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distinction debate

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Jefferson Vann

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distinction debate

Acts 15:1-21 (JDV)

Acts 15:1 Some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers: “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom prescribed by Moses, you cannot be rescued.”
Acts 15:2 After Paul and Barnabas had engaged them in serious argument and debate, Paul and Barnabas and some others were appointed to go up to the missionaries and elders in Jerusalem about this issue.
Acts 15:3 When they had been sent on their way by the congregation, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they brought great joy to all the brothers and sisters.
Acts 15:4 When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the congregation, the missionaries, and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.
Acts 15:5 But some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to direct them to keep the law of Moses.”
Acts 15:6 The missionaries and the elders gathered to consider this matter.
Acts 15:7 After there had been much debate, Peter got up and said to them: “Brothers and sisters, you are aware that in the early days God made a selection among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the gospel message and believe.
Acts 15:8 And God, who knows the heart, testified about them by giving them the Sacred Breath, just as he also did to us.
Acts 15:9 He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
Acts 15:10 Now then, why are you testing God by putting a yoke on the disciples’ necks that neither our ancestors nor we have had the strength to bear?
Acts 15:11 On the contrary, we believe that we are rescued through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way they are.”
Acts 15:12 The whole assembly became silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul describe all the signs and marvels God had done through them among the Gentiles.
Acts 15:13 After they stopped speaking, James reacted: “Brothers and sisters, listen to me.
Acts 15:14 Simeon has reported how God first intervened to take from the Gentiles a people for his name.
Acts 15:15 And the words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written:
Acts 15:16 After these things I will return and rebuild David’s fallen tent. I will rebuild its ruins and set it up again,
Acts 15:17 so the rest of humanity may seek the Lord — even all the Gentiles who are called by my name — declares the Lord who makes these things
Acts 15:18 known an age ago.
Acts 15:19 Therefore, in my judgment, we should not cause difficulties for those among the Gentiles who turn to God,
Acts 15:20 but instead we should write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from eating anything that has been strangled, and from blood.
Acts 15:21 You see, since ancient times, Moses has had those who proclaim him in every city, and every Sabbath day he is read aloud in the synagogues.”

distinction debate

One of the questions that missionaries grapple with is how much the newly organized church in the field should look like the sponsor churches back home. In essence, this is the question being discussed here. Those believers who had been Pharisees argued that the new believers should imitate them, and try to follow the whole Mosaic covenant.

But Paul and James argued against that. Paul compared the idea suggested by the Pharisees to attaching a yoke that the new converts could not bear. The weight of attempting to follow all the Mosaic regulations was something that even the Jews found difficult to shoulder. James suggested a compromise. His suggestion only included those prohibitions which would make fellowship with unconverted Jews more possible.

Paul and James would address this issue from a theological standpoint in their letters. But at this point the issue is more a practical and missionary concern. We should not be surprised that believers in other parts of the world do not look like us, or even worship like us. Our goal is not to recreate the church in our hometown, it is to spread the gospel in someone else’s.

Lord, thank you for the beautiful diversity that is your body, the church.

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establishing

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Jefferson Vann

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establishing

Acts 14:21-28 (JDV)

Acts 14:21 After they had preached the gospel in that town and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, to Iconium, and to Antioch,
Acts 14:22 strengthening the throats of the disciples by encouraging them to continue in the faith and by telling them, “It is necessary to go through many troubles to enter the kingdom of God.”
Acts 14:23 When they had appointed elders for them in every congregation and prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
Acts 14:24 They passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia.
Acts 14:25 After they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.
Acts 14:26 From there they sailed back to Antioch where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.
Acts 14:27 After they arrived and gathered the congregation together, they reported everything God had done with them and that he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
Acts 14:28 And they spent a considerable time with the disciples.

establishing

Since the book of Acts serves as a guidebook to missionary work, we should not be surprised to find Paul and Barnabas and their team doing things that parallel that of a modern missionary.

