So I did acts 15 on the 14th, and I am doing Acts 14th on the 15th to catch up. It seems as if I momentarily forgot how to count
The crowd of people in the town of Lystra appear to be a very fickle group.
Paul heals a lame man, who has been unable to walk since birth, and they want to sacrifice a bull to him and worship him as a god. Paul and Barnabas are able to stop them before they are able to sacrifice the bull. This is in direct contrast to Herod who accepted worship as a god and was struck down by God because of it. The Jews from two cities that Paul had already been too followed him to Lystra to stir up trouble. They succeeded. Paul, just shortly after he was almost worshiped as a god, was dragged out of the city and stoned. They left him for dead, though he gets up and walks back into the city.
The Gospel is offensive to some and causes them to react harshly and negatively. Others respond in a manner that accepts the truth of the Gospel. This is still true today.
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