Aim: To arrive at, and minister in our appointed realms—as Christ's faithful church.
Doctrine: By getting to Macedonia, Paul & Co. hit God's ''bullseye,'' since Europe would become the Lord's ''staging area'' for worldwide gospel preaching for most of 2000 years, even against the fiercest of human ''odds.''
Exegesis: How the gospel's initial intrusion into Europe portended the pattern for all future church planting: the Lord (largely) focuses first on major cities (vv. 11-12); God would then have us avail ourselves of whatever common grace is before us (vv. 13-14); baptisms of whole families of believers becomes a big part of the church's harvest.
Further application: How ''On To Europe!'' inspires us in the church today to go ''into our worlds'': through the simplicity of the commission and the excitement of the challenge.
Key verses: vv. 11-12a ''So, setting sail from Troas, we made a direct voyage to Samothrace, and the following day to Neapolis, and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony.''
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Rev. Mark Henninger received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and he has been Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois for more than 30 years.