WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:12.939 1005, Acts chapter 13. I'm sorry, I've given the wrong number. Mine says 1005. The correct 00:00:12.939 --> 00:00:26.960 page is 1107. There we go. 1107 if you're using a church red covered Bible. It's exactly 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:40.299 the same, just different colour. On page 1107, Acts chapter 13, verses 1 to 12. Now just 00:00:40.299 --> 00:00:47.700 a pointer before we start reading. About a year ago, about 18 months ago actually, as 00:00:47.700 --> 00:00:56.659 a church we looked at Acts chapter 1 through to Acts chapter 12. So now we're starting in 00:00:56.659 --> 00:01:04.619 afresh looking at Acts chapter 13. So we've done 1 to 12 before and we're starting into 00:01:04.619 --> 00:01:11.780 Acts chapter 13. So let's read verse 1 through to verse 12. Let's read together. 00:01:13.659 --> 00:01:20.920 In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers. Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, 00:01:20.920 --> 00:01:28.460 Lucius of Cyrene, Manian, who had been bought up with Herod the Tetrarch, and Saul. While 00:01:28.460 --> 00:01:34.120 they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Set apart from me Barnabas 00:01:34.120 --> 00:01:40.920 and Saul, for the work to which I have called them. So after they had fasted and prayed, they 00:01:40.920 --> 00:01:47.879 placed their hands on them and sent them off. The two of them, sent on their way by the Holy 00:01:47.879 --> 00:01:55.079 Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus. When they arrived at Salamis, 00:01:55.219 --> 00:02:00.439 they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. John was with them as their helper. 00:02:01.500 --> 00:02:07.399 They travelled through the whole island until they came to Paphos. There they met a Jewish 00:02:07.399 --> 00:02:14.960 sorcerer, a false prophet named Bar-Jesus, who was an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius 00:02:14.960 --> 00:02:22.860 Paulus. The proconsul, an intelligent man, sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear 00:02:22.860 --> 00:02:30.300 the word of God. But Elymas, the sorcerer, for that is what his name means, opposed them and tried 00:02:30.300 --> 00:02:37.580 to turn the proconsul from the faith. Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, 00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:44.219 looked straight at Elymas and said, You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is 00:02:44.219 --> 00:02:52.199 right. You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right 00:02:52.199 --> 00:03:01.379 ways of the Lord? Now the hand of the Lord is against you. You are going to go blind, and for a time 00:03:01.379 --> 00:03:09.099 you will be unable to see the light of the sun. Immediately mist and darkness came over him, 00:03:09.099 --> 00:03:17.000 and he groped about seeking someone to lead him by the hand. When the proconsul saw what had happened, 00:03:17.939 --> 00:03:26.919 he believed, for he was amazed at the teaching about the Lord. Well, I'm going to pray and ask for 00:03:26.919 --> 00:03:31.479 God's help for us all, and then we're going to look at this section together. So let's pray. 00:03:31.479 --> 00:03:40.099 Father, we thank you again for all that you give to us, and we thank you that we have your word, 00:03:40.219 --> 00:03:48.339 the Bible, in our language. Thank you that we can read about things that you have done, 00:03:49.639 --> 00:03:59.799 and things that you continue to do in the world today. Please help us with the help of your Holy 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:07.719 Spirit to understand your word, and how it applies to us today. In Jesus' name. Amen. 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:16.240 Well, there are notes around. You can take notes and ask questions afterwards, and there's some 00:04:16.240 --> 00:04:23.240 headings on the screen to help us along. Well, this morning, as I say, we are starting into a new 00:04:23.240 --> 00:04:32.439 series, a new study where we'll be looking at the book of Acts. Acts is all about God's great mission. 00:04:34.120 --> 00:04:40.579 We're told what that mission is right at the beginning of the book. So if you go to chapter one 00:04:40.579 --> 00:04:49.199 of Acts, back a few pages, Acts chapter one, right at the very beginning, we are told what the mission 00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:54.659 is all about. We'll pick it up in verse three. 00:04:58.339 --> 00:05:03.560 So keep your finger in chapter 13 and chapter one, verse three. 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:11.980 So this is Jesus, after his death, his resurrection, speaking to his disciples. Verse three, it says, 00:05:11.980 --> 00:05:19.500 after his suffering, after his death, he showed himself to these men and gave many convincing 00:05:19.500 --> 00:05:27.660 proves that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of 40 days and spoke about the kingdom 00:05:27.660 --> 00:05:34.879 of God. Well, what did he have to say? Well, go down to verse eight. He gave some instructions. 00:05:34.879 --> 00:05:43.180 He says, you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you. That's a supernatural power. 00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:51.800 And you will be my witnesses because they had seen the life of Jesus. They had witnessed his death 00:05:51.800 --> 00:05:58.959 and they had witnessed his resurrection. And he calls them now to be his witnesses in Jerusalem 00:05:58.959 --> 00:06:08.979 and in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth. So God's great mission is quite simple. 00:06:09.159 --> 00:06:19.079 It's to see the good news of the risen Jesus go into all the world. His plan is that every people group, 00:06:19.319 --> 00:06:28.240 every language hears about his son, Jesus Christ. And as we read through the book of Acts, 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:34.040 we can see this mission begin to take effect. There's a couple of maps on the screen now, 00:06:34.100 --> 00:06:40.199 which will help you. So chapters one to eight are all about the good news reaching the people 00:06:40.199 --> 00:06:47.160 in the city of Jerusalem, which were mainly Jewish people. Then when we get to chapters nine to 12, 00:06:47.840 --> 00:06:55.420 it's all about the good news spreading nationally into Judea and beyond the borders of Judea into Samaria. 