They returned to places where they had previously worked, to strengthen and encourage the field.
They explained what their new churches were going through, helping them to cope with tough times.
They commissioned leaders for the churches.
They returned to the point of their commissioning, and spent time with their sending church.

This significant passage helps us to avoid the misconception that the early missionaries were only concerned with starting works, and leaving the new converts to complete the task. Missions work is difficult, and it takes many years and many people to establish a field, no matter how miraculous its conception is. We need people who are committed to the task of seeing the work through to its completion. We need churches who are committed to the task of supporting long term missions, not just a one-time deal.

Lord, make us a people committed to doing the whole work of missions.

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just like us

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Jefferson Vann

just like us

Acts 14:8-20 (JDV)

Acts 14:8 In Lystra a man was sitting who was without strength in his feet, had never walked, and had been lame from birth.
Acts 14:9 He listened as Paul spoke. After looking directly at him and seeing that he had faith to be rescued,
Acts 14:10 Paul said in a loud voice, “get up on your feet!” And he jumped up and began to walk around.
Acts 14:11 When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form!”
Acts 14:12 Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
Acts 14:13 The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the town, brought bulls and wreaths to the gates because he intended, with the crowds, to offer sacrifice.
Acts 14:14 The missionaries Barnabas and Paul tore their robes when they heard this and rushed into the crowd, shouting:
Acts 14:15 “People! Why are you doing these things? We are people also, just like you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the sky, the land, the sea, and everything in them.
Acts 14:16 In past generations he allowed all the nations to go their own way,
Acts 14:17 although he did not leave himself without a witness, since he accomplished good by giving you rain from the sky and fruitful periods and filling you with food and your hearts with joy.”
Acts 14:18 In spite of the fact that they said these things, they barely stopped the crowds from sacrificing to them.
Acts 14:19 Some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and when they persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, figuring he was dead.
Acts 14:20 After the disciples gathered around him, he got up and went into the town. The next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

just like us

When the inhabitants of Lystra attempted to worship Paul and Barnabas with a sacrifice, the missionaries insisted that they should not do it, because they are just people, not gods. But the people had seen a miracle, and the only category they had for explaining the miracle was that it was the work of a god. They were partially right. Paul’s healing of the lame man was a divine miracle, but it was accomplished through the obedience of a man, just like us.

The Jewish unbelievers followed the missionaries from Antioch and Iconium. They had taken on the vocation of anti-missionaries, and made it their mission to root out the gospel wherever it was being planted. The fact that they could persuade the crowds — who had been ready to sacrifice — to attempt to murder the missionaries instead — shows that they were tapping into a supernatural power as well. Wherever the Lord is at work to heal, the devil will attempt to destroy.

The truth is, we are all just human beings, and there is supernatural power to help us do what we want to do. It is our choice. We can tap into the power of God’s Sacred Breath to give life, or tap into Satan’s hate to destroy it.

Lord, give us the wisdom to choose the right mission, and tap into the right source of power to accomplish it.

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sleeping dogs

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Jefferson Vann

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sleeping dogs

Acts 14:1-7 (JDV)

Acts 14:1 In Iconium they entered the Jewish synagogue, as usual, and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.
Acts 14:2 But the unbelieving Jews woke up and corrupted the throats of the Gentiles against the brothers.
Acts 14:3 So they stayed there a long time and spoke openly for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace by enabling them to do signs and marvels.
Acts 14:4 But the people of the city were divided, some siding with the Jews and others with the missionaries.
Acts 14:5 When an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat and stone them,
Acts 14:6 they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian towns of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding countryside.
Acts 14:7 There they continued preaching the gospel.

sleeping dogs

When I was growing up in rural Florida, it seemed that every house had a mean dog or three. Walking along the roads was relatively peaceful, unless the dogs were awake.

There is a proverb that says “let sleeping dogs lie.” It means that if someone is not bothering you, let them alone, so that they continue to not bother you. If Paul and his missionary team had a proverb like that, they didn’t follow it. When they entered Iconium, they found a mix of both Jews and Greeks, and that mix seemed to get along together. That was true until the missionaries brought Jesus into the equation. He proved to be a stumbling-stone to some of the Jews, and these Jews made sure he would be seen as foolishness to some of the Gentiles. Thus, the missionaries created a coalition of both parties — one which which joined with the political rulers to institute a program of persecution and attempted murder.

