Acts 14:21-23
21 And when they had preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, 22 strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, “We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.” 23 So when they had appointed elders in every church, and prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
After making disciples through the gospel words of life, Paul and Barnabas came back to follow up by encouraging and exhorting to continue, to not give up, in their journey of sanctification. This included addressing the reality of suffering on the way to the kingdom for His name’s sake. Then they appointed elders in those churches and put them all in God’s sovereign hands, just as we should be doing now according to this biblical example patterned out for us.
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