"Turn from these worthless things to the living God." These were Paul's words to the idol worshipers who were wanting to worship him! They assumed he and Barnabas were gods. Paul said, "We are men also, with the same nature as you."
Both Paul and Barnabas had to work hard to keep the people of Lystra from worshiping them as gods! Yet, within a paragraph, these same people were dragging them off and stoning them! In moments they moved from crying out in worship to throwing rocks in anger. This gathered crowd became a violent mob.
What was Paul's response? He said, "It is necessary to pass through many troubles on our way into the kingdom of God." It was as though he wasn't even a little surprised. One moment he was being exalted and the next he was under a pile of rocks. His response? "Jesus said it would be like this."
All this and he never stopped sharing the good news.
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