Text Acts 12:25-13:43<\/p>\n
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I. Paul and Barnabas returned from Jerusalem, having accomplished their mission<\/p>\n
A. Accompanying them was John Mark, Barnabas’s cousin – Colossians 4:10<\/p>\n B. The church in Antioch was thriving. They had many prophets and teachers among\nthem, showing that Saul and Barnabas were no longer as essential for the\ncongregation.\n
II. The Spirit notified them that Saul and Barnabas were to be set apart for a special work<\/p>\n A. The congregation fasted, prayed, and laid hands on these two to show both their\nlove and willingness to support them on this journey.\n
B. John Mark accompanied them on this journey.<\/p>\n
C. From Antioch, they traveled to a nearby costal town and took a ship to Cyprus.<\/p>\n D. They landed on the eastern coast at the town of Salamis where they began\npreaching the gospel in the synagogues.\n E. They traveled over land, preaching and walking, until they reached the west coast\ntown of Paphos.\n
III. The proconsul of Rome, Sergius Paulus, resided in Paphos.<\/p>\n A. He was an intelligent man, and hearing of Paul and Barnabas, he sent for them to\nhear this message they where preaching.\n
B. Sergius Paulus had an advisor, a self-proclaimed Jewish prophet.<\/p>\n 1. His Hebrew name was Bar-Jesus, but in Greek he was called Elymas\n(wizard) for he was a magician.\n 2. Elymas opposed Paul and Barnabas’s teaching and tried to persuade the\nproconsul not to listen to their words.\n 3. But Saul, now being called Paul, looked upon Elymas, pronounced\njudgment on the magician. He was not the son of the savior, but the son of\nthe devil. He was obscuring that which was plain and keeping people from\nfollowing the Lord.\n 4. By the power of the Spirit, Elymas was blinded for a time. How long, we\ndo not know.\n
a. He had to be lead out by others.<\/p>\n 5. The sight of this miracle (not all miracles are benevolent), caused Sergius\nPaulus to believe. He was amazed at the teachings of the Lord. In all\nlikelihood, he became a Christian, though we are not told.\n
IV. From here Paul, Barnabas, and John Mark sailed to Perga in Pamphylia. <\/p>\n A. Here John Mark gave up and returned to Jerusalem. We are not told as to why he\nleft, but we do know that Paul was very disappointed in John Mark. He viewed it\nas a desertion – Acts 15:39\n B. Paul and Barnabas then traveled north to another Antioch, this town being in\nPisidia. \n
C. On the Sabbath, they joined the Jews in the synagogue.<\/p>\n 1. As part of the service, Scriptures are read and men are invited to make\ncomments or give words of encouragement to those gathered.\n
2. Paul used this opportunity to present a message.<\/p>\n
V. Paul’s message in Antioch of Pisidia<\/p>\n
A. He began with the common ground of their history.<\/p>\n B. When he reached the selection of David as king, he reminded them that David\nwas a man after God’s own heart; a man obedient to God’s will.\n
1. It was prophesied of David that a savior would come of his lineage. <\/p>\n
2. That man, Paul said was Jesus, whose name means “savior.”<\/p>\n
3. Paul then presents evidence.<\/p>\n a. John heralded his coming, saying that he was not the Messiah, but\nthat the Messiah would come after him.\n
b. This Messiah would be far greater than John.<\/p>\n
C. This is the message Paul brought to them<\/p>\n 1. The Jews living in Jerusalem, especially the rulers, did not acknowledge\nthe savior when he came, despite having the prophets, whose words\nforetold his coming, read to them every Sabbath.\n
2. Instead, they fulfilled prophesy by condemning Jesus. <\/p>\n 3. Though they could find no charge against Jesus, they asked Pilate to\nexecute him.\n
a. All this fulfilled the words of the prophets.<\/p>\n b. After his death on the cross, he was taken down and placed in a\ntomb.\n
c. But God raised him up<\/p>\n 4. Many people over many days witnessed that Jesus returned from the dead.\nHis followers, the apostles, became witnesses of this fact. (This is what an\napostle is, a witness to the resurrection of Jesus.)\n
5. This is the message Paul was bringing to them.<\/p>\n
D. The resurrection fulfilled prophecy<\/p>\n 1. He quotes from Psalm 2:7 to show that God would cause his Son to be\nborn (resurrected).\n 2. He was raised to immortality and was given the blessings of David (to rule\non David’s throne forever). He quotes Isaiah 55:3 and Psalm 16:10 as\nproof.\n a. He points out that Psalm 16:10 could not be speaking of David\nbecause David died.\n
b. This one would not decay in a grave.<\/p>\n
3. Therefore it is in Jesus that sins would be forgiven (salvation)<\/p>\n
4. It only requires belief to gain what the Old Testament could not give.<\/p>\n E. He warns against disbelief, else the prophecy of the prophets would come upon\nthem (Habakkuk 1:5?)\n F. The people were excited by the message and begged Paul and Barnabas to return\nthe following Sabbath.\n
1. Many who were there became Christians.<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Paul’s First Journey Text Acts 12:25-13:43 I. Paul and Barnabas returned from Jerusalem, having accomplished their mission A. Accompanying them was John Mark, Barnabas’s cousin – Colossians 4:10 B. The church in Antioch was thriving. They had many prophets and teachers among them, showing that Saul and Barnabas were no longer as essential for the congregation. II. The…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":10021,"menu_order":23,"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-10177","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10169,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/acts-of-the-apostles\/the-church-in-antioch\/","url_meta":{"origin":10177,"position":0},"title":"The Church in Antioch","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 20, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The Church in Antioch Text: Acts 11:19-30 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The text of Acts now switches to focus on Saul, who later is known as Paul. 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