{"id":1489,"date":"2026-06-07T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/403-chris-sales-the-friends-of-paul\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T01:53:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T01:53:19","slug":"403-chris-sales-the-friends-of-paul","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/403-chris-sales-the-friends-of-paul\/","title":{"rendered":"403: Chris Sales – The Friends of Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s talk is from a series by Brother Chris Sales titled “Paul’s Enemies and Friends,” which was given in 2023 at the Palm Springs Bible School. This is class 1, “The Friends of Paul.”<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to Good Christophian
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\nthis week’s talk.
\nHey everyone, it’s Jason <\/p>\n

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\nHensley.
\nThis week we’re listening to a <\/p>\n

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\nclass by brother Chris Sales
\ngiven at the Palm Spring Bible <\/p>\n

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\nSchool in 2023.
\nThe whole series is called <\/p>\n

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\nPaul’s Enemies and Friends, and
\nI recommend the entire series. <\/p>\n

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\nI just thought it was great
\nbecause it’s a take on a lot of <\/p>\n

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\nthe different people in Paul’s
\nlife and thus rather than <\/p>\n

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\nnecessarily following all the
\nevents, it looks at these <\/p>\n

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\ndifferent characters that
\nappear. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I, I really enjoyed that this
\nclass is called Friends in the <\/p>\n

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\nTruth and the majority of it is
\nreally spent looking at Barnabas<\/p>\n

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\nand Barnabas character and what
\nmade him so effective. <\/p>\n

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\nI really enjoyed that.
\nSo I think that you’re going to <\/p>\n

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\nfind it helpful as well.
\nOne of the things I love that <\/p>\n

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\nbrother Chris does is at the end
\nof every class he says, OK, now <\/p>\n

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\nhow does this relate to our
\nlives? <\/p>\n

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\nSo I think that these classes
\nare intensely practical. <\/p>\n

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\nSo not only are they deep
\nbiblically, but they are also <\/p>\n

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\nvery practical for our own
\nlives. <\/p>\n

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\nSo with that, let’s go ahead and
\njump in. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is brother Chris Sales, the
\nclass Friends in the Truth. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, it’s, it’s great to to see
\neveryone and Martha and I <\/p>\n

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\ncertainly appreciate being here
\nand some of you we haven’t seen <\/p>\n

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\nsince Idaho.
\nI think it was 2013. <\/p>\n

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\nSo it’s, it’s great.
\nAnd there’s many new people that<\/p>\n

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\nwe’ve we hope to meet.
\nSo please come in and say hello.<\/p>\n

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\nIt’s certainly a pleasure for us
\nto to be here this this week <\/p>\n

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\nwith you.
\nI’m glad just Jeff didn’t say I <\/p>\n

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\nwas the second class teacher,
\nbecause that’s what he told me I<\/p>\n

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\nwas.
\nBut I so as you mentioned, our, <\/p>\n

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\nour theme this week is, is
\nPaul’s enemies and allies. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat I want you to do is, is
\nthink about, I’m assuming we all<\/p>\n

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\nall know the story of Paul.
\nThat’s one of the ones that, you<\/p>\n

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\nknow, we, that we, we learn
\nvery, very well. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd what we want to do this this
\nweek is, is see things. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re going to change the angle
\na little bit and look at the <\/p>\n

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\npeople around Paul, both enemies
\nand allies and, and draw lessons<\/p>\n

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\nfrom that.
\nSo it’s not only a character <\/p>\n

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\nstudy and hopefully there’s, you
\nknow, lessons and expectations, <\/p>\n

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\nbut hopefully the familiarity
\nwith the story will will allow <\/p>\n

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\nfor us to maybe see it just a
\nlittle bit differently and just <\/p>\n

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\njust turn, turn that angle just
\na little bit. <\/p>\n

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\nSo oops, just get control of
\nthis. <\/p>\n

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\nAll right, So a bit of
\nbrainstorming just to to get the<\/p>\n

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\ncreative juices flowing.
\nSo call out who are some of the <\/p>\n

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\nthe Christian friends of Paul?
\nGo ahead. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Peter Barnabas, Timothy
\nSilas. <\/p>\n

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\nOK, good, good, good.
\nThose are excellent. <\/p>\n

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\nThose are excellent.
\nSo I mean, there’s some women’s <\/p>\n

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\nI thought of.
\nAnd my original plan was to, you<\/p>\n

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\nknow, do a lot of this in in the
\nfirst class who could have done <\/p>\n

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\nthe whole week just on his
\nfriends. <\/p>\n

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\nBut I wanted to stick with, you
\nknow, I think if we look at from<\/p>\n

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\nboth perspectives, friends and
\nenemies. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we’re going to look at
\nBarnabas, That’s all we’re going<\/p>\n

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\nto get.
\nSo let’s get our Bibles open and<\/p>\n

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\nturn up to, to Acts chapter 4.
\nThe, you know, a lot of it will <\/p>\n

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\nbe here on the on the screen,
\nbut it’s good to have our Bibles<\/p>\n

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\nopen and hopefully, you know, if
\nyou’re someone who makes little <\/p>\n

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\nnotes in your Bible or, or
\ndisable coloring, hopefully <\/p>\n

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\nthere’s some of that along the
\nway as well. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we’re introduced to, to
\nBarnabas in Acts chapter 4. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd right near the end the, the
\necclesias course knew and <\/p>\n

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\nthey’re, they’re sharing things
\nand there’s a lot of, you know, <\/p>\n

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\ninteraction and, and it’s just a
\nreally good, good scene. <\/p>\n

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\nIt says in verse 32, you know,
\nthey had one heart and one soul.<\/p>\n

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\nA really great start to the, to
\nthe ecclesia. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we, we mentioned, we, we
\npick, we’ll pick it up in verse.<\/p>\n

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\nLet’s speak verse 34.
\nNeither was there any that <\/p>\n

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\nlacked among them for as many as
\nthe possessors of lands and <\/p>\n

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\nhouses sold them and brought
\nthem in the prices and the <\/p>\n

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\nthings that were sold lay them
\nat the apostles feet and <\/p>\n

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\ndistribution was made to
\neveryone who is in need. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we’re then introduced in
\nverse 36 to this man Barnabas. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was actually, I’m going to
\ncall it a nickname, so it says <\/p>\n

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\nin verse 36.
\nAnd Josephs, who by the apostles<\/p>\n

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\nwas surnamed Barnabas, which is
\nbeing interpreted the son of <\/p>\n

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\nConsolation, a Levite of the
\ncountry of Cyprus, having land <\/p>\n

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\nsold it and brought the money
\nand laid it at the apostles <\/p>\n

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\nfeet.
\nSo it’s a nickname. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is, you know, reading
\ncarefully, as Brother Kitson has<\/p>\n

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\nsaid we need to do, well, let’s
\nthink about this. <\/p>\n

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\nHe really has two names.
\nIt’s Joseph’s, which is just a <\/p>\n

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\ncontraction of Joseph.
\nOK, So he has the name Joseph <\/p>\n

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\nand he’s surnamed Barnabas.
\nNames are important in <\/p>\n

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\nScripture.
\nWe know that. <\/p>\n

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\nSo, so we need to, we need to to
\nthink about what his name was. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, Joseph, as we’ve got here,
\nyou know, if you have this <\/p>\n

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\nstory, oh, sorry, Bob was
\nsupposed to tell Bob was heading<\/p>\n

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\nthis way potentially.
\nYou know, he’s the adder, right?<\/p>\n

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\nWhy was he, why was he, why was
\nJoseph the adder? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat would why was that?
\nWhy was he named Joseph? <\/p>\n

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\nDoes anyone remember Rachel’s
\nfirst born son? <\/p>\n

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\nShe called him Joseph because
\nshe said God’s going to give me <\/p>\n

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\nanother son.
\nHe’s going to add to that. <\/p>\n

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\nOK.
\nAnd that’s the way it worked <\/p>\n

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\nout.
\nThe adder or the increaser. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this is going to follow the
\nthese are like a little progress<\/p>\n

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\nreport in in Acts.
\nAnd there’s one in Acts chapter <\/p>\n

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\n5, verse 14, believers were
\nadded to the Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nOK, so, and Barnes is going to
\nplay a significant role in this.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd and we’re told that he’s
\nsurnamed Barnabas, which is <\/p>\n

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\nreally just the son of ABBA
\nAbbas. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it’s not the father, it’s
\nit’s like proclaiming and so on.<\/p>\n

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\nSo the the name Barnabas doesn’t
\nnearly necessarily give this <\/p>\n

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\nexactly, but we’re told in
\nScripture, this is what the <\/p>\n

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\nintention of it was.
\nThey called him Barnabas because<\/p>\n

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\nhe’s the son of consolation.
\nAnd we know this word <\/p>\n

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\nparaclesis.
\nI’m not a Greek scholar, but <\/p>\n

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\nthis is this the word that comes
\nup a lot, right? <\/p>\n

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\nWhere do we see this kind of
\nword? <\/p>\n

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\nWhere’s this word coming up?
\nOK, exhortation, the comforter. <\/p>\n

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\nOK, this is this word.
\nOne who comes alongside. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m a math teacher.
\nSo para parallelogram, parallel,<\/p>\n

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\nOK, one who comes alongside to
\nbring comfort. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this is going to be
\neverywhere in the life of <\/p>\n

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\nBarnabas as well.
\nThis is why this is what he was <\/p>\n

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\nknown for.
\nOK, so we got to think about <\/p>\n

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\nthat.
\nLike what, what are we known <\/p>\n

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\nfor?
\nWhat’s our our nickname, as it <\/p>\n

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\nwere.
\nAll right, we can think about <\/p>\n

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\nthat.
\nIf, if, if we were to be <\/p>\n

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\nsurnamed by everyone in this
\nroom, what’s kind of what would <\/p>\n

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\nthey hang on us?
\nWhat would they call? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat are we known for?
\nWhat are we known as? <\/p>\n

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\nI think that’s pretty powerful
\nhere with Barnabas. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd and that’s, and that’s what
\nwe learn from him. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s some other stuff here.
\nHe’s a Levite. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s going to be significant.
\nWe’ll see from Cyprus. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s going to be hugely
\nsignificant. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, we’re always, we’re
\nconnected in some way, right? <\/p>\n

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\nSo like where we come from,
\nthere’s a, there’s something <\/p>\n

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\nabout that that’s significant.
\nAnd of course he brings it. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s has some land, he has some
\nextra land and that’s what <\/p>\n

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\npeople are doing at that time.
\nAnd he’s he’s very generous with<\/p>\n

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\nit.
\nHe’s not doing it for the glory <\/p>\n

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\nand honor.
\nWe know that for sure. <\/p>\n

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\nWe know that Barnabas has got
\nthis sorted out, that he is, you<\/p>\n

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\nknow, the son of consolation and
\nencouragement. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we know that for sure he
\ndidn’t do it for false motives <\/p>\n

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\nbecause Chapter 5 starts with
\nthe word. <\/p>\n

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\nBut all right, Acts Chapter 4
\nread and write in Acts chapter <\/p>\n

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\n5, but Ananias and Sapphira
\ncompletely different thing. <\/p>\n

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\nThey kind of did the same thing
\nas Barnabas, but that ended in a<\/p>\n

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\ndisaster because they did they
\nwere doing it obviously for the <\/p>\n

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\nwrong reasons.
\nSo that’s your introduction to, <\/p>\n

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\nto Barnabas and that is going to
\nkind of follow him through now <\/p>\n

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\nas we, we, we follow his
\nconnections eventually to the <\/p>\n

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\napostle Paul.
\nLet’s go over to Acts Chapter 9.<\/p>\n

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\n00:09:01,400 –> 00:09:05,000
\nAnd when you think of Acts
\nChapter 9, what comes to your <\/p>\n

