- The Story of the Gentile Mission begins in Acts 11:19-26: Paul and Barnabas joined as co-laborers in Antioch
- Visit of Agabus and other prophets from Jerusalem (Acts 11:27-30): prophecy of famine during the reign of Claudius, which corroborates with the witness of secular historians
- Relief sent from Antioch to Jerusalem in the hand of Paul and Barnabas in 46 A.D. (Acts 11:30; 12:25). What happened during this visit is expounded in Galatians 2:1-10. Four important things:
o None of the Jerusalem apostles require Titus to be circumcised
o The pillars in Jerusalem (James, Peter, John) add nothing to Paul in terms of the basic gospel he preaches among the Gentiles
o The Jerusalem pillars recognize the grace God had given to Paul and Barnabas to take the gospel to the Gentiles and offer the right hand of fellowship to them, agreeing that each should go to their respective fields of labor in accordance with the grace given to them
o Paul agrees to “keep on remembering the poor”, i.e. the poor brethren in Judea, which he then does in the “collection for the saints” that continues to take place over the next 10 years as he preaches the gospel among the Gentiles.
- Remembering the Poor
o God’s Word teaches that we should deliberately perform Acts of Righteousness; cf. Matt 6:1-18; Acts 10:1-4; 1 John 3:1-18
Paul’s Collection for the Poor in his Gentile mission cf. Rom 15:22-30; 1 Cor 16:1-4; 2 Cor 8-9; Gal 2:10; Eph 4:28; Phil 4:10-20; 1 Thess 4:9-12; 2 Thess 3; 1 Tim 6:17-19; Titus 3:8-14.
- The Story of the Gentile Mission begins in Acts 11:19-26: Paul and Barnabas joined as co-laborers in Antioch
- Visit of Agabus and other prophets from Jerusalem (Acts 11:27-30): prophecy of famine during the reign of Claudius, which corroborates with the witness of secular historians
- Relief sent from Antioch to Jerusalem in the hand of Paul and Barnabas in 46 A.D. (Acts 11:30; 12:25). What happened during this visit is expounded in Galatians 2:1-10. Four important things:
o None of the Jerusalem apostles require Titus to be circumcised
o The pillars in Jerusalem (James, Peter, John) add nothing to Paul in terms of the basic gospel he preaches among the Gentiles
o The Jerusalem pillars recognize the grace God had given to Paul and Barnabas to take the gospel to the Gentiles and offer the right hand of fellowship to them, agreeing that each should go to their respective fields of labor in accordance with the grace given to them
o Paul agrees to “keep on remembering the poor”, i.e. the poor brethren in Judea, which he then does in the “collection for the saints” that continues to take place over the next 10 years as he preaches the gospel among the Gentiles.
- Remembering the Poor
o God’s Word teaches that we should deliberately perform Acts of Righteousness; cf. Matt 6:1-18; Acts 10:1-4; 1 John 3:1-18
Paul’s Collection for the Poor in his Gentile mission cf. Rom 15:22-30; 1 Cor 16:1-4; 2 Cor 8-9; Gal 2:10; Eph 4:28; Phil 4:10-20; 1 Thess 4:9-12; 2 Thess 3; 1 Tim 6:17-19; Titus 3:8-14.
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