Simply amazing 4 14-2013 sermon

Simply Amazing Acts 12:4-12

Maud church of Christby Jim Bradshaw

Sunday Evening, April 14, 2013

Read Acts 13:4-12

1. Barnabas and Saul were separated to begin a missionary journey, Acts 13:2.

2. Both were great teachers. Saul would become know better as Paul and become the leader of the two, Acts 13:9.

3. One John Mark Helped

Act 13:5 NKJV And when they arrived in Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. They also had John as their assistant.

Who was John Mark?

1. Had previously been with Barnabas and Saul, Acts 12:25.2. He was young.3. He was a cousin or nephew of Barnabas, Col. 4:10.4. He would later desert the mission, Acts 13:135. Barnabas kept faith in him.6. John Mark would later write a Gospel Account.7. 2Ti 4:11 NKJV Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him

with you, for he is useful to me for ministry.

Paul and Barnabas begin their journey in Barnabas’ home country of Cyprus.

Act 13:6-7 NKJV Now when they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar-Jesus, (7) who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man called for Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.

• Rome had set up Senatorial and Imperial Provinces.• Caesar August had changed Cyprus into a Senatorial province.• Leader of Senatorial province was call a Proconsul.• Even prominent leaders want to hear the Word of God!

Teaching is not easy, It is not for a Babe in Christ.

Heb 5:12-14 NKJV For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. (13) For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. (14) But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

Teachers must be careful what they say.

Jas 3:1 NKJV My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment.

Christians Must Teach

1Pe 3:15 NKJV But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;

2Ti 2:24-25 NKJV And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, (25) in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth,

2Ti 2:15 NKJV Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

False Teachers are no match for Holy Spirit

Act 13:8-11 NKJV But Elymas the sorcerer (for so his name is translated) withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith. (9) Then Saul, who also is called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him (10) and said, "O full of all deceit and all fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord? (11) And now, indeed, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a time." And immediately a dark mist fell on him, and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

Not by Glitz & Glamour, But by the Astonishing Teaching of

JesusAct 13:12 NKJV Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had been done, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

Not by Glitz & Glamour, But by the Astonishing Teaching of

JesusMar 11:18 NKJV And the scribes and chief priests heard it and sought how they might destroy Him; for they feared Him, because all the people were astonished at His teaching.

Mat 22:29-33 NKJV Jesus answered and said to them, "You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God. (30) For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven. (31) But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying, (32) 'I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB' ? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living." (33) And when the multitudes heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.