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PERSISTENCE AND PERSECUTION (7 OF 9)
by Marion Clark
Scripture: Acts 14:8-23
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Persistence and Persecution (7 of 9)
Series: Acts
Marion Clark
Acts 14:8-23
Introduction: There is a scene in the movie Cool Hand Luke, where Paul Newman's character, Luke, challenges George Kennedy's character, Dragline, to a fight. Dragline enthusiastically pummels Luke. Dragline enjoys the fun of knocking Luke down, and the prisoners standing around are having a good time watching. But Luke keeps standing back up and taking another swing. Finally, as he swings wildly yet another time, Dragline throws him over his shoulder and carries him into the prison barracks. The show is over; Luke's persistence does not prove him the better fighter, but it does prove him to have the stronger spirit. Even cool hand Luke would have met his match with the apostle Paul.
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Paul and Barnabas are on a mission trip, sent out by the Antioch Church. They sail to the island of Cyrus, having picked up a young assistant John. They have a successful ministry in Cyrus, converting even the Roman proconsul. They then sail northward to Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey. There they travel to another city named Antioch. At first, there is success with both Jews and Gentiles coming to faith. But then, there is persecution, enough so that they are driven out of the district. So they travel on to Iconium. Again, there is success with conversions, then follows persecution where they must again leave, this time in the face of a planned stoning. So on to Lystra.
Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet. He was crippled from birth and had never walked. 9 He listened to Paul speaking. And Paul, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be made well, 10 said in a loud voice, ''Stand upright on your feet.'' And he sprang up and began walking. 11 And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in Lycaonian, ''The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!'' 12 Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because ...
Series: Acts
Marion Clark
Acts 14:8-23
Introduction: There is a scene in the movie Cool Hand Luke, where Paul Newman's character, Luke, challenges George Kennedy's character, Dragline, to a fight. Dragline enthusiastically pummels Luke. Dragline enjoys the fun of knocking Luke down, and the prisoners standing around are having a good time watching. But Luke keeps standing back up and taking another swing. Finally, as he swings wildly yet another time, Dragline throws him over his shoulder and carries him into the prison barracks. The show is over; Luke's persistence does not prove him the better fighter, but it does prove him to have the stronger spirit. Even cool hand Luke would have met his match with the apostle Paul.
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Paul and Barnabas are on a mission trip, sent out by the Antioch Church. They sail to the island of Cyrus, having picked up a young assistant John. They have a successful ministry in Cyrus, converting even the Roman proconsul. They then sail northward to Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey. There they travel to another city named Antioch. At first, there is success with both Jews and Gentiles coming to faith. But then, there is persecution, enough so that they are driven out of the district. So they travel on to Iconium. Again, there is success with conversions, then follows persecution where they must again leave, this time in the face of a planned stoning. So on to Lystra.
Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet. He was crippled from birth and had never walked. 9 He listened to Paul speaking. And Paul, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be made well, 10 said in a loud voice, ''Stand upright on your feet.'' And he sprang up and began walking. 11 And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in Lycaonian, ''The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!'' 12 Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because ...
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