John Barnett here, and welcome to Acts chapter 11! Grab your MacArthur Study Bible, open your red journal, and pull up a chair to our study table. My wonderful wife, Bonnie, is right here running the cameras and praying me through. This class is your battlefield manual to trade cultural drift for supernatural, life-altering transformation.
Here are the top three pillars of Acts 11 to radically reshape your daily walk:
The Skyscraper Blueprint (The 14-Year Foundation): We live in a microwave, instant-gratification culture, but Paul trained in the shadows for 14 years in Arabia, Tarsus, and Antioch before visibly serving for only ten. Think of the downtown Los Angeles skyscraper Bonnie and I watched: it took three years to dig the foundation and only one to build the 60-story tower. Skipping God’s waiting room means missing the forging of your eternal purpose.
Becoming a Carbon Copy of Jesus: In Antioch, pagan critics coined the term Christianos as mockery—meaning "little Christs". Yet, they only said it because the believers’ daily lives were so radically transformed that they looked exactly like Jesus. This class challenges you to accept the call to be a living, breathing carbon copy of Christ in your office, school, and family.
The Barnabas Blueprint: Everyone needs a mentor, and everyone needs to disciple. Barnabas, God’s Chief Encouragement Officer, did not just send Paul a letter; he walked 45 grueling hours (220 kilometers) to Tarsus to pull a sidelined brother off the shelf.
Your Transformation Step: Commit to the Daily Devotional Journaling Method to cover every chapter of the New Testament over the next five years. Pack a 10-cent Lifegate Gospel tract in your wallet next to your credit cards. Finally, share what you learn!
When I was in high school, my Barnabas challenged me to start a lunch Bible study. We used the empty Latin room, and by the end of the year, over 100 kids were packed in there, getting saved. Let’s invade our world for Christ!
(ACTS 11; 260729)
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