403: Chris Sales – The Friends of Paul

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this week’s talk.
Hey everyone, it’s Jason

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Hensley.
This week we’re listening to a

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class by brother Chris Sales
given at the Palm Spring Bible

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School in 2023.
The whole series is called

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Paul’s Enemies and Friends, and
I recommend the entire series.

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I just thought it was great
because it’s a take on a lot of

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the different people in Paul’s
life and thus rather than

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necessarily following all the
events, it looks at these

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different characters that
appear.

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So I, I really enjoyed that this
class is called Friends in the

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Truth and the majority of it is
really spent looking at Barnabas

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and Barnabas character and what
made him so effective.

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I really enjoyed that.
So I think that you’re going to

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find it helpful as well.
One of the things I love that

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brother Chris does is at the end
of every class he says, OK, now

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how does this relate to our
lives?

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So I think that these classes
are intensely practical.

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So not only are they deep
biblically, but they are also

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very practical for our own
lives.

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So with that, let’s go ahead and
jump in.

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This is brother Chris Sales, the
class Friends in the Truth.

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Well, it’s, it’s great to to see
everyone and Martha and I

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certainly appreciate being here
and some of you we haven’t seen

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since Idaho.
I think it was 2013.

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So it’s, it’s great.
And there’s many new people that

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we’ve we hope to meet.
So please come in and say hello.

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It’s certainly a pleasure for us
to to be here this this week

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with you.
I’m glad just Jeff didn’t say I

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was the second class teacher,
because that’s what he told me I

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was.
But I so as you mentioned, our,

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our theme this week is, is
Paul’s enemies and allies.

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What I want you to do is, is
think about, I’m assuming we all

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all know the story of Paul.
That’s one of the ones that, you

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know, we, that we, we learn
very, very well.

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And what we want to do this this
week is, is see things.

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We’re going to change the angle
a little bit and look at the

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people around Paul, both enemies
and allies and, and draw lessons

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from that.
So it’s not only a character

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study and hopefully there’s, you
know, lessons and expectations,

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but hopefully the familiarity
with the story will will allow

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for us to maybe see it just a
little bit differently and just

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just turn, turn that angle just
a little bit.

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So oops, just get control of
this.

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All right, So a bit of
brainstorming just to to get the

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creative juices flowing.
So call out who are some of the

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the Christian friends of Paul?
Go ahead.

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And Peter Barnabas, Timothy
Silas.

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OK, good, good, good.
Those are excellent.

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Those are excellent.
So I mean, there’s some women’s

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I thought of.
And my original plan was to, you

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know, do a lot of this in in the
first class who could have done

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the whole week just on his
friends.

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But I wanted to stick with, you
know, I think if we look at from

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both perspectives, friends and
enemies.

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So we’re going to look at
Barnabas, That’s all we’re going

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to get.
So let’s get our Bibles open and

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turn up to, to Acts chapter 4.
The, you know, a lot of it will

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be here on the on the screen,
but it’s good to have our Bibles

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open and hopefully, you know, if
you’re someone who makes little

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notes in your Bible or, or
disable coloring, hopefully

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there’s some of that along the
way as well.

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So we’re introduced to, to
Barnabas in Acts chapter 4.

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And right near the end the, the
ecclesias course knew and

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they’re, they’re sharing things
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interaction and, and it’s just a
really good, good scene.

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It says in verse 32, you know,
they had one heart and one soul.

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A really great start to the, to
the ecclesia.

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And we, we mentioned, we, we
pick, we’ll pick it up in verse.

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Let’s speak verse 34.
Neither was there any that

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lacked among them for as many as
the possessors of lands and

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houses sold them and brought
them in the prices and the

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things that were sold lay them
at the apostles feet and

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distribution was made to
everyone who is in need.

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And we’re then introduced in
verse 36 to this man Barnabas.

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It was actually, I’m going to
call it a nickname, so it says

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in verse 36.
And Josephs, who by the apostles

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was surnamed Barnabas, which is
being interpreted the son of

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Consolation, a Levite of the
country of Cyprus, having land

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sold it and brought the money
and laid it at the apostles

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feet.
So it’s a nickname.

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This is, you know, reading
carefully, as Brother Kitson has

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said we need to do, well, let’s
think about this.

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He really has two names.
It’s Joseph’s, which is just a

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contraction of Joseph.
OK, So he has the name Joseph

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and he’s surnamed Barnabas.
Names are important in

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Scripture.
We know that.

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So, so we need to, we need to to
think about what his name was.

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Well, Joseph, as we’ve got here,
you know, if you have this

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story, oh, sorry, Bob was
supposed to tell Bob was heading

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this way potentially.
You know, he’s the adder, right?

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Why was he, why was he, why was
Joseph the adder?

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What would why was that?
Why was he named Joseph?

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Does anyone remember Rachel’s
first born son?

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She called him Joseph because
she said God’s going to give me

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another son.
He’s going to add to that.

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OK.
And that’s the way it worked

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out.
The adder or the increaser.

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And this is going to follow the
these are like a little progress

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report in in Acts.
And there’s one in Acts chapter

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5, verse 14, believers were
added to the Lord.

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OK, so, and Barnes is going to
play a significant role in this.

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And and we’re told that he’s
surnamed Barnabas, which is

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really just the son of ABBA
Abbas.

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And it’s not the father, it’s
it’s like proclaiming and so on.

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So the the name Barnabas doesn’t
nearly necessarily give this

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exactly, but we’re told in
Scripture, this is what the

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intention of it was.
They called him Barnabas because

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he’s the son of consolation.
And we know this word

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paraclesis.
I’m not a Greek scholar, but

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this is this the word that comes
up a lot, right?

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Where do we see this kind of
word?

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Where’s this word coming up?
OK, exhortation, the comforter.

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OK, this is this word.
One who comes alongside.

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I’m a math teacher.
So para parallelogram, parallel,

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OK, one who comes alongside to
bring comfort.

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And this is going to be
everywhere in the life of

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Barnabas as well.
This is why this is what he was

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known for.
OK, so we got to think about

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that.
Like what, what are we known

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for?
What’s our our nickname, as it

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were.
All right, we can think about

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that.
If, if, if we were to be

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surnamed by everyone in this
room, what’s kind of what would

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they hang on us?
What would they call?

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What are we known for?
What are we known as?

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I think that’s pretty powerful
here with Barnabas.

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And and that’s, and that’s what
we learn from him.

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There’s some other stuff here.
He’s a Levite.

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That’s going to be significant.
We’ll see from Cyprus.

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That’s going to be hugely
significant.

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You know, we’re always, we’re
connected in some way, right?

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So like where we come from,
there’s a, there’s something

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about that that’s significant.
And of course he brings it.

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He’s has some land, he has some
extra land and that’s what

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people are doing at that time.
And he’s he’s very generous with

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it.
He’s not doing it for the glory

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and honor.
We know that for sure.

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We know that Barnabas has got
this sorted out, that he is, you

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know, the son of consolation and
encouragement.

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And we know that for sure he
didn’t do it for false motives

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because Chapter 5 starts with
the word.

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But all right, Acts Chapter 4
read and write in Acts chapter

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5, but Ananias and Sapphira
completely different thing.

