FRIENDS OF FAITH 5 – WHEN FRIENDS COLLIDE

 

ACTS 15:39

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. THE FRIENDSHIP WAS INITIATED BY GODLY ACTIONS

 

1. Barnabas was a Levite on the Right Side of the Road [Luke 10:32, Acts 4:36-37]

-And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.

 

2. Barnabas was a Friend of the Lord’s Followers [Psalms 119:63, Acts 9:26-29]

-I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts

 

3. Barnabas was a Friend to New Christians [Acts 11:19-24]

 

II. THE FRIENDSHIP WAS BLESSED BY GOD

 

1. God Helped Barnabas Find Saul [Matthew 7:7-8, Acts 11:24-27]

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened

 

2. God Blessed Their Ministry Together [Acts 11:27-30, 12:25-13:1-4]

 

3. God Blessed Them Even Amidst Persecution [Acts 13:49-50, 14:1-4]

 

III. THE FRIENDSHIP NEED NOT MAINTAIN ITS STRENGTH

 

1. The Stood Together for the Gospel [Acts 15:1-3, 12, 33-35]

 

2. They Had a Disagreement about Personnel [Acts 15:36-39a]

 

3. The Work of God Continued Despite a Changed Friendship [Acts 15:39-41]