Another Journey

Acts 15:36-16:10 Acts 15:36-16:10

1. Paul and Barnabas Separate (15:36-41) 2. Timothy Joins Paul and Silas (16:1-5) 3. The Macedonian Call (16:6-10) Paul and Barnabas Separate

Acts 15:36-41 36 And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return and visit the brothers in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are.” 37 Now Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark. 38 But Paul thought best not to take with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work. Paul and Barnabas Separate

Acts 15:36-41 (cont.) 39 And there arose a sharp disagreement, so that they separated from each other. Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus, 40 but Paul chose Silas and departed, having been commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord. 41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

Acts 15:36-16:10

1. Paul and Barnabas Separate (15:36-41) 2. Timothy Joins Paul and Silas (16:1-5) 3. The Macedonian Call (16:6-10) Timothy Joins Paul and Silas

Acts 16:1-5 Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek. 2 He was well spoken of by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium. 3 Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. Timothy Joins Paul and Silas

Acts 16:1-5 (cont.) 4 As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem. 5 So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in numbers daily. 1st Missionary Journey: AD 46-47 2nd Missionary Journey: AD 49-51 Timothy

1. Timothy was probably in his teens when Paul first visited Lystra in around AD 47 2. Paul returned to Lystra 2 to 3 years later, at which time he invited Timothy to join him and Silas in their journeys 3. Paul wrote 1 Timothy in AD 62-64 and 2 Timothy in AD 64-67 Summitview Vision Statement

1. Delighting in God 2. Loving One Another 3. Multiplying Christ Followers 4. Blessing Fort Collins 5. Expanding Globally Summitview Core Values

Next Generation. Passing on faith to children, teens and young adults, while also creating a culture that values the entrustment of responsibility to the less experienced for the sake of training. Robert Sapolsky Stanford Professor “…adolescence is the time of life when someone is most likely to join a cult, kill, be killed, invent an art form, help overthrow a dictator, ethnically cleanse a village, care for the needy, transform physics, adopt a hideous fashion style, commit to God, and be convinced that all the forces of history have converged to make this moment the most consequential ever, fraught with peril and promise.” The Accomplishments of Youth

1. Alexander the Great started conquering countries when he was 18. 2. Caesar Augustus became a Roman senator at age 20. 3. Joan of Arc was 17 when she assumed a commanding role in the French army and beat back English forces. 4. Blaise Pascal invented a calculator at age 19. 5. William Pitt the Younger became the British prime minister at age 24. 6. Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein and Jane Austen wrote Pride and Prejudice, both at age 20. The Accomplishments of Youth

7. Albert Einstein temporarily dropped out of school at age 16 due to poor grades in geography, history and languages, but during that time wrote an essay about a thought experiment that contained the beginnings of the special theory of relativity. 8. Charles Lindbergh learned to fly at age 20. 9. Lawrence Bragg won a Nobel Prize in physics at 25. 10. Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft at age 20 and Steve Jobs co-founded Apple at age 21. Acts 15:36-16:10

1. Paul and Barnabas Separate (15:36-41) 2. Timothy Joins Paul and Silas (16:1-5) 3. The Macedonian Call (16:6-10) The Macedonian Call

Acts 16:6-10 6 And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. 7 And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them. 8 So, passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas. The Macedonian Call

Acts 16:6-10 (cont.) 9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” 10 And when Paul had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

The Macedonian Call

1. Sometimes God has specific intentions for where we devote our energy 2. Just because a door is closed, doesn’t mean it won’t open again later 3. God often doesn’t direct until we’re moving Acts 15:36-16:10

1. Be aware of the tension between the standard-bearer and the includer, and work to see them unite in a complementary way 2. Be willing to entrust the young with responsibility, and young people be willing to take big steps of faith 3. Be willing to step out in faith before you receive clear direction