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The Gospel Comes to Thessalonica

Acts 16:6-10 describes Paul and his companions as they sought to know God's will for them. They were on the second missionary journey, and had been forbidden to preach the gospel in Asia. They were prevented from going into Bithynia. One night Paul had a vision of a Macedonian beckoning him to come over into Macedonia. He took this to be guidance and the team crossed into Macedonia to the city of Philippi. Here they had a mixture of success and persecution, and were finally freed from the gaol where they had been imprisoned for exorcising the spirit of divination from a slave girl.