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\nmind?
\nWhat? <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:07,000 –> 00:09:08,960
\nWhy is Acts Chapter 9 so
\nsignificant? <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:10,560 –> 00:09:16,320
\nConversion of Saul, perhaps the
\nmost significant event in all of<\/p>\n

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\nthe New Testament outside of the
\ncrucifixion, death, and <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:20,200 –> 00:09:23,800
\nresurrection of Jesus, Yes,
\nmeans Saul becoming Paul. <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:25,520 –> 00:09:29,160
\nThe rest of the New Testament
\nhistory is basically his his <\/p>\n

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\nlife and his writings for the
\nmost part. <\/p>\n

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\nBut if I said who’s the most
\nimportant person in Acts Chapter<\/p>\n

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\n9, it might be Barnabas.
\nOK. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I this is just this just it
\njust sort of, you know, jumps <\/p>\n

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\nout of me.
\nSome have suggested that they <\/p>\n

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\nmay have known each other.
\nIt’s possible that that they may<\/p>\n

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\nhave known each other.
\nWe’re not That’s a bit of <\/p>\n

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\nspeculation.
\nSo here in Acts Chapter 9, when <\/p>\n

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\nPaul sees the blinding light and
\nfalls to the ground and in verse<\/p>\n

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\n5, you know, he’s cries out to
\nthe Lord, who aren’t you Lord? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Jesus says it’s I am Jesus
\nwhom thou persecuted it’s heart <\/p>\n

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\nfor thee to kick against the
\npricks, probably some pricks of <\/p>\n

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\nconscience.
\nYou know, was he was he <\/p>\n

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\nruminating upon the that that
\ndreaded words of Steven that he <\/p>\n

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\nhad, you know, managed to to
\nhave killed on this journey? <\/p>\n

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\nPerhaps if he knew Barnabas,
\nsome have suggested they both <\/p>\n

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\nwere raised at the feet of
\nGamalia. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:31,560 –> 00:10:33,320
\nIt’s all this is all like
\nspeculation. <\/p>\n

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\nBut we know what Gamaliel’s
\nattitude was the persecution, <\/p>\n

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\nright?
\nYou’ve cut off the head of the <\/p>\n

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\nsnake.
\nLeave it be, right. <\/p>\n

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\nIf it’s of God, it’s going to
\nyou can’t you can’t stop it. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd if it’s not of God, you’ve
\ndone your you’ve done the deed. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:45,240 –> 00:10:47,560
\nYou’ve got rid of Jesus, their
\nleader. <\/p>\n

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\nLet it go.
\nAnd maybe Barnabas had <\/p>\n

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\nencouraged Paul to do that or
\nSaul. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:52,720 –> 00:10:57,280
\nThat’s a bit of speculation, but
\nwe do know here when we come to <\/p>\n

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\nverse 26, so we’ll skip.
\nSo he’s been converted. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s he’s been to Damascus.
\nHe was he was there and he was <\/p>\n

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\npreaching and so on, but he had
\nto flee. <\/p>\n

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\nOkay, and we’ll come back to
\nsome of that when we look at <\/p>\n

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\nPauls enemies.
\nBut here in verse 26 and when <\/p>\n

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\nSaul was come to Jerusalem, he
\nis say to join himself to the <\/p>\n

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\ndisciples.
\nBut they were afraid of him and <\/p>\n

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\nbelieved that not that he was a
\ndisciple. <\/p>\n

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\nNow where would you have been in
\nJerusalem at this time as a <\/p>\n

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\nbeliever?
\nAnd Saul comes back and says <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve been converted.
\nI’ve seen the Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nLet me into your midst.
\nWho’s welcome to him? <\/p>\n

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\nNot me.
\nLike what a perfect way to <\/p>\n

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\ninfiltrate the ecclesia.
\nYes, All right, get names. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s taking names, right.
\nKeep, you know, finding all the <\/p>\n

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\nconnections.
\nHe’s going to obliterate it, <\/p>\n

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\nright.
\nHe left in an absolute rage to <\/p>\n

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\nwipe out stamp outs.
\nJust get rid of the sector, the <\/p>\n

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\nNazarene.
\nThat was his goal. <\/p>\n

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\nOK, Now he comes back and he’s
\ngot this conversion story. <\/p>\n

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\nYeah, right.
\nOK, I’m, I’m, I’m with the <\/p>\n

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\nmajority of the disciples here.
\nLike, no, he’s not coming any <\/p>\n

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\nanywhere near us.
\nWow, but Barnabas took him like,<\/p>\n

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\nwow, like this is this is
\nincredible. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s why I think Barnabas is,
\nyou know, perhaps the most <\/p>\n

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\nimportant person in this
\nchapter. <\/p>\n

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\nSo verse verse 27 there Barnabas
\ntook him and brought him to the <\/p>\n

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\napostles and declared unto them
\nhow he had seen the Lord in the <\/p>\n

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\nway and that he’d spoken to him
\nand how he’d preached boldly at <\/p>\n

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\nDamascus in the name of Jesus.
\nBarnabas took him and and he <\/p>\n

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\nobviously knew quite he he
\nagain, this is, I think, where <\/p>\n

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\nsome of the suggestion is that
\nhe had had already known him <\/p>\n

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\nlike how how, how did look at
\nall he knows he he knows what <\/p>\n

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\nhappened on the way to Damascus.
\nHe knows that Jesus spoke to him<\/p>\n

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\nand and he basically commends
\nSaul to the ecclesia in <\/p>\n

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\nJerusalem.
\nAnd then verse verse 28 again, a<\/p>\n

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\nbiblical phrase here, Saul was
\ncoming in and going out. <\/p>\n

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\nThis means there was no more
\nsuspicion. <\/p>\n

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\nHe had like kind of free reign.
\nHe was coming and going right. <\/p>\n

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\nThey, they completely accepted
\nSaul on the basis of the <\/p>\n

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\ncommendation from, from, from
\nBarnabas. <\/p>\n

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\nSo, you know, he was a son of
\nconsolation or, or commendation.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd, and based on this, it
\nbasically unlocked Paul’s, <\/p>\n

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\nSaul’s full potential.
\nI mean, think about it, he, he <\/p>\n

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\nmay have worked things out, but
\nlike he had to get, he had to <\/p>\n

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\nget it figured out in Jerusalem.
\nAnd that was kind of the center <\/p>\n

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\nof things at that time.
\nAnd it was based on on what <\/p>\n

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\nBarnabas did and brought him to
\nthe ecclesia that this, his full<\/p>\n

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\npotential was, was unlocked.
\nAnd so really we ask ourselves, <\/p>\n

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\nyou know, what are we doing to
\neither help or hinder the work <\/p>\n

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\nof the truth?
\nAnd we’re going to see both this<\/p>\n

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\nweek with those that encouraged
\nPaul and helped Paul like <\/p>\n

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\nBarnabas did, and those who just
\nmade it their life’s work to <\/p>\n

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\nundermine everything Paul did.
\nAnd and that’s both inside the <\/p>\n

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\necclesia, let alone what’s going
\non outside. <\/p>\n

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\nBut tomorrow we’ll look at some
\nof the the enemies from within. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so we ask ourselves, you
\nknow, where are we on that? <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, are we building up or
\nare we tearing down? <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s there’s really only two
\ntwo things that we can do and <\/p>\n

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\nthe truth.
\nWe can either encourage and <\/p>\n

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\nbuild up, edify one another, or
\nwe can spend our time tearing it<\/p>\n

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\ndown.
\nSo we can see here how how happy<\/p>\n

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\nPaul would have been to have
\nsomeone like Barnabas. <\/p>\n

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\nCan you imagine?
\nLike he’s he’s comes back, he’s <\/p>\n

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\non fire, right?
\nHe is like so pumped. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was heading to Damascus and
\nhe got completely turned around <\/p>\n

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\nbecause of the interaction with
\nthe Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nRight.
\nAnd he’s preaching boldly in <\/p>\n

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\nDamascus, so much so that the
\nJews there are threatening to <\/p>\n

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\nkill him, that the brethren and
\nsisters there help him to <\/p>\n

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\nescape.
\nHe gets back to Jerusalem and <\/p>\n

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\nthey don’t want him.
\nHe could have just. <\/p>\n

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\nI mean, I think me at that
\npoint, maybe I’m like, OK, I’m <\/p>\n

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\nout of here.
\nLike whatever. <\/p>\n

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\nLike, you know, they don’t trust
\nme. <\/p>\n

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\nThey don’t believe me, whatever.
\nBut Barnabas took him and <\/p>\n

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\nencouraged him.
\nNo, you know, we’ve we’ll work <\/p>\n

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\nthis through and how, how, how
\namazing that would have been <\/p>\n

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\nfor, for the apostle.
\nSo how, you know, where are we <\/p>\n

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\non that?
\nAre we hesitant? <\/p>\n

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\nAre we reluctant to respond, you
\nknow, to other, other people’s, <\/p>\n

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\nyou know, ideas or, you know,
\nare we or do we encourage them? <\/p>\n

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\nNow he ends up here, as we’ve
\nseen. <\/p>\n

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\nSo they, they, he’s going in and
\nout and he’s speaking boldly the<\/p>\n

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\nword of the Lord, right.
\nHe’s disputing against Grecians.<\/p>\n

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\nWe’ll we’ll come across them.
\nSo Grecians are Greek speaking <\/p>\n

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\nJews.
\nOK, Remember there’s a problem <\/p>\n

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\nin the early ecclesia between
\nGrecians and Hebrews. <\/p>\n

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\nOK, so he’s he’s not going to
\nthe Gentiles yet, but he’s kind <\/p>\n

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\nof getting his feet wet so much
\nso again that they’re trying to <\/p>\n

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\nslam.
\nHe ends up in Tarsus. <\/p>\n

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\nSo hold that thought.
\nWe’re going to pick him up there<\/p>\n

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\nin Tarsus in a moment.
\nAnd what’s the very next verse <\/p>\n

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\nsay, I don’t know when you when
\nyou read this verse, I mean, why<\/p>\n

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\nwas the ecclesia now having
\nrest? <\/p>\n

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\nSaul’s on their side.
\nNow It’s like that was a that <\/p>\n

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\nwas a great one to get on your
\nteam, right? <\/p>\n

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\nBut it says not only that rest
\nand and they’re they’re doing <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:19,400 –> 00:16:21,120
\nall these, these these good
\nthings. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:21,280 –> 00:16:25,280
\nThey have comfort.
\nWhy they got comfort because the<\/p>\n

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\nwork of Barnabas and obviously
\nPaul Saul is now on their side, <\/p>\n

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\nbut it’s because of the work of
\nBarnabas that they have comfort.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd this is just punctuated
\nthroughout the scriptures. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:36,160 –> 00:16:39,880
\nIt follows Barnabas around.
\nThis is what he is known for. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s why he was surnamed
\nBarnabas. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, this is always kind of fun.
\nLike who was greater order of <\/p>\n

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\nnames, all that kind of thing.
\nI don’t want to spend a lot of <\/p>\n

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\ntime on this.
\nWe’ve got a lot to get through, <\/p>\n

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\nbut I think this is this is
\nimportant. <\/p>\n

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\nJust just kind of for fun.
\nCan you think of a time when it <\/p>\n

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\nwas probably clear that Barnabas
\nwas the greater of the two? <\/p>\n

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\nOK.
\nAnd and what incident in <\/p>\n

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\nparticular?
\nOK. <\/p>\n

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\nSo there’s a time they’d hear
\nthey’d healed the lame man In, <\/p>\n

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\nin in Lystra.
\nLystra, OK. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:28,040 –> 00:17:30,760
\nAnd the people like the gods
\nhave come down from us to us <\/p>\n

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\nfrom heaven, right?
\nAnd they surname Barnabas, the <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:34,640 –> 00:17:38,240
\nKing James says Jupiter.
\nModern translation say Zeus, <\/p>\n

