Mission & Confrontation: Contested Ground in Cyprus (Acts 13:1-12)

A key aspect of missional faithfulness is to confront with the gospel, not just contextualize and invite with it. Put another way, our mission field is occupied territory. Our enemy, the devil, does not have actual claim on the world, but he thinks he does and he will fight for it. Acts 13 is Paul's initial ministry on his first missionary journey and, unsurprisingly, it involves an encounter with evil. We will witness the missionary apostle rebuke and proclaim the gospel in one fell swoop. Evil is judged and new life is imparted.