Song # 1447.1 from Our Gospel In Song Collection by Col Johnston. We read in the Book of Acts in chapter 13 that Barnabas and Saul were sent to Cyprus to spread the Good News of Jesus and the Gospel.
Barnabas and Saul were sent by the Holy Spirit to sail to Cyprus (Acts 13:4). When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. John was with them as their helper (Acts 13:5). They travelled through the whole island until they came to Paphos. There they met a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus (Acts 13:6), who was an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, an intelligent man, sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God (Acts 13:7). But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith (Acts 13:8). Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight at Elymas and said (Acts 13:9). “You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?” (Acts 13:10). “Now the hand of the Lord is against you. You are going to be blind, and for a time you will be unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over the sorcerer, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand (Acts 13:11). When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was amazed at the teaching about the Lord (Acts 13:12).
Thought for today: we can please our God through praising Him.
Thought for the future: God is the living word, while the Holy Bible is His written word. Where will you spend your eternity?