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2005 - Touchet Baptist Church, Touchet, Washington - Pastor Mike Paulson - 2005 Expounding the way of God more perfectly - Acts 18:26 - with the Scriptures Rightly Divided - II Timothy 2:15 |
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Let's Learn from How Paul Presented His Own Gospel Witness... and How His Listeners Handled Him... and How He Handled Them! part III |
Paul is Our Example to Follow!
Acts 14
But... here we go... verse 2 - boy, the Jews even managed to stir up the Gentiles this time. They made their minds evil affected against the brethren! This is the kind of stuff that is an abomination to the LORD! ...he that soweth discord among brethren. Proverbs 6:16
Paul's response? speaking boldly IN the Lord - gave testimony unto the word of his grace - AND get this... granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
But even at that, the multitude of the city was divided - some with the Jews and some with Paul, etc.
In fact, an assault was even made towards Paul - a stoning was in the works!
But they fled unto Lycaonia - and continued to just preach the gospel!
Unfortunately, after this miracle, the folks tried to worship Paul and Barnabas!
Paul and Barnabas pleaded their case against the folks and tried to put the glory onto the living God - but they didn't get anywhere - the people (with the normal encouragement from the Jews from Antioch and Iconium, they stoned Paul. Was he dead?
It appears that he was, because this may be the time that he talks about
that person who visits the third heaven. II
Corinthians 12:2-4 I knew a
man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot
tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an
one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether
in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How
that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which
it is not lawful for a man to utter.
Then on to Derbe with Barnabas.
Verse 23 is also where we get our
ordination services, etc.