But it was not really the missionaries who are responsible for creating this division, and tearing apart the city. It is the gospel itself. Anytime you enter into a situation where peace is maintained apart from truth, injecting that peace with the truth will disturb the peace. But that is our mission. We don’t have to intentionally try to cause problems when we seek to accomplish our mission. The truth itself is going to do that.

Lord, make us a people who dare to tell the truth about you, even when it wakes sleeping dogs.

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mission accomplished

Posted on August 15, 2020 by Jefferson Vann

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mission accomplished

Acts 13:44-52 (JDV)

Acts 13:44 The next Sabbath almost the whole town assembled to hear the word of the Lord.
Acts 13:45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with envy and began to contradict what Paul was saying, insulting him.
Acts 13:46 Paul and Barnabas openly replied, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and have decided that you yourselves are unworthy of a permanent life, notice – we are turning to the Gentiles.
Acts 13:47 You see, this is what the Lord has commanded us: I have made you a light for the Gentiles to bring rescue to the end of the land.”
Acts 13:48 When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and honored the word of the Lord, and all who had been appointed to a permanent life believed.
Acts 13:49 The word of the Lord spread through the whole region.
Acts 13:50 But the Jews incited the respectable God-fearing women and the leading men of the city. They woke up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and expelled them from their district.
Acts 13:51 But Paul and Barnabas shook the dust off their feet against them and went to Iconium.
Acts 13:52 And the disciples were filled with joy and the Sacred Breath.

mission accomplished

This is an important transition point in Luke’s narrative. The missionary work at Pisidian Antioch had begun among the Jews, and centered on the synagogue. But it appears that most of the Jews in that city rejected the gospel, and incited persecution against the missionaries. Therefore, Paul and his team when where the faith was. They were eventually expelled from the district, but left a newly formed congregation, consisting mostly of Gentiles.

Behind the scenes, God was at work. He had appointed some to a permanent life, and they believed the message. The others decided that they were unworthy of this grace gift, so they rejected the gospel. As for the missionaries, their expulsion from the district was not considered a failure. Their mission had been accomplished, so they traveled on, full of joy and the Sacred Breath.

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the one God raised up

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Jefferson Vann

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the one God raised up

Acts 13:13-43 (JDV)

Acts 13:13 Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia, but John left them and went back to Jerusalem.
Acts 13:14 They continued their journey from Perga and reached Pisidian Antioch. On the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.
Acts 13:15 After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent word to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, you can speak.”
Acts 13:16 Paul got up and motioned with his hand and said: “Fellow Israelites, and you who fear God, listen!
Acts 13:17 The God of this people Israel selected our ancestors, made the people prosper during their stay in the land of Egypt, and led them out of it with a mighty arm.
Acts 13:18 And for about forty years he put up with them in the unpopulated region;
Acts 13:19 and after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance.
Acts 13:20 This all took about 450 years. After this, he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.
Acts 13:21 Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
Acts 13:22 After removing him, he raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man after my own heart, who will carry out all my desire.’
Acts 13:23 “From this man’s posterity, as he promised, God brought to Israel the Savior, Jesus.
Acts 13:24 Before his coming to public attention, John had previously proclaimed a baptism signifying repentance to all the people of Israel.
Acts 13:25 Now as John was completing his mission, he said, ‘Who do you think I am? I am not the one. But notice – someone is coming after me, and I am not worthy to untie the sandals on his feet.’
Acts 13:26 “Brothers and sisters, children of Abraham’s race, and those among you who fear God, it is to us that the word of this rescue has been sent.
Acts 13:27 Since the residents of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize him or the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, they have fulfilled their words by condemning him.
Acts 13:28 Though they found no grounds for the death penalty, they asked Pilate to have him taken out.
Acts 13:29 When they had carried out all that had been written about him, they took him down from the tree and put him in a tomb.
Acts 13:30 But God raised him up from the dead,
Acts 13:31 and he appeared for many days to those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his testifiers to the people.
Acts 13:32 And we ourselves proclaim to you the good news of the promise that was made to our ancestors.
Acts 13:33 God has fulfilled this for us, their children, by getting Jesus up, as it is written in the second Psalm: You are my Son; today I have become your Father.
Acts 13:34 As to his getting him up from the dead, never to return to decay, he has spoken in this way, I will give you the holy and sure promises of David.
Acts 13:35 In view of the fact that he also says in another passage, You will not let your Sacred One see decay.
Acts 13:36 You see, David, after serving God’s purpose in his own generation, went to sleep, was buried with his ancestors, and decayed,
Acts 13:37 but the one God raised up did not decay.
Acts 13:38 Therefore, let it be known to you, brothers and sisters, that through this man forgiveness of mistakes is being proclaimed to you.
Acts 13:39 Everyone who believes is justified by him from everything that you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.
Acts 13:40 So beware that what is said in the prophets does not happen to you:
Acts 13:41 Look, you scoffers, marvel and disappear, because I am doing a work in your days, a work that you will never believe, even if someone were to explain it to you.”
Acts 13:42 As they were leaving, the people urged them to speak about these matters the next Sabbath.
Acts 13:43 After the synagogue had been dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and persuading them to continue in the grace of God.