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\nthat was Barnabas.
\nAnd Paul Mercurius or Hermes <\/p>\n

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\nbecause he was the chief
\nspeaker. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:45,560 –> 00:17:48,120
\nSo Paul was the chief speaker,
\nbut who was the chief guy? <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s Barnabas.
\nI, I’m not sure. <\/p>\n

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\nI, I don’t want to get into this
\ntoo much. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd, and I, you know, I’m not a,
\nnot only a Greek, I’m not a <\/p>\n

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\nGreek speaker, I’m not a Greek
\nmythological expert. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I took this straight out of
\nthe Encyclopedia Britannica. <\/p>\n

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\nBut Zeus is the chief deity of
\nthe pantheon, identical with <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:04,760 –> 00:18:06,000
\nJupiter.
\nSo that that’s fine. <\/p>\n

320
\n00:18:06,000 –> 00:18:11,360
\nSo, so like Zeus is the main guy
\nand Hermes is just a good <\/p>\n

321
\n00:18:11,360 –> 00:18:18,200
\ntalker, which we know Paul was
\ngood at and some of us suggested<\/p>\n

322
\n00:18:18,200 –> 00:18:20,440
\nhe was the messenger of Zeus.
\nSo it’s just kind of <\/p>\n

323
\n00:18:20,440 –> 00:18:23,240
\ninteresting.
\nBut order of names, it’s in Acts<\/p>\n

324
\n00:18:23,240 –> 00:18:25,000
\nchapter 13 that his name has
\nchanged. <\/p>\n

325
\n00:18:25,000 –> 00:18:27,960
\nWe’re going to that incident in
\na little bit and I’m not going <\/p>\n

326
\n00:18:27,960 –> 00:18:30,480
\nto go through this again.
\nWe can make these slides <\/p>\n

327
\n00:18:30,480 –> 00:18:32,480
\navailable.
\nLike it’s, this is not a big <\/p>\n

328
\n00:18:32,960 –> 00:18:35,320
\ncomplex study.
\nYou can just search in your <\/p>\n

329
\n00:18:35,360 –> 00:18:38,320
\nwhatever.
\nSo it’s Barnabas and either Saul<\/p>\n

330
\n00:18:38,320 –> 00:18:40,440
\nor Paul, all those accounts
\nthere. <\/p>\n

331
\n00:18:40,760 –> 00:18:43,760
\nAnd then it’s Paul and Barnabas
\nafter and Acts 13 when his names<\/p>\n

332
\n00:18:43,760 –> 00:18:46,880
\nchange seems to be when, when
\nthings changed equally <\/p>\n

333
\n00:18:46,880 –> 00:18:49,080
\ndistributed.
\nSo it’s kind of interesting. <\/p>\n

334
\n00:18:50,120 –> 00:18:52,800
\nAnd I think that’s important.
\nYou know, when you look at at <\/p>\n

335
\n00:18:52,800 –> 00:18:55,840
\nnames, you think of, you know, I
\nkind of got a a bit of a vibe <\/p>\n

336
\n00:18:55,840 –> 00:18:59,320
\nhere of like Moses and Aaron.
\nIt’s kind of got a bit of a vibe<\/p>\n

337
\n00:18:59,320 –> 00:19:01,800
\nthere.
\nThey like, you know, Moses is <\/p>\n

338
\n00:19:01,800 –> 00:19:03,880
\nobviously the, the, the main
\none. <\/p>\n

339
\n00:19:04,560 –> 00:19:06,240
\nAaron was the one who did the
\ntalking. <\/p>\n

340
\n00:19:06,240 –> 00:19:09,880
\nAt least you would get that
\nsense because Moses said he <\/p>\n

341
\n00:19:09,880 –> 00:19:12,120
\nwasn’t a good speaker.
\nSo there, there’s some, some <\/p>\n

342
\n00:19:12,200 –> 00:19:14,160
\ninteresting dynamics going on
\nthere. <\/p>\n

343
\n00:19:15,320 –> 00:19:17,920
\nSo that’s just a little bit of a
\nstudy that that you can, can <\/p>\n

344
\n00:19:17,920 –> 00:19:20,960
\npick up on your own.
\nOK Acts Chapter 11. <\/p>\n

345
\n00:19:28,000 –> 00:19:32,200
\nSo Acts Chapter 11, Acts chapter
\n10, of course, is the conversion<\/p>\n

346
\n00:19:32,200 –> 00:19:36,200
\nof, of Cornelius and that causes
\nsome concerns in, in the <\/p>\n

347
\n00:19:36,200 –> 00:19:38,640
\necclesia and and Peter’s got to
\ndefend what he did. <\/p>\n

348
\n00:19:39,200 –> 00:19:43,920
\nIf we pick it up there in verse
\n18, Well, verse, if you just <\/p>\n

349
\n00:19:43,920 –> 00:19:47,840
\nglance your eyes down like
\n14151617, basically the brethren<\/p>\n

350
\n00:19:47,840 –> 00:19:49,760
\nare saying like, what, what are
\nyou doing Peter? <\/p>\n

351
\n00:19:49,760 –> 00:19:52,760
\nLike talking to Gentiles and you
\nknow, making them think they <\/p>\n

352
\n00:19:52,760 –> 00:19:55,840
\ncould be Christians and stuff.
\nAnd he has to defend himself and<\/p>\n

353
\n00:19:55,920 –> 00:19:58,640
\nhe recounts the story, the
\nconversion of Cornelius, another<\/p>\n

354
\n00:19:58,640 –> 00:20:00,280
\nreally, really, really
\nsignificant event. <\/p>\n

355
\n00:20:00,280 –> 00:20:02,080
\nAnd we’ll talk about that more
\ntomorrow as well. <\/p>\n

356
\n00:20:03,240 –> 00:20:05,840
\nVerse 18, when they heard these
\nthings, they held their peace <\/p>\n

357
\n00:20:05,840 –> 00:20:09,520
\nand glorified God saying, then
\nhath God also to the Gentiles <\/p>\n

358
\n00:20:09,520 –> 00:20:13,560
\ngranted repentance unto life.
\nThis was like this was a a light<\/p>\n

359
\n00:20:13,560 –> 00:20:15,400
\nbulb moment for them.
\nWell, how Gentiles are going to <\/p>\n

360
\n00:20:15,400 –> 00:20:19,760
\nbe included and and God in his
\nwisdom had Peter involved in <\/p>\n

361
\n00:20:19,760 –> 00:20:23,680
\nthat.
\nAnd then verse 19. <\/p>\n

362
\n00:20:24,280 –> 00:20:26,480
\nNow, when they which were
\nscattered abroad about the <\/p>\n

363
\n00:20:26,480 –> 00:20:32,640
\npersecution that had arose about
\nStephen, OK, why was Stephen <\/p>\n

364
\n00:20:32,640 –> 00:20:35,760
\nbeing persecuted?
\nWho was The Who was the lead <\/p>\n

365
\n00:20:35,760 –> 00:20:38,560
\ninstigator of that dude named
\nSaul? <\/p>\n

366
\n00:20:38,880 –> 00:20:43,120
\nOK, so he’s implicated in this.
\nAnd instead of stamping out <\/p>\n

367
\n00:20:43,120 –> 00:20:45,440
\nChristianity, it was like trying
\nto put out a fire, right? <\/p>\n

368
\n00:20:45,440 –> 00:20:47,960
\nAnd it the sparks just flew
\nbecause that’s what Jesus said. <\/p>\n

369
\n00:20:47,960 –> 00:20:51,200
\nIf they persecute you in one
\ncity, flee to another city, <\/p>\n

370
\n00:20:51,760 –> 00:20:52,640
\nright?
\nDon’t give up. <\/p>\n

371
\n00:20:53,120 –> 00:20:56,240
\nSpread the word wherever you go.
\nSo that’s what’s going on here. <\/p>\n

372
\n00:20:56,360 –> 00:20:57,800
\nSo where are some of the places
\nthey went? <\/p>\n

373
\n00:20:57,800 –> 00:21:01,480
\nThey traveled as far as Venice
\nand Cyprus and Antioch. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:21:01,840 –> 00:21:04,000
\nThose are going to be really,
\nreally important places to <\/p>\n

375
\n00:21:04,000 –> 00:21:06,960
\nremember preaching the word to
\nnone but Jews only. <\/p>\n

376
\n00:21:06,960 –> 00:21:10,320
\nSo in the early days,
\npersecution of Stephen, they’re <\/p>\n

377
\n00:21:10,320 –> 00:21:12,440
\nspreading the the gospel
\nmessage, but they’re only going <\/p>\n

378
\n00:21:12,440 –> 00:21:15,880
\nto Jews, OK.
\nAnd, and, and Barnabas is <\/p>\n

379
\n00:21:15,880 –> 00:21:18,080
\nimplicated here too, because of
\nthe Cyprus connection. <\/p>\n

380
\n00:21:18,400 –> 00:21:20,480
\nAnd Antioch is going to be
\nhugely significant. <\/p>\n

381
\n00:21:22,000 –> 00:21:25,720
\nAnd some of them were men of
\nCyprus and Cyrene, which when <\/p>\n

382
\n00:21:25,720 –> 00:21:29,680
\nthey were come to Antioch, spake
\nunto the Grecians preaching the <\/p>\n

383
\n00:21:29,680 –> 00:21:33,120
\nword of Jesus.
\nOK, so it’s starting to spread a<\/p>\n

384
\n00:21:33,120 –> 00:21:35,600
\nlittle bit.
\nWe can now include Grecian <\/p>\n

385
\n00:21:35,600 –> 00:21:38,960
\nbecause there was some prejudice
\nthere between Hebrew speakers <\/p>\n

386
\n00:21:38,960 –> 00:21:41,880
\nand Greek speakers and their
\nculture and Hellenist versus, <\/p>\n

387
\n00:21:41,880 –> 00:21:43,760
\nyou know, a Judaistic
\nupbringing. <\/p>\n

388
\n00:21:43,760 –> 00:21:45,560
\nThere was some some issues going
\non there. <\/p>\n

389
\n00:21:45,560 –> 00:21:48,600
\nSo this was a big deal.
\nAnd it’s going on in Antioch. <\/p>\n

390
\n00:21:48,880 –> 00:21:51,640
\nAnd some of the people preaching
\nor people originally from <\/p>\n

391
\n00:21:51,640 –> 00:21:53,800
\nJerusalem who went to Cyprus and
\nnow I’ve gone to Antioch. <\/p>\n

392
\n00:21:53,800 –> 00:21:54,920
\nI’ll have a map up here in a
\nminute. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:21:57,040 –> 00:22:02,520
\nOK, verse 22.
\nI think that’s where I pick it <\/p>\n

394
\n00:22:02,520 –> 00:22:08,000
\nup on my slide here.
\nOK, verse 22, then tidings of <\/p>\n

395
\n00:22:08,000 –> 00:22:10,880
\nthese things.
\nThese things is talking <\/p>\n

396
\n00:22:10,880 –> 00:22:13,720
\npreaching to Grecians.
\nThat’s the these things. <\/p>\n

397
\n00:22:14,360 –> 00:22:16,920
\nThey came into the ears of the
\necclesia, which is in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

398
\n00:22:17,120 –> 00:22:19,280
\nThey’re like, what’s going on up
\nthere in Antioch? <\/p>\n

399
\n00:22:19,800 –> 00:22:22,240
\nLike, whoa, what’s going on?
\nWe got to go find out. <\/p>\n

400
\n00:22:22,560 –> 00:22:25,560
\nSo who do they send?
\nBarnabas? <\/p>\n

401
\n00:22:25,600 –> 00:22:29,480
\nWho would you choose to go and
\nlike potentially solve an <\/p>\n