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They kind of did the same thing
as Barnabas, but that ended in a

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disaster because they did they
were doing it obviously for the

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wrong reasons.
So that’s your introduction to,

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to Barnabas and that is going to
kind of follow him through now

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as we, we, we follow his
connections eventually to the

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apostle Paul.
Let’s go over to Acts Chapter 9.

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And when you think of Acts
Chapter 9, what comes to your

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mind?
What?

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Why is Acts Chapter 9 so
significant?

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Conversion of Saul, perhaps the
most significant event in all of

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the New Testament outside of the
crucifixion, death, and

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resurrection of Jesus, Yes,
means Saul becoming Paul.

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The rest of the New Testament
history is basically his his

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life and his writings for the
most part.

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But if I said who’s the most
important person in Acts Chapter

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9, it might be Barnabas.
OK.

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And I this is just this just it
just sort of, you know, jumps

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out of me.
Some have suggested that they

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may have known each other.
It’s possible that that they may

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have known each other.
We’re not That’s a bit of

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speculation.
So here in Acts Chapter 9, when

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Paul sees the blinding light and
falls to the ground and in verse

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5, you know, he’s cries out to
the Lord, who aren’t you Lord?

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And Jesus says it’s I am Jesus
whom thou persecuted it’s heart

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for thee to kick against the
pricks, probably some pricks of

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conscience.
You know, was he was he

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ruminating upon the that that
dreaded words of Steven that he

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had, you know, managed to to
have killed on this journey?

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Perhaps if he knew Barnabas,
some have suggested they both

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were raised at the feet of
Gamalia.

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It’s all this is all like
speculation.

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But we know what Gamaliel’s
attitude was the persecution,

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right?
You’ve cut off the head of the

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snake.
Leave it be, right.

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If it’s of God, it’s going to
you can’t you can’t stop it.

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And if it’s not of God, you’ve
done your you’ve done the deed.

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You’ve got rid of Jesus, their
leader.

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Let it go.
And maybe Barnabas had

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encouraged Paul to do that or
Saul.

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That’s a bit of speculation, but
we do know here when we come to

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verse 26, so we’ll skip.
So he’s been converted.

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He’s he’s been to Damascus.
He was he was there and he was

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preaching and so on, but he had
to flee.

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Okay, and we’ll come back to
some of that when we look at

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Pauls enemies.
But here in verse 26 and when

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Saul was come to Jerusalem, he
is say to join himself to the

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disciples.
But they were afraid of him and

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believed that not that he was a
disciple.

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Now where would you have been in
Jerusalem at this time as a

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believer?
And Saul comes back and says

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I’ve been converted.
I’ve seen the Lord.

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Let me into your midst.
Who’s welcome to him?

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Not me.
Like what a perfect way to

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infiltrate the ecclesia.
Yes, All right, get names.

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He’s taking names, right.
Keep, you know, finding all the

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connections.
He’s going to obliterate it,

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right.
He left in an absolute rage to

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wipe out stamp outs.
Just get rid of the sector, the

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Nazarene.
That was his goal.

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OK, Now he comes back and he’s
got this conversion story.

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Yeah, right.
OK, I’m, I’m, I’m with the

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majority of the disciples here.
Like, no, he’s not coming any

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anywhere near us.
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wow, like this is this is
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So verse verse 27 there Barnabas
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apostles and declared unto them
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way and that he’d spoken to him
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Damascus in the name of Jesus.
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obviously knew quite he he
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some of the suggestion is that
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like how how, how did look at
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happened on the way to Damascus.
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and and he basically commends
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Jerusalem.
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biblical phrase here, Saul was
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He had like kind of free reign.
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commendation from, from, from
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So, you know, he was a son of
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And, and based on this, it
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Saul’s full potential.
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may have worked things out, but
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get it figured out in Jerusalem.
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of things at that time.
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Barnabas did and brought him to
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potential was, was unlocked.
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you know, what are we doing to
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of the truth?
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week with those that encouraged
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Barnabas did, and those who just
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undermine everything Paul did.
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ecclesia, let alone what’s going
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But tomorrow we’ll look at some
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And so we ask ourselves, you
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There’s there’s really only two
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the truth.
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build up, edify one another, or
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down.
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Paul would have been to have
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Can you imagine?
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on fire, right?
He is like so pumped.

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He was heading to Damascus and
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Right.
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Damascus, so much so that the
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kill him, that the brethren and
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escape.
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they don’t want him.
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I mean, I think me at that
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out of here.
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Like, you know, they don’t trust
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They don’t believe me, whatever.
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encouraged him.
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this through and how, how, how
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for, for the apostle.
So how, you know, where are we

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on that?
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Are we reluctant to respond, you
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you know, ideas or, you know,
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Now he ends up here, as we’ve
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So they, they, he’s going in and
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word of the Lord, right.
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We’ll we’ll come across them.
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Jews.
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in the early ecclesia between
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OK, so he’s he’s not going to
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of getting his feet wet so much
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slam.
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So hold that thought.
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in Tarsus in a moment.
And what’s the very next verse

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say, I don’t know when you when
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was the ecclesia now having
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Saul’s on their side.
Now It’s like that was a that

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was a great one to get on your
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But it says not only that rest
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all these, these these good
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They have comfort.
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work of Barnabas and obviously
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but it’s because of the work of
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And this is just punctuated
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It follows Barnabas around.
This is what he is known for.

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That’s why he was surnamed
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Now, this is always kind of fun.
Like who was greater order of

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names, all that kind of thing.
I don’t want to spend a lot of

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time on this.
We’ve got a lot to get through,

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but I think this is this is
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Just just kind of for fun.
Can you think of a time when it

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was probably clear that Barnabas
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OK.
And and what incident in

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particular?
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So there’s a time they’d hear
they’d healed the lame man In,

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in in Lystra.
Lystra, OK.

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And the people like the gods
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from heaven, right?
And they surname Barnabas, the

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King James says Jupiter.
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that was Barnabas.
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because he was the chief
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So Paul was the chief speaker,
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It’s Barnabas.
I, I’m not sure.

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I, I don’t want to get into this
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And, and I, you know, I’m not a,
not only a Greek, I’m not a

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Greek speaker, I’m not a Greek
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So I took this straight out of
the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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But Zeus is the chief deity of
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Jupiter.
So that that’s fine.

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So, so like Zeus is the main guy
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talker, which we know Paul was
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he was the messenger of Zeus.
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interesting.
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chapter 13 that his name has
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We’re going to that incident in
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to go through this again.
We can make these slides

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available.
Like it’s, this is not a big

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complex study.
You can just search in your

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whatever.
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or Paul, all those accounts
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And then it’s Paul and Barnabas
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change seems to be when, when
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distributed.
So it’s kind of interesting.

