The Truth About Serving the Lord
Sermon from cong readings in Acts 13-15, Oct 7, 2007 – bk@kluth.org
NOTE: The "table" showing Paul's 1st missionary journey travels is at the bottom of this page.
1 - Serving the Lord can include lots of turns in your life
Prov 19:21 Many are the plans in a man's heart, but the purpose of the Lord prevails.
2 - Serving the
Lord can include Spirit-led, personal and circumstantial leading
Acts 13:2-4 (In
Antioch) The Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me
Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." So after they
had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off. The two of them, sent on their way by the Holy
Spirit.
3 - Serving the
Lord is not always easy
Prov 24:16 Though
a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again,
4 - Serving the
Lord reaches people for Christ and strengthens the believer and local church
Acts 14:20 (In Derbe) They preached the good news in that city and won a
large number of disciples.
Acts 14:21-23 They returned to Lystra, Iconium and
5 - Serving the
Lord will include short-term and sometimes difficult relationships
Acts 13:13 From Paphos…John left them to return to
Acts 15:39-41 [Paul and Barnabas] had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company.
|
Place and verses |
Activities |
Transition Points |
|
v13:1-4 |
Worshipping,
fasting, prayer |
Holy Spirt’s leading. Church
prays. |
|
|
Proclaim
the Word of God |
Traveled
throughout the whole island |
|
Paphos, |
Sorcerer
blinded. Proconsul
believes. |
Decided
to said to Perga |
|
Perga v13:13 |
John
departs and returns to |
Decide
to go on to Pisidan Antioch |
|
Pisidan Antioch v13:14-50 |
Preaching in synagogue. Almost
whole town comes. Word of
the Lord spreads throughout whole region. |
Leaders
stirred up persecution and expelled them from the region. |
|
Iconium v13:51-14:6 |
Preached in synagogue. Signs/wonders. City divided. |
Discover
plot to stone them, moved on. |
|
Lystra v14:6-19 |
Preached the good news. Crippled
man healed. Crowds
worshipped them as gods. Stoned &
left for dead. |
Came back into city after stoning. Left next day for Derbe. |
|
Derbe V14:20 |
Preached
the good news in that city and won a large number of disciples. |
Decided to return to other cities to help believers. |
|
Lystra, Iconium and V14:21-23 |
Strengthened
and encourage the disciples to remain true to the faith (even in hardships). Appointed church elders. |
Decided to move on. |
|
Pisidia, Pamphylia,
Perga. v14:24 |
Preached the Word. |
Decided to sail on to |
|
|
Reported
what had been done. Stayed
a long time. |
Stayed until they were sent to |
|
|
Participated in a council about gentile believers. |
Sent to deliver the news to |
|
Acts
15:36-41 |
Taught
believers and had a
major disagreement. |
Decided to go in separate directions. |
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