Sermon: Acts 13:1-12; "Blessed to Follow God's Will"
Date: March 13, 2016
Pastor: Michael Howard


Scripture: Acts 13:1-12

1 Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas,
Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with
Herod the tetrarch) and Saul.
2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said,
“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
3 So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent
them off.

4 The two of them, sent on their way by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia
and sailed from there to Cyprus.
5 When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish
synagogues. John was with them as their helper.

6 They traveled through the whole island until they came to Paphos. There they
met a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,
7 who was an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, an
intelligent man, sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word
of God.
8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and
tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.
9 Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked
straight at Elymas and said,
10 “You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! You
are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting
the right ways of the Lord?
11 Now the hand of the Lord is against you. You are going to be blind for a
time, not even able to see the light of the sun.”

Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking
someone to lead him by the hand.
12 When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was amazed at
the teaching about the Lord.


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