The Resilient Gospel

The Spirit sets apart Barnabas and Saul for the work he has already called them to, and the first missionary journey begins with a sorcerer struck blind and a governor who believes. In Antioch of Pisidia, Paul preaches Christ crucified and raised to a synagogue crowd, and Luke tells us plainly why some believed and others didn't: as many as were appointed to eternal life believed. It's one of the clearest windows in Acts into whose work salvation actually is.