They Understood their MANDATE
Acts 13:1a
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch …
Their Obvious MATURITY
Acts 13:1
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers as
Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
- BARNABAS (Encourager)
- SIMEON (called Niger)
- LUCIUS (of Cyrene)
- MANAEN (Brother of Herod Antipas)
- SAUL (Also Paul)
They Understood MINISTRY!
Acts 13:2a
As THEY MINISTERED TO THE LORD, and fasted…
Acts 13:2b
…the Holy Ghost said, SEPARATE ME Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
They MAGNIFY Christ Lordship.
Acts 13:3
And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they SENT THEM AWAY.
They follow the Holy Spirit’s MAP wherever it Leads.
Acts 13:4-5
4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost,
departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews:
and they had also John to their minister.
Acts 13:6
6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos,
they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus:
Acts 13:7-8
(Bar-Jesus) was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation)
withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
Acts 13:9-11
9 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,
10 ed said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season.
And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
They Witnessed a MIRACLE!
Acts 13:12
12 Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.