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The Ministry in Iconium – <a id="si_2" onclick="return mV('Act',14,'1-6');">Act 14:1-6</a>
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They went together into the synagogue
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They spoke boldly in the Lord
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With a clear message
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With a direct testimony
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With a persuasive manner
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They remained (6 months)
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The results
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The Lord confirmed the message
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The physical signs
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The spiritual miracles
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Many believed
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Many opposed
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Subtle opposition
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Questioning
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Negative
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Critical
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Poisonous propaganda
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Viscious-violent opposition
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Departure to Lyconia
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The Ministry at Lystra – <a id="si_3" onclick="return mV('Act',14,'6-20');">Act 14:6-20</a>
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They preached the Gospel
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The lame man was healed – <a id="si_4" onclick="return mV('Act',14,'8-10');">Act 14:8-10</a>
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The man
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He was crippled from birth
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He was helpless
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He heard Paul’s message and believed
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Paul
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He looked directly at the man
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He discerned that the man was responding
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He spoke with authority
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The healing
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The man obeyed the Gospel
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The man leaped and walked
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The results
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The people begin to worship Paul and Barnabas as gods – <a id="si_5" onclick="return mV('Act',14,14);">Act 14:14</a>
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The response of Paul and Barnabas
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They stopped them – <a id="si_6" onclick="return mV('Act',14,14);">Act 14:14</a>
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They corrected them – <a id="si_7" onclick="return mV('Act',14,15);">Act 14:15</a>
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They taught them – <a id="si_8" onclick="return mV('Act',14,'15-18');">Act 14:15-18</a>
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Declared that they were human and refused worship
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Exhorted them to turn from empty rituals and vain ceremonies
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Referred to the living God
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He has revealed Himself through creation
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He has provided a source of joy
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The Return Home to Antioch, Syria
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They returned through Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch; places of persecution
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Their ministry
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To strengthen believers in their faith – by teaching the Word of God
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To encourage believers in their faith – exhorting them to continue
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To fortify them for suffering
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To organize them for effective service – they appointed elders in every church
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To pray with them and for them
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The arrival at home – <a id="si_9" onclick="return mV('Act',14,27,28);">Act 14:27-28</a>
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The rehearsal of what God had done through them
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The fulfillment through grace
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