 Okay, good morning everyone. It's good to be back this morning As we continue our study from Good morning. Good morning Charles So let us continue our study Before we go ahead Does anyone have any question any thoughts that you want to share? I know I've been you know We've been doing this whole thing. I've been doing most of the talking But if any of you have any thoughts any questions, I think yesterday I Missed to check the chat, but I saw a question. There's regarding Luke. I don't know if it was Charles. Was it you? Who posted the question? Okay, so Luke was a gentile believer now we don't know when Where and how he you know got to Become a believer So there are different views some of them say, okay Luke may have been You know become a believer during the Pentecost time, right? Another view says, you know, it would have been in Galatia when Paul went in his first missionary journey It's most probably that you know Luke became a believer there Whereas, you know, there is no account of when and where he became a believer all we know is in Galatia Luke joined Paul in the missionary journey so No, he was a gentile and another reason why people say he was a gentile is because When he wrote the book of Luke, he addressed it to the gentiles The the letter of Luke is written to the gentiles. So He was a gentile, but we don't know when and where And how he accepted the Lord So these are the different views either some say Jerusalem Some say it was in Galatia when Paul went on his first missionary journey. So Okay Let's Let's just refresh our self of what we did yesterday. We entered into the first missionary journey We looked at Paul how wonderfully he went into Galatia. He planted so many wonderful churches Iconium, Lystra, Derby Now as I mentioned earlier on Not not to all the churches Paul wrote letters. So, you know, you will hear of churches You know, for example the purga church at purga or a church at Lystra so These churches Paul has not written a letter, but he has done a work in these places, right? and and also we looked at how The first missionary journey he Visited these places planted churches raised up leaders came back to Jerusalem. He goes into His second missionary journey There's a disagreement between Paul and Barnabas and And they when they launch out the second missionary journey was a powerful one where they reached out in Philippi Thessalonica, Aeterns, Corinth, Greece Ephesus and so all these wonderful places where Paul was able to go in and Really affect the community affect the society and in the midst of all of this Corruption and sexual immorality and all this sin Paul was able to plant churches Right yesterday. We looked at the church at Corinth where Corinth was a place where there was so much of idols and the goddess Aphrodite and Thousand male prostitutes thousand female prostitutes and in that kind of You know a place Paul was able to Raise up a church raise up a community of believers and we know When we read the book of Corinth is the Corinthian church was a church filled With the gifts of the Holy Spirit Right, that's why Paul writes in 1st Corinthians 13. He says we may have all of these gifts But if we do not have love, we're just a sounding gong So they were already flowing in the gifts of the Spirit, right? and then Let's continue on at Corinth. We saw that Paul also wrote the letter to the Thessalonians because what happened was he finished in Thessalonica he came into Corinth and some Maybe some people from outside came in to the church and said, you know what? The second coming has already happened or the raptures already happened And so we have missed it and things like that new kinds of doctrines and that's why Paul stops at a track and begins to write first and second Thessalonians and Talks more about, you know, the rapture and the second coming and what is to happen. So he encourages the church through his letter Then we looked at Ephesus as well where Paul went to Ephesus. So let's let's pick up from here, right? so after Corinth Paul goes into a place called Senchreia and There he's got his two teammates the couple Aquila and Priscilla and then from there Senchreia, he goes into Ephesus. I'm on page 19 if you're following your notes, right? He goes into Ephesus now Ephesus is again a very important city of Asia Minor the temple of Diana in Ephesus was Was a was a goddess there which was also one of the seven wonders of the world The temple was constructed with pure marble again, just like Athens it had marbled roads and constructions of big, you know palaces and The temple, you know in Ephesus. It was like it was a harbor. So the seas the ships would come and You know take dock there and they would stay there for a couple of days or months whatever So it was a place of trade commerce business again a booming place people would do small businesses big businesses and Paul gets into this kind of a place very similar to Corinth where you know, it's again a Place of business with the goddess Aphrodite here