Acts 11:19-26

3 Reasons Antioch is So Significant in the New Testament

1. The church at Antioch was the first church plant among Gentiles.
2. The church at Antioch was the first place disciples were called Christians.
3. This is the first church that sent missionaries out on purpose.

Acts 11:25-26

They were successful because of Paul’s

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Acts 11:22-25

They were successful because of Barnabas’

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Acts 11:19-23

They were successful because of

devotion to King Jesus.

“The greatest people movement to the gospel in the first century happened in a city that gave us the most influential New Testament church, and nobody even knows who started it.” —Vance Pittman

You rob your

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when you despise your

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“Pride, by its very nature, is self-focused. If we live for the purpose of celebrating our own greatness, we’ll endure small, pitiful lives. But if we focus on God’s greatness and live to serve others, then we will, in the best sense, live large.” —Randy Alcorn, Giving is the Good Life, 158

Acts 11:23