The Life of Paul Week 8

This sermon continues a series on the life of Paul, picking up in Acts 13 with the launch of the first intentional missionary journey. Pastor Jordan highlights the diverse yet unified leadership team at the church in Antioch, showing how the Holy Spirit spoke to them while they were actively worshiping, fasting, and praying. The key lesson is that before God gives direction and purpose, believers must position themselves to hear His voice by saying no to self and yes to God. The sermon then follows Paul and Barnabas as they travel to Cyprus, where they encounter opposition from a sorcerer named Elymas who tries to prevent the proconsul Sergius Paulus from hearing the gospel. Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, boldly confronts Elymas and strikes Him with blindness. The proconsul believes, not because of the miracle itself, but because of the power of the Word of God. Pastor Jordan closes with a challenge for believers to be bold in their faith, to share the gospel in love rather than anger, and to ask themselves whether they are truly available to hear and answer God's call.