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Acts 13 — Separate Me Barnabas and Saul For the Work
The Holy Ghost speaks at Antioch — separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. They sail for Cyprus; Sergius Paulus believes; Elymas the sorcerer is struck blind. At Antioch of Pisidia Paul preaches a great sermon — Israel's history, David, Jesus, the resurrection, justification by faith. By him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. The next Sabbath nearly the whole city assembles; the Jews oppose; Paul turns to the Gentiles, citing Isaiah — I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles. They are expelled, and shake the dust off their feet.
“Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.”
— Acts 13:38-39
- v.1-3 The Spirit sends Barnabas and Saul
- v.4-12 Cyprus; Elymas; Sergius Paulus believes
- v.13-41 Paul's sermon at Antioch of Pisidia
- v.42-52 Gentiles welcome; Jews expel them
A man after mine own heart. God's description of David — not because David was sinless but because his heart inclined toward God's. David sinned grievously and repented deeply; the heart that breaks before God is the heart God owns.
Which shall fulfil all my will. The deeper meaning points beyond David to David's greater Son, who alone fulfilled all the will of God. The line from David to Christ is the line of the chapter.
Through this man. Forgiveness has a Person at the center, not a system. The whole sermon converges on Christ as the gate of pardon.
Paul's consistent message — every sermon, every letter — keeps this hub. Where forgiveness is offered without naming Christ, it is not the gospel; where Christ is named without offering forgiveness, the gospel is muted.
Paul's mature doctrine of justification, stated three years before Romans was written. All that believe are justified from all things — comprehensive forgiveness on the condition of faith alone.
Which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. The law could not deliver this. It diagnosed; it did not heal. Christ alone supplies the justification the law was powerless to give. Galatians is foreshadowed.
Verse 2 corrects the mood in which churches make decisions. The Antioch leaders were ministering to the Lord and fasting when the Spirit spoke. If you want His guidance for a hard choice, set time aside for worship and self-denial before you analyze. The Spirit speaks into prepared hearts more readily than into busy ones.
Paul's first recorded missionary sermon ends at Christ — through this man the forgiveness of sins, by him justification. The whole arc of Israel's history is mobilized as a runway for the resurrection. Every Old Testament figure points to Him; David, Moses, the prophets, all of it. Acts 13 is the early church's missionary theology in action: the same Christ for the synagogue, the same Christ for the Gentile, the same justification for all who believe.
As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted. The Spirit speaks into a posture of worship and self-denial. The Antioch leaders were not strategizing about expansion; they were ministering to the Lord, and into that came the assignment.
Separate me. The work belongs to the Spirit; the workers are claimed by Him. The church does not commission missions; it confirms what the Spirit has already done in the hearts of the called.