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Introduction
Acts 13:13-52
Pray
The three missionaries leave the island of Cyprus and travel to what is today turkey.
There John Mark leaves the company and returns to Jerusalem.
We are not told why he leaves.
But it was a problem whatever the reason.
Because of this desertion Paul refused to take john mark on a later journey.
Causing a disagreement between Paul and Barnabas.
Which leads to them splitting ways, So a big deal.
Once landed in Perga (a port in Turkey) the two remaining missionaries travel north ward to Antioch is Pisidia which is 100 miles north of where they ported.
This is not the Antioch that we were visiting earlier in acts.
No this a different Antioch.
In fact there are 16 Antioch.
If that confuses you don’t let it.
Did you know that there are 34 or so cities called Springfield, In only 25 states, That means some have two, Example Florida.
There in this region there is a significant Jewish community.
But the dominant religion was the worship of Kybele (Cybele) Kee-vELL-ee s.
The Mother Goddess.
And ancient fertility deity associated with the cycle of the seasons.
And the Patron god of Antioch was a male figure known as Min, Moon god and a god of Healing.
So not a Christian land by any stretch.
They begin in the Synagogue.
So teaching in the church buildings at the time, And as Stephen did earlier in Acts and as was custom Paul started with the History of the people.
But then turned it to the Message of Salvation that still remains the same to us today.
God still brings the message of salvation.
If you have not accepted Jesus as Your Lord and Savior you still Can, Because He is the Messiah as Paul points to starting in Verse 22.
His sermon then turns to a warning.
Repent for the judgment is real.
And God is doing work in your days that you will not believe even if one tells it to you.
Quoting from Habakkuk
Same warning for us: Judgment is Real.
Punishment of our sins is eternal separation from God in Hell
The reaction to his sermon was mixed but favorable.
They asked him back the next Sabbath.
Things went bad however when almost the whole town showed up the next Sabbath.
And the Gentiles outnumbered the Jews.
The Jews become Jealous.
Pride and self of these religious people get in the way and they reject the teaching of Paul.
The Gentiles however believe in great numbers.
Accepting the faith based Jesus path instead of the works based Jewish Path.
But some Religious women stir up Persecution and drive them out of the district.
Paul and Barnabas were not dishearten though they kept going shaking the dirt from their feet because they were not welcome there.
Religion Can Get in the Way of God
It is the religious that get in the way of God’s work in that area.
Religion is part of life.
We worship many things and organize around them forming religions.
not a bad things but Religion can get in the way of God moving.
We as a religious organization have to be careful not to let our religion get in the way.
We tend to be religious people, why?
Because religion takes the focus off God and puts it back on us.
I am a religious Person.
I Don’t do Drugs.
I don’t Steal.
I don’t Murder.
I don’t Cheat on My Taxes.
And you shouldn’t either.
But religion takes the focus off God and puts it on Us and effectively works against the message of Jesus Christ which is one of Faith.
One of You by faith accepting Jesus as Lord and Saviour.
So our focus as a church and as an individual should not be on our religion.
Not on I am a Christian.
I am a Baptist.
I am a southern Baptist.
I am a southern Baptist holds to the Baptist Faith and Message.
I am a southern Baptist that holds to the Baptist Faith and Message 2001 edition.
I am not Christian, I am Church of Christ, I am a church of christ that follows Alexander Campbell.
No our focus is on Jesus and our relationship with the Man that is God.
Though his Blood we can have eternal Life.
Next Steps
How is your relationship today?
Is your religion getting in the way
Pray
Bibliography
Cybele enthroned, with lion, cornucopia, and mural crown.
Roman marble, c. 50 AD.
Getty Museum
Temple of Augustus in Pisidian Antioch.
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