Acts 15.35 - "they…and many others"

Acts 15.35 - "they…and many others"

I love to study the church of Antioch. When I pastored in Hawaii I preached an 8-week series on vital truths that 1st century church teaches our 21st century Church. Frankly, I was a bit jealous that Dave and Nate got to preach about Antioch (Acts 11, 13) when I was in Uganda. But I enjoyed their wonderful messages. In today’s text I found something I’ve never noticed:  “Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, where they and many others taught and preached the word of the Lord” (Acts 15.35). Many ‘Supporting Actors and Actresses’ joined the two apostolic ‘Headliners’ in God’s Kingdom advance!  That’s the G.I.G.O. Principle at work.  Good things were put in them: “For a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people” (Acts 11.26), and soon those Good things came out. Many embraced the Word; then they announced the Word. Even the church in Antioch was busy, ‘gathering, growing, and going!’