Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, “It was necessary that God’s word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from yourselves, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.And Paul and Barnabas spake out boldly, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you. Seeing ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
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… and of all things, they were blaspheming. Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first. Since you repudiate it, Notice they've heard and rejected it. And since you judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, look at how he puts it, you judge yourself unworthy of it, behold, we're turning to the Gentiles. What a change in thrust. Thus the Lord has commanded us, I have placed you as a light for the Gentiles that you should bring salvation to the ends of the earth. When the Gentiles heard this, they thought, terrific. Now we're talking. Gentiles heard it. They began rejoicing and glorifying the word of God. And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed. I don't know how many of you are preachers, and I don't know how many of you are evangelists and have been involved in working with groups, but it is remarkable how you can see response in various gatherings. …
… Just because it's old doesn't mean it's irrelevant. Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold and said, it was necessary that the Word of God should be spoken to you first. They said that to the Jews after they were thrown out of the synagogue. But since you reject it and judge yourself unworthy. Anyone that rejects the Messiah is obviously making an act that is judging himself unworthy of the everlasting life. And then if he comes back and embraces him, he is worthy of everlasting life. Because everlasting life is upon faith in him. Now we turn to the Gentiles, they said. But it was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first. Why? Because the Bible says to the Jew first. And they understood that. It was necessary. Why it was necessary? Because that's how God does things. And that's what God wanted them to do. In Matthew 10, these 12 Jesus sent out and commanded them saying, Do not go into the way of the Gentiles and do not enter a city of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. …
… and Paul and Barnabas answered him boldly. Barnabas got in on this too. He said, we had to speak the Word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. Let me ask a question. How many of you are not Jewish by birth? This is how you got here. Think about it. They rejected Paul, Paul, and because they rejected Paul, Paul reached you. Maybe Paul and Barnabas decided on that 300-mile trip back to Antioch, when we get there, let's make sure to tell them that rejection can become redirection. High-five your neighbor and say, They didn't reject me. They redirected me. That was my GPS talking. That was God using that to get me on a different path, because I would have always stayed in that place if I didn't feel a rejection. Paul actually turned to the crowd and said, we were preaching to you, but now we are turning to the Gentiles because rejection can be redirection. So, let's make sure we tell them about the pettiness in Pisidia and the sorcerer in Cyprus. But Paul, I also think we need to tell them about the lynching. I think we need to tell them about the lynching you went through in Lydda. When they got to Lydda, Paul was doing miracles, man. …