00:06:55.420 --> 00:07:03.500 And then when we reach chapters 13 to 28, well, it's all about the good news moving out into all the world, 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:13.020 into places like Turkey and Greece and into Italy and so forth. It's pushing the boundaries further and further. 00:07:13.019 --> 00:07:21.000 Now what I find fascinating is the fact that we are meeting here today, reading the Bible, 00:07:21.759 --> 00:07:27.740 2,000 years after this event, and learning and reading about God's mission, 00:07:28.079 --> 00:07:33.180 is actually evidence that God's plan is being accomplished. 00:07:33.180 --> 00:07:42.459 It's like a stone or rather a rock that has been dropped into a pond and so the good news has this ripple effect, 00:07:43.420 --> 00:07:48.680 spreading out into new lands and to new people, into new areas. 00:07:48.680 --> 00:07:56.660 But Acts is much more than just a history lesson about the spread of Christianity. 00:07:58.220 --> 00:08:07.379 Acts is really about the good news of Jesus Christ and the need for all people to respond to him. 00:08:09.079 --> 00:08:13.699 Now let me show you, let me give you an example of what that good news is. 00:08:13.699 --> 00:08:19.379 They've been told to go and be witnesses of Jesus and as they begin to travel out to these places, 00:08:19.379 --> 00:08:22.079 they bring the message of Jesus Christ. 00:08:22.180 --> 00:08:24.719 I'm going to give you an example of what that message was. 00:08:25.259 --> 00:08:32.860 Many places you could go to in Acts, but the one I'm going to show you is in Acts chapter 3, verse 19. 00:08:32.860 --> 00:08:38.879 It comes in in two parts. 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:42.060 Acts chapter 3, verse 19. 00:08:42.620 --> 00:08:48.120 This was the message, the good news that they sought to bring as they travelled from place to place. 00:08:49.560 --> 00:08:54.139 First of all, there is the call to personal repentance. 00:08:55.779 --> 00:08:56.920 Verse 19. 00:08:58.440 --> 00:09:00.220 This is what he says, verse 19. 00:09:00.220 --> 00:09:05.560 Repent then, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out, 00:09:06.160 --> 00:09:09.160 that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:15.779 and that he may send the Christ, whom he has appointed for you, even Jesus. 00:09:17.000 --> 00:09:22.279 So they've been explaining the fact that Jesus Christ had come, he had died on a cross. 00:09:23.139 --> 00:09:24.220 Now his death was unique. 00:09:24.940 --> 00:09:26.899 It was different to every other kind of death, 00:09:26.899 --> 00:09:30.720 because it was a death that was taking the place of us. 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:35.360 Taking the punishment that we deserve for our sins, 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:37.919 for the things that we have done wrong, thought wrong. 00:09:39.480 --> 00:09:41.259 And the message here is simple. 00:09:41.459 --> 00:09:42.959 Through personal repentance, 00:09:43.840 --> 00:09:47.399 we can be forgiven of all our sin, 00:09:48.539 --> 00:09:52.860 and we can be freed from the judgment that we deserve. 00:09:52.860 --> 00:09:54.779 Now that is good news. 00:09:56.220 --> 00:09:58.620 But there's a second part to the message. 00:09:59.639 --> 00:10:03.200 There is the promise of universal restoration. 00:10:03.460 --> 00:10:04.480 Look at verse 21. 00:10:05.620 --> 00:10:08.399 They go on to say that he, that's Jesus, 00:10:08.879 --> 00:10:14.139 must remain in heaven until the time comes for God to restore everything, 00:10:14.659 --> 00:10:18.539 as he promised long ago through his holy prophets. 00:10:18.539 --> 00:10:22.879 Jesus is saying one day he's going to return, 00:10:22.959 --> 00:10:25.240 he's going to come back again into this world. 00:10:25.759 --> 00:10:29.839 Presently he's in heaven, but he will come back and he will restore, 00:10:30.199 --> 00:10:36.120 he's going to put right everything that is broken in this world. 00:10:37.179 --> 00:10:39.959 He's going to put an end to all death. 00:10:40.799 --> 00:10:42.259 There will be no more funerals. 00:10:42.259 --> 00:10:45.120 He will end all decay, 00:10:45.939 --> 00:10:47.080 no more disease, 00:10:47.819 --> 00:10:50.399 and all destruction will end. 00:10:51.460 --> 00:10:52.500 Think about it. 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:54.240 No more wars. 00:10:55.559 --> 00:10:57.059 No more hurricanes. 00:10:58.559 --> 00:10:59.899 No more suffering. 00:11:01.019 --> 00:11:02.220 No more cancer. 00:11:03.299 --> 00:11:04.379 No more injustice. 00:11:04.379 --> 00:11:09.379 Now, whatever background we come from, 00:11:09.480 --> 00:11:12.519 whether we're from a religious background or a non-religious background, 00:11:12.799 --> 00:11:16.519 those are the kinds of things we all dream for and we all long for. 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:19.000 That's the kind of world that we all want. 00:11:20.439 --> 00:11:21.279 And Jesus says, 00:11:21.379 --> 00:11:22.840 one day I'm going to return, 00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:25.500 and I'm going to restore everything. 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:29.799 Now that is good news for everyone. 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:32.840 The promise of a universal restoration, 00:11:32.840 --> 00:11:35.580 but the way to be part of that 00:11:35.580 --> 00:11:42.120 is to respond to Jesus with personal repentance and faith. 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:46.720 And this was the good news that began to spread from the city of Jerusalem, 00:11:46.920 --> 00:11:47.899 these few people, 00:11:48.460 --> 00:11:53.040 and it began to branch out into all Judea and to Samaria, 00:11:53.340 --> 00:11:54.259 breaking boundaries. 00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:57.340 But the question to ask is, 00:11:57.460 --> 00:11:59.940 how would it then get to the ends of the earth? 00:11:59.940 --> 00:12:02.920 How would it get to a little island like Ireland? 