Why did the Holy Spirit forbid Paul and his companions in Phrygia and Galatia?
The Holy Spirit forbade them because God had long before ordained that the gospel of grace should go west to Europe rather than east to the Orient. God had something else in mind, redirecting Paul through Mysia to Troas, where a Macedonian vision called them to preach in Macedonia.
Les explains that God had something else in mind. When Paul and his companions had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, they were forbidden of the Holy Spirit. After they came to Mysia, the Spirit permitted them not, so passing by Mysia they came down to Troas. There a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia. Paul did not argue or try to retrace maps; immediately they endeavored to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called them to preach the gospel unto them. Les teaches that God had long before ordained the gospel of grace should not go east to the Orient, but west to Europe. Luke was with him now, using the personal pronoun, and they sailed from Troas in a straight course to Samothrace, and the next day to Neapolis on the shores of Greece.
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Why were Paul and his companions forbidden by the Holy Spirit after going through Phrygia and Galatia?
When Paul and his companions had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, the Holy Spirit forbade them because God had something else in mind.