Amen. Good morning, church.

Hey, we're in week two of this series called Church People, and one of the reasons we showed that video, one, just want to point out that guy's not in our band, two, that God saves who he decides to save, all kind of different people. There's not like this mold of church people, and so for all of us, that is very good news. Would you please stand for the

reading of the Word of God? I'm in Acts chapter 11, beginning in verse 19. Now, those who were

scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and

Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews but there were some

of them men of Cyprus and Cyrene who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenist also preaching the

Lord Jesus and the hand of the Lord was with them and a great number who believed turned to the Lord

the report of this came to the

ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. And when he came and saw the

grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast

purpose, for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a great many people were added to the Lord.

And so Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch for a whole year.

They met with the church, and they taught a great many people.

And in Antioch, the disciples were first called Christians. Now in those days,

prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch, and one of them named Agabas stood up and foretold by

the spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world. And so the disciples determined

everyone according to his ability to send relief to the brothers living in

Judea. And they did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul. May God

have blessing to the reading and to the hearing of his word. Amen. You may be seated.

Hey, we're in, we're in Acts chapter 11, second week of the series called church people.

And typically the way I preach is what's called expository preaching.

I will just, you know, grab a verse or grab a section and say, here's what it says, here's what it means, here's what it says, here's what it means.

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