"Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea: Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul."
Today's quote relates when Saul of Tarsus, who after being personally selected by Jesus as the Apostle to the Gentiles and renamed Paul, became an evangelist outside his home town of Tarsus.
This lesson also tells us that the children of God through Jesus Christ were first referred to as "Christians" while Paul and Barnabus were preaching in Antioch.
This lesson also relates how the Churches from all over the region sent food to the Churches in Israel who were suffering from an extended drought.
Just as those early Churches did then, it is still our duty as Christians today to support the efforts of true Churches in need, where ever they me be.~
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