![]() ![]() Deliver us from the backsliding and the falling away and apostasy that characterize the nation, with all of the great privileges that they had, of the Father’s ministry, the prophet’s ministry, the psalmists’ ministries, Lord, may that not happen to us. Deliver us, Lord, from the sin of ingratitude and failing to take advantage of the great blessings that Thou hast bestowed upon us. O Lord, may we be constantly thankful for all that Thou hast done for us. We are surely blessed by our great sovereign God in heaven. We thank Thee, Lord, for the privilege that is ours and when we think of the fact that over so many places in this globe there is no privilege such as we have, either being contrary to governmental decree or in places where the word of God is hardly found, we give Thee thanks. Our Heavenly Father, we thank Thee and praise Thee that on this first day of the week, the Lord’s Day, we may come together in a meeting like this and read and study the word of God, under the illuminating power of the Holy Spirit, through a fallible human instrument. Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.” Then Saul, who also is called Paul, filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him and said, ‘O full of all subtlety and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season.’ And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand. But Elymas the sorcerer for so is his name by interpretation withstood them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith. “Which was with the proconsul of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man who called for Barnabas and Saul and desired to hear the word of God. Cyprus was under the authority and governorship of the Roman Senate, and those that were deputies of the Roman Senate, governing part of their property were called proconsuls. The term “deputy” is a term that refers to the proconsul actually. And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus, which was with the deputy of the country.” And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they had also John to their minister. “So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia, and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. And Luke’s account as they left Antioch begins with verse 4 of Acts chapter 13. The apostle with Barnabas and with John Mark is engaged in the first missionary journey. The Scripture reading for this morning is in Acts chapter 13, verse 4 through verse 12. ![]()
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