402
\n00:22:29,480 –> 00:22:32,240
\necclesial strife situation,
\nright? <\/p>\n

403
\n00:22:32,400 –> 00:22:34,160
\nThere’s people saying you should
\nbe talking to Grecians. <\/p>\n

404
\n00:22:34,160 –> 00:22:35,920
\nYou know, they’re like, unless
\nthey’re going to become like <\/p>\n

405
\n00:22:35,920 –> 00:22:37,720
\nfully, you know, Hebrew
\nspeaking, whatever. <\/p>\n

406
\n00:22:37,720 –> 00:22:39,400
\nI don’t know what the the issue
\nwas. <\/p>\n

407
\n00:22:40,520 –> 00:22:44,920
\nThey sent Barnabas to Antioch.
\nOK, so this is this is what he’s<\/p>\n

408
\n00:22:44,920 –> 00:22:46,600
\nknown for.
\nLike, we got this issue. <\/p>\n

409
\n00:22:47,640 –> 00:22:49,760
\nWho are we going to send?
\nWe send Barnabas. <\/p>\n

410
\n00:22:49,760 –> 00:22:52,600
\nHe’s he’s the guy, right?
\nHe’s got a good track record. <\/p>\n

411
\n00:22:52,600 –> 00:22:56,240
\nAnd when he came, he had seen
\nthe grace of God. <\/p>\n

412
\n00:22:56,240 –> 00:23:00,200
\nIt was like, this is incredible.
\nGrecians are starting to accept <\/p>\n

413
\n00:23:00,200 –> 00:23:02,040
\nthe gospel message.
\nThis is Barnabas’s view of <\/p>\n

414
\n00:23:02,040 –> 00:23:04,320
\nthings.
\nHe’s always looking at how <\/p>\n

415
\n00:23:04,600 –> 00:23:06,720
\npositive things are.
\nAnd it’s all for the work of the<\/p>\n

416
\n00:23:06,720 –> 00:23:09,480
\ntruth.
\nHe exhorted them. <\/p>\n

417
\n00:23:09,560 –> 00:23:12,000
\nHe’s a son of consolation and
\nexhortation. <\/p>\n

418
\n00:23:12,760 –> 00:23:16,600
\nOK, so Paul was a great speaker,
\nbut but Barnabas was no slouch <\/p>\n

419
\n00:23:16,600 –> 00:23:18,760
\neither.
\nHe’s got a reputation of, of <\/p>\n

420
\n00:23:18,760 –> 00:23:22,440
\nencouraging and and exhorting
\nand it’s a cleave to the Lord. <\/p>\n

421
\n00:23:22,680 –> 00:23:25,960
\nThis is this is his message, you
\nknow, don’t be discouraged. <\/p>\n

422
\n00:23:26,120 –> 00:23:29,720
\nCleave to the Lord for he was a
\ngood man. <\/p>\n

423
\n00:23:29,720 –> 00:23:31,520
\nThis is our Barnabas.
\nHe was a good man, full of the <\/p>\n

424
\n00:23:31,520 –> 00:23:35,040
\nHoly Spirit and a faith much
\npeople was well, of course, much<\/p>\n

425
\n00:23:35,040 –> 00:23:38,560
\npeople were added to the Lord
\nbecause he’s Joseph Barnabas, <\/p>\n

426
\n00:23:39,280 –> 00:23:41,800
\nall right.
\nAnd and the truth is spreading. <\/p>\n

427
\n00:23:41,800 –> 00:23:45,960
\nHe’s adding to the, everything
\nhe does, everything he does is, <\/p>\n

428
\n00:23:45,960 –> 00:23:49,200
\nis adding to the, the truth and
\nto the people. <\/p>\n

429
\n00:23:52,240 –> 00:23:55,240
\nAnd then what does he do next?
\nI don’t know how long it’s been <\/p>\n

430
\n00:23:55,240 –> 00:24:00,440
\nsince he’s seen Saul.
\nHe got Saul acclimatized and <\/p>\n

431
\n00:24:00,440 –> 00:24:02,640
\ncommended and accepted in
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n

432
\n00:24:03,080 –> 00:24:04,960
\nAnd he was so successful in
\nJerusalem that he was <\/p>\n

433
\n00:24:04,960 –> 00:24:07,760
\npersecuted.
\nAnd he he flees to Caesaria, <\/p>\n

434
\n00:24:07,760 –> 00:24:10,280
\nfirst of all, and then up to
\nTarsus. <\/p>\n

435
\n00:24:10,920 –> 00:24:12,840
\nWell, why did Saul go back to
\nTarsus? <\/p>\n

436
\n00:24:12,840 –> 00:24:15,120
\nSo that was his hometown, maybe
\na bit more comfortable there. <\/p>\n

437
\n00:24:16,200 –> 00:24:19,440
\nAnd so here’s Barnabas.
\nHe’s in Antioch and he’s like, <\/p>\n

438
\n00:24:19,800 –> 00:24:21,720
\nhe’s singing to himself.
\nThis is amazing. <\/p>\n

439
\n00:24:21,720 –> 00:24:23,200
\nYou know, the truth is starting
\nto spread. <\/p>\n

440
\n00:24:23,360 –> 00:24:27,000
\nGrecians are being included.
\nAnd he thought, I need some <\/p>\n

441
\n00:24:27,000 –> 00:24:27,960
\nhelp.
\nWe need some help here. <\/p>\n

442
\n00:24:27,960 –> 00:24:29,360
\nWe need, we need to make this
\nfurther. <\/p>\n

443
\n00:24:29,360 –> 00:24:31,200
\nWe got to go.
\nNext step, right? <\/p>\n

444
\n00:24:31,200 –> 00:24:35,320
\nNot just Grecians, but Gentiles.
\nI know a guy who can help me <\/p>\n

445
\n00:24:35,320 –> 00:24:37,680
\nout.
\nAnd he goes and he seeks. <\/p>\n

446
\n00:24:38,040 –> 00:24:40,960
\nHe seeks for Saul.
\nHe goes all the way to Tarsus. <\/p>\n

447
\n00:24:41,040 –> 00:24:43,720
\nMap is coming.
\nOops, there it was. <\/p>\n

448
\n00:24:45,600 –> 00:24:49,200
\nSo now, interestingly enough, I
\npulled this off some Internet <\/p>\n

449
\n00:24:49,200 –> 00:24:51,520
\nthing on the life of Paul
\nbecause everyone focuses on <\/p>\n

450
\n00:24:51,520 –> 00:24:53,600
\nPaul, OK?
\nIt’s all the stuff that Paul’s <\/p>\n

451
\n00:24:53,600 –> 00:24:55,160
\ndoing, like he’s converted and
\nhe has. <\/p>\n

452
\n00:24:55,160 –> 00:24:56,680
\nI’m not going to read through
\nall this. <\/p>\n

453
\n00:24:56,680 –> 00:25:00,160
\nThis is this is Paul’s travels.
\nAnd what jumped out at me is <\/p>\n

454
\n00:25:00,320 –> 00:25:02,600
\nBarnabas, Barnabas.
\nBarnabas. <\/p>\n

455
\n00:25:03,440 –> 00:25:07,040
\nOK, so after Paul was down here
\nin Jerusalem, he goes to <\/p>\n

456
\n00:25:07,040 –> 00:25:09,240
\nCaesarea and then he goes up to
\nTarsus. <\/p>\n

457
\n00:25:09,280 –> 00:25:10,840
\nAnd we’re not sure what he was
\ndoing there. <\/p>\n

458
\n00:25:10,840 –> 00:25:13,600
\nIt was obviously important work.
\nAnd you know, he’s, he was doing<\/p>\n

459
\n00:25:13,600 –> 00:25:16,360
\nwhat he could.
\nThere’s trouble up here in <\/p>\n

460
\n00:25:16,360 –> 00:25:18,720
\nAntioch.
\nGrecians are being included and <\/p>\n

461
\n00:25:18,720 –> 00:25:20,760
\nthey send, and it’s not on this
\nmap. <\/p>\n

462
\n00:25:20,760 –> 00:25:22,200
\nAll the arrows are going the
\nother way because it’s all about<\/p>\n

463
\n00:25:22,200 –> 00:25:23,600
\nPaul.
\nBut we’re talking about <\/p>\n

464
\n00:25:23,600 –> 00:25:25,320
\nBarnabas.
\nHe goes from Jerusalem to <\/p>\n

465
\n00:25:25,320 –> 00:25:28,640
\nAntioch, sent by the brethren
\nhere to find out what’s going on<\/p>\n

466
\n00:25:28,640 –> 00:25:30,440
\nin Antioch and make sure it’s
\nall OK. <\/p>\n

467
\n00:25:31,640 –> 00:25:35,680
\nWhile he’s in Antioch, he takes
\nthe time to go from Antioch to <\/p>\n

468
\n00:25:35,680 –> 00:25:38,240
\nTarsus and finds Paul, seeks him
\nout. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:25:39,240 –> 00:25:40,280
\nOK.
\nWe don’t know how hard that <\/p>\n

470
\n00:25:40,280 –> 00:25:42,400
\nwould have been.
\nHe makes this effort. <\/p>\n

471
\n00:25:42,400 –> 00:25:45,600
\nHe goes over and above goes and
\nthey both come back to Antioch. <\/p>\n

472
\n00:25:46,040 –> 00:25:48,240
\nI I just find that remarkable.
\nAnd I think of think of <\/p>\n

473
\n00:25:48,240 –> 00:25:50,080
\nourselves.
\nYou know what? <\/p>\n

474
\n00:25:50,320 –> 00:25:55,040
\nWhat what do we do to encourage
\nand to help Do we go the extra <\/p>\n

475
\n00:25:55,040 –> 00:25:57,200
\nmile talk about this extra few
\nmiles here. <\/p>\n

476
\n00:25:57,640 –> 00:26:00,600
\nOK, he’s got he’s been sent by
\nthe the elders in in Jerusalem <\/p>\n

477
\n00:26:00,600 –> 00:26:04,360
\ngo sort out Antioch sorts that
\nout people are added to the Lord<\/p>\n

478
\n00:26:04,600 –> 00:26:06,920
\nand you know what would he have
\nsaid when he got to Tarsus. <\/p>\n

479
\n00:26:07,640 –> 00:26:09,680
\nThis is me great great Bible
\nstudy. <\/p>\n

480
\n00:26:10,160 –> 00:26:13,280
\nI think is also putting yourself
\nright in the record there. <\/p>\n

481
\n00:26:13,480 –> 00:26:19,000
\nSo he’s in Antioch and and this
\nis this is my imagined speech or<\/p>\n

482
\n00:26:19,000 –> 00:26:23,720
\nappeal of Barnabas Paul.
\nI’ve got just the place for you <\/p>\n

483
\n00:26:23,720 –> 00:26:27,160
\nto come to fulfill your calling.
\nRemember what the Lord said to <\/p>\n

484
\n00:26:27,160 –> 00:26:28,120
\nyou.
\nI’m going to send you to the <\/p>\n

485
\n00:26:28,120 –> 00:26:30,080
\nGentiles.
\nI got the place. <\/p>\n

486
\n00:26:30,680 –> 00:26:32,720
\nOK.
\nWe have Grecian conference <\/p>\n

487
\n00:26:32,800 –> 00:26:36,720
\nconverts in Antioch.
\nAnd by the way, they were <\/p>\n

488
\n00:26:36,720 –> 00:26:39,520
\nconverted by remember you’re
\npersecuting Stephen. <\/p>\n

489
\n00:26:39,640 –> 00:26:41,880
\nWhile some people fled from
\nthat, they went to Cyprus. <\/p>\n

490
\n00:26:42,000 –> 00:26:45,600
\nThose people went to Antioch.
\nSo like this is kind of you kind<\/p>\n

491
\n00:26:45,600 –> 00:26:47,680
\nof got this going on the other
\nside of things. <\/p>\n

