Gary Gleans

                                                                                       Acts 14:8-20 Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet. He was crippled from birth and had never walked. He listened to Paul speaking. And Paul, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be made well,   said in a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” And he sprang up and began walking.    And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in Lycaonian, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!” Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.    And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was at the entrance to the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds. But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out, “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men, of like nature wit

Acts 14:1-7 Now at Iconium they entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.   But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers. So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who bore witness to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.   But the people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews and some with the apostles.   When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat them and to stone them,   they learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country,   and there they continued to preach the gospel.   As Paul and Barnabas move forward to Iconium, a pattern in their ministry begins to emerge.  It is a pattern we have seen before, and one that will be seen in the future places where they go.  It is not necessarily a pattern that

                                                                                                 Acts 13:42-52 As they went out, the people begged that these things might be told them the next Sabbath.     And after the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and   devout   converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who, as they spoke with them, urged them   to continue in   the grace of God. The next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.   But   when the Jews   saw the crowds, they were filled with   jealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul,   reviling him.     And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God   be spoken first to you.   Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves   unworthy of eternal life, behold, we   are turning to the Gentiles.   For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, “‘I have made you   a light for the Gentiles,  that you may   bring salvation to the ends of the e

                                                                             Acts 13:16-41 So Paul stood up, and   motioning with his hand said:   “Men of Israel and   you who fear God, listen.   The God of this people Israel   chose our fathers and   made the people great   during their stay in the land of Egypt, and   with uplifted arm he led them out of it.   And for about   forty years   he put up with   them in the wilderness.   And   after destroying   seven nations in the land of Canaan,   he gave them their land as an inheritance.     All this took about 450 years. And after that   he gave them judges until   Samuel the prophet.     Then   they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul   the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.     And   when he had removed him,   he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said,   ‘I have found in David the son of Jesse   a man after my heart,   who will do all my will.’     Of this man's offspring