Bible Readings:
Acts 11:19 – 30
Acts 12:25 – 13:12
Sermon Outline:
Acts 13:1–4 (NKJV)
1 Now in the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
2 As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
3 Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.
4 So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
Acts 13:9–12 (NKJV)
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.
12 Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had been done, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.
Acts 13:52 (NKJV)
52 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
The Spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions, and the
nearer we get to him the more intensely missionary we
must become.
Henry Martyn
There is not a better evangelist in the world than the Holy
Spirit.
D. L. Moody
What we read in the New Testament is not anxious
appeal to Christians to spread the gospel, but a note here
and there which suggests how the gospel was being
spread abroad … for centuries the Christian church
continued to expand by its own inherent grace and threw
up an unceasing supply of missionaries without any
direct exhortation.
Roland Allen