00:12:03.900 --> 00:12:05.060 How would it reach here? 00:12:06.200 --> 00:12:08.760 Well, as the story progresses through Acts, 00:12:08.920 --> 00:12:14.580 God's plan is to use his local church for global mission. 00:12:15.860 --> 00:12:16.860 Through the church, 00:12:17.300 --> 00:12:19.260 God spreads the good news 00:12:19.260 --> 00:12:22.980 and the mission of God is accomplished. 00:12:22.980 --> 00:12:26.720 And that brings us to chapter 13, 00:12:26.940 --> 00:12:30.580 where we are introduced to a church in Antioch, 00:12:31.139 --> 00:12:33.200 where the good news begins to spread. 00:12:33.340 --> 00:12:34.800 So turn to chapter 13, 00:12:35.379 --> 00:12:37.220 and that's where we're going to remain 00:12:37.220 --> 00:12:40.300 as we follow through this story together. 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:42.879 So first of all, 00:12:42.960 --> 00:12:46.420 local church is all about sending people 00:12:46.420 --> 00:12:48.180 with the good news of Jesus. 00:12:48.179 --> 00:12:50.639 Verse 1 of chapter 13. 00:12:50.739 --> 00:12:52.259 In the church at Antioch, 00:12:53.359 --> 00:12:55.099 I think there's a map there, is there? 00:12:56.620 --> 00:12:57.359 Where's my... 00:12:57.359 --> 00:12:57.759 No, no. 00:12:58.199 --> 00:12:58.639 Don't worry. 00:12:58.779 --> 00:12:59.439 There it is there. 00:12:59.839 --> 00:13:02.359 It's kind of in the south of Turkey, 00:13:02.559 --> 00:13:05.019 on the border of modern-day Syria, 00:13:05.199 --> 00:13:07.599 so it's probably not a very safe place to be right now, 00:13:07.699 --> 00:13:08.239 but nevertheless, 00:13:08.959 --> 00:13:10.279 that's where the church was. 00:13:10.359 --> 00:13:12.319 You can go back to the original heading. 00:13:12.839 --> 00:13:13.759 In the church there, 00:13:13.819 --> 00:13:15.099 there were prophets and teachers. 00:13:15.219 --> 00:13:15.879 They were the leaders. 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:17.700 There was Barnabas. 00:13:17.879 --> 00:13:19.539 He was from the island of Cyprus. 00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:21.220 There was Simeon, called Niger. 00:13:21.840 --> 00:13:23.059 Lucius of Cyrene. 00:13:23.939 --> 00:13:26.419 That was a city in North Africa. 00:13:27.340 --> 00:13:28.399 There was Mannion, 00:13:29.159 --> 00:13:31.580 who had been bought up with Herod the Tetrarch. 00:13:31.659 --> 00:13:32.879 You might remember Herod. 00:13:33.460 --> 00:13:37.179 He was the guy who had John the Baptist's head cut off. 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:40.159 They were a mad family, desperate for power, 00:13:40.580 --> 00:13:42.960 and would kill anybody to make sure they kept it. 00:13:43.019 --> 00:13:45.159 Well, Mannion, well, he was related to that family. 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:49.340 And also part of the church was a man called Saul. 00:13:50.460 --> 00:13:52.100 You might remember him as well. 00:13:52.179 --> 00:13:53.759 He was that religious fanatic 00:13:53.759 --> 00:13:57.279 who used to go around looking for followers of Jesus, 00:13:57.759 --> 00:13:59.399 kill them, often by stoning, 00:13:59.860 --> 00:14:01.379 and then have them put in prison. 00:14:03.039 --> 00:14:05.860 So here we have a culturally, religiously, 00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:09.059 and racially diverse bunch of people. 00:14:09.059 --> 00:14:11.579 Now, in most cases, 00:14:11.579 --> 00:14:13.679 that's really not a good mix, is it? 00:14:14.019 --> 00:14:16.699 If you're thinking about a mission to reach the world, 00:14:17.079 --> 00:14:19.379 you wouldn't kind of get this collection of people together. 00:14:19.500 --> 00:14:21.299 It's a recipe for disaster. 00:14:21.539 --> 00:14:23.279 They're all going to be arguing and fighting. 00:14:24.659 --> 00:14:26.879 But what unites them all together 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:31.059 is that they have all heard the good news about Jesus. 00:14:31.059 --> 00:14:36.799 You can see that in chapter 11, verse 20. 00:14:36.799 --> 00:14:40.799 As people went about with the news, 00:14:40.919 --> 00:14:41.899 verse 20, it says, 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:45.740 Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, 00:14:46.179 --> 00:14:47.579 went to Antioch 00:14:47.579 --> 00:14:50.439 and began to speak to the Greeks also, 00:14:51.199 --> 00:14:54.659 telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus. 00:14:55.939 --> 00:14:58.679 The good news of what Christ had done. 00:14:58.679 --> 00:15:00.620 The Lord's hand was with them, 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:03.679 and a great number of people believed 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:06.019 and turned to the Lord. 00:15:07.019 --> 00:15:08.259 So together now, 00:15:08.359 --> 00:15:09.979 these people who've heard the good news, 00:15:10.079 --> 00:15:10.879 who've repented, 00:15:11.259 --> 00:15:12.419 put their faith in Christ, 00:15:12.500 --> 00:15:16.299 they now form this new church at Antioch. 00:15:16.979 --> 00:15:18.139 And as we will see, 00:15:18.199 --> 00:15:20.039 it is central to God's mission. 00:15:21.479 --> 00:15:25.019 Now, that's not unlike the church here at Carragalline. 00:15:26.199 --> 00:15:28.059 Although I don't think anybody here 00:15:28.059 --> 00:15:29.439 has cut anybody's head off 00:15:29.439 --> 00:15:31.699 or related to anybody who's done that. 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:35.579 But the church is made up of people from Ireland, 00:15:35.859 --> 00:15:36.500 from England, 00:15:36.899 --> 00:15:38.099 from Congo, 00:15:38.379 --> 00:15:39.179 from Togo, 00:15:39.799 --> 00:15:40.579 from America. 00:15:41.599 --> 00:15:43.739 We've even let in somebody from New Zealand. 00:15:45.419 --> 00:15:46.479 Rob, sorry. 00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:50.779 We all come from different religious backgrounds. 00:15:50.979 --> 00:15:53.679 Some people from non-religious backgrounds. 00:15:54.099 --> 00:15:55.179 But together, 00:15:55.359 --> 00:15:58.000 we are people who've all heard the good news 00:15:58.000 --> 00:15:59.000 of Jesus. 00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:01.779 And we have, in turn, 00:16:01.899 --> 00:16:03.879 responded in repentance, 00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:05.840 and we are now united together 00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:06.860 as God's people. 