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READ: Acts 8:4 11:19-26
INTRO: First missionary endeavor came about in a strange way
FOUR THINGS IN THESE
VERSES
1-A Principle they failed
to keep
2-A Preaching they began
to do
3-A Pattern they followed
4-A Purpose the accomplished
PRINCIPLE THEY FAILED TO KEEP V.19
The Lord told them five times what to do
John 20:19 gathered==scattered 21
Lk 24:36 "
" 47,48
Mk 16:14 "
" 15
Matt 28:16 "
" 19
Acts 1:4,6 "
" 8
In some measure this was at work but Jerusalem only 9:28
(local only)
They failed to keep this principle so God chastised them Acts
8:1
All beleivers Acts 8:4 "they" of ch. 11:19
PREACHING THEY BEGAN TO DO 11:19,20
a) Spoke they word of the Lord
(Jews only) --personal--
b) Proclaimed glad tidings to all --public--
Two ways --personal--public--
Two things--Word of the Lord--Lord of the word
PATTERN THEY PRODUCED ( 3 things)
a) People TURN to the Lord v 21
b) " CLEAVEED
unto " 23
c) " ADDED
" " 24
four times "added" in Acts
Specfic 2:41 5:14 11:24 TO THE LORD (body)
General 2:47 BY THE LORD (local)
PURPOSE THEY ACCOMPLISHED v.26
Evangelizing isn't the finsih of our work
Believers in v. 21 Disciples v.26
Matt 28:19 Acts 14:21