the one God raised up

Paul’s argument at Pisidian Antioch was that Jesus of Nazareth is unique among all people that ever lived. He alone was raised up from among the dead ones. Even the great king David decayed in his grave after his death, so the prediction of a “sacred one” who would not see decay did not apply to him. But it did apply to Jesus, because he was raised up never to die again.

The only evidence that Paul put forth for the uniqueness of Jesus is the written words of the Bible, and the empty tomb. There will be scoffers who will marvel at this, and disappear without believing it. But there will also be followers.

Lord, we choose to follow your word and your Christ, the one you raised up.

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seekers and sorcerers

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Jefferson Vann

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seekers and sorcerers

Acts 13:4-12 (JDV)

Acts 13:4 So being sent out by the Sacred Breath, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
Acts 13:5 Arriving in Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as their assistant.
Acts 13:6 When they had traveled the whole island as far as Paphos, they came across a sorcerer, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus.
Acts 13:7 He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man called for Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God.
Acts 13:8 But Elymas the sorcerer (that is the meaning of his name) opposed them and tried to distract the proconsul from the faith.
Acts 13:9 But Saul – also called Paul – filled with the Sacred Breath, stared straight at Elymas
Acts 13:10 and said, “You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery, you son of the devil and enemy of all that is right. Won’t you ever stop distracting from the straight paths of the Lord?
Acts 13:11 Now, notice, the Lord’s hand is against you. You are going to be blind, and will not see the sun for a period.” Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him, and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
Acts 13:12 Then, when he saw what happened, the proconsul believed, because he was shocked at the teaching of the Lord.

seekers and sorcerers

Elymas had been nicknamed Bar-Jesus (son of Jesus), but he was really a son of the devil. He was struck blind so that Sergius Paulus could see. Once the sorcerer was dealt with, this intelligent man could put two and two together and make four. His distracting influence was gone, so he was free to understand and respond to the gospel.

There are a lot of seekers: — intelligent men and women — around us, and they will respond if they hear the gospel. Unfortunately, there are also a lot of distracting influences as well. While we are praying for ways to reach these seekers with the Savior they need, we should also be praying against these sorcerers and other means of demonic distraction.

Lord, lead us to the seekers, and eliminate the sorcerers.

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letting them go

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Jefferson Vann

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letting them go

Acts 13:1-3 (JDV)

Acts 13:1 Now in the congregation at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, a close friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Acts 13:2 As they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Sacred Breath said, “Set apart to me Barnabas and Saul into the work which I have called them for.”
Acts 13:3 Then after they had fasted, prayed, and laid hands on them, they let them go.

letting them go

The new congregation at Antioch was bustling with activity, and God had gifted them with five powerful prophets and teachers. They knew the Lord was at work in these people’s lives and they really appreciated them, and wanted to enjoy their company, and benefit from their gifts. But they also wanted to walk according to God’s plan. So, they fasted, praying for the Sacred Breath to reveal that plan.

