It is important to note that Paul and Barnabas did not leave the new congregations in the care of apostles, priests, clerics, or even the newly appointed elders. They placed the new congregations in the care of Christ. The new believers had entered the life of faith, the life of prayer, and the life of obedience to and dependence on the Lord Jesus Christ. They would grow only as they depended on Him for everything. Like Abraham, and all the other great men and women of God before them, they had to learn to live by faith.
