BLESSINGS IN MINISTRY

My Dear Precious Child
    In Paul's ministry he discerned men who were of Me and men who were of the devil. In their ministries Paul and Barnabas encountered a man who was considered a wizard and a sorcerer, a false prophet named Bar-Jesus who was associated with a man who was considered to be wise and intelligent, Sergius Paulus.   Bar-Jesus called Paul and Barnabas to himself in order to hear the Word of God concerning salvation in the kingdom of God attained through Christ Jesus.  However, the wise man opposed them, seeking to keep the officials from accepting the faith of Jesus Christ.  Being filled with the Holy Spirit Paul looked at the man who was considered to be a wise man and called him a master of deception, reckless, unscrupulous, wicked, the son of the devil,the enemy of everything that was upright, asking him if he would ever stop making My straight paths crooked, continuing to plot against My saving purposes. 
    Not only did Paul call him names associated with the devil but Paul said that he would be blind and unable to see the sun for a time.  Instantly a darkness fell upon the man as he groped to see who would lead him by the hand.  One of the men of the council became a believer when he saw what had occurred because he was deeply astonished at the teaching concerning Jesus Christ from Paul.  Paul and Barnabas separated themselves and went to Antioch to meet there with people at the synagogue. (Acts 13:1-14) 
   After the Law and the words of the prophets had been read in that meeting, the men asked Paul and Barnabas if they had anything to say, any word of exhortation, consolation or encouragement for the people.  Paul rose and addressed the men as God fearing men and told them to listen to what he had to say.  He went back to the story about the Jews being chosen by Me to be great during their stay in Egypt where they were slaves, and then said that I had led them out of Egypt.  The men were familiar with that part of the history of the Jews and also they were familiar with the history about the Jews being cared for by Me the 40 years they were in the wilderness before entering into their promised land where they were granted their appointed lot of land which took 150 years.  He reminded the men that I had granted human judges for them, per their requests, then he reminded them that they asked for a king which resulted in their being given Saul for a king, which lasted 40 years, and then I gave to them David to be their king, a man of whom it was said that He had My own heart who would do My will and carry out My purpose.  (Acts 13:15-22)
    Then Paul launched into the Good News, which the men had never heard.  Paul told them that it was out of the human lineage of David that I had brought a Savior, according to My promise.  Then Paul told the men who were gathered in the synagogue about John the Baptist who had preached repentance to all of the people of Israel.  Paul told the listeners that John the Baptist, who was nearing the end of his life, had told people that he was not the Christ, the anointed One, that in fact he was not worthy to untie the sandals of the Christ, but that He was to come. 
    Paul addressed the men as the sons of the race of Abraham who revered Me, that to them had come salvation through Jesus Christ whom they had not recognized as being the One promised in the prophesies,  He told them that the very person of whom they had heard, read and studied in their scriptures every Sabbath had been sentenced to death, having fulfilled the scriptures, even though there was no law broken by Him that would justify His death.   Paul told the listeners that what happened next fulfilled all of the scriptures.  He told them that Jesus Christ was crucified on a cross and then I raised Him from the dead and he appeared many days to those people who were His disciples and followers.  Paul told the listeners that he and Barnabas were telling those Jews the long awaited Good News, that their Messiah had come, had been crucified, went to hell for the sins of the whole world and was raised from the dead in order to fulfill all of the prophesies.  He told the listeners that He fulfilled the prophesies that promised that I would fulfill and give to them My sure and holy mercies and blessings that were promised and assured to David about the Good News. (Acts 13:34; Isaiah 55:3)
    Paul told the listeners at the synagogue that David had been merely a man, that he had died just like all of their forefathers, and that he was buried.  He told them that it was through Jesus Christ, whom they had killed and was raised by Me, so that through Jesus Christ the forgiveness and removal of sins would be proclaimed to them.  Paul assured the men that for everyone who believed in Jesus Christ their sins would be absolved of every charge and they should not scoff or scorn at the Good News because if they did they would perish away. The men asked if Paul and Barnabas would come back the next week and continue the teaching.  
   The next week almost the entire city of Jews showed up at the synagogue to hear the teaching about the Good News from Paul concerning salvation in My kingdom of God.  The religious and political Jews, who had also harassed and scorned the Words of Life from Jesus Christ, were also filled with envy and jealousy so they contradicted every word from the mouth of Paul, even reviling and slandering him.   Nevertheless, Paul and Barnabas spoke firmly to them that the Good News must come to the Jews first, but that since they had rejected the Good News that they had passed judgment on themselves that they were unworthy of eternal life, because out of their own mouths they were judged.  It was to those Jews that Paul announced that he and Barnabas were going to return to the Gentile heathen to present the Good News to them.  Paul told them that he was called to be a light to the Gentiles, and to bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.
    When the Gentiles heard that news, they rejoiced and glorified My Word and trusted in Jesus Christ as the Christ, the Savior.  It was through Paul and Barnabas that the entire region heard the Good News, even though the Jews incorporated some devout women of rank and men of reputation to persecute Paul and Barnabas. 
    As per the instructions of Jesus Christ, Paul and Barnabas shook the dust of that region off of their feet and moved on to another region. (Acts 13:51; Matthew 10-14)  The disciples were continually infused throughout themselves with the Holy Spirit as a result of their praying in the Holy Spirit and meditating in the Words of Jesus Christ.  
    My instructions were that the truth of the kingdom of God having come to earth in the person of the Holy Spirit would be spread over the whole earth.  On the day of Pentecost people from every country in the world were present to hear My words of salvation spoken in their own country's languages so that they would hear in their own understanding the marvels of My kingdom of God.   To follow up with that miraculous event, I sent Paul and Barnabas to confirm and energize the words that had been told to them or to introduce through them the first wonders of the Good News, that being salvation and for the forgiveness of sins through Jesus Christ.  (Acts 2:1-12)
    There is no salvation and forgiveness of sins except through the Good News of My kingdom of God through belief in Jesus Christ as the Savior of the world.
     Your Father of Holy Spirit Anointed Ministries