A dear brother of mine once invited me to visit his home in our city. I recognized the area as he described the location of his house and I immediately responded oh! There is an apostle that lives in the same area.
He laughed and said to me politely, Pastor T, there is no Apostle living in my area. I did not get his point at first. I insisted on making an effort to describe this apostle because he was quite famous as far as I am concerned. And he laughed even harder and said Pastor T, if there is an apostle how come I have never heard of him nor have i heard of any spectacular wonder of God associated with the lives of Apostles documented in the bible.
Do you know the response of the people in Thessalonica when one Apostle Paul and another disciple Silas entered into that city?
Acts 17:5But some of the Jews were jealous, so they gathered some troublemakers from the marketplace to form a mob and start a riot. They attacked the home of Jason, searching for Paul and Silas so they could drag them out to the crowd.b Not finding them there, they dragged out Jason and some of the other believersc instead and took them before the city council. “Paul and Silas have caused trouble all over the world,” they shouted, “and now they are here disturbing our city, too.
So how can it be that we have so many prophets, apostles and most importantly disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ in a city yet there is no fire, no uprising, no souls are saved? What are we missing? Lets sit at his feet as we round up the year with the Lord and let him lay his yoke and his burdens on us. Be blessed with a very happy celebration of your Christmas and see you again on Tuesday!
A dear brother of mine once invited me to visit his home in our city. I recognized the area as he described the location of his house and I immediately responded oh! There is an apostle that lives in the same area.
He laughed and said to me politely, Pastor T, there is no Apostle living in my area. I did not get his point at first. I insisted on making an effort to describe this apostle because he was quite famous as far as I am concerned. And he laughed even harder and said Pastor T, if there is an apostle how come I have never heard of him nor have i heard of any spectacular wonder of God associated with the lives of Apostles documented in the bible.
Do you know the response of the people in Thessalonica when one Apostle Paul and another disciple Silas entered into that city?
Acts 17:5But some of the Jews were jealous, so they gathered some troublemakers from the marketplace to form a mob and start a riot. They attacked the home of Jason, searching for Paul and Silas so they could drag them out to the crowd.b Not finding them there, they dragged out Jason and some of the other believersc instead and took them before the city council. “Paul and Silas have caused trouble all over the world,” they shouted, “and now they are here disturbing our city, too.
So how can it be that we have so many prophets, apostles and most importantly disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ in a city yet there is no fire, no uprising, no souls are saved? What are we missing? Lets sit at his feet as we round up the year with the Lord and let him lay his yoke and his burdens on us. Be blessed with a very happy celebration of your Christmas and see you again on Tuesday!