but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.but Paul chose Silas and went out, being commended by the brothers to the grace of God.And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.but Paul chose Silas, and went forth, being commended by the brethren to the grace of the Lord.
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… Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus. Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the believers to the grace of God and he went through Syria and Cilicia strengthening the churches. So here's the conflict. Two men of God see things in a different way. Mr. Encouragement, that would be Barnabas, wants to take his nephew, John Mark. Yeah, John Mark messed up. Yeah, John Mark bailed on them on an earlier trip. But hey, let's give them another chance. Paul's reaction is, no, we can't have that happen. We can't have someone walk away from us in the middle of one of these ministry trips were taking. So they disagreed with it. The friction developed. And then they parted ways. So now let's answer the question, how do you resolve conflict? If you're taking notes, here's point number one. The person you're disagreeing with, don't talk about them. Talk to them. Don't talk about them. Talk to them. Paul and Barnabas had this conversation face to face. And by the way, this is not the only time that Paul differed with someone. …
… Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus but Paul chose Silas and left commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord alright three more look at chapter 18 chapter 18 look at verse 27 I want you to see the repetition over and over and over again here Look at chapter 18, verse 27. When Apollos wanted to go to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. And on arriving, he was a great help to those who, how had they believed? By grace. Two more times, Acts chapter 20. Look at verse 24. They believed by grace. They went forward by grace. They were sent out by grace. Look at verse 24. I consider my life worth nothing to me, Paul says. If only I may finish the race and complete the task. The Lord Jesus has given me the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace. Paul says, I'm going to give my life to making this grace known. …
… And Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus. But Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord. Once again, we see Barnabas, the defender, of giving this guy named John Mark a second chance. You see a picture of spiritual authenticity there. This is a guy who sacrificed his possessions in Acts chapter 4. He's a guy who sacrificed his pride. It's not about exalting Barnabas for him. He sacrificed his passions, his dreams, his ambitions. He's going around proclaiming the gospel. He's ready to take money to the poor to help them out. He's ready to go help new churches get started. He's ready to go out back and encourage the churches that have already been started. We've got a picture of spiritual authenticity in Barnabas. And the antithesis of that is Ananias and Sapphira, who are simulating holiness and not sacrificing everything. We've got to be careful in the church today not to create an idea that holiness and spiritual authenticity consists of going to church, worshiping, having nice regulations that we follow, things that we do. That is not holiness, avoiding all of these major sins that we despise in the church. And we don't do those things, therefore we're holy. Holiness is a gambling, a risking of our entire lives for the sake of the glory of Christ and his church. That's what holiness is, and that's what spiritual authenticity is. …