Peter Barnes | Acts 13:1-13
SERMON NOTES
SENT BY THE SPIRIT AND THE CHURCH
Psalm 72; Acts 13:1-13
– this is the beginning of the first missionary journey (Acts 13-14); the year is about A.D.46.
1. Churches are to deny themselves that the Kingdom of God might grow.
– 13:1; Antioch in Syria was the third largest city in the Roman Empire, behind Rome and Alexandria
– Charles Simeon: ‘the more our love abounds towards the heathen, the more will the zeal of others be provoked for the salvation of our neighbours’.
– John 12:24-25
2. The Spirit calls His people to serve.
– 13:2; note 20:28
– He convicts of sin (John 16:8-11); reveals Christ (John 16:14); teaches the gospel (John 16:13); sanctifies (Gal.5:22-23a); and equips with gifts (1 Cor.12:28-30).
3. The church sends those people.
– 13:3; this is not ordination (note Gal.1:12) but a prayerful setting apart; not infallible (see Acts 13:13), but note Psalm 72:18-19