a place of business goddess Diana with the multi-breasted goddess and the Ephesians believe that this goddess fell from the sky and Once she fell from the sky she began to You know give out her gifts to the people so Paul goes into Ephesus goes into synagogues and Preaches the gospel right after preaching there for some time He leaves Aquila and Priscilla there now Most probably the church You know, when we say sometime it's not mentioned how long but probably he stayed a month or so Planted the church made Aquila and Priscilla. Okay, you'll stay here look after the church at Ephesus and in Ephesus Aquila and Priscilla meet this wonderful man named Paul us and we read that in Acts chapter 18 24 to 28 could one of us please read that acts chapter 18 Versus 24 to 28 shall I read first? Let's go ahead Acts chapter 18 verse 24 to 28 says now a certain view named Apollos Born at Alexandria an eloquent man and a mighty in the scriptures came to Ephesus This man had been interested in the way of the Lord and being fervent in spirit He spoke and taught accurately the things of the Lord though. He knew only the baptism of John So he began to speak boldly in the synagogue And he heard him they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately And when he desired to cross to a KIA the brethren wrote Exorting the disciples to receive him and when he arrived Greatly held those who had believed through grace for he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly Showing from the scriptures that Jesus is the Christ amen. Amen. Thank you. So we see here now we need to you know, one of the things I always tell my the people that we teach and In Bible college over the last so many years been teaching is to picture what you're studying, right? We you know, God has given us imagination So one of the ways that you know, I personally read the scripture is I picture what's happening Right. So initially when I began to study the book of Acts and Paul's journey I was like, whoa, it's you know, I always thought the letters are all in order But not so, you know, it is so many places so many people I thought how am I gonna do this and I began to picture, right? Of course I made you know, I Remember making this chart and maybe I would suggest and encourage you also if you have time go ahead and do it You know, get a chart just, you know, do first second third and forth I just Divided into four and just write down. Okay first journey. These are the people these are the places And these are the churches started second journey. And so that way You know, we're picturing the whole thing and so imagine you picture this right a small little church in Corin Apollo's and sorry, I could and Priscilla a couple is there and Paul is there they've started the church and Paul goes on from there but Apollo's I could and Priscilla meet this man named Apollo's who is Who you know, who was well worst with the word, right? something like Apostle Paul himself, right was well worst with the word yet. He did not know about the baptism of the Holy Spirit and He Apollo's became a powerful instrument in the ministry later on we see that you know, he accepted the teachings of Aquila and Priscilla and Later on from Ephesus they sent him to Corinth now in Corinth Apollo's did a powerful work. He was a great leader. He showed exemplary Leadership skills that is why when Paul writes his letter to the Corinth, he says is Christ divided You know, some say they believe in Peter some say they believe in Paul some say they believe in Apollo's So the very fact that Apollo's name comes in there along with such great leaders shows that Apollo's was a wonderful preacher wonderful You know ministry was done through his life as well So Apollo's was a great blessing later on to the church in Corinth but Paul has left Ephesus later on he comes back to Ephesus. We will look at that from Ephesus Paul decides to go back to Caesarea, which is about 50 to 60 miles from Jerusalem. It took him 30 days covering 650 miles So this picture is it's not like, you know, they go The flight or take a train and we're there the next day or a couple of days. No 30 days 650 miles and It could be that you know Paul writes his trials and difficulties that he went through. It could be that You know, there were times, you know, he said I went without food and without water I was shipwrecked all of that it could be that all of those things happened during these times Of his second missionary journey So Paul goes to Jerusalem greets the believers there now by this time nobody is looking at Paul as a you know, just a You know, just a small person. No, no now They know what apostle Paul is because they've seen the fruit of his labor The first missionary journey and now the second missionary journey that has he has You know, people have noticed the anointing of God upon his life so he was very warmly welcomed into the church in of Jerusalem and Then from Jerusalem Paul went back to his home church, which is Antioch of Syria and That