What two major effects did the preaching of the Gospel have? (1-7) Why does preaching the Good News of Jesus Christ and His resurrection offend many people, and engender persecution? Should opposition or persecution discourage us from fulfilling the great commission, “to make disciples”? What encouraged Paul to pray for the crippled man? (9) Why aren’t miracles such as the healing of the crippled man characteristic in today’s churches? What was the outcome of the crippled man’s healing? (11-18) Why was Paul stoned at Lystra? (19) How did Paul survive the stoning? (19-20) What does the stoning of Paul (19) remind you of? Did the persecution dampen Paul's zeal for preaching the gospel? (21-28) Why do you think this was so? Describe the Pauline strategy of evangelization and establishing local churches. Compare what you observe of Paul’s strategy with what characterizes most modern missions. Why do you think most mission boards and agencies do not follow the model found in Acts?

2. Latin mittere = "to send"
What is a Missionary?

3. What is a Missionary?
John 20:21 So Jesus said to them again,
“Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me,
I also send you.”

4. “A missionary is someone sent by Jesus Christ
just as He was sent by God. The great
controlling factor is not the needs of people,
but the command of Jesus. The source of our
inspiration in our service for God is behind us,
not ahead of us. The tendency today is to put
the inspiration out in front— to sweep
everything together in front of us and make it
conform to our definition of success. But in the
New Testament the inspiration is put behind us,
and is the Lord Jesus Himself. The goal is to be
true to Him— to carry out His plans.
What is a Missionary?

5. “Personal attachment to the Lord Jesus and to
His perspective is the one thing that must not
be overlooked. In missionary work the great
danger is that God’s call will be replaced by the
needs of the people, to the point that human
sympathy for those needs will absolutely
overwhelm the meaning of being sent by Jesus.
The needs are so enormous, and the conditions
so difficult, that every power of the mind falters
and fails.
What is a Missionary?

6. “We tend to forget that the one great reason
underneath all missionary work is not primarily
the elevation of the people, their education,
nor their needs, but is first and foremost the
command of Jesus Christ— “Go therefore and
make disciples of all the nations…” (Matthew
28:19).
Oswald Chambers,
My Utmost for His Highest, October 26
What is a Missionary?

7. Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power when
the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you
shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and
in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of
the earth.”
What is a Missionary’s
Strategy?

8. Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power when
the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you
shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and
in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of
the earth.”
What is a Missionary’s
Strategy?
Your City

9. Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power when
the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you
shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and
in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of
the earth.”
What is a Missionary’s
Strategy?
Your City
Your County

10. Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power when
the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you
shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and
in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of
the earth.”
What is a Missionary’s
Strategy?
Your City
Your County
Your Culture

11. Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power when
the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you
shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and
in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of
the earth.”
What is a Missionary’s
Strategy?
Your City
Your County
Your Culture
Your Cosmos

12. Acts 1:8 “to the end of the earth.”
What was Paul’s
Missionary’s Strategy?
To other races (Gentiles) Acts 9:32-12:24
To adjacent nations (Asia Minor) Acts 12:25-16:5
To regions beyond (Europe) Acts 16:6-19:20
To center of world power (Rome) Acts 19:21-28:31

13. Itinerary of Paul’s First Missionary Journey

14. Evangelized
(14:1)
Suffered for Christ
(14:2-20)
Established Local Churches
(14:21-24)
Reported to the Home Church
(14:25-28)
What did Paul do as a Missionary?

15. The Pauline
Cycle
Evangelize
Strategic Cities
Establish
Local Churches
Entrust
Faithful Men

16. 21 And when they had preached the gospel
to that city and made many disciples, they
returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, 22
strengthening the souls of the disciples,
exhorting them to continue in the faith, and
saying, “We must through many tribulations
enter the kingdom of God.” 23 So when they
had appointed elders in every church, and
prayed with fasting, they commended them
to the Lord in whom they had believed.
Acts 14:21–23

18. Evangelized
1 Now it happened in Iconium that they went
together to the synagogue of the Jews, and so
spoke that a great multitude both of the Jews
and of the Greeks believed.

19. Evangelized
1 Now it happened in Iconium that they went
together to the synagogue of the Jews, and so
spoke that a great multitude both of the Jews
and of the Greeks believed.
Latin: Iconium
Greek: εικων (eikon) “City of the Image”
Hercules Sarcophagus
(250-260 AD)

20. Evangelized
1 Now it happened in Iconium that they went
together to the synagogue of the Jews, and so
spoke that a great multitude both of the Jews
and of the Greeks believed.
Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the
gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God
to salvation for everyone who believes, for
the Jew first and also for the Greek. (cf.
Acts 13:5; 14:1; 17:10)

21. Evangelized
1 Now it happened in Iconium that they went
together to the synagogue of the Jews, and so
spoke that a great multitude both of the Jews
and of the Greeks believed.
1 Corinthians 9:19 For though I am free
from all men, I have made myself a servant
to all, that I might win the more;

22. Suffered for Christ
2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles
and poisoned their minds against the brethren.
2 Corinthians 4:4 whose minds the god of
this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest
the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ,
who is the image of God, should shine on
them.