00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:09.700 But the question is, 00:16:09.779 --> 00:16:11.539 what are we to do as a church? 00:16:11.620 --> 00:16:13.220 What was this church going to do 00:16:13.220 --> 00:16:14.480 that have been brought together? 00:16:14.899 --> 00:16:15.860 And more importantly, 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:17.360 who is going to do it? 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:19.759 Well, look at verse 2. 00:16:21.060 --> 00:16:23.820 While they were worshipping the Lord 00:16:23.820 --> 00:16:24.580 and fasting, 00:16:24.700 --> 00:16:25.379 they were praying, 00:16:26.259 --> 00:16:27.480 the Holy Spirit said, 00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:29.879 set apart for me Barnabas and Saul 00:16:29.879 --> 00:16:32.180 for the work to which I have called them. 00:16:33.259 --> 00:16:34.320 The work, of course, 00:16:34.379 --> 00:16:35.639 was God's great mission, 00:16:35.740 --> 00:16:37.700 what we read in chapter 1, verse 8. 00:16:38.419 --> 00:16:39.840 The mission to be witnesses. 00:16:40.580 --> 00:16:42.740 That was God's primary purpose 00:16:42.740 --> 00:16:43.420 for the church, 00:16:43.419 --> 00:16:46.199 to send people out with the good news. 00:16:47.500 --> 00:16:49.839 And that's why the church exists today. 00:16:49.959 --> 00:16:51.979 That's what the role of the church is. 00:16:54.039 --> 00:16:55.879 And so here we have a picture 00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:57.159 that as this church, 00:16:57.279 --> 00:16:59.159 as these believers gather together, 00:16:59.959 --> 00:17:02.740 as they were seeking God by praying, 00:17:02.740 --> 00:17:06.460 the Holy Spirit motivates, 00:17:07.059 --> 00:17:07.900 initiates, 00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:10.299 and begins to direct the church 00:17:10.299 --> 00:17:11.579 into mission. 00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:14.440 Because that's what the Spirit does. 00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:16.140 He's a missionary spirit. 00:17:16.740 --> 00:17:18.440 He sends the church out. 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:20.200 He highlights 00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:22.779 what Jesus had already said 00:17:22.779 --> 00:17:23.380 at the beginning. 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:26.400 Reinforces what Christ had said. 00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:28.660 It was the same spirit 00:17:28.660 --> 00:17:29.759 that prompted Philip 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:31.620 to go and speak to the Ethiopian 00:17:31.620 --> 00:17:32.400 in chapter 8. 00:17:32.740 --> 00:17:33.720 It's the same spirit 00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:34.940 that motivated Peter 00:17:34.940 --> 00:17:36.599 to go and speak to Cornelius 00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:37.980 in chapter 10. 00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:40.680 But I want us to notice here 00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:43.640 that the Spirit 00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:45.759 is not speaking to an individual 00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:47.339 who goes off 00:17:47.339 --> 00:17:48.660 and does their own thing. 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:50.680 No, the Spirit here 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:52.859 is speaking to the church 00:17:52.859 --> 00:17:56.059 who together become convinced 00:17:56.059 --> 00:17:58.920 that this is what God wants. 00:17:59.859 --> 00:18:01.539 Verse 3 of chapter 13. 00:18:01.539 --> 00:18:03.139 So after they had fasted 00:18:03.139 --> 00:18:03.639 and prayed, 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:08.420 they placed their hands on them 00:18:08.420 --> 00:18:10.480 as an act of identification 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:12.619 and they sent 00:18:12.619 --> 00:18:14.980 Saul and Barnabas off. 00:18:14.980 --> 00:18:18.259 Now I think that's a crucial lesson 00:18:18.259 --> 00:18:19.559 for the church today. 00:18:20.339 --> 00:18:21.339 Church isn't about 00:18:21.339 --> 00:18:22.519 a group of individuals 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:24.759 all hearing their own private message 00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:26.039 and going off 00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:27.620 setting up their own projects. 00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:30.880 No, the church is all about 00:18:30.880 --> 00:18:32.819 sending representatives 00:18:32.819 --> 00:18:35.420 of a local church 00:18:35.420 --> 00:18:38.740 following a deliberate decision 00:18:38.740 --> 00:18:39.880 by the church 00:18:39.880 --> 00:18:42.519 and all inspired 00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:44.140 by the Spirit. 00:18:46.259 --> 00:18:47.640 And that's what happened 00:18:47.640 --> 00:18:49.480 the church in Antioch. 00:18:50.339 --> 00:18:51.779 And it's the blueprint 00:18:51.779 --> 00:18:54.420 for every church hereafter 00:18:54.420 --> 00:18:55.220 including 00:18:55.220 --> 00:18:56.980 Carigaline Baptist Church. 00:18:56.980 --> 00:18:59.680 And I give you an example 00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:00.860 of that for us here. 00:19:01.819 --> 00:19:02.700 Peter and Maeve 00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:03.259 who we know 00:19:03.259 --> 00:19:04.339 who've been with us 00:19:04.339 --> 00:19:05.640 well they've just moved 00:19:05.640 --> 00:19:06.519 to the US 00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:07.200 to America 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:07.900 to study 00:19:07.900 --> 00:19:09.500 with the purpose 00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:10.500 of coming back 00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:12.279 to full time mission. 