492
\n00:26:47,880 –> 00:26:50,000
\nWell, now they’re they’re
\nthey’re talking about, you know,<\/p>\n

493
\n00:26:50,400 –> 00:26:52,040
\nJesus and and the gospel
\nmessage. <\/p>\n

494
\n00:26:52,680 –> 00:26:55,520
\nBut we need to go the next step.
\nWe need to teach Gentiles. <\/p>\n

495
\n00:26:55,520 –> 00:26:58,800
\nIt’s perfect.
\nYou know, come with me to <\/p>\n

496
\n00:26:58,800 –> 00:27:00,640
\nAntioch.
\nWhatever you’re doing in the <\/p>\n

497
\n00:27:00,640 –> 00:27:01,920
\nhearts, Tarsus, I’m sure it’s
\ngreat. <\/p>\n

498
\n00:27:01,920 –> 00:27:04,240
\nCome with me to Antioch.
\nThis is this will be where we’ll<\/p>\n

499
\n00:27:04,240 –> 00:27:08,160
\nget it going.
\nThis is Barnabas encouraging <\/p>\n

500
\n00:27:08,880 –> 00:27:12,160
\nSaul.
\nI mean, we, we need friends like<\/p>\n

501
\n00:27:12,160 –> 00:27:14,440
\nthat, don’t we?
\nYou know, whatever we’re doing <\/p>\n

502
\n00:27:14,440 –> 00:27:17,080
\nin the truth, whatever we all
\ngot our struggles, personal <\/p>\n

503
\n00:27:17,080 –> 00:27:19,880
\nstruggles, our collegial
\nstruggles, family struggles, and<\/p>\n

504
\n00:27:19,880 –> 00:27:21,400
\nwe need each other.
\nThat’s one of the amazing things<\/p>\n

505
\n00:27:21,400 –> 00:27:24,840
\nabout Bible school, right?
\nBecause we find out, OK, beneath<\/p>\n

506
\n00:27:24,840 –> 00:27:29,160
\nthat veneer of me standing up
\nhere, we’re having struggles, <\/p>\n

507
\n00:27:29,200 –> 00:27:30,640
\nright?
\nAnd we’re having challenges. <\/p>\n

508
\n00:27:30,800 –> 00:27:34,920
\nWe need to encourage each other.
\nAnd how much Paul would have <\/p>\n

509
\n00:27:34,920 –> 00:27:37,920
\ncherished the efforts of
\nBarnabas to include him in the <\/p>\n

510
\n00:27:37,920 –> 00:27:40,920
\nwork and, and get going on
\nthings. <\/p>\n

511
\n00:27:41,920 –> 00:27:45,240
\nYou know, so do we look to, to
\nencourage others to, to, you <\/p>\n

512
\n00:27:45,240 –> 00:27:48,240
\nknow, to, to not think I’m just
\ngoing to go do my thing over <\/p>\n

513
\n00:27:48,240 –> 00:27:49,560
\nhere?
\nLike I had a submission to <\/p>\n

514
\n00:27:49,560 –> 00:27:51,240
\nAntioch.
\nI kind of, I kind of did my <\/p>\n

515
\n00:27:51,240 –> 00:27:54,120
\nthing.
\nNo, we, we look to include <\/p>\n

516
\n00:27:54,120 –> 00:27:58,080
\nothers and, and, and help each
\nother on their, you know, on <\/p>\n

517
\n00:27:58,080 –> 00:28:04,360
\ntheir journey.
\nAnd we keep reading in in Acts <\/p>\n

518
\n00:28:04,360 –> 00:28:09,360
\nChapter 11 here and verse 26.
\nSo he got to Tarsus. <\/p>\n

519
\n00:28:09,360 –> 00:28:13,000
\nHe found him, besought him.
\nI’m sorry, brought him, besought<\/p>\n

520
\n00:28:13,000 –> 00:28:14,480
\nhim.
\nI think too, to come to Antioch <\/p>\n

521
\n00:28:14,720 –> 00:28:17,400
\ncame to pass a whole year.
\nBarnabas was right. <\/p>\n

522
\n00:28:17,400 –> 00:28:21,760
\nThere was lots of work to do
\nthere and stumbled out the the <\/p>\n

523
\n00:28:21,760 –> 00:28:23,960
\necclesia and taught much.
\nPeople and disciples were called<\/p>\n

524
\n00:28:23,960 –> 00:28:28,120
\nChristians first in Antioch.
\nI’m not sure and I run quickly <\/p>\n

525
\n00:28:28,120 –> 00:28:31,840
\nout of time.
\nIt’s time goes too fast when <\/p>\n

526
\n00:28:31,840 –> 00:28:36,600
\nyou’re talking up here.
\nDisciples were called Christians<\/p>\n

527
\n00:28:36,600 –> 00:28:38,440
\nfirst in Antioch.
\nI’m not sure what you thought of<\/p>\n

528
\n00:28:38,440 –> 00:28:39,680
\nthat.
\nI was, you know, was this <\/p>\n

529
\n00:28:39,680 –> 00:28:41,160
\nderogatory?
\nWas it? <\/p>\n

530
\n00:28:41,440 –> 00:28:44,360
\nYou know, we know they were
\ncalled the way, the sect of the <\/p>\n

531
\n00:28:44,360 –> 00:28:47,880
\nNazarenes, it says they were
\ncalled disciples first in <\/p>\n

532
\n00:28:47,880 –> 00:28:49,040
\nAntioch.
\nSo first of all, why aren’t <\/p>\n

533
\n00:28:49,040 –> 00:28:51,880
\nAntioch?
\nI think because they were <\/p>\n

534
\n00:28:51,880 –> 00:28:55,320
\nstarting to figure out the
\ngospel message for Jew and <\/p>\n

535
\n00:28:55,320 –> 00:29:00,880
\nGentile, Hebrew speaking Jews,
\nGreek speaking Jews, Gentiles. <\/p>\n

536
\n00:29:01,440 –> 00:29:04,520
\nPaul was there for a year.
\nYou know what he’s doing OK. <\/p>\n

537
\n00:29:04,520 –> 00:29:07,160
\nAnd Antiox’s going to become the
\ncenter of really the, the the <\/p>\n

538
\n00:29:07,160 –> 00:29:09,440
\n1st century controversy, Jew
\nversus Gentile. <\/p>\n

539
\n00:29:10,200 –> 00:29:14,800
\nAnd this word called every other
\nplace it’s used. <\/p>\n

540
\n00:29:14,800 –> 00:29:19,800
\nIt’s it’s a divine calling like
\nthe Angel called unto Joseph and<\/p>\n

541
\n00:29:19,800 –> 00:29:22,960
\ntold him, or it’s, it’s always
\nin that context. <\/p>\n

542
\n00:29:22,960 –> 00:29:26,040
\nI’ve got I’ve got a couple here.
\nOr we can flip back just a page <\/p>\n

543
\n00:29:26,040 –> 00:29:36,400
\nto Acts 10 verse 22 and this is
\nthis is you know what Peter’s <\/p>\n

544
\n00:29:36,400 –> 00:29:38,720
\nbeing called up to to Caesarea
\nto speak to Cornelius. <\/p>\n

545
\n00:29:40,080 –> 00:29:42,640
\nThey said Cornelius this
\nensuring a just man and what <\/p>\n

546
\n00:29:42,640 –> 00:29:45,320
\nthat feareth God and of good
\nreport among the nation of the <\/p>\n

547
\n00:29:45,320 –> 00:29:51,200
\nJews was warned of God.
\nHe was called God spoke to him. <\/p>\n

548
\n00:29:51,440 –> 00:29:54,680
\nThat’s the same word by an holy
\nAngel to send for thee. <\/p>\n

549
\n00:29:54,840 –> 00:29:57,200
\nAnd therefore, you know, we want
\nyou to come to his house. <\/p>\n

550
\n00:29:57,920 –> 00:30:01,240
\nIt’s used of the Angel that
\nspoke to to Joseph in in <\/p>\n

551
\n00:30:01,240 –> 00:30:04,760
\nMatthew.
\nIt was revealed unto him by the <\/p>\n

552
\n00:30:04,760 –> 00:30:07,160
\nHoly Spirit that Zechariah in
\nLuke chapter 2. <\/p>\n

553
\n00:30:08,560 –> 00:30:12,840
\nSo whatever this meant, however
\nwe take it, I think this is <\/p>\n

554
\n00:30:12,840 –> 00:30:17,000
\nGod’s divine stamp.
\nThey were called Christians, <\/p>\n

555
\n00:30:17,000 –> 00:30:22,040
\nfollowers of Christ, Christ’s
\nmen in Antioch 1st And and <\/p>\n

556
\n00:30:22,040 –> 00:30:29,320
\nthat’s the work of Barnabas.
\nSo then they have this here <\/p>\n

557
\n00:30:29,320 –> 00:30:31,680
\nstill in Antioch, a prophet
\ncomes along and prophecies of <\/p>\n

558
\n00:30:31,680 –> 00:30:33,840
\nthis, of this dearth, this
\nfamine that’s coming. <\/p>\n

559
\n00:30:34,160 –> 00:30:36,920
\nSo everyone gets together in the
\necclesian Antioch and says our <\/p>\n

560
\n00:30:36,920 –> 00:30:40,000
\nbrother and down in Judea are
\ngoing to be in want. <\/p>\n

561
\n00:30:40,520 –> 00:30:44,800
\nSo let’s be proactive and let’s
\ntake a collection, you know, <\/p>\n

562
\n00:30:44,800 –> 00:30:47,960
\nwhether money, food, clothing,
\nwhatever all you needed and <\/p>\n

563
\n00:30:47,960 –> 00:30:51,280
\nlet’s send it to them down and,
\nyou know, let’s send it to them.<\/p>\n

564
\n00:30:53,000 –> 00:30:56,440
\nSo, you know, volunteers or, you
\nknow, whatever who’s who’s going<\/p>\n

565
\n00:30:56,440 –> 00:30:58,880
\nto take this relief.
\nWell, this is the incredible <\/p>\n

566
\n00:30:58,880 –> 00:31:05,840
\nthing about Barnabas.
\nHe wasn’t too, it wasn’t below <\/p>\n

567
\n00:31:05,840 –> 00:31:09,680
\nhim or beat, you know, beneath
\nhim to take the relief. <\/p>\n

568
\n00:31:10,240 –> 00:31:13,600
\nThe, the, the, the, the money,
\nthe, the clothing, the whatever <\/p>\n

569
\n00:31:13,600 –> 00:31:16,080
\nthey sent down there.
\nThis is Barnabas. <\/p>\n

570
\n00:31:16,080 –> 00:31:19,040
\nHe’s doing everything.
\nYou know, he’s, he’s a great <\/p>\n

571
\n00:31:19,280 –> 00:31:22,600
\npreacher and teacher, but he
\nalso looks after the, the <\/p>\n

572
\n00:31:22,600 –> 00:31:24,600
\nphysical needs.
\nThat’s not, that’s not something<\/p>\n

573
\n00:31:24,600 –> 00:31:25,720
\nlike, well, that’s someone
\nelse’s job. <\/p>\n

574
\n00:31:25,720 –> 00:31:28,160
\nLike pick someone who’s got
\nnothing better to do to, you <\/p>\n

575
\n00:31:28,160 –> 00:31:31,880
\nknow, and that’s a bit long way
\ndown there from from Antioch to <\/p>\n

576
\n00:31:31,880 –> 00:31:34,040
\nJerusalem.
\nAnd I just think this is, this <\/p>\n

577
\n00:31:34,040 –> 00:31:39,160
\nis a beautiful view we have of,
\nof Barnabas. <\/p>\n

578
\n00:31:40,840 –> 00:31:44,160
\nSo over in chapter 12, of
\ncourse, the word of God is, is <\/p>\n

