Victory Fellowship Bible Study
273 23rd St. S.W., Barberton, OH 44203
Wednesdays at 7pm
Rev. Roderick D. Grabski (330) 858-0223
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Session TEN: PAUL’S FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY
I. ANNOUNCEMENTS and PRAYER CONCERNS
II. Read / Listen / Discuss ACTS 13:1-52
a. Discuss initial impressions & translation differences
III. THE ACTS of PAUL:
a. Review Paul’s Early Travels from handout
b. The Antioch Commission (13:1-3)
• Diverse group of Prophets and Teachers
• Barnabus and Saul - Spirit directed and called for special work
• What 4 things does the church do for Barnabus & Saul?
IV. The First Missionary Journey (13:4-52):
a. At Cyprus – See the map handout (vv. 4-12)
• Mission Strategy Emerges – John along for the ride
• Witness to a Proconsul brings spiritual opposition from magician
• No longer will Luke use “Saul”. It’s now “Paul” (His Roman Name)
• Not a “son of salvation” but a “son of the devil”
• A converted proconsul
b. At Perga and Pisidian Antioch (vv. 13-52)
• John Mark goes back home (possible reasons? Gal. 4:13-14)
• At Antioch, Paul enters the synagogue and preaches.
• Elements of a Creed in Paul’s message vv. 16-41 (1 Corinth 15:1-11)
1. Jesus was Crucified (died)
2. Jesus was buried (in a tomb)
3. God raised Jesus from the dead
4. Jesus was seen resurrected by many witnesses
c. Antioch Continued…
• Come back next week (vv. 42-43)!
• Jealous Jews. Light to the Gentiles (vv. 44-48).
• Incite prominent women (vv. 49-50).
• Shake the dust (51-52). (Luke 10:10-12)
V. Read / Listen / Discuss ACTS 14:1-28
a. Discuss initial impressions & translation differences
VI. The Journey Continues (14:1-28):
a. Iconium (14:1-6)
• Same strategy
• Trouble-maker Jews divide the city
• vv. 3-7. Escape the stoning (for now)
b. At Lystra and Derbe (vv. 7-20)
• Healing (vv. 7-10)
• The god-makers (vv. 11-13)
• Zeus (Jupiter), Hermes (Mercury). Philemon and Baucis were a poor, pious elderly couple in Phrygia who alone show kindness to disguised gods Zeus/Jupiter and Hermes/Mercury. After feeding them, their hut becomes a temple, and they are rewarded with intertwined life as trees.
• Paul’s message not on theology, but general revelation (vv. 14-18) (See 1 Corinthians 9:19ff)
• Left for dead (vs. 19) See 2nd Corinthians 12:2-4
• The next day leave for Derbe (vs. 20)
c. Return Back the Way they Came (vv. 21-28)
• Review the trip on the handout map travels sheet
• Remember Paul’s Journey’s – PACER
• When back in Antioch, Paul most likely wrote his first letter to the churches. The book of Galatians. (See handout on Paul’s letters)
VII. APPLICATION
• When the Gospel is proclaimed, those whom God has been calling will respond.
• When the Gospel is proclaimed, there will be those who are offended.
• Like the Christians at Antioch, we should be globally focused.
• The Gospel emphasizes God’s grace, and confronts evil and darkness.
• The gospel builds on the basics of common grace and natural, or general, revelation.
VIII. Close in Prayer
NEXT SESSION: THE JERUSALEM COUNCIL
Read ACTS 15:1-35 to prepare for class
