Beginning the First Missionary Journey

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Beginning the First Missionary Journey

• Acts 131-12
• AD 45
• From Antioch to Paphos

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To the End of the Earth

• Acts Outline Acts 18
• In Jerusalem Acts 1-7
• In all Judea and Samaria -8
• To the end of the earth 9-28
• Gentile conversions -10
• Leads to concentration in Antioch -13
• Leads to Antioch sending Paul and Barnabas into
  the Gentile communities of the world

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Prophets and Teachers at Antioch

• Barnabas
• Simeon Niger (black)
• Lucias of Cyrene
• Manaen (had been brought up with Herod the
  tetrarch)
• Saul

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John Mark was brought up from Jerusalem to Antioch
Barnabas and Saul are separated from the group
and designated with public recognition and
blessing
The church sends with blessings and support
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From Antioch to Seleucia
Seleucia
Antioch
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From Seleucia to Cyprus
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Salamis, Cyprus
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Salamis, Cyprus
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In the Jewish Synagogues

• They preached the word of God
• They were assisted by John Mark
• Perhaps he helped in the baptizing of people
  Mark 1615-16
• No mention of the response to the preaching until
  they got across Cyprus to Paphos
• Emphasis was on planting the seed

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Through Cyprus to Paphos
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Encountering a False Prophet

• Bar-Jesus (son of Jesus) no relation to Jesus
  Christ of Nazareth
• A Jew who practiced sorcery or magical arts
• He happened to be with Sergius Paulus (the
  proconsul deputy of the country)
• Tried to undermine the faith of the gospel to
  Sergius Paulus

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Hard Words for Hard Hearts

• Paul strongly rebuked Elymas Bar-Jesus
• O full of all deceit and all fraud
• you son of the devil
• you enemy of all righteousness
• Will you not cease perverting the straight ways
  of the Lord?

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Conversion of Sergius Paulus

• Believed (was convicted and converted to Christ)
• Was astonished at the teaching of the Lord
• It was about all righteousness
• How to be right with God
• How to live right with God through faith in Jesus
• It was about the straight ways of the Lord
• It was backed up with real (not fraudulent) signs

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Pattern

• Preaching
• Results in criticism and opposition
• Which results in the church praying for strength
• Which results in bolder preaching
• Which results in the spreading of the word in
  spite of persecution or opposition