Category: Acts for a 21st c. Church
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Unworthy of Eternal Life
Acts unworthy of God–seeking men יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (Isaiah) 49:6 וַיֹּאמֶר נָקֵל מִֽהְיוֹתְךָ לִי עֶבֶד לְהָקִים אֶת־שִׁבְטֵי יַעֲקֹב ונצירי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהָשִׁיב וּנְתַתִּיךָ לְאוֹר גּוֹיִם לִֽהְיוֹת יְשׁוּעָתִי עַד־קְצֵה הָאָֽרֶץ׃ ס Acts 13: in Pisidian Antioch This scene unfolds on a second Sabbath when Saul of Tarsus and Joseph of Cypress have been invited back to share their GOOD NEWS of Israel’s Messiah at the synagogue of Pisidian Antioch. On the the previous Sabbath: When the congregation was…
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Who has believed our message?
יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (Isaiah) 53 :: מִי הֶאֱמִין לִשְׁמֻעָתֵנוּ וּזְרוֹעַ יְהוָה עַל־מִי נִגְלָֽתָה׃ and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? Paul and Barnabas SENT with the Gospel Now in the church that was at Antioch [Syria].. .. the Holy Spirit said, “Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” ACTS of the…
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Sons of Abraham’s Family – Saul’s Conclusion in the Synagogue
Proselytes, Sojourners and Jewish visitors Who are we preaching to? (Paul knew.) Everyone, of course; but mostly to proselytes, the faithful souls seeking God. Keep in mind that Joseph of Cypress (Barnabas) and Saul of Tarsus (Paulos to his Greek friends) are visiting Jews to the synagogues of Antioch Pisidia and Jewish towns and cities…
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Exhortation from the Jew of Jews Saulos Tarseus :שָׁאוּל
Saul’s sermon in the synagogue of Antioch We must leave behind us any notion that Paul’s exhortation to the Jews in Antioch Pisidia would have much effect by proclaiming the Gospel as Paul had to the Roman ruler Sergius Paulos in Paphos Cypress or to the faithful ‘Christians’ of the church at Antioch in Syria.…
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An Invitation to Exhortation
NOTE: Reading time of this post is longer than average due to extended passages of Scripture usually excerpted and linked being included in full. – RH Exhortation – paraklēsis – is probably not what you think it is. After Barnabas and Saul reach Pisidian Antioch we will look closer at its role in preaching AND…
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Hiking up to Antioch Pisidia from Perga
Ἀντιόχεια τῆς Πισιδίας) – Antioch of Pisidia (Paul and Barnabas hike north into the mountains) Pictured here: Ruins of the St. Paul Church in Antioch of Pisidia built ~6th century A.D. Additional information also from source: Turkish Archeology News Allow me to be your guide along the unfamiliar road now part of modern Turkey to…