579
\n00:31:44,160 –> 00:31:49,000
\ngrowing and multiplying because,
\nyou know, Joseph Barnabas is, is<\/p>\n

580
\n00:31:49,040 –> 00:31:51,920
\nbeing involved.
\nAnd we’ll pick up the pace here <\/p>\n

581
\n00:31:51,920 –> 00:31:55,080
\njust a little bit.
\nThere’s they’re in Antioch and <\/p>\n

582
\n00:31:55,080 –> 00:31:56,960
\nhe’s chosen.
\nThis is the beginning of the <\/p>\n

583
\n00:31:56,960 –> 00:32:01,160
\nfirst missionary journey.
\nOK, keep this in mind. <\/p>\n

584
\n00:32:01,160 –> 00:32:02,400
\nWe’re going to come to this in a
\nmoment. <\/p>\n

585
\n00:32:02,400 –> 00:32:07,160
\nThey take John Mark with them
\nseparate from me, Barnabas and <\/p>\n

586
\n00:32:07,160 –> 00:32:09,280
\nSaul a little.
\nYou might have some cross <\/p>\n

587
\n00:32:09,280 –> 00:32:12,200
\nreferences there.
\nBarnabas is a Levite and back in<\/p>\n

588
\n00:32:12,200 –> 00:32:14,560
\nnumbers, you know, Levites
\nalready separated. <\/p>\n

589
\n00:32:14,560 –> 00:32:16,680
\nSo there’s some interesting
\nthings going on there. <\/p>\n

590
\n00:32:17,680 –> 00:32:20,000
\nThey fasted and prayed and then
\nthey send them on their way. <\/p>\n

591
\n00:32:20,200 –> 00:32:22,720
\nFirst part of call, they go to
\nCyprus. <\/p>\n

592
\n00:32:23,240 –> 00:32:28,680
\nThis is this is all helps us to
\nunderstand, you know, how Barnes<\/p>\n

593
\n00:32:28,680 –> 00:32:29,920
\nwas looking for direction in his
\nlife. <\/p>\n

594
\n00:32:29,920 –> 00:32:32,240
\nThey’re going to start off on
\nthis this journey. <\/p>\n

595
\n00:32:33,040 –> 00:32:36,920
\nThey’re going to go to kind of
\nwhip to his his hometown, as it <\/p>\n

596
\n00:32:36,920 –> 00:32:42,680
\nwere.
\nOK, we’ll, we’ll pick that up <\/p>\n

597
\n00:32:42,680 –> 00:32:46,920
\nin, in a, in a little bit and
\njust kind of remember about John<\/p>\n

598
\n00:32:46,920 –> 00:32:48,360
\nMark, we’ll come back to him as
\nwell. <\/p>\n

599
\n00:32:49,600 –> 00:32:53,880
\nSo Acts chapter 14, let’s just
\nflip our page Bibles open to <\/p>\n

600
\n00:32:53,880 –> 00:32:56,400
\ntheir Acts chapter 4.
\nSo 13 and 14 is the first <\/p>\n

601
\n00:32:56,400 –> 00:32:58,320
\nmissionary journey.
\nAnd we’re not going to go into <\/p>\n

602
\n00:32:58,320 –> 00:32:59,720
\nthat detail.
\nWe’re not, we’re not, we’re not <\/p>\n

603
\n00:32:59,720 –> 00:33:02,080
\nstudying Paul’s journeys.
\nWe’re trying to see, you know, <\/p>\n

604
\n00:33:02,080 –> 00:33:03,840
\nwhere Barnabas fits into all of
\nthis. <\/p>\n

605
\n00:33:04,240 –> 00:33:10,400
\nThey come back at the end of
\nchapter 14 and just picking up <\/p>\n

606
\n00:33:10,400 –> 00:33:13,720
\nin verse 26 from fence they sail
\nto Antioch. <\/p>\n

607
\n00:33:13,720 –> 00:33:18,560
\nSo they’ve made the the complete
\ncircuit and that’s where they <\/p>\n

608
\n00:33:18,560 –> 00:33:20,400
\nstarted from whence they’ve been
\nrecommended. <\/p>\n

609
\n00:33:20,400 –> 00:33:23,000
\nSo we saw them separated and
\ncommissioned for this work. <\/p>\n

610
\n00:33:23,520 –> 00:33:26,080
\nThey do their journey.
\nAnd when they had come, they had<\/p>\n

611
\n00:33:26,080 –> 00:33:28,680
\ngathered the ecclesia together,
\nthey rehearsed all that God had <\/p>\n

612
\n00:33:28,680 –> 00:33:31,160
\ndone with them.
\nAnd now we’d open the door of <\/p>\n

613
\n00:33:31,160 –> 00:33:35,240
\nfaith to the Gentiles and there
\nthey abode long time with the <\/p>\n

614
\n00:33:35,240 –> 00:33:39,160
\ndisciples.
\nCareful Bible reading again. <\/p>\n

615
\n00:33:39,560 –> 00:33:43,360
\nDon’t stop at chapter breaks.
\nKeep reading. <\/p>\n

616
\n00:33:44,320 –> 00:33:47,160
\nThey’ve come back to Antioch.
\nThey’ve been away for a period <\/p>\n

617
\n00:33:47,160 –> 00:33:48,360
\nof time.
\nHowever long that first <\/p>\n

618
\n00:33:48,360 –> 00:33:52,040
\nmissionary journey took, they’ve
\ncome back and they’ve rehearsed <\/p>\n

619
\n00:33:52,040 –> 00:33:53,240
\nit.
\nThey’re excited. <\/p>\n

620
\n00:33:53,240 –> 00:33:58,360
\nThe the the doors are opening to
\nthe Gentiles and certain men <\/p>\n

621
\n00:33:58,360 –> 00:34:01,280
\nwhich came down from Judea,
\ntaught the brethren and said <\/p>\n

622
\n00:34:01,280 –> 00:34:04,920
\nexcept you be circumcised after
\nthe manner of Moses, you cannot <\/p>\n

623
\n00:34:04,920 –> 00:34:07,360
\nbe saved now.
\nThat’s tomorrow’s class. <\/p>\n

624
\n00:34:07,800 –> 00:34:11,520
\nEnemies from within, they were
\nundermining so that like Paul <\/p>\n

625
\n00:34:11,520 –> 00:34:13,840
\nand Paul and Barnabas are out of
\ntown for a little while. <\/p>\n

626
\n00:34:14,159 –> 00:34:16,080
\nLet’s go into Antioch.
\nWe’ll come up from Jerusalem. <\/p>\n

627
\n00:34:16,080 –> 00:34:18,560
\nWe’re going to come into Antioch
\nsaying that we have, you know, <\/p>\n

628
\n00:34:18,639 –> 00:34:21,239
\nwe’ve been sent by those from
\nJames. <\/p>\n

629
\n00:34:21,679 –> 00:34:24,320
\nProbably not true.
\nAnd this is great. <\/p>\n

630
\n00:34:24,320 –> 00:34:26,719
\nAll this gentle thing is great.
\nBut make sure you follow the <\/p>\n

631
\n00:34:26,719 –> 00:34:28,639
\nlaw, right?
\nAnd they’re undermining <\/p>\n

632
\n00:34:28,639 –> 00:34:32,560
\neverything that that Paul has,
\nhas, has done. <\/p>\n

633
\n00:34:33,040 –> 00:34:36,120
\nSo we know acts of 15.
\nWe’ll come back to it later in <\/p>\n

634
\n00:34:36,120 –> 00:34:41,440
\nthe week more than once.
\nOK, so there’s strife now. <\/p>\n

635
\n00:34:41,440 –> 00:34:42,840
\nDo they need to keep the law or
\nnot? <\/p>\n

636
\n00:34:42,960 –> 00:34:46,080
\nAnd Paul and Barnabas, so Peter
\ngives his testimony, Paul and <\/p>\n

637
\n00:34:46,080 –> 00:34:49,800
\nBarnabas give give theirs.
\nJames kind of wraps things up <\/p>\n

638
\n00:34:50,600 –> 00:34:52,040
\nand they have the necessary
\nthing. <\/p>\n

639
\n00:34:52,040 –> 00:34:54,480
\nSo they, they make some, some
\nresolutions. <\/p>\n

640
\n00:34:54,600 –> 00:34:56,360
\nThere’s some good news to take
\nback. <\/p>\n

641
\n00:34:56,679 –> 00:34:59,160
\nAnd of course, they send Paul
\nand Barnabas to, to, to spread <\/p>\n

642
\n00:34:59,160 –> 00:35:03,160
\nthat, that message.
\nSo in at the end of towards the <\/p>\n

643
\n00:35:03,160 –> 00:35:06,280
\nend of the chapter, chapter 15,
\nwhen they were dismissed, they <\/p>\n

644
\n00:35:06,280 –> 00:35:08,560
\ncame to Antioch.
\nAnd when they had gathered them <\/p>\n

645
\n00:35:08,560 –> 00:35:11,160
\nall together, I mean, they were,
\nthey came from Antioch to sort <\/p>\n

646
\n00:35:11,160 –> 00:35:12,760
\nthis out.
\nThey went down to Jerusalem to <\/p>\n

647
\n00:35:12,760 –> 00:35:15,960
\nget some help from the Jerusalem
\necclesia and the apostles. <\/p>\n

648
\n00:35:15,960 –> 00:35:18,680
\nThey come back to Antioch.
\nThey deliver the epistle. <\/p>\n

649
\n00:35:18,680 –> 00:35:22,680
\nThis is the words of James, the,
\nyou know, the necessary things <\/p>\n

650
\n00:35:23,520 –> 00:35:27,600
\nto, to, and we’ll talk about
\nthat more tomorrow, which when <\/p>\n

651
\n00:35:27,600 –> 00:35:30,280
\nthey read, they rejoiced for the
\nconsolation. <\/p>\n

652
\n00:35:31,160 –> 00:35:33,960
\nThis is Paracletus.
\nThis is the son of consolation. <\/p>\n

653
\n00:35:33,960 –> 00:35:36,640
\nThis is Barnabas.
\nEverywhere he goes, he’s <\/p>\n

654
\n00:35:36,640 –> 00:35:38,600
\nbringing, he’s bringing
\nconsolation. <\/p>\n

655
\n00:35:38,600 –> 00:35:45,080
\nAnd then we get to the end of
\nActs chapter 15. <\/p>\n

656
\n00:35:45,080 –> 00:35:47,440
\nAnd, and I don’t know how you’ve
\nread this in the past. <\/p>\n

657
\n00:35:48,120 –> 00:35:52,080
\nHave you always kind of felt it
\nwas like anticlimactical, kind <\/p>\n

658
\n00:35:52,160 –> 00:35:55,080
\nof like, oh, I don’t want the
\nstory to end that way. <\/p>\n

659
\n00:35:55,480 –> 00:35:58,040
\nPaul and Barnabas separating
\nthem in this, this strife <\/p>\n

660
\n00:35:58,040 –> 00:36:00,120
\nbetween them.
\nThat’s not the way. <\/p>\n

661
\n00:36:00,400 –> 00:36:01,800
\nThat’s not the way I would have
\nwritten the book. <\/p>\n

662
\n00:36:01,800 –> 00:36:04,800
\nWritten the book.
\nOK, so let’s just let’s just as <\/p>\n

663
\n00:36:04,800 –> 00:36:08,200
\nwe kind of wrap this up, think,
\nthink about this, you know, <\/p>\n

664
\n00:36:08,200 –> 00:36:11,160
\nthese, this, this all it’s been
\nabout Paul and Barnes is about <\/p>\n

665
\n00:36:11,160 –> 00:36:14,840
\nencouragement and and a helper
\nin the in the faith. <\/p>\n

