Luke records in the book of Acts that Paul, Silas and Timothy (and evidently Luke himself) decided to go from Asia Minor to Macedonia. When they were in Thessaloniki, “the Jews” stirred up a lot of problems for them, so they went on to Berea. Well, the Jews from Thessaloniki heard about it and went to Berea to stir up more trouble.
The people there decided to ship Paul off to Athens while Silas and Timothy stayed behind.
I got to thinking–there must be two types of people. And that may be what helped Paul have so much success. Paul evidently was the argumentative one. I bet some would even say obnoxious (especially if you didn’t agree with him). This made him a divisive figure. So when trouble visited Berea, they must have said, “Let’s ship Paul out of here.”
But Silas and Timothy stayed behind for some time. They must have been the teacher/pastor/counselor types of people. When they left, there was a strong church in place.
Bet we still need two kinds of people. Oh, there is also a third type–the ones who do nothing. Which are you?
Faith Venture 
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