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And I think that’s important.
You know, when you look at at

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names, you think of, you know, I
kind of got a a bit of a vibe

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here of like Moses and Aaron.
It’s kind of got a bit of a vibe

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there.
They like, you know, Moses is

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obviously the, the, the main
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Aaron was the one who did the
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At least you would get that
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wasn’t a good speaker.
So there, there’s some, some

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interesting dynamics going on
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So that’s just a little bit of a
study that that you can, can

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pick up on your own.
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So Acts Chapter 11, Acts chapter
10, of course, is the conversion

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of, of Cornelius and that causes
some concerns in, in the

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ecclesia and and Peter’s got to
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If we pick it up there in verse
18, Well, verse, if you just

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glance your eyes down like
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are saying like, what, what are
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Like talking to Gentiles and you
know, making them think they

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could be Christians and stuff.
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he recounts the story, the
conversion of Cornelius, another

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really, really, really
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And we’ll talk about that more
tomorrow as well.

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Verse 18, when they heard these
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and glorified God saying, then
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granted repentance unto life.
This was like this was a a light

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bulb moment for them.
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be included and and God in his
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that.
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Now, when they which were
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persecution that had arose about
Stephen, OK, why was Stephen

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being persecuted?
Who was The Who was the lead

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instigator of that dude named
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OK, so he’s implicated in this.
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Christianity, it was like trying
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And it the sparks just flew
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If they persecute you in one
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right?
Don’t give up.

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Spread the word wherever you go.
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So where are some of the places
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Those are going to be really,
really important places to

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So in the early days,
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spreading the the gospel
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to Jews, OK.
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implicated here too, because of
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And some of them were men of
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they were come to Antioch, spake
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word of Jesus.
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little bit.
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because there was some prejudice
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and Greek speakers and their
culture and Hellenist versus,

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you know, a Judaistic
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There was some some issues going
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So this was a big deal.
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Jerusalem who went to Cyprus and
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I’ll have a map up here in a
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OK, verse 22.
I think that’s where I pick it

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up on my slide here.
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these things.
These things is talking

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preaching to Grecians.
That’s the these things.

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They came into the ears of the
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They’re like, what’s going on up
there in Antioch?

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Like, whoa, what’s going on?
We got to go find out.

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So who do they send?
Barnabas?

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Who would you choose to go and
like potentially solve an

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ecclesial strife situation,
right?

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There’s people saying you should
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You know, they’re like, unless
they’re going to become like

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fully, you know, Hebrew
speaking, whatever.

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I don’t know what the the issue
was.

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They sent Barnabas to Antioch.
OK, so this is this is what he’s

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known for.
Like, we got this issue.

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Who are we going to send?
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He’s he’s the guy, right?
He’s got a good track record.

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And when he came, he had seen
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It was like, this is incredible.
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the gospel message.
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things.
He’s always looking at how

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positive things are.
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truth.
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He’s a son of consolation and
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OK, so Paul was a great speaker,
but but Barnabas was no slouch

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either.
He’s got a reputation of, of

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encouraging and and exhorting
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This is this is his message, you
know, don’t be discouraged.

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Cleave to the Lord for he was a
good man.

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This is our Barnabas.
He was a good man, full of the

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Holy Spirit and a faith much
people was well, of course, much

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people were added to the Lord
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all right.
And and the truth is spreading.

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He’s adding to the, everything
he does, everything he does is,

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is adding to the, the truth and
to the people.

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And then what does he do next?
I don’t know how long it’s been

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since he’s seen Saul.
He got Saul acclimatized and

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00:24:00,440 –> 00:24:02,640
commended and accepted in
Jerusalem.

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And he was so successful in
Jerusalem that he was

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persecuted.
And he he flees to Caesaria,

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00:24:07,760 –> 00:24:10,280
first of all, and then up to
Tarsus.

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00:24:10,920 –> 00:24:12,840
Well, why did Saul go back to
Tarsus?

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00:24:12,840 –> 00:24:15,120
So that was his hometown, maybe
a bit more comfortable there.

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00:24:16,200 –> 00:24:19,440
And so here’s Barnabas.
He’s in Antioch and he’s like,

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00:24:19,800 –> 00:24:21,720
he’s singing to himself.
This is amazing.

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00:24:21,720 –> 00:24:23,200
You know, the truth is starting
to spread.

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00:24:23,360 –> 00:24:27,000
Grecians are being included.
And he thought, I need some

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00:24:27,000 –> 00:24:27,960
help.
We need some help here.

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00:24:27,960 –> 00:24:29,360
We need, we need to make this
further.

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00:24:29,360 –> 00:24:31,200
We got to go.
Next step, right?

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00:24:31,200 –> 00:24:35,320
Not just Grecians, but Gentiles.
I know a guy who can help me

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00:24:35,320 –> 00:24:37,680
out.
And he goes and he seeks.

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00:24:38,040 –> 00:24:40,960
He seeks for Saul.
He goes all the way to Tarsus.

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00:24:41,040 –> 00:24:43,720
Map is coming.
Oops, there it was.

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00:24:45,600 –> 00:24:49,200
So now, interestingly enough, I
pulled this off some Internet

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00:24:49,200 –> 00:24:51,520
thing on the life of Paul
because everyone focuses on

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00:24:51,520 –> 00:24:53,600
Paul, OK?
It’s all the stuff that Paul’s

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00:24:53,600 –> 00:24:55,160
doing, like he’s converted and
he has.

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00:24:55,160 –> 00:24:56,680
I’m not going to read through
all this.

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00:24:56,680 –> 00:25:00,160
This is this is Paul’s travels.
And what jumped out at me is

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Barnabas, Barnabas.
Barnabas.

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00:25:03,440 –> 00:25:07,040
OK, so after Paul was down here
in Jerusalem, he goes to

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00:25:07,040 –> 00:25:09,240
Caesarea and then he goes up to
Tarsus.

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And we’re not sure what he was
doing there.

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It was obviously important work.
And you know, he’s, he was doing

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00:25:13,600 –> 00:25:16,360
what he could.
There’s trouble up here in

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00:25:16,360 –> 00:25:18,720
Antioch.
Grecians are being included and

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00:25:18,720 –> 00:25:20,760
they send, and it’s not on this
map.

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00:25:20,760 –> 00:25:22,200
All the arrows are going the
other way because it’s all about

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00:25:22,200 –> 00:25:23,600
Paul.
But we’re talking about

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Barnabas.
He goes from Jerusalem to

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Antioch, sent by the brethren
here to find out what’s going on

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00:25:28,640 –> 00:25:30,440
in Antioch and make sure it’s
all OK.

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While he’s in Antioch, he takes
the time to go from Antioch to

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00:25:35,680 –> 00:25:38,240
Tarsus and finds Paul, seeks him
out.

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OK.
We don’t know how hard that

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would have been.
He makes this effort.

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He goes over and above goes and
they both come back to Antioch.

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00:25:46,040 –> 00:25:48,240
I I just find that remarkable.
And I think of think of

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00:25:48,240 –> 00:25:50,080
ourselves.
You know what?

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00:25:50,320 –> 00:25:55,040
What what do we do to encourage
and to help Do we go the extra

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00:25:55,040 –> 00:25:57,200
mile talk about this extra few
miles here.

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00:25:57,640 –> 00:26:00,600
OK, he’s got he’s been sent by
the the elders in in Jerusalem

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00:26:00,600 –> 00:26:04,360
go sort out Antioch sorts that
out people are added to the Lord

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00:26:04,600 –> 00:26:06,920
and you know what would he have
said when he got to Tarsus.

479
00:26:07,640 –> 00:26:09,680
This is me great great Bible
study.

