Paul Talk About di Son of David

Sabbath morning. Synagogue wey full with people wey sit for stone benches. Dem just finish to read di scrolls. And di leaders send message give two visitors wey sit for back: if una get any word of encouragement for di people, make una talk am.

Paul and Barnabas dey for dia first big journey to spread di news about Jesus. Dem don sail from Syria go Cyprus, then cross go di mainland of di place wey dem dey call Turkey today, and waka climb go di highlands reach one city wey dem dey call Antioch for Pisidia. No be di famous Antioch for Syria, but another one, far inside di land. For di Sabbath dem go di synagogue, where Jewish families and some Gentiles wey dey worship di God of Israel dey meet together. After dem read from di Law and di Prophets, di rulers of di synagogue invite dem make dem talk. Paul stand up, wave im hand make people quiet, and begin.

Men of Israel, and una wey fear God, make una listen. Then Paul tell dem one story wey all of dem know, dia own story. Di God of dis people Israel choose our fathers. E make di people great when dem be strangers for Egypt, and with strong arm e bring dem comot. For about forty years e bear with dem for di wilderness. E destroy seven nations for Canaan and give dem di land. After dat, e give dem judges, about four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel di prophet. Then dem ask for king, and God give dem Saul, son of Kish, from di tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

And then Paul reach David. When God remove Saul, e raise David up to be dia king, and e talk about am: I don find David di son of Jesse, man wey dey after my own heart, wey go do everything wey I want. Everybody wey dey listen know wetin come next for di story. God promise David child-child. And Paul talk am plain. From dis man seed, God don bring Saviour to Israel, as e promise: Jesus. Di whole long history, Egypt, desert, judges, kings, don dey lead come here. Paul tell dem about John di Baptist, wey preach to di whole Israel and talk, no be me. One dey come after me, wey I no worthy to loose im sandals.

Then Paul talk with gentle voice and straight word. Brothers, children of Abraham, and di people among una wey fear God, na to una dem send di word of dis salvation. Di people of Jerusalem and dia rulers no recognise Jesus. Dem fulfil di same words of di prophets wey dem dey read every Sabbath, as dem condemn am. Dem ask Pilate make e kill am, and dem lay am for tomb. But God raise am from death, and for many days, di people wey come up with am from Galilee see am. And we dey announce di good news to una, say di promise wey God make to di fathers, e don fulfil am for us dia children, as e raise Jesus up. As dem write am for di second psalm: You be my Son, today I don born you.

Pisidian Antioch na Roman colony, wey dem found under di emperor Augustus, and old soldiers from di Roman army settle there. Archaeologists don dig out im streets, im temple for Augustus, and di aqueduct wey dey carry water come di city. Dem dey use Latin for di official writings for di city, even for area where people dey speak Greek and local languages. Paul dey talk inside small piece of Rome, wey sit for di hills of Asia Minor.

Paul Talk About di Son of David. You go find am for Acts chapter thirteen, verse sixteen to thirty-three. For one sermon, Paul carry di people wey dey hear am from Egypt go David reach Jesus, and show say God don keep im promise. For Christmas, Christians dey remember say di Saviour wey Paul preach, dem born am for Bethlehem, di city of David, exactly as di angels talk. So see one question wey you go carry dey go. Paul show how God don dey work through history all di way reach Jesus. How God don dey work inside your own story?