jews, but the Christians. So think about it this way, Paul goes to the synagogue on Sabbath, on Saturday, and he is witnessing, he is testifying to these people. Could you imagine Paul coming to your church on Sunday? Saying, brethren, sisters, would you pray? I was in the synagogue yesterday, I see God working. I said, God, would you pray that they'd get saved? I'm going back next week. Paul had a consistent manner about his life. So preacher, you're telling me the key to turning my world upside down is that this Saturday I need to go to synagogue and I need to go in there and testify and witness to the Jews that are in there? If the Lord puts that on your heart, don't let me stop you. But you're probably not gonna get the same acceptance that Paul did. And really that's not the secret to turning the world upside down in your life. What is, being consistent. Being consistent in your Christian life. They knew when Paul showed up, they knew where he was going on Saturday. They knew what he was about, why he had consistently done that everywhere that he went. So it is not necessarily what Paul does, but the manner by which Paul did it contains the keys to successfully turning the world upside down for the cause of Christ. One of the greatest things you can do in your Christian life, if you're ready for it, be consistent. Be consistent. Be faithful, be dependable. If you want to turn your world upside down, you are going to have to be consistent. Boy, if you want to turn your marriage upside down for the cause of Christ, you're going to have to be consistent. If you want to turn your children upside down for the cause of Christ, you're going to have to be consistent. If you're going to turn your workplace upside down for Christ, you're going to have to be consistent. You're going to have to be faithful to what God has called you to do. Here's the thing this morning, you and I cannot expect the results of consistency while giving an inconsistent effort. You can't go to the gym one time a week and expect to look like Mr. Olympia. You can't eat one healthy meal a week and expect to get the results of a consistent diet. You can't read your Bible one day out of the week and expect to get the results of a consistent study. You can't expect to get the results of a consistent prayer life with an inconsistent prayer life. And so Paul demonstrates to you, and if we are going to turn the world upside down, if we are gonna turn our world, that where we live, upside down for the cause of Christ, we're gonna have a purpose in our heart, I am going to be consistent. I'm not saying you gotta be perfect, I'm not saying you'll never mess up, but strive to be consistent. Paul was consistent in his manner. I remember playing ball the last year that I played baseball. It was between my freshman and sophomore year of high school. And I played on a team with a bunch of boys from school. They all knew me as the kid that played soccer. Matter of fact, I didn't feel like buying more cleats, so I wore my soccer cleats to baseball. There was a boy on our team, his name was Gerald. And Gerald was like five foot two, 12 pounds soaking wet. Just a little fella. But man, he had fight to him. He never gave up. Now, he was terrible at baseball. You know, rec rules, you gotta play, you gotta have three outs on the field, one at bat, and that's what Gerald got. But man, he'd show up to practice, and he'd listen to the coach, and he'd work. I mean, I don't know if it was the first year he ever played baseball or what. He had no idea, but he had a great heart, and he was consistent to practice. Joker was fast as lightning. So when we needed a pinch runner, we'd call on Gerald. They never called me for that, I don't know why. And so he would go and he'd run sometimes. I remember the final, but he would show up to practice, swing and miss, coach would work with him, do this, do that, work on this. He'd go home, he'd work on it, he'd come back and he'd have some improvement. But I mean, he wasn't grown by leaps and bounds. But you could tell that he was trying his best and consistently putting in the effort. I remember we got to the last game of the season. And it was Gerald's turn to bat. He had the final bat of the season if he struck out. I remember he stood in the batter's box, and he swung the bat, and he hit the ball. I mean, it had so much power behind it, it was slowly rolling towards third base. It was like a swinging butt, but he had swung with everything that he had. And son, he hit that ball, it started to roll, and he took off, I mean, fast as lightning towards first base. We seen that there was a good probability he was gonna beat it out. I kid you not, we were climbing the fence of the dugout. Run, Gerald, run, run! Well, he beat out the throw, was safe at first base. You would have thought we'd won the World Series. Gerald had finally got a hit. Why? He was consistent. He was consistent. Preacher, I want to turn the world upside down. I want my world to be turned upside down for the cause of Christ. Be consistent. Be consistent. Are you wanting to turn the world upside down? Would you say that you've been consistent in the things that are necessary for that to happen? We see a consistent man. Notice number two, we see a reasoned explanation. We see a reasoned explanation. Verses two and three. Now we have to remember that Paul didn't just walk into the synagogues and start yelling at people. Paul didn't go in there and start slapping people, banging them on the head, treating them like they're less than. Paul didn't stand by the door and yell at people when they walked into the synagogue. I wouldn't go in there. You're lame if you do. He wasn't belittling them. He didn't