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Acts 13:3

Sammie Barnes — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:05 +0000

Acts 13:3
Best Practices of Prophets & Teachers in Recruiting & Commissioning

Fasting
Praying
Hand-Blessing
Sending Out Minister-Evangelists

So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off. NIV

Best Practices of Prophets & Teachers: Fasting, Praying, Hand-Blessing and Sending Out Minister-Evangelists

Acts 13:6b-7a, 10

Sammie Barnes — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:52:51 +0000

Acts 13:6b-7a, 10
Three Tough Questions We Might All Ask of Ourselves:

Whose Child Am I in Terms of Right and Wrong?
What Kinds of Trickery & Deceit Tend to Fill My Mind, Heart & Life?
How Can I Avoid Perverting the Ways of the Lord?

… they met a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus, who was an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. [...] “You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?” NIV

Bar-Jesus Made a Mess of Things, and Frank Rebuke Was His Only Hope

Acts 13:50

Sammie Barnes — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:03:40 +0000

Acts 13:50
Actions of Adversarial Opposition Against Paul & Barnabas’ Mission Work:

Incited (Community/Faith Prospects)
Stirred Up (Persecution)
Expelled (Paul & Barnabas)

But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region. NIV

Paul & Barnabas Experienced Serious & Dangerous Adversarial Opposition from the Power-Brokers of Their Day and the Roman World — Jewish & Gentile Alike

Acts 14:5-7

Sammie Barnes — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:08:49 +0000

Acts 14:5-7
Continued Preaching of the Good News in …

Lystra
Derbe
Surrounding Country

… in spite of opposition from …

Gentiles
Jews
Their Leaders

There was a plot afoot among the Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them. But they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding country, where they continued to preach the good news. NIV

The Odd Alliance of Gentiles & Jews Failed to Kill or Even Slow Down the Spread of God’s Good News

Acts 14:15

Sammie Barnes — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:18:12 +0000

Acts 14:15
What’s the Good News? The Worthless Can Be Turned From and the Worthy One, the Maker, Can Be Turned to– the Living God

Heaven
Earth
Sea
Everything in Them

“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.” NIV

Paul & Barnabas Find It Harder to Avoid Misplaced Worship than Death