AI OVERVIEW: In Lystra, a man lame from birth is healed as Paul speaks, and the crowd proclaims that the gods have come in human form, offering sacrifices to Barnabas and Paul. Paul and Barnabas tear their clothes and insist they are only human, pointing the crowd to the living God who made heaven and earth and reminding them that God has evidence of his kindness in rain and crops. They outline four responses to idolatry: turn from worthless things to the living God, share the gospel because you have a living testimony, endure opposition and return to the city, and refuse to worship messengers, remaining open to God’s presence.
YOUTUBE DESCRIPTION: --- In Acts 14, the crowd quickly begins worshiping the messengers instead of the God who brought the miracle. This story invites us to consider the people, power, success, or approval we sometimes look to for what only God can give. As Paul and Barnabas point the crowd back to t...
