June 16, 2024 "The Church" (Acts 13:1-3)

 

The Church

Acts 13:1-3

 

This passage describes the first overseas mission from the church in Antioch to the gentiles. This is a reflection of how the Holy Spirit works in us. There is an overflow of the Spirit to spread the gospel to others.

 

Sometimes people may ask why go overseas when there are so many people here who do not know the gospel. It is not wrong to go overseas as long as this is where God sends you. We need to be obedient to God and His spirit.

 

We can spread the Gospel to wherever God directs us. We need to spread the gospel by living our lives in a way that abides in Jesus and glorifies God.  

 

We as a church must engage in outreaches, but this does not mean that we must all become missionaries. There needs to be support from the church for outreaches. Outreaches need people to go and for people to stay.  

 

It was only Barnabas and Saul who went. The rest of the church stayed and prayed and fasted for them. In this way, everyone in the whole church was involved in the outreach.

 

Acts 13:3 ESV

[3] Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.  

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