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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 15:4 Acts 15:4 A Warm Welcome, Early-Church-Style Church (Members) Apostles Elders When...
Acts 26:16-18 Acts 26:16-18 Paul Rescued and Sent by God to …...
Acts 13:50 Acts 13:50 Actions of Adversarial Opposition Against Paul & Barnabas’...

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 13:3 Acts 13:3 Best Practices of Prophets & Teachers in Recruiting...
Acts 13:50 Acts 13:50 Actions of Adversarial Opposition Against Paul & Barnabas’...
Acts 14:5-7 Acts 14:5-7 Continued Preaching of the Good News in …...

Acts 13:36

Sammie Barnes — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:57:32 +0000

Acts 13:36
David’s Purpose in His Generation Was Fulfilled in His Life. His Purpose After His Life Is Fulfilled as a Contrast to the Risen King of Judah, the Messiah …

Asleep (Dead Until Resurrection’s Awakening)
Buried (with His Fathers– all the way back to Abraham, Symbolically)
(Still) Entombed (Physically Decayed)

“For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his fathers and his body decayed.” NIV

David Fulfilled God’s Purpose in Life and Served as a Significant Example, even in death

Acts 2:29 Acts 2:29 A Patriarch’s Earthly Status (in contrast to the...
Acts 14:15 Acts 14:15 What’s the Good News? The Worthless Can Be...
Acts 26:20 Acts 26:20 What Did Paul Suggest to His Hearers? Repent!...

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 Acts 14:5-7 Continued Preaching of the Good News in …...
Acts 13:3 Acts 13:3 Best Practices of Prophets & Teachers in Recruiting...
Acts 15:4 Acts 15:4 A Warm Welcome, Early-Church-Style Church (Members) Apostles Elders When...

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 17:4-5a Acts 17:4-5a Persuaded Converts Some of the Jews A Large...
Acts 13:50 Acts 13:50 Actions of Adversarial Opposition Against Paul & Barnabas’...
Acts 14:15 Acts 14:15 What’s the Good News? The Worthless Can Be...