Renewing Your Mind with the Word of God · November 14, 2026
S6:E20-Acts 13:44-52-A Light to the Gentiles: The Aftermath of Paul’s Sermon about Jesus at Pisidian Antioch
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The week after Paul’s sermon in Pisidian Antioch, almost the entire city turns out to hear the word of the Lord. In this episode we finish Acts 13 and watch what happens when the gospel draws a crowd: some rejoice, some grow jealous, and God’s plan moves forward either way.
In Acts 13:44–52 we see how the synagogue leaders’ jealousy turned into slander and finally a mob; why Paul and Barnabas said the message had to go to the Jews first, and what it meant when they turned to the Gentiles (Acts 1:8; Isaiah 49:6); what Luke means when he writes that “all who were chosen for eternal life became believers,” and why that should not trouble anyone — anyone can be saved, and if you believe, you know you were chosen (John 3:16–18; Romans 10:9); why Paul and Barnabas shook the dust off their feet (Matthew 10:14) and moved on to Iconium; and how the believers they left behind were “filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit” even after their teachers were run out of town.
God promised Israel a Savior, and that Savior is for the whole world. Salvation is for you.