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Acts 15:36-41

Acts 15:36-41 Paul & Barnabas Divided

Acts 13 Geography

129 Miles

89 Miles

175 Miles

v6, Went Through The Island v5, Preached In The Synagogues v4, Sailed From Seleucia v13, Sailed To Perga, Mark Left v14, Preached In The Synagogue v51, Expelled From The Region

Perga Jerusalem Antioch

Acts 15:36-41 Paul & Barnabas Divided

Thomas Constable: Some Christians erroneously feel that any disagreement between believers is sinful, but there is no indication in the text that this difference of opinion was sinful.

Acts 15:36-41 Paul & Barnabas Divided

1.People Are Important And Grace Needs To Be Shown In 2nd Chances (v37) 2.The Work Is Important And Needs To Be Entrusted To Faithful People (v38)

Acts 15:36-41 Paul & Barnabas Divided

1.People Are Important And Grace Needs To Be Shown In 2nd Chances (v37)

Acts 15:36-41 Paul & Barnabas Divided

1.People Are Important And Grace Needs To Be Shown In 2nd Chances (v37)

And Joses, who was also named Barnabas by the apostles (which is translated Son of Encouragement), a Levite of the country of Cyprus Acts 4:36

Acts 15:36-41 Paul & Barnabas Divided

1.People Are Important And Grace Needs To Be Shown In 2nd Chances (v37)

But Barnabas took him and brought him to the

• apostles. And he declared to them how he had seen

the Lord on the road, and that He had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus. Acts 9:27

Acts 15:36-41 Paul & Barnabas Divided

1.People Are Important And Grace Needs To Be Shown In 2nd Chances (v37)

And when he had found him, he brought him to

• Antioch. So it was that for a whole year they

assembled with the church and taught a great many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch. Acts 11:26

Acts 15:36-41 Paul & Barnabas Divided

1.People Are Important And Grace Needs To Be Shown In 2nd Chances (v37)

Thomas Constable: Many of God’s servants would have dropped out of ministry had it not been for a gracious Barnabas who was willing to give us another chance after we failed.

Acts 15:36-41 Paul & Barnabas Divided

1.People Are Important And Grace Needs To Be Shown In 2nd Chances (v37) 2.The Work Is Important And Needs To Be Entrusted To Faithful People (v38)

Acts 15:36-41 Paul & Barnabas Divided

2.The Work Is Important And Needs To Be Entrusted To Faithful People (v38)

Warren Wiersbe: The ministry was too important, and the work too demanding, to enlist someone who might prove unreliable.

Acts 15:36-41 Paul & Barnabas Divided

2.The Work Is Important And Needs To Be Entrusted To Faithful People (v38)

Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful. 1 Corinthians 4:2

Acts 15:36-41 Paul & Barnabas Divided

2.The Work Is Important And Needs To Be Entrusted To Faithful People (v38)

1 Timothy 3 8 Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double- tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for money, 9 holding the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience. 10 But let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, being found blameless.

Acts 15:36-41 Paul & Barnabas Divided

1.People Are Important And Grace Needs To Be Shown In 2nd Chances (v37) 2.The Work Is Important And Needs To Be Entrusted To Faithful People (v38)

Acts 15:36-41 Paul & Barnabas Divided

Warren Wiersbe: Paul looked at people and asked, “What can they do for God’s work?” while Barnabas looked at people and asked, “What can God’s work do for them?” Both questions are important to the Lord’s work, and sometimes it is difficult to keep things balanced.

Acts 15:36-41 Paul & Barnabas Divided

1.People Are Important And Grace Needs To Be Shown In 2nd Chances (v37) 2.The Work Is Important And Needs To Be Entrusted To Faithful People (v38)