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00:26:10,160 –> 00:26:13,280
I think is also putting yourself
right in the record there.

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00:26:13,480 –> 00:26:19,000
So he’s in Antioch and and this
is this is my imagined speech or

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00:26:19,000 –> 00:26:23,720
appeal of Barnabas Paul.
I’ve got just the place for you

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00:26:23,720 –> 00:26:27,160
to come to fulfill your calling.
Remember what the Lord said to

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00:26:27,160 –> 00:26:28,120
you.
I’m going to send you to the

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00:26:28,120 –> 00:26:30,080
Gentiles.
I got the place.

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00:26:30,680 –> 00:26:32,720
OK.
We have Grecian conference

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00:26:32,800 –> 00:26:36,720
converts in Antioch.
And by the way, they were

488
00:26:36,720 –> 00:26:39,520
converted by remember you’re
persecuting Stephen.

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00:26:39,640 –> 00:26:41,880
While some people fled from
that, they went to Cyprus.

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00:26:42,000 –> 00:26:45,600
Those people went to Antioch.
So like this is kind of you kind

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00:26:45,600 –> 00:26:47,680
of got this going on the other
side of things.

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00:26:47,880 –> 00:26:50,000
Well, now they’re they’re
they’re talking about, you know,

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00:26:50,400 –> 00:26:52,040
Jesus and and the gospel
message.

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00:26:52,680 –> 00:26:55,520
But we need to go the next step.
We need to teach Gentiles.

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00:26:55,520 –> 00:26:58,800
It’s perfect.
You know, come with me to

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00:26:58,800 –> 00:27:00,640
Antioch.
Whatever you’re doing in the

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00:27:00,640 –> 00:27:01,920
hearts, Tarsus, I’m sure it’s
great.

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00:27:01,920 –> 00:27:04,240
Come with me to Antioch.
This is this will be where we’ll

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00:27:04,240 –> 00:27:08,160
get it going.
This is Barnabas encouraging

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00:27:08,880 –> 00:27:12,160
Saul.
I mean, we, we need friends like

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00:27:12,160 –> 00:27:14,440
that, don’t we?
You know, whatever we’re doing

502
00:27:14,440 –> 00:27:17,080
in the truth, whatever we all
got our struggles, personal

503
00:27:17,080 –> 00:27:19,880
struggles, our collegial
struggles, family struggles, and

504
00:27:19,880 –> 00:27:21,400
we need each other.
That’s one of the amazing things

505
00:27:21,400 –> 00:27:24,840
about Bible school, right?
Because we find out, OK, beneath

506
00:27:24,840 –> 00:27:29,160
that veneer of me standing up
here, we’re having struggles,

507
00:27:29,200 –> 00:27:30,640
right?
And we’re having challenges.

508
00:27:30,800 –> 00:27:34,920
We need to encourage each other.
And how much Paul would have

509
00:27:34,920 –> 00:27:37,920
cherished the efforts of
Barnabas to include him in the

510
00:27:37,920 –> 00:27:40,920
work and, and get going on
things.

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00:27:41,920 –> 00:27:45,240
You know, so do we look to, to
encourage others to, to, you

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00:27:45,240 –> 00:27:48,240
know, to, to not think I’m just
going to go do my thing over

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00:27:48,240 –> 00:27:49,560
here?
Like I had a submission to

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00:27:49,560 –> 00:27:51,240
Antioch.
I kind of, I kind of did my

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00:27:51,240 –> 00:27:54,120
thing.
No, we, we look to include

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00:27:54,120 –> 00:27:58,080
others and, and, and help each
other on their, you know, on

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00:27:58,080 –> 00:28:04,360
their journey.
And we keep reading in in Acts

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00:28:04,360 –> 00:28:09,360
Chapter 11 here and verse 26.
So he got to Tarsus.

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00:28:09,360 –> 00:28:13,000
He found him, besought him.
I’m sorry, brought him, besought

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00:28:13,000 –> 00:28:14,480
him.
I think too, to come to Antioch

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00:28:14,720 –> 00:28:17,400
came to pass a whole year.
Barnabas was right.

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00:28:17,400 –> 00:28:21,760
There was lots of work to do
there and stumbled out the the

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00:28:21,760 –> 00:28:23,960
ecclesia and taught much.
People and disciples were called

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00:28:23,960 –> 00:28:28,120
Christians first in Antioch.
I’m not sure and I run quickly

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00:28:28,120 –> 00:28:31,840
out of time.
It’s time goes too fast when

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00:28:31,840 –> 00:28:36,600
you’re talking up here.
Disciples were called Christians

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00:28:36,600 –> 00:28:38,440
first in Antioch.
I’m not sure what you thought of

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00:28:38,440 –> 00:28:39,680
that.
I was, you know, was this

529
00:28:39,680 –> 00:28:41,160
derogatory?
Was it?

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00:28:41,440 –> 00:28:44,360
You know, we know they were
called the way, the sect of the

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00:28:44,360 –> 00:28:47,880
Nazarenes, it says they were
called disciples first in

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00:28:47,880 –> 00:28:49,040
Antioch.
So first of all, why aren’t

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00:28:49,040 –> 00:28:51,880
Antioch?
I think because they were

534
00:28:51,880 –> 00:28:55,320
starting to figure out the
gospel message for Jew and

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00:28:55,320 –> 00:29:00,880
Gentile, Hebrew speaking Jews,
Greek speaking Jews, Gentiles.

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00:29:01,440 –> 00:29:04,520
Paul was there for a year.
You know what he’s doing OK.

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00:29:04,520 –> 00:29:07,160
And Antiox’s going to become the
center of really the, the the

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00:29:07,160 –> 00:29:09,440
1st century controversy, Jew
versus Gentile.

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00:29:10,200 –> 00:29:14,800
And this word called every other
place it’s used.

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00:29:14,800 –> 00:29:19,800
It’s it’s a divine calling like
the Angel called unto Joseph and

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00:29:19,800 –> 00:29:22,960
told him, or it’s, it’s always
in that context.

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00:29:22,960 –> 00:29:26,040
I’ve got I’ve got a couple here.
Or we can flip back just a page

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00:29:26,040 –> 00:29:36,400
to Acts 10 verse 22 and this is
this is you know what Peter’s

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00:29:36,400 –> 00:29:38,720
being called up to to Caesarea
to speak to Cornelius.

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00:29:40,080 –> 00:29:42,640
They said Cornelius this
ensuring a just man and what

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00:29:42,640 –> 00:29:45,320
that feareth God and of good
report among the nation of the

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00:29:45,320 –> 00:29:51,200
Jews was warned of God.
He was called God spoke to him.

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00:29:51,440 –> 00:29:54,680
That’s the same word by an holy
Angel to send for thee.

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00:29:54,840 –> 00:29:57,200
And therefore, you know, we want
you to come to his house.

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00:29:57,920 –> 00:30:01,240
It’s used of the Angel that
spoke to to Joseph in in

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00:30:01,240 –> 00:30:04,760
Matthew.
It was revealed unto him by the

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00:30:04,760 –> 00:30:07,160
Holy Spirit that Zechariah in
Luke chapter 2.