ended the whole second missionary journey, so second missionary journey had some wonderful places But let's look at the high points of Paul's second missionary journey Couple of them first was the ministry at Athens and in Corinth But how Paul was able to go in the midst of these intellectuals And bring the gospel to them start You know a church a community of believers in the midst of this kind of a place, right to he was You know Paul was strengthened by the power of the Holy Spirit meaning he he as a carrier of revival He was able to minister the word of God in wisdom and in power Right. One of the things that we must learn as leaders and as people who are going to be in the ministry is well It's very important to Walk in wisdom Right Wisdom is important even in our ministry and everything that we do we need to walk in wisdom. It's not only about power It's not only about authority and all of that, but it's wisdom combined with power and here Paul He knew he was anointed of God, but he walked in wisdom He knew how to minister how to see a breakthrough in people's lives and local communities were established God's kingdom begin began to advance in different places As as this second missionary journey, you know Just spread into Asia Minor and into Europe Now one of the things that Paul understood was it was the real challenge of winning souls Was was not okay, you know, I Have to speak this way or I have to do this and I have to do that. No the real challenge was that the enemy has blinded their eyes and So we as believers need to bring in the gospel and the gospel Will, you know unveil their eyes that they will come to know the truth wherever Paul went He preached Christ crucified. He preached the cross of Jesus Christ and what Jesus did the work of Jesus on the cross that's all he preached right and after preaching he ministered in signs wonders and miracles Paul refused to engage in meaningless arguments and debates, right? Here's an important thing that we should learn Choose your battles wisely I choose your battles wisely Now as a as a believer as you as we all get opportunities in leadership There will be challenges coming our way and we don't run away from it If we got to deal with these problems deal with challenges, but choose your battles wisely Right, you know in even in church here in the city of Mangalore We have a lot of young people, right? So a lot of them have many questions. They come and ask me all kinds of questions and You know there are times some questions Doesn't make sense like we won't say it doesn't make sense, but some questions are You know asked to trap you or you know, they don't want to learn but they just ask you certain questions and I have one of the things that we should do is we should learn to choose our battles well if this is something if there's something that is You know happen and and it's out of your control and and you've done all you can To make things right if still things haven't changed move on Right, don't stick on to that. Okay. He said this or she said this what happens is it brings a blockage to what? God is calling us to so So very important to choose battle that there's a sidetrack there. Okay, so after that Paul is an Antioch his home church. He's he's resting probably taking some time off thinking about the churches thinking about where to go next and Peter came to Antioch right so from Jerusalem Peter comes to Antioch and he eats with the Gentiles and uncircumcised eats with them but as soon as a Few more people the brothers of Jerusalem came to Antioch Peter withdrew from the Gentiles and he sat with the Jews right now Paul openly Confronted Peter and said this what you're doing is unbiblical behavior, right? And later on Peter himself also Realized it and he knew it so That marks the end of the second missionary journey Now let's go into the third missionary journey Now the third missionary journey lasted for about four years traveling 2,500 miles. Okay. I've got a question from the niche Paul had his hair cut off because he had taken a vow this verse doesn't mention what wow and why yes So the niche thank you for that question. Yes, it does not mention what wow It is most likely that you know, it was a feast during the feast at that time You know people take vows now remember that At this time Paul was in Jerusalem He came to Jerusalem at the time of the feast so the feast could be the feast of the Passover it could be the Feast of the Unleavened Bread so certain people take vows, right now remember that Paul was You know studied under Gomerial. He was a Pharisee. He is a Pharisee and So he just took a vow saying, you know, let me maybe it was a personal thing to him like it's like this, right? Now if we want to do something if we want to do something Personally it is not a force upon people right now Paul even if he didn't do it not a big deal But I believe that he did this so that he could show that he still Respects the law because many, you know, he the Jews may have thought okay, this