The Training of a Minister, Small beginnings, Paul in Asia, Don’t Stop
Paul in Acts 11
- Saved in Acts 9
- Had his own private “Spiritual Recovery” bible study that took 3 years in the desert – Galatians 1:15-19
- Met with Peter and James – supernatural associations
- Goes back home and starts to preach Jesus – Galatians 1:21-24
- Gets a REP for preaching the things he once destroyed
- Acts 11: Found serving in a local church
- Accountable to someone
- Acquired a spiritual father
- Acts 11:25 – Barnabas goes to get Paul
- Made Christian friends – Barnabas – Acts 11:30
- Acts 12:25 – Paul fulfils a ministry season
- Acquires new traveling companion: John Mark
- Acts 13:1 Saul/Paul counted among the Teachers (Barnabas, Simeon Niger, Lucius, Manaen)
- Holy Spirit approves Paul/Barnabas for ministry and sends them out – Acts 13:2
- Galatians 2:1 – Returns after 14 years of outreach ministry to the world.
- Acts 14 – Speaking, Healing, Deified, Stoned, Confirming the disciples. Vs 22!!!
- Acts 15 – Doctrine settled: Grace is sufficient, no more Law. Entrance of Silas to replace Barnabas
- Silas and Judas: already prophets with good rep: church sends out
- Acts 15:38- Paul doesn’t like quitters: Acts 13:13. How far does Grace extend? Paul’s record attests!
- 2 Cor 3:17 – Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
- 1 Thess 1:5 – ATTN full-gospel, word-of-faith preachers: Gospel not in Word only, but POWER
- 1 Cor 2:4 – Preaching not in mans wisdom but in DEMONSTRATION OF POWER in HS
- 1 Cor 14:25 – The gifts reveal the secrets of one’s heart and witness to God being in you.
- PS 52 – In His strength!
- 2 Tim 3:10-12 – A man of God will be TRANSAPARENT and will suffer for the Gospel’s sake
- —————– BAD NEWS —————-
- Rom 5:3-8 – Tribulation list
- Acts 14:22 – Enter in through tribulation: Jesus “if they persecuted Me…” John 15:20
- 1 Pet 3:18 – Death to the flesh, Life in the Spirit
- 2 Cor 4:16-17 – Our outward man perishes, our inner man is built up.
- Phil 1:29 – We should believe on Christ, suffering comes with the package
- Phil 2:30 – Epaphroditus didn’t stop
- ————– GOOD NEWS —————-
- Eph 2:5-7 – Quickened together in Christ, we are raised up, sitting in heavenly places, to show us his goodness forever – the real purpose driven life
- Col 1:9-14 – *Read Aloud*
- 2 Cor 5:21 – He made Him to be Sin for us, who knew no Sin, that we be made righteousness in CJ
- Rom 5:8 – While we still sinners, Christ died for us
- 2 Cor 4:8-15 – *read aloud*
- Heb 6:10 – God will not forget your work, that you minister unto the saints of God
ROMANS 6:5 –“Together” in Greek: “Grown up together from small, inherited, from family”