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Introduction
Acts 15:
Paul understood that he was called to go and make disciples, not to sit and be comfortable.
Again, he plans to go back to the churches that were established to help them and correct them rather than leaving them to their own devices.
Paul understood that he was called to go and make disciples, not to sit and be comfortable.
Again, he plans to go back to the churches that were established to help them and correct them rather than leaving them to their own devices.
This theme seems to be popping us throughout this entire series doesn’t it?
We don't leave people alone.
We do life with them, face to face.
We check on them routinely.
We offer help to them often.
We make ourselves available to them.
Like a doctor that makes house calls, checking on the patient from time to time, monitoring the healing process, prescribing for the cure and preventing a relapse.
The gang member illustration
Let’s keep reading
Acts 15:37
Barnabas felt a responsibility to his cousin to help him and give him opportunities to serve and to lead.
Although he had fallen through in the past, Barnabas sought to give him another shot.
Listen to what Paul later writes in his letter to the Thessalonians:
Barnabas felt a responsibility to his cousin to help him and give him opportunities to serve and to lead.
Although he had fallen through in the past, Barnabas sought to give him another shot.
Remember, Barnabas is translated, Son of Encouragement.
It is in his nature to come along side and encourage people.
He led from his heart through compassion and grace.
He understood that there might not be another opportunity to build this man up.
I know he messed up, but he has a good heart and much potential.
Remember, Barnabas is translated, Son of Encouragement.
It is in his nature to come along side and encourage people.
He led from his heart through compassion and grace.
He understood that there might not be another opportunity to build this man up.
I know he messed up, but he has a good heart and much potential.
Can any of you relate to this?
This is one of my weaknesses.
I will believe in people when no one else will.
This might not seem like a weakness to all of you, but sometimes I allow people to take advantage of this because I want to see them succeed.
I want to see the victory in their lives sometimes even more than they want to see it.
Barnabas believed in Mark and wanted to see him succeed.
But let’s look at how Paul feels about this.
Barnabas believed in Mark and wanted to see him succeed.
But let’s look at how Paul feels about this.
Acts 15:
Paul felt very strongly that it was a mistake to take with them the same person who abandoned them in the past.
, which is not unreasonable.
Paul felt very strongly that it was a mistake to take with them the same person who abandoned them in the past.
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Paul's focus was on the success of the mission and making sure God's will be done in the evangelism.
He led from his mind through logic and outcome.
Paul's focus was on the success of the mission and making sure God's will be done in the evangelism.
He led from his mind through logic and outcome.
Paul was no nonsense, all about the mission.
Listen again to what he would later write in a letter to the Galatians:
In Paul’s mind, Mark had his chance and he blew it.
Mark had his chance and he blew it.
Many times, we don't include certain people in what we are doing because we feel that they don't have the same spirit as we do, the same heart, the same dedication, the same goal.
Maybe Paul felt some ownership over those ministries because he is the one that suffered for them, was attacked and abused for them, almost died for them.
Those churches were a product of His and Barnabas' labor.
He didn't feel Mark deserved to enjoy the fruit of what he did not help to sow.
Mark should have stayed with them, worked with them, and suffered right along with them from the beginning.
Have you ever met anyone like that?
They will not let you do anything because they know you won’t do it exactly like they would?
You can’t touch their stuff or drive their car or lead their SS class.
You may be sitting next to one this morning (no finger pointing now).
I’m that way about my laptop.
So let’s see what happens:
After everything they had been through together, they could not agree and move on together.
This was the dream team!
It's like Daryl Johnson and Emmitt Smith, Tim Duncan and Tony Parker, Abbot and Costello, Mario and Luigi, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Spongebob and Patrick, Pinkie and The Brain.
Barnabas sticks to his convictions and moves forward with his cousin Mark.
Barnabas was determined, he had resolved, to take Mark with him.
He knew it in his heart that thats what he was supposed to do.
Paul was also insistent that they should not take Mark.
Neither would submit to the other, both knowing that they were correct in their thoughts, which is pretty sad because they were both just trying to do God's will and share the Gospel.
Paul stuck to his convictions and went on with Silas.
Not his original plan or preference for sure, but the decision he made so that the work would continue.
Both men continued in the work assigned to them, sharing the Gospel of Christ.
Paul stuck to his convictions and went on with Silas.
Not his original plan or preference for sure, but the decision he made so that the work would continue.
This was where the church split into Southern v Independent Baptist.
Jk, this was not a dispute over doctrine, but a personal dispute over judgment.
Both men continued in the work assigned to them, sharing the Gospel of Christ.
This was where the church split into Southern v Independent Baptist.
Jk, this was not a dispute over doctrine or church structure but a personal dispute over judgment.
We are witnessing the separation of a union that was brought together by the Holy Spirit itself.
So I have to ask the question, “Who’s fault was it?”
Was Paul right?
After all, only his group was commended by brethren to the grace of God in verse 40.
Paul's group went on to be very successful in sharing the Gospel and in building up the saints.
Was Barnabas right?
He and Mark set out for Cyprus to do the exact same thing.
Don't forget about the fact that it was Barnabas who vouched for Paul when the disciples were suspicious of him back in chapter 9. Now that Barnabas is vouching for Mark, Paul does not agree.
Where what would it have looked like if Barnabas had not vouched for Paul, or if the disciples had not trusted Barnabas' judgment?
It is also good to remember that it was Barnabas who had called for Paul to come and help him with the work in chapter 11.
At this time Paul had gone back to Tarsus because of his struggles in ministering.
The truth is that there is no one person at fault.
They were both at fault for being so stubborn as not to seek a compromise.
They were also both at fault for allowing the disagreement to reach such a point of separation.
These men were truly only men, just as you and I.
They were gifted and sent but were flawed and with the same nature as us.
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