A few observations from Acts 13:
- While the group was worshiping and fasting, the Holy Spirit said "set apart Barnabas and Saul". How does that work? What does it looks like when a group of people are so united in worship that the Holy Spirit speaks so clearly?
- Paul's speech from verses 16-41 is beautiful, using Old Testament prophecy to point the audience to Christ. And it works really well, since the next week "almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord" (v. 44), and "the word of the Lord spread through the whole region" (v. 49). And yet...
- Persecution comes. "They were filled with jealousy and talked abusively against what Paul was saying". (v. 45). "They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and expelled them from their region" (v. 51).
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