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:14.160 Peter and Maeve 00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:15.299 believed that 00:19:15.299 --> 00:19:17.259 God had been calling them. 00:19:18.220 --> 00:19:19.120 They've been praying 00:19:19.120 --> 00:19:19.779 through it. 00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:22.180 As church leaders 00:19:22.180 --> 00:19:23.559 we talked with them 00:19:23.559 --> 00:19:24.900 and we prayed with them 00:19:24.900 --> 00:19:26.860 and we believed that God 00:19:26.860 --> 00:19:27.640 by his Spirit 00:19:27.640 --> 00:19:28.880 was directing them 00:19:28.880 --> 00:19:29.600 into mission 00:19:29.600 --> 00:19:31.800 and together as a church 00:19:31.800 --> 00:19:33.000 we prayed about it 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:34.480 and being convinced 00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:37.560 that this was what was right 00:19:37.560 --> 00:19:39.960 the church sent 00:19:39.960 --> 00:19:41.000 Peter and Maeve 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:42.400 to America 00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:43.780 to study 00:19:43.780 --> 00:19:44.820 to train 00:19:44.820 --> 00:19:46.400 for future mission work 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:47.960 back in Ireland. 00:19:49.360 --> 00:19:50.540 But I don't think 00:19:50.540 --> 00:19:51.440 it should stop there 00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:52.680 with just a couple of people. 00:19:52.860 --> 00:19:53.840 We should continually 00:19:53.840 --> 00:19:54.620 be praying 00:19:54.619 --> 00:19:55.719 and seeking God 00:19:55.719 --> 00:19:57.479 about who should go 00:19:57.479 --> 00:19:59.079 and where they should go 00:19:59.079 --> 00:20:00.539 because that is 00:20:00.539 --> 00:20:01.279 what the church 00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:01.899 is all about. 00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:04.639 It's about sending people out 00:20:04.639 --> 00:20:06.339 and to do anything else 00:20:06.339 --> 00:20:07.959 is not really being church 00:20:07.959 --> 00:20:09.739 as God called us to be. 00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:12.059 The general command 00:20:12.059 --> 00:20:13.219 is crystal clear 00:20:13.219 --> 00:20:13.759 isn't it? 00:20:14.139 --> 00:20:15.699 To spread the good news 00:20:15.699 --> 00:20:16.199 of Jesus 00:20:16.199 --> 00:20:17.819 throughout all the world. 00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:20.159 But for each church 00:20:20.159 --> 00:20:21.539 the specific details 00:20:21.539 --> 00:20:22.279 of who goes 00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:23.299 and where they go 00:20:23.299 --> 00:20:24.639 is worked out 00:20:24.639 --> 00:20:25.500 as the church 00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:26.319 prays 00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:27.079 with the help 00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:28.460 of God's Spirit 00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:30.619 as he initiates 00:20:30.619 --> 00:20:31.460 and motivates 00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:33.920 and empowers people 00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:34.660 as they go 00:20:34.660 --> 00:20:36.160 with the good news. 00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:37.920 So first of all 00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:38.940 the local church 00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:40.379 is about sending people 00:20:40.379 --> 00:20:42.019 with the good news 00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:42.440 of Jesus 00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:43.119 and that's what 00:20:43.119 --> 00:20:43.940 that church did 00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:44.559 and this is what 00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:45.460 we should be doing. 00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:47.299 The second thing 00:20:47.299 --> 00:20:47.799 is this 00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:49.700 we're about 00:20:49.700 --> 00:20:50.860 global mission 00:20:50.860 --> 00:20:52.880 saving people 00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:54.200 with the good news 00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:54.799 of Jesus. 00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:57.500 Look at verse 4 00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:58.700 The two of them 00:20:58.700 --> 00:21:00.059 that was Barnabas 00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:00.559 and Saul 00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:02.740 sent on their way 00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:03.799 by the Holy Spirit 00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:05.279 went down to Seleucia 00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:07.000 and sailed 00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:07.940 from there 00:21:07.940 --> 00:21:09.860 to Cyprus. 00:21:09.859 --> 00:21:11.659 So you can see 00:21:11.659 --> 00:21:12.399 the little island 00:21:12.399 --> 00:21:13.439 there of Cyprus 00:21:13.439 --> 00:21:14.819 where they sailed 00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:15.539 across to. 00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:17.259 There they arrived 00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:17.939 at Salamis 00:21:17.939 --> 00:21:18.879 which was on the 00:21:18.879 --> 00:21:19.579 east coast 00:21:19.579 --> 00:21:20.639 and they proclaimed 00:21:20.639 --> 00:21:21.539 the word of God. 00:21:21.879 --> 00:21:22.539 The word of God 00:21:22.539 --> 00:21:23.299 was the gospel 00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:24.000 the good news 00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.699 about Jesus. 00:21:27.679 --> 00:21:28.479 And John 00:21:28.479 --> 00:21:29.199 was with them 00:21:29.199 --> 00:21:30.439 as their helper. 