Acts 9:27

Acts 9:27 says, But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.  Barnabas took Saul and brought him to the disciples and told them about his conversion experience on the road to Damascus and of his boldly preaching in the name of Jesus at Damascus.  Though we might need someone to vouch for us at some point, our witnessing for Jesus Christ should be testimony enough for other believers to have faith in us.  Verse twenty-eight adds, And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.  Barnabas said Saul was with them as they went in and out of Jerusalem.  Having converted from being a very devout Jew to a follower of Christ could and did put Saul in danger, but he went in and out of Jerusalem witnessing anyway.  We cannot allow fear to stop us from witnessing for Jesus Christ.  Verse twenty-nine continues, And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.  Barnabas continued to speak of Saul’s bold witnessing and disputing with the Greeks, who were trying to slay him.  The gospel was not only a threat to the Jews but toother religions as well, and it still is.  Verse thirty says, Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.  Barnabas said when the brethren knew of the plot to kill Saul, they helped him escape to Caesarea and then sent him to Tarsus.  There may come a time when Christians need to leave where they are to avoid being killed, but if so, we need to make sure that it is God’s will for us to leave. Verse thirty-one adds, Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.  Barnabas said because of this, the churches in Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were multiplying in number.  We need to be witnessing so that churches might multiply today.  Of course, the fact that one who had been actively persecuting the church was now actively witnessing for it was proof of the power of the gospel.