05 - Paul's First Itinerary -The Itineraries Of Paul
Paul’s First Itinerary We’re into Paul’s missionary journeys now. We’ve talked about his background; how he was raised up at the feet of Gamaliel, where he came from, what his religious back ground was, how he was converted. Then what followed in those days, where he went to Damascus, out into Arabia and then back to Damascus, preached the Word, went down to Jerusalem and a few other places. I believe we left him in Acts chapter 12 having just gone back from Jerusalem, where he and Barnabas had been in the house of Mary with the mother of John Mark. This had been the time that Peter had gotten out from prison and came and knocked on the door. Whether or not Paul was in that house, at least he was in Jerusalem at the time. When Paul and Barnabas returned from Jerusalem they took John Mark with them. Acts 12:25: And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark. “fulfilled their ministry” – in other words – when they had finished what they had come to Jerusalem to do. They went down to Jerusalem for the purpose of taking the abundant sharing to the headquarters of the time because of the needs of the ministry that were caused by a famine. When they had fulfilled that mission they went back taking with them John, whose surname was Mark. Acts 13:1: Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. “church” – not a great big building with a steeple on top. They met in the homes. They always met in the homes with the twig fellowships or if they needed a big meeting they may rent something like a school of Tyrannus or they’d meet outside many times like in Jesus’ ministry. “Antioch” – Barnabas had been sent there earlier from Jerusalem and he went over to get Paul who was at Tarsus of Cilicia. Paul was in Tarsus because
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Tweet Topic: logospedia Format: Mp3 Publication Date: 1976-1977 Walter J. Cummins graduated from the Power for Abundant Class in 1962. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Ohio State University in 1968 and his Master of Education degree in Secondary School Administration in 1978 from Wright State University. He was ordained to the Christian by The Way International in 1968. He has studied at The Way International under Victor Paul Wierwille and K.C.Pillai. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, he was director of the Research department of the Way International and served as assistant to the president. PDF AUDIO