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00:30:08,560 –> 00:30:12,840
So whatever this meant, however
we take it, I think this is

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00:30:12,840 –> 00:30:17,000
God’s divine stamp.
They were called Christians,

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00:30:17,000 –> 00:30:22,040
followers of Christ, Christ’s
men in Antioch 1st And and

556
00:30:22,040 –> 00:30:29,320
that’s the work of Barnabas.
So then they have this here

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00:30:29,320 –> 00:30:31,680
still in Antioch, a prophet
comes along and prophecies of

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00:30:31,680 –> 00:30:33,840
this, of this dearth, this
famine that’s coming.

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00:30:34,160 –> 00:30:36,920
So everyone gets together in the
ecclesian Antioch and says our

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00:30:36,920 –> 00:30:40,000
brother and down in Judea are
going to be in want.

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00:30:40,520 –> 00:30:44,800
So let’s be proactive and let’s
take a collection, you know,

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00:30:44,800 –> 00:30:47,960
whether money, food, clothing,
whatever all you needed and

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00:30:47,960 –> 00:30:51,280
let’s send it to them down and,
you know, let’s send it to them.

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00:30:53,000 –> 00:30:56,440
So, you know, volunteers or, you
know, whatever who’s who’s going

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00:30:56,440 –> 00:30:58,880
to take this relief.
Well, this is the incredible

566
00:30:58,880 –> 00:31:05,840
thing about Barnabas.
He wasn’t too, it wasn’t below

567
00:31:05,840 –> 00:31:09,680
him or beat, you know, beneath
him to take the relief.

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00:31:10,240 –> 00:31:13,600
The, the, the, the, the money,
the, the clothing, the whatever

569
00:31:13,600 –> 00:31:16,080
they sent down there.
This is Barnabas.

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00:31:16,080 –> 00:31:19,040
He’s doing everything.
You know, he’s, he’s a great

571
00:31:19,280 –> 00:31:22,600
preacher and teacher, but he
also looks after the, the

572
00:31:22,600 –> 00:31:24,600
physical needs.
That’s not, that’s not something

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00:31:24,600 –> 00:31:25,720
like, well, that’s someone
else’s job.

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00:31:25,720 –> 00:31:28,160
Like pick someone who’s got
nothing better to do to, you

575
00:31:28,160 –> 00:31:31,880
know, and that’s a bit long way
down there from from Antioch to

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00:31:31,880 –> 00:31:34,040
Jerusalem.
And I just think this is, this

577
00:31:34,040 –> 00:31:39,160
is a beautiful view we have of,
of Barnabas.

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00:31:40,840 –> 00:31:44,160
So over in chapter 12, of
course, the word of God is, is

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00:31:44,160 –> 00:31:49,000
growing and multiplying because,
you know, Joseph Barnabas is, is

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00:31:49,040 –> 00:31:51,920
being involved.
And we’ll pick up the pace here

581
00:31:51,920 –> 00:31:55,080
just a little bit.
There’s they’re in Antioch and

582
00:31:55,080 –> 00:31:56,960
he’s chosen.
This is the beginning of the

583
00:31:56,960 –> 00:32:01,160
first missionary journey.
OK, keep this in mind.

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00:32:01,160 –> 00:32:02,400
We’re going to come to this in a
moment.

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00:32:02,400 –> 00:32:07,160
They take John Mark with them
separate from me, Barnabas and

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00:32:07,160 –> 00:32:09,280
Saul a little.
You might have some cross

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00:32:09,280 –> 00:32:12,200
references there.
Barnabas is a Levite and back in

588
00:32:12,200 –> 00:32:14,560
numbers, you know, Levites
already separated.

589
00:32:14,560 –> 00:32:16,680
So there’s some interesting
things going on there.

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00:32:17,680 –> 00:32:20,000
They fasted and prayed and then
they send them on their way.

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00:32:20,200 –> 00:32:22,720
First part of call, they go to
Cyprus.

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00:32:23,240 –> 00:32:28,680
This is this is all helps us to
understand, you know, how Barnes

593
00:32:28,680 –> 00:32:29,920
was looking for direction in his
life.

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00:32:29,920 –> 00:32:32,240
They’re going to start off on
this this journey.

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00:32:33,040 –> 00:32:36,920
They’re going to go to kind of
whip to his his hometown, as it

596
00:32:36,920 –> 00:32:42,680
were.
OK, we’ll, we’ll pick that up

597
00:32:42,680 –> 00:32:46,920
in, in a, in a little bit and
just kind of remember about John

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00:32:46,920 –> 00:32:48,360
Mark, we’ll come back to him as
well.

599
00:32:49,600 –> 00:32:53,880
So Acts chapter 14, let’s just
flip our page Bibles open to

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00:32:53,880 –> 00:32:56,400
their Acts chapter 4.
So 13 and 14 is the first

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00:32:56,400 –> 00:32:58,320
missionary journey.
And we’re not going to go into

602
00:32:58,320 –> 00:32:59,720
that detail.
We’re not, we’re not, we’re not

603
00:32:59,720 –> 00:33:02,080
studying Paul’s journeys.
We’re trying to see, you know,

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00:33:02,080 –> 00:33:03,840
where Barnabas fits into all of
this.

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00:33:04,240 –> 00:33:10,400
They come back at the end of
chapter 14 and just picking up

606
00:33:10,400 –> 00:33:13,720
in verse 26 from fence they sail
to Antioch.

607
00:33:13,720 –> 00:33:18,560
So they’ve made the the complete
circuit and that’s where they

608
00:33:18,560 –> 00:33:20,400
started from whence they’ve been
recommended.

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00:33:20,400 –> 00:33:23,000
So we saw them separated and
commissioned for this work.

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00:33:23,520 –> 00:33:26,080
They do their journey.
And when they had come, they had

611
00:33:26,080 –> 00:33:28,680
gathered the ecclesia together,
they rehearsed all that God had

612
00:33:28,680 –> 00:33:31,160
done with them.
And now we’d open the door of

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00:33:31,160 –> 00:33:35,240
faith to the Gentiles and there
they abode long time with the

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00:33:35,240 –> 00:33:39,160
disciples.
Careful Bible reading again.

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00:33:39,560 –> 00:33:43,360
Don’t stop at chapter breaks.
Keep reading.

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00:33:44,320 –> 00:33:47,160
They’ve come back to Antioch.
They’ve been away for a period

617
00:33:47,160 –> 00:33:48,360
of time.
However long that first

618
00:33:48,360 –> 00:33:52,040
missionary journey took, they’ve
come back and they’ve rehearsed

619
00:33:52,040 –> 00:33:53,240
it.
They’re excited.

620
00:33:53,240 –> 00:33:58,360
The the the doors are opening to
the Gentiles and certain men

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00:33:58,360 –> 00:34:01,280
which came down from Judea,
taught the brethren and said

622
00:34:01,280 –> 00:34:04,920
except you be circumcised after
the manner of Moses, you cannot

623
00:34:04,920 –> 00:34:07,360
be saved now.
That’s tomorrow’s class.

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00:34:07,800 –> 00:34:11,520
Enemies from within, they were
undermining so that like Paul

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00:34:11,520 –> 00:34:13,840
and Paul and Barnabas are out of
town for a little while.

