First Christian Church—August 17, 2025
Chuck Foreman, Teaching/Missions Pastor
 
When the going gets tough…
 
 
“Let us not become weary in doing good,  
for at the proper time, we will reap a harvest  
if we do not give up.”                  
Galatians 6:9
                                                                                                     
GOD’s Story— Opposition, Ignorance & Perseverance, Acts 14:1-20                                                                  
 

1. Jewish Opposition  (1-7)  

 

• By now Paul & Barnabas had their message down, Acts 13:28-31,38-39 
• Many Jews and Greeks believed!  
• Paul & Barnabas’s response to the troublemakers who refuse to believe: Acts 14:3 

 

2. Pagan Ignorance (8-18)  

 

• When pagans don’t know the real God, who can heal a lame man from birth, you tell them about him.  
• Paul will do this again in Acts 17 when he’s in Athens. This has become THE message for people who worship idols.   

 

3. Missionary Perseverance (19-20)  

 

• Even after being stoned and left for dead, Paul got up and marched right back into the city! 
• Paul’s encouragement to us in the face of opposition: Galatians 6:9  
• What Paul had suffered physically became the credential for his authority to instruct believers: Galatians 6:17  

 
 
BIG Idea:                Don’t quit doing what’s right. Don’t quit telling people about Jesus!  
                                The results you long and pray for will come—if you do not give up!  
 
Right On!                                                                                    Scripture Reading: James 5:7-11