Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Acts 13:1-12
by: Jerry Johnson.
In this section of Acts, we can find three categories of people. First, there were church leaders who earnestly sought after God and responded to the Holy Spirit’s promptings through prayer and fasting. Then, there were those like Sergius Paulus who were intelligent yet skeptical of the Gospel. It is okay to be a doubter as long as your doubt is motivated by seeking the truth rather than malice towards Christ and His church. Finally, there were people like Elymas who subverted and twisted the Scriptures so that others were drawn away from the faith. Which category are you? May we avoid being the “enemy of all righteousness” (v.10).