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00:34:14,159 –> 00:34:16,080
Let’s go into Antioch.
We’ll come up from Jerusalem.

627
00:34:16,080 –> 00:34:18,560
We’re going to come into Antioch
saying that we have, you know,

628
00:34:18,639 –> 00:34:21,239
we’ve been sent by those from
James.

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00:34:21,679 –> 00:34:24,320
Probably not true.
And this is great.

630
00:34:24,320 –> 00:34:26,719
All this gentle thing is great.
But make sure you follow the

631
00:34:26,719 –> 00:34:28,639
law, right?
And they’re undermining

632
00:34:28,639 –> 00:34:32,560
everything that that Paul has,
has, has done.

633
00:34:33,040 –> 00:34:36,120
So we know acts of 15.
We’ll come back to it later in

634
00:34:36,120 –> 00:34:41,440
the week more than once.
OK, so there’s strife now.

635
00:34:41,440 –> 00:34:42,840
Do they need to keep the law or
not?

636
00:34:42,960 –> 00:34:46,080
And Paul and Barnabas, so Peter
gives his testimony, Paul and

637
00:34:46,080 –> 00:34:49,800
Barnabas give give theirs.
James kind of wraps things up

638
00:34:50,600 –> 00:34:52,040
and they have the necessary
thing.

639
00:34:52,040 –> 00:34:54,480
So they, they make some, some
resolutions.

640
00:34:54,600 –> 00:34:56,360
There’s some good news to take
back.

641
00:34:56,679 –> 00:34:59,160
And of course, they send Paul
and Barnabas to, to, to spread

642
00:34:59,160 –> 00:35:03,160
that, that message.
So in at the end of towards the

643
00:35:03,160 –> 00:35:06,280
end of the chapter, chapter 15,
when they were dismissed, they

644
00:35:06,280 –> 00:35:08,560
came to Antioch.
And when they had gathered them

645
00:35:08,560 –> 00:35:11,160
all together, I mean, they were,
they came from Antioch to sort

646
00:35:11,160 –> 00:35:12,760
this out.
They went down to Jerusalem to

647
00:35:12,760 –> 00:35:15,960
get some help from the Jerusalem
ecclesia and the apostles.

648
00:35:15,960 –> 00:35:18,680
They come back to Antioch.
They deliver the epistle.

649
00:35:18,680 –> 00:35:22,680
This is the words of James, the,
you know, the necessary things

650
00:35:23,520 –> 00:35:27,600
to, to, and we’ll talk about
that more tomorrow, which when

651
00:35:27,600 –> 00:35:30,280
they read, they rejoiced for the
consolation.

652
00:35:31,160 –> 00:35:33,960
This is Paracletus.
This is the son of consolation.

653
00:35:33,960 –> 00:35:36,640
This is Barnabas.
Everywhere he goes, he’s

654
00:35:36,640 –> 00:35:38,600
bringing, he’s bringing
consolation.

655
00:35:38,600 –> 00:35:45,080
And then we get to the end of
Acts chapter 15.

656
00:35:45,080 –> 00:35:47,440
And, and I don’t know how you’ve
read this in the past.

657
00:35:48,120 –> 00:35:52,080
Have you always kind of felt it
was like anticlimactical, kind

658
00:35:52,160 –> 00:35:55,080
of like, oh, I don’t want the
story to end that way.

659
00:35:55,480 –> 00:35:58,040
Paul and Barnabas separating
them in this, this strife

660
00:35:58,040 –> 00:36:00,120
between them.
That’s not the way.

661
00:36:00,400 –> 00:36:01,800
That’s not the way I would have
written the book.

662
00:36:01,800 –> 00:36:04,800
Written the book.
OK, so let’s just let’s just as

663
00:36:04,800 –> 00:36:08,200
we kind of wrap this up, think,
think about this, you know,

664
00:36:08,200 –> 00:36:11,160
these, this, this all it’s been
about Paul and Barnes is about

665
00:36:11,160 –> 00:36:14,840
encouragement and and a helper
in the in the faith.

666
00:36:14,840 –> 00:36:17,320
And they they kind of
complemented each other.

667
00:36:17,840 –> 00:36:20,200
You know, if Paul, some have
suggested maybe his bodily

668
00:36:20,200 –> 00:36:21,840
presence was a bit weak and
contemptible.

669
00:36:21,840 –> 00:36:26,760
I pick, I see Barnabas as a
fairly robust, you know, person

670
00:36:27,040 –> 00:36:32,240
And and Barnabas, you know,
maybe he was a bit more on the

671
00:36:32,280 –> 00:36:35,680
like glass was always half full
for him.

672
00:36:36,160 –> 00:36:38,960
You know, maybe Paul was a bit
more strict, a bit more.

673
00:36:39,040 –> 00:36:40,960
But they they just worked so
well together.

674
00:36:41,320 –> 00:36:43,120
So what happened?
Well, let’s let’s find out.

675
00:36:44,840 –> 00:36:46,840
So they brought this in this
message from the Jerusalem

676
00:36:46,840 –> 00:36:51,080
conference back and Paul’s like
this has been amazing.

677
00:36:51,080 –> 00:36:53,760
Barnabas, let’s do it again,
right?

678
00:36:53,760 –> 00:36:55,440
Let’s, let’s go.
We’ve got all these people we

679
00:36:55,440 –> 00:36:59,440
know in Asia Minor.
Let’s let’s go again and visit

680
00:36:59,440 –> 00:37:02,000
our brethren in every city where
we’ve preached the word of God

681
00:37:02,120 –> 00:37:04,840
and see how they do.
We know something about that,

682
00:37:04,840 –> 00:37:06,200
right?
Like that’s part of a Bible

683
00:37:06,200 –> 00:37:07,440
school.
You catch up with people like,

684
00:37:07,440 –> 00:37:09,240
wow, how’s it going?
What’s happened?

685
00:37:09,240 –> 00:37:10,800
You know, that’s what we want to
do.

686
00:37:12,360 –> 00:37:15,720
So Barnabas is like, yeah, so
and John can come with us again,

687
00:37:15,720 –> 00:37:18,960
right?
I was like, are you crazy?

688
00:37:20,600 –> 00:37:23,080
I don’t did you have you
forgotten already what happened

689
00:37:23,080 –> 00:37:25,280
Now we’re not given much detail
about that.

690
00:37:25,280 –> 00:37:28,240
Remember we we said you remember
from Acts 13.

691
00:37:29,040 –> 00:37:32,000
Paul thought not good to take
with him the one who departed

692
00:37:32,000 –> 00:37:34,560
from them Pam Pam from Pam
Philly when they went and went

693
00:37:34,560 –> 00:37:36,440
not with him to the work.
So this is first missionary

694
00:37:36,440 –> 00:37:38,720
journey.
They left Antioch first port of

695
00:37:38,720 –> 00:37:41,520
call was site.
We’ll come to that tomorrow

696
00:37:41,520 –> 00:37:44,120
because he he met some enemies
there.

697
00:37:44,680 –> 00:37:46,280
Actually, that’ll be probably
Thursday.

