The
Sunday
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Lesson
in John R Br.win iv
Sai i m Missionary
Bajmisi Cih rcii
lie -1 Committed Encourager
(Acts -1:32, 36-37; 1:26-:';
11:22-30)
Outline
I. Encouraging Gift (Acts -1:32,
36-37)
II. Encouraging Introduction
(Acts 9:26-27)
III. Encouraging Ministry (Acts
11:22-2-1)
IP'. Encouraging Enlistment
(Ads 11:25-26)
V. Encouraging Mission (Acts
11:27-30)
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I. Encouraging Gift (Ads -1:32,
36-37)
The book of Acts record ihc ascension
of Christ, the coming dovui
of the Holy Spirit, and going out of
the church In the early church the
scripture tells us that the church ssas
of one accord. There was no bickering.
backbiting, etc going on in the
church Everyone shared all their
worldly possessions so that no one
lacked anything
We find one many among the
early church named Joscs who play cd
an important role in the growth of
the church The apostles changed his
iuiiiic lo Barnabas \\ Inch meant "Son
of Consolation" or "hncouragcr "
Barnabas/wasa Levitc from Cvprus
who had told his land and brought
iho mono) to the apostles The Lev ites
received no land when Joshua was
allotting la nd tot Ik tribes The I cvites
were charged with taking care of the
spiritual welfare of Israel Barnabas
bv giv mg all he had toe he apostles lo
meet the needs of the church showed
that he w as lis mg up to the calling of
a l ev lie His actions were quite a
contrast from those of Ananias and
Sapphira
II. Encouraging Introduction
Saul after his conversion went to
Jerusalem to join himself lo the disciples
He found that when he got
there that they were not eager to see
him After all he had a reputation of
killing the saints. They remembered
that he had sanctioned the stoning ol
Stephen. The disciples could not find
it in their hearts to believe that Saul
had had a life changing experience
with Christ Perhaps thev thought
that maybe this was a front to trap
some more Christians
Barnabas had been an eye w itness
lovvork that Saul had been doing and
his spirit discerned that Saul was
genuine He told the disciples of Saul's
conversion at Damascus, and how he
had preached with bofilncss to the
people Barnabas could have said
nothing and hindered the cause of
Christ, bit he w anted lo be a help lo
Paul and to the disciples Barnabas
had put his life on the line to defend
Saul If what he told the disciples was
not true then he stood lo lose his life
Sometimes in the midst of fear, we
must stand for someone who may be
in question.
III. Lncuuraging \hni.\tr\ (-lift
ii
New s came to Jerusalem that great
things were happening in the work of
lhe Lord at Aniioch Gentiles were
being saved and the Jews found that
hard to bcliev e Sothev sent Barnabas
to investigale the news that thev were
hearing
WhenBarnabasamvedal Aniioch
lie found the grace of God abounding
Barnabas was a spiritual man
and he gathered some of the belies ers
together and began to preach to them
a message of encouragement He told
them to continue in their belief and
stand firm in the faith Because of
Barnabas's encouraging message,
mans people were saved Hcallowcd
God to use him and God empowered
him with power to be an encourager
and a soul winner.
IV. Encouraging Enlistment
(Acts 11:25-26)
AAer Barnabas's stand with Saul
at Jerusalem Saul left and went to
Tarsus It had been about ten years
since Barnabas had seen Saul, whose
. name had been now changed to Paul
Barnabas remembered Paul and w ent
to Tarsus to find him and persuade
him to come to Aniioch
Not much is stud about Barnabas
as Paul and he traveled and ministered
together It was always Paul
who seemed to be turning the world
upsid- down Wherever Paul went
there was cither a riot or a revival
Paul came back to Antiochand for
a year they worked hand in hand,
proclaiming the gospel of Jesus
Christ They also taught those who
had a hunger to Ichrn mor about God
Even though it seemed that Paul was
in the limelight, that did not bother
Barnabas It would do us all well to
follow Barnabas' example and exercise
out gift whatever it is for the
edifying of the church.
V. Encouraging Mission (Acts
11:27-30)
Prophets, foretellers and
forthtcllcrs came from Jerusalem to
Antioch Among those was Agabus
w ho foretold of a great famine that
would come to the world under the
reign of Claudius Caesar. The believers'
hearts were in unity because
they began to determine the need for
the believers at Jerusalem. They realized
that Claudius and the Jewish
religious leaders at Jerusalem would
greatly oppress the Jewish believers
in lime of famine They called for a
collection and everyone gave as they
were able. From the wealthiest to the
poorest, according to what they had.
Then they chose Barnabas and Paul
to deliver the ofTcring to the saints
They were willing logo cvcnwilh the
danger of losing their lives. No doubt
this brought about a belter relationship
between the Christian Jews and
Gentiles.
God's people need to slay focused
on llic issue at hand that is pleasing
CioU and spreading the gospel lo a
lost and dying world God wants to
sa\c lost souls for Christ's sakeGod
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[ The Way I See It I
* li> l)r IK'-iii C h t r-i. I'n >idci)[ I
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When we were children we used
to play at being Indians We made
bows and arrows, animal traps and
fish traps and rode horses the way w e
imagined the old Indian people used
to do
The things we did most was make
bows and arrows. I must have made
ten of them betw cen the ages of eight
and 14 Only one or two of them
could have done much harm to an
animal.