guy doesn't want the law But it was also a physical demonstration. Yes, he still respects any and the law is important And also the second reason could be that he wanted to you know Just You know grow closer to God. It was again not not through the works But just a way of saying that okay God, I'm still there. I'm still Desire more of you and so he took this vow to cut his hair So mostly the nation they do this cutting of hair before certain festivals, so Yes, it does not mention what Wow, maybe it was a personal thing of Paul's choice Samuel could be the could it be the Nazarite Wow? Again The Nazarite Wow includes a lot of things a Lot lots of things involved, but it could be because we know that Paul was you know zealous very zealous in In and zealous for the scriptures zealous for the God of Abraham and so It could be the Nazarite Wow, but it also could be just a vow that he has taken personally And so we can't say okay. It is this because there's no mention of it, so Yeah, but then it was a vow that he had taken it was just I'm sure the the Jews would have thought hey Paul is cut his hair. He's taken a vow They would have thought maybe they would have respected him even more for what he's done And it was also to show that hey, it's not that I've abandoned the law. It's just that Christ Jesus fulfilled that law. So, yes, so that Okay So we finished off the second missionary journey once again many places many people Many churches planted right first and second missionary journey But we see a pattern which Paul is working in right? Go to a place preach the gospel Started church raise up leaders move on Right, so that's what he kept on doing And here go he goes into his third missionary journey four years This third missionary journey 2,500 miles Now on the first two journeys Paul went to new places right planted churches But on the third journey Paul did not go to any new place But he went about strengthening the churches that are already existing now as I mentioned we should remember this It's not that these are the only churches that Paul started, right? There could have been plenty of other churches. So So he when the third missionary journey he went to many places strengthening the existing churches, right? So from Antioch of Syria Paul departed he went to Galatia. Remember? The first missionary journey the churches in Galatia. He goes there. He meets all of them. He He talks to them and all of it Strengthens the church now. This is his third visit to Galatia If you remember the first missionary he goes through Galatia plants the churches comes back The same way in the second missionary journey. So that's the second visit and then now he goes there So this is the third visit and then from there From Galatia he goes to Ephesus. He chooses Ephesus now in Ephesus. He stays for three full years Never has Paul stayed in a place for so long, but he stays Three full years in Ephesus. He preached in the synagogue for about three months. Then what he did was there was a school School of tyranus in Ephesus where he would go and preach the gospel day after day teaching them the word teaching them the things of the scriptures and the Bible says that many people accepted the Lord the word of God spread and That is why later on if we see in Ephesus the church has grown already Where it has leaders it had bishops. It has overseers. It had deacons, right? So it looked like a well-established church compared to the church in You know teslan ike or the church in filipi This church in Ephesus because Paul spent three years there He he he you know set things right in Ephesus now The seven churches mentioned in Revelations chapter two and three Ephesus smirner Pergamot, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea were all from this Asia Minor region Right, and it's most likely that all of these churches some Bible scholars say that all these churches were started by apostle Paul because It was a complete of Asia Minor and it was started during that time by Paul. So It could be that Paul You know went about to these other places also, but it's not mentioned Right and in Ephesus Paul did wonderful miracles Unusual miracles handkerchiefs brought healing of Paul people The sons of schever in acts 19 They try to do an exhaustism and that failed exhaustism The devil overpowers them and beats them up where the sons of schever they run home naked Now that brought a lot of fear into people and many people Accepted the message of the gospel people repented they turned away from black magic If you read acts 19, they brought everything to the center Like you know all this black magic and all the books they brought it to the center and they burnt it And so there was a strong work established in Ephesus And I believe it's because of those three years that Paul was there just making Sure that the word is well established in the city of Ephesus Then at Ephesus Paul raised up many leaders And again He met Philemon in Ephesus and if Vaphrus both from the city of Colossae