rely on theatrics and emotionalism to draw people into the gospel and to get his point across. Paul had something far better than that. He had a reasoned explanation. He had a reasoned explanation. He had facts in truth, formulated, structured, and coherently placed that laid out the gospel clearly to those who heard it. The word right there, reason, means a thorough explanation. In essence, Paul, he didn't just walk in there and say, y'all going to hell, y'all better get saved. Is that an explanation? Yes. Thorough? Not quite. Paul would walk in there and they would, They probably called him Saul. Saul, would you give us some wonderful insight into the law? He said, well, fellas, after much thought and much study, I realized I can't live up to the law. I'll never be good enough. Even with all that I, all the accolades I had, none of that matters. See, fellas, I was walking down to Damascus one day, and I met this Savior. I met the one Christ, the one that we've studied about, the one we look for, the one we long for, the one that we was... He said, I met him and he's changed my life. And he begins to give this reasonable explanation. He lays out these facts on how, I mean, Paul, you gotta realize Paul's understanding allowed him to go into those Old Testament books like Isaiah and Jeremiah and Micah and Nahum. He would go in there, he'd pull out those, I mean, the man could quote the first five books of the Bible verbatim. And he could go back to Exodus. He could go back to that Passover lamb and he could draw the truth out of those and point them to Christ. And he begins to reason with it. Y'all remember when God said this? You remember when God did that? You remember when that ram was in the thicket with Abraham and Isaac? That ram was telling us that Christ was coming. It was a picture of what Jesus would do for us. And he begins to explain and he begins to reason with them. He begins to give them a thorough explanation. and it begins to prick their hearts. See, this word opening, right there in verse number three this morning, the Bible says, opening and alleging. I read that, Lord, what in the world does that mean? Didn't Paul have an introduction and some allegations? That word opening means to present a new idea, a new thought. It gives us the image of a child being birthed into this world. whose birthday is their first day outside of the womb. Everything is new to them. And so Paul brings out this truth and people's eyes get big. What is he talking about? How did he meet the Christ? How did he meet the Messiah? This is all new to us. And then Paul opens it and follows it this morning, not with just an opening, but that word alleging means to set before, to present, much like evidence in a court case is presented to corroborate a testimony or an allegation. Paul makes the statement, I know him. Who? Well, let me tell you about him. And he begins to give the evidence throughout the word of God. The Bible says right there that he was in the scriptures. Paul wasn't relying on just a personal experience or a personal thought. Paul was taking them to the word of God. I'm glad this one, when it comes to salvation, when it comes to taking somebody and leading them to the Lord, it is not my opinion. It is not my theatrics. It's not my emotionalism that draws them to Christ. I can't tell you how many times I've sat down in my office and it hasn't been highly emotional and highly exciting. I've just opened up to Romans. We've walked down the Romans road. I've let the Word of God do what the Word of God does and it just helps people clearly understand one, they need a Savior. Two, that Jesus died for them and if they'll just call out on to Him, He will save them by grace. And Paul begins to give this reasonable explanation or a reasoned explanation this morning. And here's the idea that Paul presented that Jesus is the Christ, he's the Messiah, he is the son of God. Here's the evidence that Paul presented that he suffered and died for us and that he's risen again. And the Bible said that's what Paul does three weeks in a row. He presents and presents and presents and shares. And the more you know and experience the gospel, the greater chance you have at turning your world upside down. Do you realize this morning that the gospel is not the beginning of the Christian life only? It is the Christian life. We never get away from the gospel. I believe the gospel and I gotta say, what's next? The gospel. You'll spend the rest of your life realizing just how deep that thing is. How great that thing, how mighty that thing is, how wonderful that thing is. And the more you do that, The better off you'll be at explaining, the more your world's gonna turn upside down. You're gonna realize the gospel does affect your family. The gospel does affect your marriage. The gospel does affect your job. The gospel is not, listen, Christianity isn't a name that we claim when everything's convenient. Christians are who we are. We are recipients of the gospel. We are the recipients of Christ, and Christ now dwells in us. It is not my moniker. It is not my occupation. I am a Christian, not because of my political views, not because of my ideology or my education. It is because the day that I got saved, I became his, he became mine, and now I am a Christian. The gospel is still impacting my life on a daily basis. Every aspect and element of life needs to be founded and supported and enriched daily by the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. And so Paul begins this reasoned explanation in a consistent manner and it begins to affect people. It begins to turn where he is upside down for the cause of Christ. How has the gospel affected you today? Have you