We went hunting with the bows
and arrows, but rarely got close
enough loanylhinglokiil it We fully
intended to kill rabbits, birds, and
squirrels, but we made too much
noise to sneak up on them
What we mostly did was shoot at
stationary targets with the arrows
The targets were the sides of barns,
some hay bales, or trees.
We niadc the arrow s out of reeds,
which were plentiful The reeds were
usually cut on a slant to be the arrow head
Seldom did we make an actual
arrowhead for the arrows.
The ont lime we did. it was dangerous
Two of my friends, w ho will
bc^iamclcss to protect' their sanity,
fouitd a way to make deadly arrowheads
Their father had a tool which
would cut the heads olT nails. We
then inserted the nails into the reeds
head first, w ith the shared lip sticking
out By cutting the reed at the
right place, the head of the nail could
be made to stop at o joint, so the nail
would not retract into the body of the
arrow
After we had w rapped some siring
around the head of the arrowhead,
w e only then had to put sonic feathers
through the arrow at the other end for
guidance, and we were in business.
We must have made five or ten or
these arrows apiece one Sunday afternoon.
one of the brothers and I
We then paired off with two others
boys, who had air rifles. They
were the cowboys, and we were the
Indians. When we would sneak up on
them with the arrows with nails for
arrowheads, they would lay dow n
their weapons and surrender.
We werebiggerboys then, and the
bows we had made from oak would
"have made a deep impression on a
t\w^jy^ouikThe^oul^iav^oii|e
through u one-inch board, which we
had a I read> demonstrated
In that game of cow boys and Indians,
the Indians always won Usually
the boys with the air rides won.
because we thought they would actually
shoot us
My brother Mike and I did actually
find a cache of arrowheads one
lime, made out of stone We had a
grove of trees where people used to
butcher cattle, and in that grove of
trees we had to dig holes for the
slaughter In digging one day. up
came some arrows
That is the only lime I know that
old arrowheads were ever found in
our country But people had obviously
been using that site for something.
I suspect camping, for several
hundred years, or a few thousand
I became adept at making traps
for animals in time. We used to make
what we called "rabbit boxes" every
year. They are tricky to make, and all
y ou need is one possum to go into one
and a rabbit will never go near it
again So it is a frustrating business
Basically a rabbit box is a rectangular
box made out of one by tens,
with a door that will fall and trap the
rabbit w hen he enters to get the apple,
onion, or carrot that you use for bait.
As he nibbles on the bait, he pushes
a notched stick toward the rear of the
box. which lets the door on the front
end fall and trap him inside
All you have to do the next morning
is to pick up the box. open the
door, reach inside and pull dinner
out by the heels.
Bird traps were the easiest things
to make. All you need is a large
board, a stick, some string, and some
bird feed of some kind. You put the
stick under one end of the board, put
some feed under it, and tic the string
to the top of the stick.
When the birds arc under the
board, you just pull out the stick, and
the board falls on them and kills
them. This is best done in the winter.
Later in my teen age years. I
learned how to make fish traps, which
are much more productive than anything
else I learned from the old
1 ndian ways. On my best day. I caught
32 fish in mv trap. I spent most of the
morning cleaning fish that day.
Fish traps arc made with a conical
opening at one end. The opening is
alwaysplaccd downstream. SApp? fish
normally swim upstream, when they
hit the trap, the cone will force them
into the opening, which they will go
through instead of turning around
and going back out. Fish arc not
geniuses.
You scl them at night, and check
them first thing the next morning
The only drawback is that some days
instead of fish what >ou get is dead
turtles Once the fish arc trapped
inside, the old turtle comes along,
thinking he has a feast He docs
while he is still alive
His problem is that he has tocoitie
upforaircvery few minutes. Once he
is inside the trap, however, he is
trapped and doomed
The inside of the cone is made up
of w ire which is pointed almost to a
close Once the fish is in this opening.
he cannot back up if he backs
up. he hits one of the w ire barbs, and
it forces him to keep going forward,
into the trap
Quite large fish can fit into a trap.
I once caught four bass one night,
each one about two pounds.
Nowadays, fish traps arc illegal in
many places. We did not know that in
the old days We were just looking for
a meal.
Most of us did not have horses
Most of us had mules. And the reason
we rode Indian sty le, without saddles,
is that no one had a saddle anyway.
We were too poor to afford saddles.
1 was one of the lucky kids, 1
thought. When 1 was 11, my Dad
bought ntc a horse, whom we called
Dan. He was a Belgian draft horse,
but to me he was Silver. I loved to ride
him.
But he was wild. For six summers
1 had Him, I had to break him every
spring We did not have a large pasture
to put him in so he could ruii
around and use up his energy over thq
winter. So when March hit. he was
rearing to go?literally.
? The only thing I could do at firs!
was to ride hint and let him run it oft
If 1 tried to hook him up to a wagon ,
a plow, a disk, or a drag, he woula
practically run away with it. He was
a high-energy horse.
He did not really want ntc on his
back, however And he had a strange
habit of turning into every driveway
he came to. One time I rode hint a.
mile away front home, to let hinp*
stretch out. and then turned him I
around. He went flat out for home * ;
I wassailingalong fat, dumb, and ;
happy until we got to a neighbor's r
driveway. He turned to the right, and *
T went'nafiPway to therightvlSvoniJ
sailing offhihn into a pile of lumber. J
and tore my left ear half off. Luckily j
I was young and it grew back. But rdang
you anyway, Dan. 'J
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