now here's an interesting fact Paul never went to the church in Colossae Right, uh, there was no he never went to Colossae, right? But if papyrus Was with Paul in Ephesus Right, so if papyrus goes back to his hometown Colossae and starts the church so later on Uh, when paul comes to Ephesus If papyrus comes to meet him and then gives an account of what happens in the church And that is when paul sits down to writes the letter at the church in Colossae So, uh, he had not seen the people he has not been to Colossae But he writes this letter and that even Titus worked with paul in Ephesus who later on Went to Crete and started his own Church there so So after establishing the work in Ephesus after three years Uh, paul he planned to go into Macedonia and uh, then again go to Jerusalem And stay there for a while Uh, and while at Ephesus paul wrote the letter to the Galatians Right, so remember that uh, when he was coming on starting his third missionary journey He first goes through Galatia Right now what happened was he doesn't stay in Galatia for too long But after he comes to Ephesus he writes a letter saying Why are you going back to the law? Why are you going back to circumcision? I could not address that matter when I was there, but now that I'm here Uh, You know, it's a strong letter the first three chapter. He says you foolish Galatians Who has bewitched you who has come in between and uh, you know, why have you brought the law? When grace and truth is in through Jesus Christ, I heard that some of you are getting circumcised Uh, and so he writes this strong letter from Uh, Ephesus and he also writes uh to the Corinthians The church had many many problems. So he writes a letter to the Corinthians as well So if you look at the third missionary journey, it was not like the first in two The first one you went about place to place starting churches second one the same thing third one He went strengthening the churches stays three years in Ephesus. He writes letters to the churches of Galatians and the first Corinthians and It was more of a A time of uh, you know, exorting the the church Encouraging the church building up what he has already established Right. Uh, so we see that paul had a wonderful balance And he didn't discharge churches give it to somebody and walk away. No, he Wanted to see them grow. He wanted to see them built in the faith in jesus christ and uh, and you know That's why paul writes in his last letter. Uh, he writes, you are my crown Right, uh in heaven. You are my crown. You are my rejoicing in heaven So paul is saying when I go up to heaven, it's not about I can't go up to jesus and say, okay lord, you know my work first missionary journey second third The fourth one also and you know, what all I've done all the miracles. No paul says my crown in heaven. Are you the people? So here's an important thing An important point to remember is the sign of a great leader Is is how many leaders he's able to raise That's the sign of a great leader Sign of a great leader is not Okay, how many sermons you can preach how well you can preach or You know, all that is important Or how many places you have gone to preach and You know, how how much of uh, in-depth revelation we have in the word of god. No The sign of a great preacher Is how many leaders? Sorry a sign of a great leader is how many leaders you are able to raise up I say paul says you are my crown you people are the crown for me in heaven and so Now paul Goes on from fs's. He goes into macedonia Right remember the second missionary journey during the macedonian call the holy spirit stopped him But later on he goes into macedonia and while at macedonia paul writes his second missionary journey and paul suffered greatly in At macedonia people did not accept his message people tried to persecute him. They also there was an I wouldn't say assassin's threat, but they planned it to kill him but Titus came and You know brought reports of the church at Corinth and he was happy And then from macedonia paul traveled to Greece now It could be that he went to Athens the first place where in the second missionary journey And it also could be that after Athens he stayed a while in Corinth as well And and in Athens He wrote the letter to the romans Right, uh, and and then from there paul went into another small city Of macedonia called traos Where euticus we learn of that account ax chapter 20 9 to 12 Uh, could one of us please read that please? Uh ax 20 versus 9 to 12 at 20 versus 9 to 12 And in a window sat a certain young man named euticus Who was sinking into a deep sleep He was overcome by sleep and as paul continued speaking He fell down From the story from the third story and was taken up dead But paul went down fell on him and embracing him said do not trouble yourselves for his life is in him Now when he had come up had broken bread and eaten and talked a long while even till Daybreak he departed and they brought the young man in alive and they were Not a little comforted Yep. Thank