come to understand the gospel in such a way that you could tell others about it in a well-reasoned explanation? If not, why not? If not, why not? Notice number three this morning, there was a rejoicing acceptance. There was a rejoicing acceptance. To say that Paul suffered some afflictions, some discomforts throughout his ministry would be an understatement. There are plenty of bad things that Paul went through. prison, persecuted, rejected, attacked, skeptics, oppressed, even snake bitten without going to a church in West Virginia. He suffered and he went through a lot. And here's how Paul explains it in 2 Corinthians 4, 17, for our light affliction. Which is but for a moment worketh for us a far more exceedingly eternal weight of glory. Romans 8, 18 he said it this way, for I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy. to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." Here's a man who's probably gone through more than this entire room combined in just direct response to preaching the gospel. And he's, oh, it's just a lot of affliction. It's like a paper cut, a little scrape on the knee, right? He compares it in that sense. How could Paul do that? Here's, I firmly believe in Paul's life and ours as well, really, to get to that place, it is, what do you focus on? If all Paul ever thought about, man, I'm in jail again? I gotta run for my life again? They're mad at me again? If all Paul ever thought about was a negative, I don't think Paul would have been what Paul was. And so many times in our Christian life, boy, we're really good at only looking at the negative things. There's a lot of negativity in chapter number 17. There's a riot, there's accusations, there's lewd men of baser sorts, there's direct attacks, there is get those men out of the house so we can beat them. There's Jason going to prison who's done nothing wrong. There's a lot of negativity, but I want you to notice something. Before any of that is mentioned, I want you to notice what is recorded there in verse number four. and some of them believed and consorted with Paul and Silas. And of the devout Greeks, a great multitude. And of the chief women, not a few. I love verses four's definition of the word some. If I were to go to someone and say, how was Sunday? Oh yeah, we had some people show up. They'd be like, well, is that a good thing? No, we just had some people show up. Typically, we'd be like, well, there probably wasn't as much as normally there. But I love how verse number four defines that as a great multitude and not a few. You've got to realize that everything's gonna take place after there is a few people that have not believed, don't like Paul, and they start a ruckus. And Paul said, I'm not gonna focus on it, because if I do, I'm giving my attention only to a few people who have not believed, instead of focusing on those who have, which are a great multitude. Which are more than just a few. That word consort, when's the last time you used that word? I consorted with somebody. That word means, this morning, it means a common lot to associate with. In essence, when they got saved, Paul looked at them and said, me and you are in the same group now. You may not experience everything I have to go through, but we have the same lot. We are in the same, we are associated with each other. And so Paul rejoiced, had a rejoicing. He said, here's, most Christians will never turn their world upside down. And here's why, because they spend all their time focusing on the wrong stuff. Well, what about those who didn't believe? What if they act like they didn't preach? What if people treat me like they did in verse number five? You'll be okay. God'll see you through it. That crowd's always gonna be there. Matter of fact, they followed Paul when he left Thessalonica. He shows up in Rhea. And them folks are loving the Word of God. They're studying behind Paul. And here come that same group from Thessalonica and cause more trouble later on in chapter number 17. And yet Paul continued to turn the world upside down for Christ. How? By other believers. Right, who decided to turn their world upside down for Christ. Listen, I'm glad Though Paul didn't see the entire world, and though it wasn't necessarily his marketing campaign, Paul didn't market himself as a man who's turned the world upside down. But in his heart and through his actions, Paul said, where I'm inhabiting, where I am at this very moment, I'm going to turn this upside down for the cause of Christ. Let me ask you this, what kind of Christians do you fellowship with? ones who just want to coast through the Christian life and complain about everything, or some that want to turn their world upside down for the cause of Christ. We sing that song, we sing it at our camp, we sing it at Narrow Way's camp this year. I have decided to follow Jesus. There's a verse in that song, though none go with me, still I'll follow. And here's the thing, you're gonna have to get to the place where you're okay if nobody else goes with you. And when you get to that place, God will give you some people who have that same mentality, and you'll find out they'll go with you. Paul said if nobody else is willing to turn their world upside down, Lord, I'll do it for you. And God gave him some other people around him that had the same desire this morning. Let me ask you, are you gonna turn your world upside down for the cause of Christ? I'm not talking about way out there. I'm talking about the world you live in. your life, your surroundings, your atmosphere, whatever you wanna call it this morning, are you gonna turn that upside down for the cause of Christ? Let's all stand this morning, every head bowed, every eye closed, thank you.