Who Were They // Lydia
- Lydia might not be her real name but where she was from
- “The Lydian”
- Acts 16:12-15, 40
- From Thyatira
- A city of Lydia
- Dealer of purple cloth
- Successful
- She was either single or widowed but had a home and worked
- Was religious but not Christian
- Until the Lord opened her heart to Paul’s message
- Hospitable
- Invites disciples and others into her home
- Her home center of Christian gatherings in Philippi
- Considered a side-by-side laborer by Paul
- Philippians 4