698
00:37:46,280 –> 00:37:48,720
Elimus the sorcerer.
And then they came into Pam

699
00:37:48,720 –> 00:37:51,520
Philia.
Now, what do we know about

700
00:37:51,520 –> 00:37:58,360
Cyprus, Barnabas’s hometown?
Maybe John Marks as well,

701
00:37:58,480 –> 00:38:00,520
because they were it was his
nephew.

702
00:38:00,920 –> 00:38:02,520
There was a connection there to
John Mark.

703
00:38:03,280 –> 00:38:05,520
You know, did did John Mark?
Yeah, he’s not.

704
00:38:05,520 –> 00:38:07,840
So I’m not sure if he’s cut out
for this and maybe got a bit

705
00:38:07,840 –> 00:38:08,720
homesick.
I don’t know.

706
00:38:08,720 –> 00:38:12,160
He gets to they get to here and
and John Mark goes, goes back

707
00:38:12,160 –> 00:38:16,800
home and Paul’s like, you know
what, the work is just too

708
00:38:16,800 –> 00:38:18,600
important.
We can’t, we can’t have that

709
00:38:18,600 –> 00:38:22,360
distraction of this this kid
who, you know, might not like

710
00:38:22,840 –> 00:38:25,120
pull it, pull it, pull this,
pull his weight as it were.

711
00:38:25,680 –> 00:38:32,480
And and so they they separate.
The contention was so sharp

712
00:38:32,480 –> 00:38:35,040
between them that they departed
asunder one from another.

713
00:38:35,800 –> 00:38:39,040
So what does Barnabas do?
Exactly what you would expect

714
00:38:39,040 –> 00:38:42,920
him to do.
He takes John Mark and he sails

715
00:38:43,640 –> 00:38:46,760
to Cyprus.
He’s going to kind of like he’s

716
00:38:46,760 –> 00:38:50,360
going to do a do over with John
Mark, right, because this is

717
00:38:50,360 –> 00:38:52,040
what kind of went went all wrong
for me.

718
00:38:52,040 –> 00:38:55,400
You know, by the time I got up
into here into a Pamphylia, John

719
00:38:55,400 –> 00:39:03,680
Mark left and Paul chose Silas.
He’s one of the ones we could we

720
00:39:03,680 –> 00:39:05,920
get on a whole class on Silas.
That’s how important Silas is.

721
00:39:05,920 –> 00:39:09,520
Well, he’s here because of this,
this, this event.

722
00:39:10,560 –> 00:39:13,920
And of course they do this
journey and eventually, why is

723
00:39:13,920 –> 00:39:15,400
this significant in the second
journey?

724
00:39:15,400 –> 00:39:17,240
What, what’s, what’s the
significance here?

725
00:39:19,240 –> 00:39:22,120
All the, the work had been in
kind of Asia Minor and this

726
00:39:22,120 –> 00:39:23,560
area.
What’s, what’s going on here

727
00:39:24,800 –> 00:39:27,120
into Europe?
This is huge.

728
00:39:27,120 –> 00:39:30,040
The gospel message.
It’s crossing this divide, as it

729
00:39:30,040 –> 00:39:31,160
were.
This is huge.

730
00:39:31,400 –> 00:39:36,760
So yeah, it was sad, I’m sure,
and tragic that they they

731
00:39:36,760 –> 00:39:38,280
couldn’t sort this out between
them.

732
00:39:39,360 –> 00:39:42,520
But look what came from it.
John Mark got a second chance.

733
00:39:43,240 –> 00:39:46,960
Flip over in your Bible to
Second Timothy chapter 4.

734
00:39:52,400 –> 00:39:59,240
Barnabas was right again.
John Mark deserved a second

735
00:39:59,240 –> 00:40:01,800
chance.
Now, maybe, did he, did he do it

736
00:40:01,800 –> 00:40:04,520
because of some sort of family
connection or something?

737
00:40:04,880 –> 00:40:09,160
Doesn’t really matter.
His it was the right thing to do

738
00:40:09,200 –> 00:40:14,360
and and John Mark proved his
worth and Paul had to

739
00:40:14,360 –> 00:40:19,000
acknowledge that in second
Timothy 4, you know, there’s

740
00:40:19,000 –> 00:40:20,240
there’s some bad things that
have happened.

741
00:40:20,240 –> 00:40:23,520
Verse 10 Demas has forsaken me
loving, loving this present

742
00:40:23,520 –> 00:40:25,360
world.
Other people are, you know,

743
00:40:25,360 –> 00:40:28,960
doing some other work elsewhere.
But look, verse 11 and he’s

744
00:40:28,960 –> 00:40:32,960
writing to Timothy, Timothy’s in
Ephesus and he says only Luke is

745
00:40:32,960 –> 00:40:38,400
with me, take Mark and bring him
with thee for he is profitable

746
00:40:38,400 –> 00:40:41,600
to me for the ministry.
This is John Mark.

747
00:40:41,600 –> 00:40:46,680
So now you know Paul’s, Paul’s
in prison.

748
00:40:46,680 –> 00:40:48,960
Timothy’s here in Athens and
he’s saying like, bring, bring

749
00:40:48,960 –> 00:40:51,840
John Mark with you.
You know, he’s profitable to me

750
00:40:51,840 –> 00:40:57,400
for the, for the ministry.
And of course, some have

751
00:40:57,400 –> 00:41:00,720
suggested that while he’s now on
these missionary journeys and,

752
00:41:00,720 –> 00:41:03,800
and connecting with Barnabas and
Paul and the other apostles,

753
00:41:04,120 –> 00:41:08,960
John Mark takes the time to, to
kind of recount things right of,

754
00:41:08,960 –> 00:41:12,400
of the life of Christ.
He’s got the gospel message 100%

755
00:41:12,400 –> 00:41:15,920
figured out.
And of course he, you know, we

756
00:41:15,920 –> 00:41:18,320
benefit from that, don’t we?
Because we have this thing

757
00:41:18,320 –> 00:41:21,440
called the Gospel of Mark, which
he wrote.

758
00:41:21,880 –> 00:41:23,360
So he was profitable.
All right.

759
00:41:24,000 –> 00:41:26,360
And, and he’s there.
Maybe some have suggested in, in

760
00:41:26,360 –> 00:41:29,600
Mark chapter 14, remember the
young man who flees away naked

761
00:41:29,880 –> 00:41:31,600
because they’re all, all the
disciples are fleeing and

762
00:41:31,600 –> 00:41:35,200
someone grabs his cloak.
OK, He doesn’t mention his name,

763
00:41:36,200 –> 00:41:38,080
kind of like John, I guess, in
his epistle.

764
00:41:38,480 –> 00:41:40,600
So, yeah, something good came
from this.

765
00:41:40,640 –> 00:41:44,360
And and Paul and, and Barnabas
couldn’t figure it out.

766
00:41:44,360 –> 00:41:48,000
So they, they, they separated.
But what good came out of

767
00:41:48,000 –> 00:41:51,800
Barnabas’s work and what good
came for, for others, You know,

768
00:41:51,800 –> 00:41:54,800
the Ecclesia, ecclesia in Cyprus
would have benefited because

769
00:41:55,200 –> 00:41:57,880
Paul wasn’t heading back there.
He, he went through Asia Minor,

770
00:41:57,880 –> 00:41:59,720
visited these Ecclesia and then
off into Europe.

