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It’s all about the gospel
Intro: We have all kinds of things going on in the church today.
VBS, Youth, children’s, women’s, men’s, music, softball, food banks, clothes closets, etc....
All of the ministries are great, but if the gospel is not being shared, are they really doing any good?
Maybe temporally, but when it comes to eternity what will really matters is the gospel.
Without preaching of the gospel (the good news of Jesus) REPENTANCE.
It is because of the gospel of Jesus, we can have a blessed life.
An abundant life.
As these men sit out to the world, the most important thing is the gospel.
1. Paul, Barnabas, leave Cyprus and head to Perga.
a. John Mark goes back to Jerusalem.
He quit.
Maybe he didn’t like Paul’s leadership.
Maybe he feared the journey that lie ahead.
The going would be tough.
Sometimes people volunteer in a burst of zeal change their minds as soon as the pressure gets to them.
b.
There was an impact in the life of John Mark because he quit.
Acts 15:36–40 (NKJV)
36 Then after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us now go back and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they are doing.”
37 Now Barnabas was determined to take with them John called Mark.
38 But Paul insisted that they should not take with them the one who had departed from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work.
39 Then the contention became so sharp that they parted from one another.
And so Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus;
40 but Paul chose Silas and departed, being commended by the brethren to the grace of God.
What encouragement.
I.
As seen in History.
VS. 13-25
1. Antioch at Pisidia.
They would have likely travailed ancient trade roads.
Elab
a.
When they get there they go to the synagogue.
Why the synagogues first?
1.
The reading of the law and the prophets.
Done the Sabbath day.
After prayer, the law would be read.
The Pentateuch, the first 5 books of the bible.
It was broken into 154 sections.
So in the course of 3 years it was read through in order.
After the reading of the law, a section of the prophets would be read.
The sermon: Anyone in the congregation might be asked by the ruler to preach or someone may ask permission to preach.
1.
On this day, Paul stands up and begins to preach the word of God.
(Always be ready for the opportunity to speak)
a.
When Paul preached he preached the truth, he didn’t hold back.
II Tim 4:2
b.
Paul beckoning with his hands.
Elab
1.
He will keep their attention by going over the history of God’s past dealings with Israel.
Acts 13:17 (NKJV)
17 The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He brought them out of it.
1.
He starts with Israel in Egypt, where God’s chosen people, centuries of exile from the promised land, years of persecution and slavery at the hands of Pharaoh could not alter God’s plan.
God’s power VS.
17b “with an uplifted arm He brought them out of it.”
2.
He speaks to them of God mighty power.
God’s patience VS. 18
“ He put up with their ways.”
b.
He cared for them in spite of their rebellion, enduring their sins because they played a key role in his plan for history.
John Phillips: “God had chosen them to have a holy mission to mankind.
He was prepared to wait for infant Israel to grow up.”
I am thankful for Gods patience.
God’s Provision VS 19
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Israel did not win the Promised Land by it’s own military power.
The land was God’s gift to the people.
They were reminded of this constantly when their pride and self-will reached the danger mark.
1. Paul mentions the days of the judges.
a.
He speaks of their unfaithfulness, but’s God’s faithfulness.
b.
The judges served their deliverers in the context of continual rebellion, idol worship etc...
Acts 13:20–21 (NKJV)
20 “After that He gave them judges for about four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
21 And afterward they asked for a king; so God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
1. Samuel was God’s answer to failure.
He was the last judge, he was also a prophet.
a. Samuel’s work was to bring Israel to an awareness of spiritual things in view of the coming of the Lord’s Anointed.
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They got their King.
Saul, but Saul disobeyed God.
1. Saul was removed because he rebelled against God.
Elab Amalek’s
2. Then God raised up David.
“Man after God’s own heart’
a.
David would fulfill the will of God, he was not like that of Saul
Always remember the ways God provides for you.
1.
Through the lineage of David would come Jesus, the Savior.
a. Jesus is the Good News.
The gospel.
Acts 13:24-25
24 after John had first preached, before His coming, the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
25 And as John was finishing his course, he said, ‘Who do you think I am?
I am not He.
But behold, there comes One after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.’”
1. Elab John the Baptist, preaching of the coming of the messiah.
a.
What did John preach.
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