23. 2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles
and poisoned their minds against the brethren.
Titus 1:15 To the pure all things are pure, but
to those who are defiled and unbelieving
nothing is pure; but even their mind and
conscience are defiled.
Suffered for Christ

24. 3 Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking
boldly in the Lord, who was bearing witness to the
word of His grace, granting signs and wonders to
be done by their hands.
1
Suffered for Christ

25. 3 Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking
boldly in the Lord, who was bearing witness to the
word of His grace, granting signs and wonders to
be done by their hands.
1 2
Suffered for Christ

26. 3 Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking
boldly in the Lord, who was bearing witness to the
word of His grace, granting signs and wonders to
be done by their hands.
1 2
3
Suffered for Christ

27. 3 Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking
boldly in the Lord, who was bearing witness to the
word of His grace, granting signs and wonders to
be done by their hands.
1 2
3
4
Suffered for Christ

28. 4 But the multitude of the city was divided: part
sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
5 And when a violent attempt was made by both
the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to
abuse and stone them, 6 they became aware of
it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of
Lycaonia, and to the surrounding region.
Suffered for Christ

30. Suffered for Christ
7 And they were preaching the gospel there. 8
And in Lystra a certain man without strength in
his feet was sitting, a cripple from his mother’s
womb, who had never walked.

31. Suffered for Christ
9 This man heard Paul speaking. Paul, observing
him intently and seeing that he had faith to be
healed, 10 said with a loud voice, “Stand up
straight on your feet!” And he leaped and
walked. 11 Now when the people saw what Paul
had done, they raised their voices, saying in the
Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down
to us in the likeness of men!” 12 And Barnabas
they called Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he
was the chief speaker.

32. Suffered for Christ
13 Then the priest of Zeus, whose temple was in
front of their city,
brought oxen and garlands to the gates, intending
to sacrifice with the multitudes.

33. Suffered for Christ
14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard
this, they tore their clothes and ran in among the
multitude, crying out 15 and saying, “Men, why
are you doing these things? We also are men with
the same nature as you, and preach to you that
you should turn from these useless things to the
living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the
sea, and all things that are in them, 16 who in
bygone generations allowed all nations to walk in
their own ways.
1
2

34. Suffered for Christ
17 Nevertheless He did not leave Himself without
witness, in that He did good, gave us rain from
heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with
food and gladness.” 18 And with these sayings they
could scarcely restrain the multitudes from
sacrificing to them.
3

35. Suffered for Christ
19 Then Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there;
and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned
Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him
to be dead. 20 However, when the disciples gathered
around him, he rose up and went into the city. And
the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.

37. Strengthened Believers
21 And when they had preached the gospel to
that city and made many disciples, they returned
to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, 22 strengthening
the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to
continue in the faith, and saying, “We must
through many tribulations enter the kingdom of
God.” 23 So when they had appointed elders in
every church, and prayed with fasting, they
commended them to the Lord in whom they had
believed. 24 And after they had passed through
Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.

38. Strengthened Believers
21 And when they had preached the gospel to
that city and made many disciples, they returned
to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, 22 strengthening
the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to
continue in the faith, and saying, “We must
through many tribulations enter the kingdom of
God.” 23 So when they had appointed elders in
every church, and prayed with fasting, they
commended them to the Lord in whom they had
believed. 24 And after they had passed through
Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
1

39. Strengthened Believers
21 And when they had preached the gospel to
that city and made many disciples, they returned
to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, 22 strengthening
the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to
continue in the faith, and saying, “We must
through many tribulations enter the kingdom of
God.” 23 So when they had appointed elders in
every church, and prayed with fasting, they
commended them to the Lord in whom they had
believed. 24 And after they had passed through
Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
1
2

40. Strengthened Believers
21 And when they had preached the gospel to
that city and made many disciples, they returned
to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, 22 strengthening
the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to
continue in the faith, and saying, “We must
through many tribulations enter the kingdom of
God.” 23 So when they had appointed elders in
every church, and prayed with fasting, they
commended them to the Lord in whom they had
believed. 24 And after they had passed through
Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
1
2
3

41. Strengthened Believers
21 And when they had preached the gospel to
that city and made many disciples, they returned
to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, 22 strengthening
the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to
continue in the faith, and saying, “We must
through many tribulations enter the kingdom of
God.” 23 So when they had appointed elders in
every church, and prayed with fasting, they
commended them to the Lord in whom they had
believed. 24 And after they had passed through
Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
1
2
3
4

43. River in Pamphylia
Antalya
Amphitheater
25 Now when they had preached the word in Perga,
they went down to Attalia.

44. Report to the Home Church
26 From there they sailed to Antioch, where they
had been commended to the grace of God for the
work which they had completed.

45. Report to the Home Church
26 From there they sailed to Antioch, where they
had been commended to the grace of God for
the work which they had completed. 27 Now
when they had come and gathered the church
together, they reported all that God had done
with them, and that He had opened the door of
faith to the Gentiles. 28 So they stayed there a
long time with the disciples.
1
2

46. Evangelizing
Suffering for Christ
Encouraging Believers
Serving with your Home Church

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