The 6 points of commission-ism (Acts 13:2-3)

-Worship, fast, listen, pray, hands upon, sent off-

Historically, Israel & the Church have operated, on a large part, by a point system. ( following list not exhaustive, of coarse.)

Let’s begin the downhill progression with sin. Sin pointed to Adam, and Adam pointed to Eve. Abraham pointed to a promise, and the promise pointed to an offspring. Moses pointed to the law, the law pointed to depravity, and, depravity pointed to the need for grace.

The Prophets pointed to warnings, judgments and world events but mainly to the Messiah.

Then Christ came pointing to God, while God pointed back to Christ. The church points to Christ, and Christ points to the prophets.

Then came Catholicism pointing to the Pope, and, while the Muslims pointed at the Crusaders, the Crusaders pointed to England.

Luther pointed to his 95 thesis, and Calvin pointed to his five points. Reformers point back at the aforementioned points, while Armenianist point to their free will.

Replacement people point to Israel as the church, and Dispensationalist point to seven distinct timelines.

Then you have the Pre-wrathers pointing to the trib, while pre-tribers point to the rapture, all the while Preterist point to A.D. 70 which makes us all stare and point at the Olivet Discourse.

Let’s not forget about the Pentecostals who point to their experience, all the while we have the Mystics pointing to the East.

Oh, and our friendly Fundamentalist point to fundamentalisms, while the Liberals point to their tolerances.

But at the end of the day it really all points to one of two destinations
Heaven or Hell

It is safe to say then that there has been a lot of pointing going on, and because of that, if I may, allow me to exercise my freedom at pointing to God’s 6 points of commission as stated in our text. (Note: this is not a pattern to worship by, nor a secret method to write a book about, and make lots of money on, because it has already been written.)

So what say you? This I say…

They simply just worshiped the Lord, and fasted, and THEN, they heard from the Lord. So they prayed about what they heard, discussed it, came to an agreement, had hands laid upon them, and they were pointed & sent out in the right direction by the Holy Spirit.

God’s 6 points of commission.. all pointing to the Cross, that without which, there would be no point.