The Church at Antioch was born because faithful believers preached the Lord Jesus with dependence on the hand of God to graciously regenerate hearts manifesting saving faith and repentance. Barnabas exhorted these new believers toward faithful continuance and dependence on the Lord Jesus and all His promises. He modeled a fullness of the Holy Spirit and of faith that we all should pursue. We must be faithful to walk in the way God has commanded while looking solely to the grace of God the Father, in the work of our Lord Jesus Christ, with dependence upon the permeating power of the Holy Spirit who personally dwells within us.