00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:31.240 So here we have 00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:31.740 a church 00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:33.259 taking seriously 00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:34.299 the great mission 00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:35.279 of God. 00:21:36.199 --> 00:21:37.079 Now as we go 00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:37.959 about this work 00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:38.400 of mission 00:21:38.400 --> 00:21:39.279 there's two things 00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:40.779 that we should expect. 00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.539 The first is this 00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:45.140 opposition to Jesus. 00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:47.799 Let's meet these 00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:48.380 characters 00:21:48.380 --> 00:21:49.680 in verses 6 00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:50.480 and 7. 00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:52.680 Let's read verse 6. 00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:53.819 They travelled 00:21:53.819 --> 00:21:54.920 through the whole island 00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:55.840 until they came 00:21:55.840 --> 00:21:56.600 to Paphos 00:21:56.600 --> 00:21:57.660 which was over 00:21:57.660 --> 00:21:58.600 on the west. 00:21:59.900 --> 00:22:00.420 Incidentally 00:22:00.420 --> 00:22:01.059 isn't it great 00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:02.019 that some people 00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:02.680 get called 00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:03.240 to a lovely 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:04.039 sunny island 00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:05.019 like Cyprus 00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:06.360 and others 00:22:06.360 --> 00:22:06.900 get called 00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:07.799 to rainy Ireland 00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.940 but that's okay. 00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:10.940 While they were 00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:11.799 there on Paphos 00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.799 there they met 00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:14.220 a Jewish sorcerer 00:22:14.220 --> 00:22:15.079 somebody who was 00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:15.599 involved 00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:17.059 in the occult. 00:22:18.399 --> 00:22:19.159 He was a false 00:22:19.159 --> 00:22:19.619 prophet 00:22:19.619 --> 00:22:21.180 named Bar-Jesus 00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:23.619 who was an 00:22:23.619 --> 00:22:24.220 attendant 00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:25.599 like a secretary 00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:27.059 to the proconsul 00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:28.940 Sergius Paulus. 00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:30.899 Now remember 00:22:30.899 --> 00:22:32.200 Cyprus was all part 00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:33.079 of the Roman Empire. 00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:33.839 They were the big 00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:35.759 force at the time. 00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:36.899 They were in charge 00:22:36.900 --> 00:22:38.140 and Sergius Paulus 00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:38.780 was obviously 00:22:38.780 --> 00:22:40.000 the man sent 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:40.820 to govern 00:22:40.820 --> 00:22:41.660 or look after 00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:43.580 the island of Cyprus. 00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.620 That was his job. 00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.600 And this Jewish 00:22:47.600 --> 00:22:48.740 sorcerer Bar-Jesus 00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.759 was an attendant 00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:50.380 to him. 00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:52.540 But what was 00:22:52.540 --> 00:22:53.640 this Sergius Paulus 00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:53.920 like? 00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.460 Well look at the 00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:55.280 rest of verse 7. 00:22:55.800 --> 00:22:56.780 The proconsul 00:22:56.780 --> 00:22:58.240 was an intelligent 00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:58.759 man. 00:23:00.120 --> 00:23:00.880 He wasn't 00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:01.920 easily duped. 00:23:03.040 --> 00:23:03.800 So he sent 00:23:03.800 --> 00:23:04.500 for Barnabas 00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:04.920 and Saul 00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.400 because 00:23:05.400 --> 00:23:06.180 well he 00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:06.759 wanted to 00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.740 hear for himself 00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.980 the word 00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.480 of God 00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:10.220 the good news 00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:10.900 about Jesus. 00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:12.019 He wanted 00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:12.420 to know 00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:13.339 who is Jesus? 00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:14.720 What did he 00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.420 have to say? 00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.259 And well if 00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:16.759 this Jesus 00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.359 is true 00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:18.400 what should 00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:19.640 I do about it? 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:21.619 But there's 00:23:21.619 --> 00:23:22.119 a problem 00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:22.559 isn't there? 