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Trouble From the Past
Acts 14:
Jews from Antioch and Iconium came and stirred up the crowd.
Swap from gods to criminals in a moment.
The fickle crowd went from considering them divine to thinking of them as frauds
We see mob mentality on full display.
Emerson called a mob, “a society of bodies voluntarily bereaving themselves of reason.”
This is so often true.
When mob mentality take over, people quit reasoning.
They stoned Paul
Stoning- lit.
Fling stones- stone to death.
They did their best to kill him!
Stoned him, and then drug him out of town.
Paul was in bad shape
He appeared dead.
Opposite this, we see the believers who stood by Paul
They were in the minority and very new in the faith.
They could have run away, yet they stayed with him.
Imagine the sorrow that turned to joy when Paul go up!
Then Paul makes a move that impresses me.
He went back into town for the night!
What boldness from the Lord!
The next day, they leave and go to Derbe
Strengthening the Churches
Derbe was a 60 mile journey to the southeast
while there, the gospel bore much fruit
they fulfilled the great comission, which is the mission of every church and every believer within every church
They made many disciples
Many were Converted and I am sure they were baptized and taught.
Then the missionary team returned home, but not by the most direct route.
While they could have gone directly, they retraced their steps.
Notice what they did in each town:
Strengthened the disciples
continued the discipleship process
Helped them grow in their newfound faith
Exhorted them to continue in the faith
warned them of the hardships in this life
encouraged them to remain faithful.
even in the face of hardships
Appointed elders
with prayer and fasting
they selected the leaders who would remain behind and continue proclaim Christ and discipling the believers.
Commended them to the Lord
While apart, Paul and Barnabas entrusted them in God’s care.
No better place to be!
Reporting In
Acts 14:26-2
The Missionaries returned to the mother church and shared testimony of what God had accomplished.
Remember how this journey had begun?
Acts 13:1-
The church gathered and rejoiced in God’s gracious provision of salvation to the Gentiles.
This would have been an amazing missionary report to attend!
Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch for a long time.
The first journey had taken about a year, and the wording here and elsewhere suggests a year in their home church.
We can probably deduce they spent the year resting and getting recharged for their next journey.
From all we know of Paul, spreading the gospel and planting more churches couldn’t have been far from his mind.
Conclusion:
This morning, I want us to apply a few lessons from the ending of the first journey.
1. Choose your crowd carefully!
Mob or church?
The very converts from this 1st journey, would be troubled by judiazers who came in to pervert the gospel.
Galatians was written to counter that.
We must always guard against jumping into a mob.
No, I don’t mean pitchforks and torches
I mean ganging up and oppressing others
Beating up the oppostiiton verbally and spiritually..
If we are grounded in the word and walking in the Spirit, we will be shielded from the rule of the mob.
2. Stand firm even when facing opposition.
See in your minds eye, Paul, beaten and bloodied getting up, going back into town!
Do you have that level of commitment?
Stand up and stand firm!
Keep serving God!
Keep proclaiming His word
Keep pressing forward
We must never cower down when Satan brings opposition our way.
Remember what Jesus said?
“The gates of hell SHALL NOT prevail against the church!”
3. Strengthen your church
reach out and help them grow in the Lord
Help them obey all Christ commanded us.
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