you. Samuel. So The reason we read this passage was because now paul is well advanced in ministry, right and uh, you know He kept talking kept talking about the scriptures teaching the scriptures to the people and this young man sitting on a window Fell into a deep sleep fell to the ground and he died Now look at paul's reaction Right, uh, he didn't say let's call for a fasting prayer. Let's call for all of them. Come on. Let's pray and hold hands Nothing all he said was don't worry Don't worry. He's not dead His life is in him paul just goes lays on him He comes back to life. They carry him they go he goes up eats and paul continues to preach Until daybreak It is so It's so, you know, it's so the miracles was so common to paul's life Right, uh, that that it did not disturb him at all. He was don't worry. Everything's fine You know, god is able to bring him back to life So you see the the the level of anointing That paul has reached That he was able to you know, in so much power in so much of authority He was in complete control of the situation right later on in the next During the final journey, you know, paul is taken captive into rome. We will study about that There's a book that I read Where it's it mentions that The captive of the ship became the captain of the ship paul was taken captive. He had chains on his hand and legs But he's calling the shots in the ship. He's saying as long as you don't jump off As long as you stay within this you will live and they listen to him so That's what the anointing of god can do right So it's powerful, you know miracles sides and wonders was a normal activity during paul's ministry and that's what We should also pray for we should You know desire Even as we go about preaching and maybe ministering to people and sharing the gospel wherever we can We are to confirm it with science wonders and miracles. You may think okay But I don't have the gift of healing or I don't have the gift of prophecy the gift of word of knowledge Uh We have to desire it. We have to pray for it. We have to pray and ask god god give me this Spark this revival inside me Spark and outpouring inside outpour your holy spirit inside me that from from me It can just pour out to people around us and that should be our desire right So paul did that paul went on from emphasis. Sorry from trawls Uh, he went to a place called miletus, which is Uh, probably about 28 to 30 miles from emphasis. Now, this is a very very sad account. Uh, it's a long worst axe 2017 to 38 Uh, he met the elders of of emphasis in miletus So he said he probably sent message said all the elders deacons leaders come to miletus Uh and meet me And he gives a powerful message in axe 2017 to 38 Uh, he says, okay, this is probably the last time you're going to see me Um, and he gives him a powerful message. He says stay on with the word Preach the word declare his word and uh, you know, uh, raise up leaders do this and it gives a whole detail on what you should do Um, it is a sad account when we read it because they knew that it is going to be the last time They would see paul and uh, he'll be taken as a prisoner later on. Um, and cesarean and then in rome So paul meets with the leaders at emphasis. They have a very emotional farewell paul goes on from uh, emphasis straight to cesarean And from cesarean he goes on to jerusalem And at jerusalem Uh, paul had been warned but he visits jerusalem. He goes to the temple with You know jewish few of the jewish converts and a riot broke out They seized paul. They said this man is bringing people into the temple And they are jewish converts. So the roman soldiers had to come Intervened arrested him paul was escorted off paul was imprisoned for two years during this time Right under governor felix Uh, but here's the thing Even the governor's governor felix governor festus king gripper paul was able to share the gospel to them as well right, uh, I think it was uh, uh Governor felix who said are you trying to Make me one of your converts? meaning he was almost He almost believed the message that paul shared right and then he Finally appeals to cesare's palace. Sorry cesare's court and uh, uh, which meant that he would go before the emperor and stand now as a roman citizen paul had this, uh, let's say, uh, uh, this opportunity To go to rom and stand in front of nero More so more than an opportunity He had the privilege because he was a roman citizen Uh, uh, so he said I appeal to cesare and um Here and so they had to take him from cesaria um to Rome and that's why paul writes to the romans If we read he says in the last passage of romans. First time I read that I was like, wow What is this man capable of doing? He says greet the people in cesare's household Greet the believers who are in cesare's household. So he's been able to You know bring in the gospel To cesare's household also people in cesare's house were believers And you know paul did such an impact In that place as well Now they were getting ready. They have to take paul to rom So luke was