00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:23.079 The problem 00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:23.920 is verse 8. 00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:25.779 This guy 00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:26.359 Elymas 00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:27.339 the sorcerer 00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:28.619 for that is 00:23:28.619 --> 00:23:29.200 what his name 00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:29.759 means. 00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:31.519 He opposed 00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:32.079 them and 00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:32.599 tried to 00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:33.279 turn the 00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:34.179 proconsul 00:23:34.179 --> 00:23:35.279 from the 00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:35.740 faith. 00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:37.459 Now it's 00:23:37.459 --> 00:23:38.319 ironic that 00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:38.879 his name 00:23:38.879 --> 00:23:39.839 is also 00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:40.639 Bar-Jesus 00:23:40.639 --> 00:23:41.459 which simply 00:23:41.459 --> 00:23:42.139 means son 00:23:42.139 --> 00:23:42.859 of salvation. 00:23:43.919 --> 00:23:44.240 Now you 00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:44.599 couldn't get 00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:45.339 anyone further 00:23:45.339 --> 00:23:45.819 from the 00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:46.179 truth. 00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:47.079 Rather than 00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:47.859 lead people 00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:48.740 to Jesus 00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.679 his aim 00:23:49.679 --> 00:23:50.079 was to 00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:50.980 direct people 00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.779 away from 00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.159 Jesus. 00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.699 And that's 00:23:53.699 --> 00:23:54.039 what he's 00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:54.539 trying to 00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:55.000 do to 00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.699 his boss 00:23:55.699 --> 00:23:56.639 Sergius 00:23:56.639 --> 00:23:57.339 Paulus. 00:23:58.959 --> 00:23:59.980 But Saul 00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.579 can see 00:24:00.579 --> 00:24:01.019 what is 00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.779 really going 00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.039 on. 00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.359 Look at 00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:02.960 verse 9. 00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:06.720 Then Saul 00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:07.119 who was 00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:08.079 also called 00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:08.539 Paul 00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:10.000 filled with 00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.339 the Holy 00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:10.799 Spirit 00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.700 looked straight 00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.359 at Elymas 00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:12.899 and said 00:24:12.899 --> 00:24:14.940 you are 00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.659 a child 00:24:15.659 --> 00:24:16.000 of the 00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.279 devil 00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:17.359 an enemy 00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:17.980 of everything 00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.399 that is 00:24:18.399 --> 00:24:18.759 right. 00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.299 You are 00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:20.720 full of 00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.559 all kinds 00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.480 of deceit 00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:23.619 and trickery. 00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:24.819 Will you 00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.579 never stop 00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:26.180 perverting 00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:26.720 the right 00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.920 ways of 00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:28.379 the Lord? 00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:32.160 real 00:24:32.160 --> 00:24:32.720 opposition. 00:24:34.420 --> 00:24:35.060 Now what 00:24:35.060 --> 00:24:35.380 happened 00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:35.760 then 00:24:35.760 --> 00:24:36.920 I suggest 00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:37.620 still happens 00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:38.040 today 00:24:38.040 --> 00:24:38.680 as the 00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:38.920 church 00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.480 goes about 00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:39.960 her mission. 00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:41.620 There are 00:24:41.620 --> 00:24:42.180 those who 00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.860 are in 00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:43.560 opposition 00:24:43.560 --> 00:24:44.360 to Jesus 00:24:44.360 --> 00:24:45.780 and try 00:24:45.780 --> 00:24:46.600 to deceive 00:24:46.600 --> 00:24:47.360 people about 00:24:47.360 --> 00:24:48.020 the truth 00:24:48.020 --> 00:24:48.540 of Jesus. 