771
00:42:00,200 –> 00:42:02,680
Incredible work that needed to
be done.

772
00:42:03,560 –> 00:42:06,760
But there was work for the
Ecclesia for, for Barnabas and,

773
00:42:06,760 –> 00:42:10,040
and John Mark in the, in, in
Cyprus, Silas got the

774
00:42:10,040 –> 00:42:13,120
opportunity to work with Paul.
That was pretty impactful for

775
00:42:13,120 –> 00:42:18,320
Silas, changed his life.
Then Timothy comes along After

776
00:42:18,320 –> 00:42:21,680
that, the ecclesias in Asia
Minor were revisited and of

777
00:42:21,680 –> 00:42:24,760
course, as we’ve mentioned, the
gospel went into Europe.

778
00:42:27,000 –> 00:42:31,480
So we are just about out of time
and kind of feel like the writer

779
00:42:31,480 –> 00:42:33,840
to Hebrews 11.
You know, time fails us to speak

780
00:42:33,840 –> 00:42:37,520
of, you know, Aquila and
Priscilla teamwork, husband and

781
00:42:37,520 –> 00:42:40,400
wife working together.
What, you know, we could spend a

782
00:42:40,400 –> 00:42:44,360
whole session easily on them.
Timothy, you know, Paul’s son in

783
00:42:44,360 –> 00:42:45,920
the faith.
You know, they weren’t they

784
00:42:45,920 –> 00:42:47,920
weren’t peers.
The importance of mentorship,

785
00:42:48,560 –> 00:42:50,200
right, It’s not just all about
just hanging out with people of

786
00:42:50,200 –> 00:42:52,160
your own age there.
There needs to be these sort of

787
00:42:52,160 –> 00:42:56,200
cross generational things and
and Timothy benefited and Paul

788
00:42:56,200 –> 00:43:00,360
benefited from from that Silas
we’ve mentioned fellow sufferer.

789
00:43:00,360 –> 00:43:03,280
You know, they’re the ones that
are singing praises and hymns

790
00:43:03,280 –> 00:43:06,600
while they’re in chains and
Philippi bound together by

791
00:43:06,600 –> 00:43:09,280
trials and experiences.
And of course there’s many

792
00:43:09,280 –> 00:43:11,920
others, many, many others.
Some Paul mentions by name.

793
00:43:11,920 –> 00:43:14,200
Sometimes we get the one liner
my fellow workers in the Lord

794
00:43:14,200 –> 00:43:18,160
and we like tell us that story
right And we don’t know just

795
00:43:18,160 –> 00:43:22,640
incredible the friends that that
that Paul had in the truth that

796
00:43:22,640 –> 00:43:25,680
helped him each and every day.
But we’ll just wrap up.

797
00:43:25,680 –> 00:43:29,800
What are our lessons then from
from Joseph Barnabas?

798
00:43:32,440 –> 00:43:35,880
Well, we can add to the family
of God by words of

799
00:43:35,880 –> 00:43:38,840
encouragement.
Just just follow his example.

800
00:43:39,120 –> 00:43:44,240
Just just do what Barnabas did
and encourage each other and

801
00:43:44,240 –> 00:43:46,320
encourage others.
Preach, preach the truth.

802
00:43:47,280 –> 00:43:48,720
You know, what’s our, what’s our
nickname?

803
00:43:48,720 –> 00:43:50,800
What’s our reputation?
What are we, what are we known

804
00:43:50,800 –> 00:43:55,000
as?
You know, Barnabas had an

805
00:43:55,000 –> 00:43:57,400
incredible surname by the
apostle.

806
00:43:57,400 –> 00:44:00,320
They looked at this guy and they
said a son of consolation.

807
00:44:00,680 –> 00:44:03,960
All he does is build people up.
You know, he, that’s, that’s he

808
00:44:03,960 –> 00:44:08,400
always looks for the, the good
in people and in life

809
00:44:08,400 –> 00:44:10,880
circumstances.
And he practiced what he

810
00:44:10,880 –> 00:44:14,200
preached, you know, he he’s he’s
there and he’s, he’s helped the

811
00:44:14,200 –> 00:44:15,840
collision to Antioch.
And it’s like, oh, I’m going to

812
00:44:15,840 –> 00:44:18,360
go get Paul.
And like, the second time I

813
00:44:18,360 –> 00:44:21,040
helped him get into Jerusalem.
Now I’m going to get him from

814
00:44:21,040 –> 00:44:24,400
Tarsus and bring him to Antioch,
you know, And then, oh, we need

815
00:44:24,400 –> 00:44:26,800
we need someone to take relief
to the poor brother and sister

816
00:44:26,800 –> 00:44:29,040
in Jerusalem.
I’ll go, says Barnabas.

817
00:44:29,840 –> 00:44:31,720
All right, nothing.
There was no, there was no job

818
00:44:31,720 –> 00:44:34,960
that was too big or too small.
He would take on any challenge,

819
00:44:35,160 –> 00:44:37,640
like trying to convince people
that the worst persecutor of the

820
00:44:37,640 –> 00:44:41,760
ecclesia in the history of the
world is now OK, like, I’m not

821
00:44:41,760 –> 00:44:43,040
doing that.
There’s no.

822
00:44:43,400 –> 00:44:46,760
So that was not too big for him.
And they’re like, oh, we want to

823
00:44:46,760 –> 00:44:48,320
take some money down to the
people that are, you know,

824
00:44:48,320 –> 00:44:50,320
suffering.
I’ll, I’ll go, I’ll go.

825
00:44:50,520 –> 00:44:52,560
This is this is this is
Barnabas.

826
00:44:52,560 –> 00:44:56,120
He practices what’s he what he
preaches, and he always tries to

827
00:44:56,120 –> 00:44:58,560
to look at the best of of life
circumstances.

828
00:45:00,680 –> 00:45:03,080
You know, he must not have he
must not have wanted to leave

829
00:45:03,080 –> 00:45:06,640
Paul, but he just felt there was
something about John Mark, you

830
00:45:06,640 –> 00:45:09,080
know, that that he could work
with him and and do any any and

831
00:45:09,080 –> 00:45:10,680
he did that.
He kind of stepped out of a

832
00:45:10,680 –> 00:45:13,360
limelight.
All right, Do you want to go and

833
00:45:13,360 –> 00:45:16,640
be the, you know, superstar
tandem with Paul?

834
00:45:17,160 –> 00:45:18,920
No, I’m I there’s this other
project.

835
00:45:18,920 –> 00:45:21,360
There’s this young guy who needs
help and he just said we don’t

836
00:45:21,360 –> 00:45:23,200
hear from him again.
You know, we just sort of the

837
00:45:23,320 –> 00:45:27,120
the carry on the his work
carries on throughout Acts of

838
00:45:27,120 –> 00:45:30,760
the Apostles, but but his story
ended there and he’s quite happy

839
00:45:30,760 –> 00:45:32,840
with that.
And I think, I think there’s so

840
00:45:32,840 –> 00:45:35,280
much we can learn from.
From Joseph Barnabas.

841
00:45:49,290 –> 00:45:51,410
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842
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843
00:45:54,010 –> 00:45:55,530
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844
00:45:56,690 –> 00:45:58,730
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