with paul at the end of his third missionary journey And so when he when he said I want to go to uh, I want to go front of cesare I appeal to cesare paul luke and another person called aristocrat aristocrats Went with paul and so Imprisoned in rom paul wrote four epistles. They are called the prison epistles Colossians philippians Ephesians and philemen right four Prison epistles that was written Now as we mentioned paul himself was not at colosse but uh news came back from epaphyrus regarding church So most probably he wrote this letter there His fellow prisoner philemen Sorry, uh, his fellow prisoner onisimus was a runaway slave of philemen And paul is saying okay now he has You know, if we read the letter of philemen, he says paul is saying take him back He's a good servant. He has been helpful to me. He has you know accepted my Message and his ways have changed accept him back Like you would accept me. So Again, that is a very emotional letter Philemen he writes to him and says accept onisimus back because he Worked with me and put his life in danger for my sake as well Then timothy also was with paul during this time of the roman imprisonment and high ranking officials guards people in the palace people All kinds of people who came to meet apostle paul were impacted Uh during paul's time. So, uh, he was imprisoned in Rome Then he was released for a for a bit. Uh paul was released after he was released He wrote first timothy titus and then after a while he was imprisoned again Which is his second imprisonment now during this imprisonment He knew that his time was the coming to an end paul sits down to write one of the most powerful letters Um Febvel messages, you know Second timothy is a powerful letter which paul writes now If you and i were in our last days and we know You know, we're going to Pass away Time has come for us. We would be so worried about you know things that we have to do. Okay. Let me do this. Let me do this paul's worry was only one thing Spread the message spread the gospel He sits he knew that Ephesus was a place that needed some more help Timothy was young He was probably worried. Will he be able to handle the issues these overseers bishops? Everyone are there, but they are much elder in age Will timothy be able to look after he sits down. He writes he says Uh in that whole letter if you read second timothy, he says Timothy I fought the good fight now you preach the word, you know, uh, don't let your age Look down upon you. Don't let people look down upon you because of your age In all of that and uh, and so this was his last letter That paul wrote and Somewhere about maybe 66 to 68 80 paul was martyred tradition has it that he was beheaded Now here is a summary of what apostle paul did 20 to 24 years of ministry One two three four missionary journeys 49 cities and towns across asia minor Traveled 10,000 miles Uh by land and several thousand miles by sea Established believing communities Raised up Many leaders who can take the same fire into different places Was able to ministered cross cultures Cross social social lines rich and poor educated uneducated He impacted cities market places high places. He impacted every place that he went Why because that revival fire was in outpouring from his life So you and I just want to encourage each one of us even as I was preparing this I remember It's two days back. I was preparing the The second missionary journey and I started to tear up Said how much this man has done And and so much of sacrifice That he has gone through so much of difficulties challenges How was he able to do it? You know Leonard Ravenhill in his book writes if I could do one percent of what apostle paul did That would be a great work now And many people write that, you know When apostle paul wore his boots he He did what all the 12 disciples did together. He did it alone Why Because of that spark that happened many years ago About 17 18 years ago at Damascus That revival fire kept growing growing and growing in his heart So let us press for revival We are to welcome the Holy Spirit To move in our midst. Let us prepare to be a community Uh saturated with God right Let us set a blaze communities now we may think I uh nobody knows me nobody how can I uh be impact or hold city Remember apostle paul when he went into Athens nobody knew him When he went into Ephesus nobody knew him. He went alone Right, maybe the in Ephesus there's an account that only two or three people believed Right in Corinth as well. Maybe four or five people believed but he started with that And the church began to grow Right, so never despise small beginnings that god sets for us So let us all become carriers of revival In whatever sphere of influence god has placed us in right So we come to an end of paul's missionary journey. I know that it was a lot of content We may not remember all of it But I encourage you go back and you know, uh read through And learn you will be learning also in the coming semesters from the book of ax But I encourage