Close Please enter your Username and Password
Reset Password
If you've forgotten your password, you can enter your email address below. An email will then be sent with a link to set up a new password.
Cancel
Reset Link Sent
Password reset link sent to
Check your email and enter the confirmation code:
Don't see the email?
  • Resend Confirmation Link
  • Start Over
Close
If you have any questions, please contact Customer Service
Blogs > lemonrock > peace be with u


lemonrock 68M
103 posts
8/16/2007 12:17 am

Last Read:
8/16/2007 12:18 am
The Commissioning of the Twelve... reflect
The Commissioning of the Twelve... Reflect…

The Acts of the Apostles shows us how Barnabas facilitated greatly the gradual acceptance of Paul by the Church of Jerusalem. Here we must remember that Paul had been a rabid persecutor of the first Christians, throwing them into prison. After his conversion, many Christians remembered his fanaticism against them and could hardly bring themselves to believe that his conversion was for real. And so they distrusted him and avoided him. When Barnabas became aware of this, he took Paul under his wing, presented him to the apostles and testified to Paul’s bold work of evangelization in Damascus (Acts 9:26-27).
There are many other ways in which Barnabas acted as a facilitator. Some of them are described in the Acts of the Apostles for instance, how he assisted Paul’s ministry of evangelization during the latter’s first missionary journey (Acts 13-14), how he helped the Council of Jerusalem to reach a happy conclusion (Acts 15), how he brought the decrees of that council to Antioch and remained there to consolidate the faith of that community (Acts 15:22-35).


365 Days with the Lord


×
×