At Lystra and Derbe, Timothy is added to the company.
Timothy joined Paul and Silas, whose father was a Greek whose mother was a Jewess and a believer.
They traveled from town to town, delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.
After Paul had seen the vision, they got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called them to preach the gospel to them.
Timothy: The decision to circumcise Timothy was taken in order to regularized his position as a Jew, not in order to secure his salvation. Paul had a special affection fro his loyal, though timid, companion and successor/ He came to regard him almost as his won son.
At Troas, close to ancient Troy, Luke joins the party for the first tome, and Paul receives his call to cross to Europe. It is tempting to think that Luke(whose home town may have been Philippi) was the man in Paul's dream.
Why?
To a missionary, when I chose one then I have to give up other choices. we need take responsibility for ourselves. If we have not vision we can not do anything.
How to know the way of the Lord?
1)Using the wisdom and knowledge from the Lord to analysis information I got, to make conclusion which consistent with God's word.
2)Put it in praying, and waiting for the instruction from the Lord. If there is not vision shows, do it as we planned.
Don't do God's work and wanted to do the target on the world. Focusing on the work and target of the mission.
How?
What I needed to give up and follow the leading of the Holy Spirit?
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