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Introduction
In the middle of ch.
11 we came to the final portion of the book of Acts.
Don’t get too excited, it is the largest portion.
Following the outline given in we see the gospel going out to the ends of the earth.
We saw in chs.
11-12 how God used the circumstances of persecution, famine, and Herod’s violence to move the gospel.
Now we come to the first missionary journey of the Apostle Paul.
This chapter transitions us from Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, to the uttermost parts.
Paul And Barnabas Are Called And Sent (1st Journey) Chs.
12:25-14:28
What we will consider today is how they are called and sent.
The verses we will examine deal with Preaching The Gospel Through The Calling Of The Holy Spirit 12:25-13:3.
Preaching The Gospel Through The Calling Of The Holy Spirit 12:25-13:3
I heard recently about a seminary, though I wasn’t told the name, who encouraged the young men training there to never go to church that couldn’t pay them at least $90,000 a year.
I have heard of other seminaries teaching business management in place of pastoral theology which would normally equip you with the practical skills to care for the body of Christ.
Left and right we see people entering pastoral ministry and mission agencies looking for notoriety, fame, and the accolades of men.
However, beloved, don’t lose heart.
Because I also know of many seminaries teaching young men that pastoral ministry is a calling!
Missions work is a burden that God places on your heart!
I personally know faithful men and women who have labored long for the cause of Christ without the acclaim of men!
They persevere because they understand something that we will consider this morning.
They understand that ministry is a calling.
This morning we want to learn two important lessons about the call of God.
Might be thinking “Pastor Jon, I don’t feel called to preach or to missions, why do I need this?” Great question.
We are all, collectively, part of the body of Christ.
We need to know about the call of God.
Why?
These lessons will equip us to identify true and false teachers, know if we are called, and participate in commissioning those called by God.
As the body of Christ we need these skills to fulfill our purpose.
As a local church we need these skills to identify and prepare future leaders.
To learn our first lesson we must discover…
1.
The Credentials Of The Called 12:25-13:1
What we are going to learn here is
Lesson # 1 - Who does God call?
This is a vital question to answer.
Why?
Because we live in a time where there are men called “celebrity pastors”.
We live in a time with people who claim that sending them money will bring healing, health, and wealth to your life.
We live in a time where people use the ministry as a means to take advantage of others!
Because these things are true, we must know how to identify those who are called by God.
This passage reveals two requirements to be called by God.
Requirement #1…
a.
Those called are the faithful v. 25
Let’s recap for a minute.
The rest of that we have been looking at is a little bit of an interlude.
In ch. 10 Peter went to Gentiles and many were saved.
In first part of ch.
11 he defends that ministry.
In we learn that people were scattered.
Some of these people come to Antioch and people come to the Lord.
When the church hears about this they send Barnabas to Antioch.
His ministry in Antioch was so blessed by the Holy Spirit that he goes and gets Saul to help him.
Just to clarify, Saul is the same one who will later be called Paul.
But he doesn’t start being known as Paul until ch.
13.
During their ministry together in Antioch, Agabus comes and prophetically reveals the famine that will hit Judea.
The Antioch church takes up a collection and sends it with Barnabas and Saul to Jerusalem.
Here in our passage they are returning.
They have fulfilled their ministry.
Fulfilled – πληρόω (plēroō) to complete.
To finish, to bring to a finish or an end.
Fulfilled – πληρόω (plēroō)
What do they fulfill?
Their ministry.
Minstry = Diakonia or service.
Minstry = Diakonia or service.
They complete the task that had been assigned to them by the church.
In short, they are faithful.
This is who God calls, the faithful.
Turn to .
Paul is under attack by false teachers in Corinth.
This is one of the things they are saying of him.
He writes good but he’s a physical weakling and he can’t talk very well.
Why do I bring this up?
Because, as the saying goes, “God doesn’t call the qualified, He qualifies the called.”
God doesn’t call Saul because he is such a great speaker!
He calls him because he is faithful!
Turn to .
What God is looking for in the person He would use is not great talent, but great faithfulness.
Do you want to be used by God? Be faithful!
Don’t worry about what you have to offer Him, He will qualify those He calls.
v. 25 – should probably go with ch. 13.
Tells us they returned to Jerusalem and that they have Mark.
Paul was not a great speaker, neither was Moses.
David was an adulterer and all three men were murderers.
The God of glory delights in taking broken tools and using them for His purpose and glory!
He desires to use you and me.
All He asks is that we be faithful.
God’s most useful tools are surrendered saints.
Paul and Barnabas come back to Antioch with John Mark in tow.
We were introduced to this young man earlier in ch. 12 when Peter was supernaturally released from prison and came to Mark’s mother’s house.
A lot of people had surnames in this time.
Luke introduces us to him because he shows up several more times in Scripture and has some powerful lesson to teach us when we get there.
These faithful men come back to Antioch, and get right back to work.
This brings us to our second requirement.
Not only must those called be faithful, the next verse gives us requirement #2…
Not only must those called be faithful, the next verse gives us requirement #2…
b.
Those called are the serving v. 1
What we have here is the list of the prophets and teachers serving in the Antioch church.
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