00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:49.200 There's a 00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:49.800 little magazine 00:24:49.800 --> 00:24:50.400 at the back 00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:50.880 there called 00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:51.540 Church 00:24:51.540 --> 00:24:52.960 in Chains. 00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:54.160 you pick 00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:54.539 that up 00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:54.779 and you 00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.200 can read 00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:55.720 about what 00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:56.039 it is 00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.660 in some 00:24:56.660 --> 00:24:57.180 countries 00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:58.519 for people 00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:58.940 who love 00:24:58.940 --> 00:24:59.279 Jesus. 00:24:59.460 --> 00:24:59.740 Now we 00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.160 might not 00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:00.740 face the 00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.559 same kind 00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:02.500 of pressure 00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:04.420 and we 00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:04.880 mightn't 00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:05.640 meet anybody 00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:06.140 called 00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:06.799 Elymas 00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:08.120 but we 00:25:08.120 --> 00:25:08.600 do read 00:25:08.600 --> 00:25:09.079 about the 00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:09.600 celebrity 00:25:09.600 --> 00:25:10.220 atheist 00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:11.259 Richard Dawkins 00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.819 don't we? 00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:13.140 Author of 00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:13.779 the well-known 00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.140 book 00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:14.720 The God 00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.220 Delusion. 00:25:16.900 --> 00:25:17.340 He has a 00:25:17.340 --> 00:25:17.579 lot of 00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:17.880 followers 00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:18.340 and a lot 00:25:18.340 --> 00:25:18.720 of people 00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.299 listen to 00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:19.559 what he 00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:19.900 has to 00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:20.160 say. 00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:20.900 Let me 00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:21.340 quote you 00:25:21.340 --> 00:25:21.740 what he 00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.140 says. 00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:23.680 Speaking 00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:24.039 about 00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.440 Jesus 00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:24.920 he says 00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:25.319 somebody 00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:25.579 as 00:25:25.579 --> 00:25:26.200 intelligent 00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:26.539 as 00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:26.940 Jesus 00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.940 would 00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.120 have 00:25:28.120 --> 00:25:28.380 been 00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:28.700 an 00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.120 atheist 00:25:29.120 --> 00:25:30.519 if 00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:30.660 he 00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:30.819 had 00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.160 known 00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:31.420 what 00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:31.640 we 00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:31.900 know 00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:32.319 today. 00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:33.640 In other 00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:33.880 words 00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:34.340 Dawkins 00:25:34.340 --> 00:25:34.840 claims 00:25:34.840 --> 00:25:35.100 that 00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:35.600 science 00:25:35.600 --> 00:25:35.840 has 00:25:35.840 --> 00:25:36.440 disproved 00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:36.779 God 00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.700 and 00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:38.259 we 00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:38.500 don't 00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:38.640 have 00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:38.840 any 00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:39.100 need 00:25:39.100 --> 00:25:39.279 for 00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:39.519 God 00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:39.900 today. 00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.100 To 00:25:41.100 --> 00:25:41.539 quote him 00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:41.840 again 00:25:41.840 --> 00:25:42.360 he says 00:25:42.360 --> 00:25:42.720 he 00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.360 that's 00:25:43.360 --> 00:25:43.640 God 00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:44.380 is 00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:45.019 invented 00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:45.460 by 00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:46.120 mad 00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:46.880 deluded 00:25:46.880 --> 00:25:47.559 people. 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