Today's passage shows that God's people should be about His mission regardless of their circumstances. It is natural to think very differently from Paul and Silas…
Pythons typically try to strangle and suck the life of what it is trying to kill. That’s precisely what is going on in today’s passage. The python spirit had a stronghold in Philippi.
Vision. Perhaps we’re skeptical of receiving visions from the Lord, but Paul was not. His vision showed him God’s heart and plan for him to minister to a particular group of people, the Macedonians.
In today’s passage, we are introduced to a well-known disciple mentioned throughout the Bible, Timothy. Prior to meeting Timothy, Paul has been traveling to churches from Jerusalem to Rome, sharing the gospel with Jews and Gentiles alike.