you go back read it. It will really stir up something in your heart and my heart as well, so Uh, so we will close for today any any questions any thoughts anybody has Thank you pastor paul I just want to ask question. Maybe I might have It's mystic class and I didn't know now or someone has asked before for paul um, these three states that he was both jew and um, roman And so his name was paul because he was jewish and roman and he was a roman that's why his name was paul Is that true? Yes. That is that is absolutely true. Yes. So he was a roman citizen Yes, and uh A Pharisee a jew a jew with roman citizen and also he mentions in a place that uh, uh, you know During those times you pay a huge sum to buy roman citizenship to Have privileges. Uh, but paul says they're no, uh, you know when they take him when they arrest and he says no I was born a citizen. So Uh, so yes, that's true So that means this comes to the Um, I don't know. We've been here for a long time growing up as a child. We always start Oh When paul was a Pharisee He was thought that he changed to paul Because he became a christian. So that cancels that Statement correct. Yes. That that is not true. Uh, you know, we had that thing. Okay. He's a sol turn to paul uh, uh, so that is just a saying but uh You know, it's it's the same name. It's the same. Uh, it's just that one is a roman name one is a jewish name. So Yes, so Then the last thing that would it be also just, um Would it be right to kind of say the reason he identified more with paul Was just basically because of his ministry towards the gentile nations Yes, so when paul So if we read in the initial when paul was going to Damascus, uh, the lord jesus himself specified and said I have shown him he will be a light to the gentiles. So Uh, just like all of us have certain kinds of gifts and calling paul's call was more towards the gentiles Right, uh, and and if you see the ministry of peter and matthew and all of them They are calling was more towards the jews and people accepted his message But even paul did share the message to the jews, but all they wanted to do was to kill him So he just moved on he said okay god is anyway called me to the Gentiles, so I will continue ministering there. So yeah, so his ministry was focused more towards the gentiles. Yes So that's why there was more fruit there compared to the jews, so Yeah, so yeah, I understand that what I was asking was do you think he identified more as his name as paul to The gentiles because we we noticed a change We stand here in paul after the damaskos experience before damaskos experience. It was so so so so we did be fair to just say just Identify he kind of presented himself as paul and people name as paul rather than more paul Yes, yes, that would be right say just for people to also identify. Okay. Uh, I'm here. I'm uh, you know, I You know, I'm ministering to the gentiles So yes to identify with the people as well. Yes, that could also be another reason. So so if you see that after the whole encounter at anteoak when barnabas comes after he comes into Barnabas brings It says that he went and searched for sol of tarsis and he brings him to anteoak after that Uh, is when they were first time called him apostle and and from then on it is apostle paul Uh, so yes, he must have purposefully used paul so that he could identify with the gentiles. So Yes, thank you. Thank you my last my last question. Sorry. I don't know. Um, I know I know there was a sharp argument which you discussed last time and he did ask for john mark I'm so very much to be sent back to him. But really nothing was really there's no information telling us that Um, the whatever disagreement between barnabas and paul was settled I don't know if history kind of covers that or the any extra physical material that kind of like Maybe explains whereby maybe they met again or do we know do we know if that argument or disagreement, you know, We would What do you think? Yes, so say there is no, uh, additional material To prove that okay. The thing was resolved the conflict. But here's the thing later on paul You know, he writes the Corinthians and he uh, he recommends barnabas. He says barnabas Is it only I and barnabas who should go through these troubles as leaders as apostles? So he he counts barnabas as an apostle as well So we see through that that there is no misunderstanding, right? paul is lifting up barnabas And also, uh, to john mark. He says, uh, you know, bring john mark. He's of help to me He's of help to the ministry as well. So Uh, so there is no account additional writing But from what we can read in these two passages, we can see that, you know, all is well with barnabas and You know, uh, paul and barnabas even john mark as well. So Thank you. Okay, we have almost come. I'm sorry. You have only three minutes to get into your other class Thank you so much for joining us Please feel free to go ahead and join your other class. Have a great week ahead. Good. Bless Thank you pastor. God bless you too