Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter by chapter verse by

verse study through the entire Bible. And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck

continues his message, Paul and Barnabas's missionary journey as we pick up in Acts chapter 13,

verse 2. And now with today's study, here's Pastor Chuck. Paul, the apostle, as he is

writing to Timothy concerning those gifts that have become dormant in his life, he told him to stir

up the gifts that are in you that were given to you at the time that hands were laid upon you,

and the word of prophecy was given.

So in the early church, they did have a practice of laying hands on people, praying for them,

and oftentimes a word of prophecy would come as a guide or as a direction for that person.

And so this gift was exercised in the early church, the gift of prophecy, and no doubt

the Holy Spirit through this prophetic type of gift, speaking forth the word of God, said,

separate unto me, Saul and Barnabas, for the work where I have called him.

And when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. So they being sent forth by the Holy Spirit. Now in verse

three we have, they fasted and prayed, laid their hands on them and sent them away. But the

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