Paul’s first missionary journey points to an all loving God that grants salvation to all people and excludes no one. Acts 13:4-14:28 tells of Paul’s first missionary journey and the presentation of the Gospel of Christ to all people everywhere! While in Cyprus, Paul offers the Gospel to more than just the Jews. While preaching in Antioch, Paul experiences the rejection of the Gospel by the Jews. In Icomium and Lystra, Paul preaches to both Jews and Greeks and both groups of people receive the Gospel. Finally, Paul’s missionary journey ends with Paul’s ministry as a church planter proclaiming the Gospel to everyone. Paul’s first missionary journey is not just spreading the Gospel, it is the spreading of the Gospel to both Jew s and Greeks.
During Paul’s mission trip to Cyprus, Paul offered the Gospel of Christ to more than just Jews. Paul offered the Gospel of Christ to anyone who would listen. In Acts 13:4, the beginning of Paul’s first missionary journey is recorded with Paul and Barnabas going to Cyprus. While on the island of Cyprus they went to the town of Paphos where they were confronted by “a sorcerer, a Jewish false prophet names Bar-Jesus.” (Acts 13:6 HCSB) Along with this sorcerer, that was a man named Sergius Paulus. Sergius Paulus, a Gentile, wanted to hear the Gospel of Christ. Therefore, Paul and Barnabas begin telling Sergius Paulus the great message of Christ. The sorcerer, named Elymas, attempted to distract Sergius Paulus and turn him “away from the faith.” (Acts 13:8 HCSB) The story of Sergius Paulus and the sorcerer may seem as if it is unimportant, however, one must note that Paul and Barnabas did not go to Cyprus to minister to the Gentiles. In Acts 13:5, Paul and Barnabas are seen ministering in ...
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...hing churches and declaring to the church at Antioch that the Gentiles have received the gospel. God is an all loving God that grants salvation to all people and excludes no one.
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"I have a good eye, uncle; I can see a church by day-light." (Act ii. Sc. 1.)
Acts describes the continued spread of the gospel to new peoples and land. God’s love is not for any one race or ethnic subgroup a love, but for all who will respond to the gospel call.
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Paul the Apostle, was a famous preacher of first century Christianity and was God’s tool used to spread the light of the gospel to the Gentiles. Paul is credited fir having written many books in the New Testament of the Bible. He was born an Israelite to a clan of the tribe of Benjamin, speaking the Aramaic and Hebrew tongues from infancy. He was an enthusiastic student and a stringent devotee of the Torah. He was the man that later had a peculiar meeting with the Lord Jesus Christ while on the road to Damascus. His life and duty were considerably altered and in turn eventually changed the course of the development of Western Civilization and culture.
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The book of Acts is known as 'the birth of the church'. Acts recounts the story of
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Jesus and Paul are two crucial characters in the New Testament. They both depict the Gospel on which Christianity is based upon, but there is debate about rather these two versions of the Gospel are complementary. Scholars like George Shaw claim that Paul is “anti-Christian,” and he “produced a fantastic theology” (Shaw 415-416). On the other hand, I believe that even though Jesus and Paul may present the Gospel different at times, they are still advocating the same religion. Through the understanding of the Gospels and Paul’s letters it is clear that Jesus and Paul have the same underlining goals and values.
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The Apostle Paul is known as the greatest missionary of the early church. Paul, who once vowed to wipe out belief in Jesus Christ, was later converted to do the work of Christ. He would author almost half of the 27 books in the New Testament. He endured sickness, rejection, and repeated attacks on his life to bring the message of God's grace and forgiveness to Gentiles. Paul was the apostle largely responsible for the solid inception and growth of Christianity. He spoke before Jews, Greeks, and Romans. Paul is known as the apostle to the Gentiles. He defended God's Word before kings and emperors of this world. By the end of his life, much of the Mediterranean world had been reached with the gospel.
However, it is to my understanding that this is a lesson regarding the leadership of the House of worship of Jesus Christ, mutually ancient and modern. In Acts, nevertheless, the command was to preach to scattered Israel in addition to reveal the gospel all over the Roman Empire and as far as they could. This commandment was not deprived of its troubles. Long, treacherous travels, oppressions, concerns of Church guidelines, assimilation of foreigners,