666
\n00:36:14,840 –> 00:36:17,320
\nAnd they they kind of
\ncomplemented each other. <\/p>\n

667
\n00:36:17,840 –> 00:36:20,200
\nYou know, if Paul, some have
\nsuggested maybe his bodily <\/p>\n

668
\n00:36:20,200 –> 00:36:21,840
\npresence was a bit weak and
\ncontemptible. <\/p>\n

669
\n00:36:21,840 –> 00:36:26,760
\nI pick, I see Barnabas as a
\nfairly robust, you know, person <\/p>\n

670
\n00:36:27,040 –> 00:36:32,240
\nAnd and Barnabas, you know,
\nmaybe he was a bit more on the <\/p>\n

671
\n00:36:32,280 –> 00:36:35,680
\nlike glass was always half full
\nfor him. <\/p>\n

672
\n00:36:36,160 –> 00:36:38,960
\nYou know, maybe Paul was a bit
\nmore strict, a bit more. <\/p>\n

673
\n00:36:39,040 –> 00:36:40,960
\nBut they they just worked so
\nwell together. <\/p>\n

674
\n00:36:41,320 –> 00:36:43,120
\nSo what happened?
\nWell, let’s let’s find out. <\/p>\n

675
\n00:36:44,840 –> 00:36:46,840
\nSo they brought this in this
\nmessage from the Jerusalem <\/p>\n

676
\n00:36:46,840 –> 00:36:51,080
\nconference back and Paul’s like
\nthis has been amazing. <\/p>\n

677
\n00:36:51,080 –> 00:36:53,760
\nBarnabas, let’s do it again,
\nright? <\/p>\n

678
\n00:36:53,760 –> 00:36:55,440
\nLet’s, let’s go.
\nWe’ve got all these people we <\/p>\n

679
\n00:36:55,440 –> 00:36:59,440
\nknow in Asia Minor.
\nLet’s let’s go again and visit <\/p>\n

680
\n00:36:59,440 –> 00:37:02,000
\nour brethren in every city where
\nwe’ve preached the word of God <\/p>\n

681
\n00:37:02,120 –> 00:37:04,840
\nand see how they do.
\nWe know something about that, <\/p>\n

682
\n00:37:04,840 –> 00:37:06,200
\nright?
\nLike that’s part of a Bible <\/p>\n

683
\n00:37:06,200 –> 00:37:07,440
\nschool.
\nYou catch up with people like, <\/p>\n

684
\n00:37:07,440 –> 00:37:09,240
\nwow, how’s it going?
\nWhat’s happened? <\/p>\n

685
\n00:37:09,240 –> 00:37:10,800
\nYou know, that’s what we want to
\ndo. <\/p>\n

686
\n00:37:12,360 –> 00:37:15,720
\nSo Barnabas is like, yeah, so
\nand John can come with us again,<\/p>\n

687
\n00:37:15,720 –> 00:37:18,960
\nright?
\nI was like, are you crazy? <\/p>\n

688
\n00:37:20,600 –> 00:37:23,080
\nI don’t did you have you
\nforgotten already what happened <\/p>\n

689
\n00:37:23,080 –> 00:37:25,280
\nNow we’re not given much detail
\nabout that. <\/p>\n

690
\n00:37:25,280 –> 00:37:28,240
\nRemember we we said you remember
\nfrom Acts 13. <\/p>\n

691
\n00:37:29,040 –> 00:37:32,000
\nPaul thought not good to take
\nwith him the one who departed <\/p>\n

692
\n00:37:32,000 –> 00:37:34,560
\nfrom them Pam Pam from Pam
\nPhilly when they went and went <\/p>\n

693
\n00:37:34,560 –> 00:37:36,440
\nnot with him to the work.
\nSo this is first missionary <\/p>\n

694
\n00:37:36,440 –> 00:37:38,720
\njourney.
\nThey left Antioch first port of <\/p>\n

695
\n00:37:38,720 –> 00:37:41,520
\ncall was site.
\nWe’ll come to that tomorrow <\/p>\n

696
\n00:37:41,520 –> 00:37:44,120
\nbecause he he met some enemies
\nthere. <\/p>\n

697
\n00:37:44,680 –> 00:37:46,280
\nActually, that’ll be probably
\nThursday. <\/p>\n

698
\n00:37:46,280 –> 00:37:48,720
\nElimus the sorcerer.
\nAnd then they came into Pam <\/p>\n

699
\n00:37:48,720 –> 00:37:51,520
\nPhilia.
\nNow, what do we know about <\/p>\n

700
\n00:37:51,520 –> 00:37:58,360
\nCyprus, Barnabas’s hometown?
\nMaybe John Marks as well, <\/p>\n

701
\n00:37:58,480 –> 00:38:00,520
\nbecause they were it was his
\nnephew. <\/p>\n

702
\n00:38:00,920 –> 00:38:02,520
\nThere was a connection there to
\nJohn Mark. <\/p>\n

703
\n00:38:03,280 –> 00:38:05,520
\nYou know, did did John Mark?
\nYeah, he’s not. <\/p>\n

704
\n00:38:05,520 –> 00:38:07,840
\nSo I’m not sure if he’s cut out
\nfor this and maybe got a bit <\/p>\n

705
\n00:38:07,840 –> 00:38:08,720
\nhomesick.
\nI don’t know. <\/p>\n

706
\n00:38:08,720 –> 00:38:12,160
\nHe gets to they get to here and
\nand John Mark goes, goes back <\/p>\n

707
\n00:38:12,160 –> 00:38:16,800
\nhome and Paul’s like, you know
\nwhat, the work is just too <\/p>\n

708
\n00:38:16,800 –> 00:38:18,600
\nimportant.
\nWe can’t, we can’t have that <\/p>\n

709
\n00:38:18,600 –> 00:38:22,360
\ndistraction of this this kid
\nwho, you know, might not like <\/p>\n

710
\n00:38:22,840 –> 00:38:25,120
\npull it, pull it, pull this,
\npull his weight as it were. <\/p>\n

711
\n00:38:25,680 –> 00:38:32,480
\nAnd and so they they separate.
\nThe contention was so sharp <\/p>\n

712
\n00:38:32,480 –> 00:38:35,040
\nbetween them that they departed
\nasunder one from another. <\/p>\n

713
\n00:38:35,800 –> 00:38:39,040
\nSo what does Barnabas do?
\nExactly what you would expect <\/p>\n

714
\n00:38:39,040 –> 00:38:42,920
\nhim to do.
\nHe takes John Mark and he sails <\/p>\n

715
\n00:38:43,640 –> 00:38:46,760
\nto Cyprus.
\nHe’s going to kind of like he’s <\/p>\n

716
\n00:38:46,760 –> 00:38:50,360
\ngoing to do a do over with John
\nMark, right, because this is <\/p>\n

717
\n00:38:50,360 –> 00:38:52,040
\nwhat kind of went went all wrong
\nfor me. <\/p>\n

718
\n00:38:52,040 –> 00:38:55,400
\nYou know, by the time I got up
\ninto here into a Pamphylia, John<\/p>\n

719
\n00:38:55,400 –> 00:39:03,680
\nMark left and Paul chose Silas.
\nHe’s one of the ones we could we<\/p>\n

720
\n00:39:03,680 –> 00:39:05,920
\nget on a whole class on Silas.
\nThat’s how important Silas is. <\/p>\n

721
\n00:39:05,920 –> 00:39:09,520
\nWell, he’s here because of this,
\nthis, this event. <\/p>\n

722
\n00:39:10,560 –> 00:39:13,920
\nAnd of course they do this
\njourney and eventually, why is <\/p>\n

723
\n00:39:13,920 –> 00:39:15,400
\nthis significant in the second
\njourney? <\/p>\n

724
\n00:39:15,400 –> 00:39:17,240
\nWhat, what’s, what’s the
\nsignificance here? <\/p>\n

725
\n00:39:19,240 –> 00:39:22,120
\nAll the, the work had been in
\nkind of Asia Minor and this <\/p>\n

726
\n00:39:22,120 –> 00:39:23,560
\narea.
\nWhat’s, what’s going on here <\/p>\n

727
\n00:39:24,800 –> 00:39:27,120
\ninto Europe?
\nThis is huge. <\/p>\n

728
\n00:39:27,120 –> 00:39:30,040
\nThe gospel message.
\nIt’s crossing this divide, as it<\/p>\n

729
\n00:39:30,040 –> 00:39:31,160
\nwere.
\nThis is huge. <\/p>\n

730
\n00:39:31,400 –> 00:39:36,760
\nSo yeah, it was sad, I’m sure,
\nand tragic that they they <\/p>\n

731
\n00:39:36,760 –> 00:39:38,280
\ncouldn’t sort this out between
\nthem. <\/p>\n

732
\n00:39:39,360 –> 00:39:42,520
\nBut look what came from it.
\nJohn Mark got a second chance. <\/p>\n

733
\n00:39:43,240 –> 00:39:46,960
\nFlip over in your Bible to
\nSecond Timothy chapter 4. <\/p>\n

734
\n00:39:52,400 –> 00:39:59,240
\nBarnabas was right again.
\nJohn Mark deserved a second <\/p>\n

735
\n00:39:59,240 –> 00:40:01,800
\nchance.
\nNow, maybe, did he, did he do it<\/p>\n

736
\n00:40:01,800 –> 00:40:04,520
\nbecause of some sort of family
\nconnection or something? <\/p>\n

737
\n00:40:04,880 –> 00:40:09,160
\nDoesn’t really matter.
\nHis it was the right thing to do<\/p>\n

738
\n00:40:09,200 –> 00:40:14,360
\nand and John Mark proved his
\nworth and Paul had to <\/p>\n

739
\n00:40:14,360 –> 00:40:19,000
\nacknowledge that in second
\nTimothy 4, you know, there’s <\/p>\n

740
\n00:40:19,000 –> 00:40:20,240
\nthere’s some bad things that
\nhave happened. <\/p>\n

741
\n00:40:20,240 –> 00:40:23,520
\nVerse 10 Demas has forsaken me
\nloving, loving this present <\/p>\n

742
\n00:40:23,520 –> 00:40:25,360
\nworld.
\nOther people are, you know, <\/p>\n

743
\n00:40:25,360 –> 00:40:28,960
\ndoing some other work elsewhere.
\nBut look, verse 11 and he’s <\/p>\n

744
\n00:40:28,960 –> 00:40:32,960
\nwriting to Timothy, Timothy’s in
\nEphesus and he says only Luke is<\/p>\n

745
\n00:40:32,960 –> 00:40:38,400
\nwith me, take Mark and bring him
\nwith thee for he is profitable <\/p>\n

746
\n00:40:38,400 –> 00:40:41,600
\nto me for the ministry.
\nThis is John Mark. <\/p>\n

747
\n00:40:41,600 –> 00:40:46,680
\nSo now you know Paul’s, Paul’s
\nin prison. <\/p>\n

748
\n00:40:46,680 –> 00:40:48,960
\nTimothy’s here in Athens and
\nhe’s saying like, bring, bring <\/p>\n

749
\n00:40:48,960 –> 00:40:51,840
\nJohn Mark with you.
\nYou know, he’s profitable to me <\/p>\n

750
\n00:40:51,840 –> 00:40:57,400
\nfor the, for the ministry.
\nAnd of course, some have <\/p>\n

751
\n00:40:57,400 –> 00:41:00,720
\nsuggested that while he’s now on
\nthese missionary journeys and, <\/p>\n

752
\n00:41:00,720 –> 00:41:03,800
\nand connecting with Barnabas and
\nPaul and the other apostles, <\/p>\n

753
\n00:41:04,120 –> 00:41:08,960
\nJohn Mark takes the time to, to
\nkind of recount things right of,<\/p>\n

754
\n00:41:08,960 –> 00:41:12,400
\nof the life of Christ.
\nHe’s got the gospel message 100%<\/p>\n

