Acts 14:8-18
A big misunderstanding, we aren’t gods!
REACHING THE GOOD NEWS IN LYSTRA (14:8-18):
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While teaching in Lystra, the two preachers met a crippled man.
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Paul healed him with the power of the Holy Spirit, and he stood up and started walking.
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The citizens who observed the miracle assumed Paul and Barnabas were gods.
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“Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, Hermes.”
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Priests from the temple of Zeus brought oxen to sacrifice in their honor. When
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Barnabas and Paul heard about this, they tore their clothing and cried out to the people to stop.
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They told them they were regular men, not gods, and they wanted to share a message about the living God who made the heavens, earth, and sea.
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Even after further clarification, they had a hard time restraining the people from offering sacrifices to them.
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