Text: Acts 11:19-30<\/p>\n
I. The text of Acts now switches to focus on Saul, who later is known as Paul.<\/p>\nII. The persecution that started with the death of Stephen has scattered Christians beyond the\nboundaries of Israel. They have gone to Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch\n
A. However, the scattered Christians only spoke to fellow Jews.<\/p>\n
B. Except in Antioch. There some from Cyprus and Cyrene began to teach Greeks.<\/p>\n 1. Hence, this became the first congregation founded with both Jews and\nGreeks.\n
2. It grew rapidly<\/p>\nIII. Word of the new congregation reached the church in Jerusalem and Barnabas was sent to\ngive them aid.\n A. Remember Barnabas had the nickname “son of encouragement.” He was the\nperfect man to help with a new work.\n B. He lived up to his name. After arriving, he was filled with joy at the work that was\naccomplished and began to encourage them further to remain true to the truth.\n
C. The congregation continued to grow and Barnabas realized that he needed help.<\/p>\nIV. Barnabas left to fetch Saul, the man he introduced to the church in Jerusalem. Saul at this\ntime was in Tarsus, his home town.\n A. Saul returned with Barnabas and they worked together in Antioch for an entire\nyear.\n B. The church grew greatly and had the honor of being the first place where the\ndisciples were called Christians.\n
1. It is noteworthy because it fulfilled a prophesy in Isaiah 62:2<\/p>\n
C. Other came from Jerusalem, included prophets.<\/p>\n
1. One, named Agabus, told of a worldwide famine that would come.<\/p>\n
2. It was fulfilled in the reign of Claudius.<\/p>\n 3. Jerusalem was especially affected by the famine and brethren from\nAntioch sent funds to Jerusalem to relieve the brethren there.\n
a. Saul and Barnabas were chosen as the messengers for this gift.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrior Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tActs of the Apostles\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNext Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Church in Antioch Text: Acts 11:19-30 I. The text of Acts now switches to focus on Saul, who later is known as Paul. II. The persecution that started with the death of Stephen has scattered Christians beyond the boundaries of Israel. They have gone to Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch A. However, the scattered Christians only spoke to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":10021,"menu_order":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10169","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22656,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/survey-of-the-bible\/survey-of-the-bible-acts\/","url_meta":{"origin":10169,"position":0},"title":"Survey of the Bible – Acts","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 19, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Survey of the Bible - Acts Text: Acts 1:1-11 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The book of Acts is a continuation of Luke\u2019s earlier account - Acts 1:1-3 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0All early manuscripts use the title \u201cActs\u201d or \u201cActs of the Apostles\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The author is not named, but continuation and the style makes it clear that\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10183,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/acts-of-the-apostles\/doctrinal-problems-in-the-church\/","url_meta":{"origin":10169,"position":1},"title":"Doctrinal Problems in the Church","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 20, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Doctrinal Problems in the Church Text: Acts 15:1-35 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0One way to learn how to handle various situations that arise in any congregation is to examine similar situations \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Our problem will not be exactly similar, but what was done, how it was done and why it was done can be\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10177,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/acts-of-the-apostles\/pauls-first-journey\/","url_meta":{"origin":10169,"position":2},"title":"Paul\u2019s First Journey","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 20, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Paul's First Journey Text Acts 12:25-13:43 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Paul and Barnabas returned from Jerusalem, having accomplished their mission \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Accompanying them was John Mark, Barnabas\u2019s cousin - Colossians 4:10 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The church in Antioch was thriving. 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