755
\n00:41:12,400 –> 00:41:15,920
\nfigured out.
\nAnd of course he, you know, we <\/p>\n

756
\n00:41:15,920 –> 00:41:18,320
\nbenefit from that, don’t we?
\nBecause we have this thing <\/p>\n

757
\n00:41:18,320 –> 00:41:21,440
\ncalled the Gospel of Mark, which
\nhe wrote. <\/p>\n

758
\n00:41:21,880 –> 00:41:23,360
\nSo he was profitable.
\nAll right. <\/p>\n

759
\n00:41:24,000 –> 00:41:26,360
\nAnd, and he’s there.
\nMaybe some have suggested in, in<\/p>\n

760
\n00:41:26,360 –> 00:41:29,600
\nMark chapter 14, remember the
\nyoung man who flees away naked <\/p>\n

761
\n00:41:29,880 –> 00:41:31,600
\nbecause they’re all, all the
\ndisciples are fleeing and <\/p>\n

762
\n00:41:31,600 –> 00:41:35,200
\nsomeone grabs his cloak.
\nOK, He doesn’t mention his name,<\/p>\n

763
\n00:41:36,200 –> 00:41:38,080
\nkind of like John, I guess, in
\nhis epistle. <\/p>\n

764
\n00:41:38,480 –> 00:41:40,600
\nSo, yeah, something good came
\nfrom this. <\/p>\n

765
\n00:41:40,640 –> 00:41:44,360
\nAnd and Paul and, and Barnabas
\ncouldn’t figure it out. <\/p>\n

766
\n00:41:44,360 –> 00:41:48,000
\nSo they, they, they separated.
\nBut what good came out of <\/p>\n

767
\n00:41:48,000 –> 00:41:51,800
\nBarnabas’s work and what good
\ncame for, for others, You know, <\/p>\n

768
\n00:41:51,800 –> 00:41:54,800
\nthe Ecclesia, ecclesia in Cyprus
\nwould have benefited because <\/p>\n

769
\n00:41:55,200 –> 00:41:57,880
\nPaul wasn’t heading back there.
\nHe, he went through Asia Minor, <\/p>\n

770
\n00:41:57,880 –> 00:41:59,720
\nvisited these Ecclesia and then
\noff into Europe. <\/p>\n

771
\n00:42:00,200 –> 00:42:02,680
\nIncredible work that needed to
\nbe done. <\/p>\n

772
\n00:42:03,560 –> 00:42:06,760
\nBut there was work for the
\nEcclesia for, for Barnabas and, <\/p>\n

773
\n00:42:06,760 –> 00:42:10,040
\nand John Mark in the, in, in
\nCyprus, Silas got the <\/p>\n

774
\n00:42:10,040 –> 00:42:13,120
\nopportunity to work with Paul.
\nThat was pretty impactful for <\/p>\n

775
\n00:42:13,120 –> 00:42:18,320
\nSilas, changed his life.
\nThen Timothy comes along After <\/p>\n

776
\n00:42:18,320 –> 00:42:21,680
\nthat, the ecclesias in Asia
\nMinor were revisited and of <\/p>\n

777
\n00:42:21,680 –> 00:42:24,760
\ncourse, as we’ve mentioned, the
\ngospel went into Europe. <\/p>\n

778
\n00:42:27,000 –> 00:42:31,480
\nSo we are just about out of time
\nand kind of feel like the writer<\/p>\n

779
\n00:42:31,480 –> 00:42:33,840
\nto Hebrews 11.
\nYou know, time fails us to speak<\/p>\n

780
\n00:42:33,840 –> 00:42:37,520
\nof, you know, Aquila and
\nPriscilla teamwork, husband and <\/p>\n

781
\n00:42:37,520 –> 00:42:40,400
\nwife working together.
\nWhat, you know, we could spend a<\/p>\n

782
\n00:42:40,400 –> 00:42:44,360
\nwhole session easily on them.
\nTimothy, you know, Paul’s son in<\/p>\n

783
\n00:42:44,360 –> 00:42:45,920
\nthe faith.
\nYou know, they weren’t they <\/p>\n

784
\n00:42:45,920 –> 00:42:47,920
\nweren’t peers.
\nThe importance of mentorship, <\/p>\n

785
\n00:42:48,560 –> 00:42:50,200
\nright, It’s not just all about
\njust hanging out with people of <\/p>\n

786
\n00:42:50,200 –> 00:42:52,160
\nyour own age there.
\nThere needs to be these sort of <\/p>\n

787
\n00:42:52,160 –> 00:42:56,200
\ncross generational things and
\nand Timothy benefited and Paul <\/p>\n

788
\n00:42:56,200 –> 00:43:00,360
\nbenefited from from that Silas
\nwe’ve mentioned fellow sufferer.<\/p>\n

789
\n00:43:00,360 –> 00:43:03,280
\nYou know, they’re the ones that
\nare singing praises and hymns <\/p>\n

790
\n00:43:03,280 –> 00:43:06,600
\nwhile they’re in chains and
\nPhilippi bound together by <\/p>\n

791
\n00:43:06,600 –> 00:43:09,280
\ntrials and experiences.
\nAnd of course there’s many <\/p>\n

792
\n00:43:09,280 –> 00:43:11,920
\nothers, many, many others.
\nSome Paul mentions by name. <\/p>\n

793
\n00:43:11,920 –> 00:43:14,200
\nSometimes we get the one liner
\nmy fellow workers in the Lord <\/p>\n

794
\n00:43:14,200 –> 00:43:18,160
\nand we like tell us that story
\nright And we don’t know just <\/p>\n

795
\n00:43:18,160 –> 00:43:22,640
\nincredible the friends that that
\nthat Paul had in the truth that <\/p>\n

796
\n00:43:22,640 –> 00:43:25,680
\nhelped him each and every day.
\nBut we’ll just wrap up. <\/p>\n

797
\n00:43:25,680 –> 00:43:29,800
\nWhat are our lessons then from
\nfrom Joseph Barnabas? <\/p>\n

798
\n00:43:32,440 –> 00:43:35,880
\nWell, we can add to the family
\nof God by words of <\/p>\n

799
\n00:43:35,880 –> 00:43:38,840
\nencouragement.
\nJust just follow his example. <\/p>\n

800
\n00:43:39,120 –> 00:43:44,240
\nJust just do what Barnabas did
\nand encourage each other and <\/p>\n

801
\n00:43:44,240 –> 00:43:46,320
\nencourage others.
\nPreach, preach the truth. <\/p>\n

802
\n00:43:47,280 –> 00:43:48,720
\nYou know, what’s our, what’s our
\nnickname? <\/p>\n

803
\n00:43:48,720 –> 00:43:50,800
\nWhat’s our reputation?
\nWhat are we, what are we known <\/p>\n

804
\n00:43:50,800 –> 00:43:55,000
\nas?
\nYou know, Barnabas had an <\/p>\n

805
\n00:43:55,000 –> 00:43:57,400
\nincredible surname by the
\napostle. <\/p>\n

806
\n00:43:57,400 –> 00:44:00,320
\nThey looked at this guy and they
\nsaid a son of consolation. <\/p>\n

807
\n00:44:00,680 –> 00:44:03,960
\nAll he does is build people up.
\nYou know, he, that’s, that’s he <\/p>\n

808
\n00:44:03,960 –> 00:44:08,400
\nalways looks for the, the good
\nin people and in life <\/p>\n

809
\n00:44:08,400 –> 00:44:10,880
\ncircumstances.
\nAnd he practiced what he <\/p>\n

810
\n00:44:10,880 –> 00:44:14,200
\npreached, you know, he he’s he’s
\nthere and he’s, he’s helped the <\/p>\n

811
\n00:44:14,200 –> 00:44:15,840
\ncollision to Antioch.
\nAnd it’s like, oh, I’m going to <\/p>\n

812
\n00:44:15,840 –> 00:44:18,360
\ngo get Paul.
\nAnd like, the second time I <\/p>\n

813
\n00:44:18,360 –> 00:44:21,040
\nhelped him get into Jerusalem.
\nNow I’m going to get him from <\/p>\n

814
\n00:44:21,040 –> 00:44:24,400
\nTarsus and bring him to Antioch,
\nyou know, And then, oh, we need <\/p>\n

815
\n00:44:24,400 –> 00:44:26,800
\nwe need someone to take relief
\nto the poor brother and sister <\/p>\n

816
\n00:44:26,800 –> 00:44:29,040
\nin Jerusalem.
\nI’ll go, says Barnabas. <\/p>\n

817
\n00:44:29,840 –> 00:44:31,720
\nAll right, nothing.
\nThere was no, there was no job <\/p>\n

818
\n00:44:31,720 –> 00:44:34,960
\nthat was too big or too small.
\nHe would take on any challenge, <\/p>\n

819
\n00:44:35,160 –> 00:44:37,640
\nlike trying to convince people
\nthat the worst persecutor of the<\/p>\n

820
\n00:44:37,640 –> 00:44:41,760
\necclesia in the history of the
\nworld is now OK, like, I’m not <\/p>\n

821
\n00:44:41,760 –> 00:44:43,040
\ndoing that.
\nThere’s no. <\/p>\n

822
\n00:44:43,400 –> 00:44:46,760
\nSo that was not too big for him.
\nAnd they’re like, oh, we want to<\/p>\n

823
\n00:44:46,760 –> 00:44:48,320
\ntake some money down to the
\npeople that are, you know, <\/p>\n

824
\n00:44:48,320 –> 00:44:50,320
\nsuffering.
\nI’ll, I’ll go, I’ll go. <\/p>\n

825
\n00:44:50,520 –> 00:44:52,560
\nThis is this is this is
\nBarnabas. <\/p>\n

826
\n00:44:52,560 –> 00:44:56,120
\nHe practices what’s he what he
\npreaches, and he always tries to<\/p>\n

827
\n00:44:56,120 –> 00:44:58,560
\nto look at the best of of life
\ncircumstances. <\/p>\n

828
\n00:45:00,680 –> 00:45:03,080
\nYou know, he must not have he
\nmust not have wanted to leave <\/p>\n

829
\n00:45:03,080 –> 00:45:06,640
\nPaul, but he just felt there was
\nsomething about John Mark, you <\/p>\n

830
\n00:45:06,640 –> 00:45:09,080
\nknow, that that he could work
\nwith him and and do any any and <\/p>\n

831
\n00:45:09,080 –> 00:45:10,680
\nhe did that.
\nHe kind of stepped out of a <\/p>\n

832
\n00:45:10,680 –> 00:45:13,360
\nlimelight.
\nAll right, Do you want to go and<\/p>\n

833
\n00:45:13,360 –> 00:45:16,640
\nbe the, you know, superstar
\ntandem with Paul? <\/p>\n

834
\n00:45:17,160 –> 00:45:18,920
\nNo, I’m I there’s this other
\nproject. <\/p>\n

835
\n00:45:18,920 –> 00:45:21,360
\nThere’s this young guy who needs
\nhelp and he just said we don’t <\/p>\n

836
\n00:45:21,360 –> 00:45:23,200
\nhear from him again.
\nYou know, we just sort of the <\/p>\n

837
\n00:45:23,320 –> 00:45:27,120
\nthe carry on the his work
\ncarries on throughout Acts of <\/p>\n

838
\n00:45:27,120 –> 00:45:30,760
\nthe Apostles, but but his story
\nended there and he’s quite happy<\/p>\n

839
\n00:45:30,760 –> 00:45:32,840
\nwith that.
\nAnd I think, I think there’s so <\/p>\n

840
\n00:45:32,840 –> 00:45:35,280
\nmuch we can learn from.
\nFrom Joseph Barnabas. <\/p>\n

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\n00:45:49,290 –> 00:45:51,410
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\n00:46:41,240 –> 00:46:44,120
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