It must have been scary and disappointing for them to learn that two of these ministers were to be set apart for missions work. But when you learn what God is planning, there is only one choice. You have to bless those who are called to preach beyond, and let them go.

Lord, show us your plan, and give us the courage to let go those you are sending elsewhere.

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fatal flattery

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Jefferson Vann

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fatal flattery

Acts 12:20-25 (JDV)

Acts 12:20 Herod had been very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. With the same passion they presented themselves before him. After persuading Blastus, who was in charge of the king’s bedroom, they asked for peace, because their country was supplied with food from the king’s country.
Acts 12:21 On an appointed day, dressed in royal robes and seated on the platform, Herod delivered a speech to them.
Acts 12:22 The assembled people began to shout, “It’s the voice of a god and not of a man!”
Acts 12:23 At once an agent from the Lord struck him because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and stopped breathing.
Acts 12:24 But the word of God flourished and was being increased.
Acts 12:25 After they had completed their relief mission, Barnabas and Saul returned to Jerusalem, taking along John who was called Mark.

fatal flattery

The inhabitants of Tyre and Sidon were afraid of losing their status before Herod, so they gladly buttered him up with praise when they heard him speak. Herod could have saved his own life by deflecting that praise and giving the glory to God. But he enjoyed the flattery. Little did he know that God’s “put up with Herod’s nonsense” meter was reaching full. It would be Herod’s last speech, and his most important. He had dared to murder a believer, and imprison another one. His campaign against the gospel of Christ came to an end because of the fatal flattery he heard that day.

Lord, may we be more interested in following your words than in hearing words of approval from others.

Who deserves the credit for the good things we say and do? Not us! (video)

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patience to keep knocking

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Jefferson Vann

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patience to keep knocking

Acts 12:6-19 (JDV)

Acts 12:6 When Herod was about to bring him out for trial, that very night Peter, tied up with two chains, is sleeping between two soldiers, while the sentries in front of the door guarded the prison.
Acts 12:7 Notice, an agent of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the cell. Striking Peter on the side, he raised him up and said, “Quick, get up!” And the chains fell off his wrists.
Acts 12:8 “Get dressed,” the agent told him, “and put on your sandals.” And he did. “Wrap your cloak around you,” he told him, “and follow me.”
Acts 12:9 So he went out and followed, and he did not know that what the agent did was really happening, but he thought he was seeing a vision.
Acts 12:10 After they passed the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went outside and passed one street, and suddenly the agent left him.
Acts 12:11 When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his agent and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from all that the Jewish people expected.”
Acts 12:12 As soon as he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, where many had been brought together and were praying.
Acts 12:13 He knocked at the door of the outer gate, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer.
Acts 12:14 She recognized Peter’s voice, and because of her joy, she did not open the gate but ran in and announced that Peter was standing at the outer gate.
Acts 12:15 “You’re delirious!” they told her. But she kept insisting that it was true, and they said, “It’s his agent.”
Acts 12:16 Peter, however, kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were amazed.
Acts 12:17 Motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Tell these things to James and the brothers,” he said, and he left and went to another place.
Acts 12:18 At daylight, there was a great disturbance among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.
Acts 12:19 After Herod had searched and did not find him, he interrogated the guards and ordered their execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

patience to keep knocking

The story of Peter’s rescue from prison has several interesting points.

This passage begins and ends with a reference to Herod. It is a prelude to the story of Herod’s death, which will come in the next few verses. This passage explains Herod’s motive for stopping his intense persecution, and suddenly fleeing to Caesarea. Having a prisoner escape in such a bizarre fashion apparently spooked him.

Notice also how both Peter and the other believers did not quite understand what was taking place. They had prayed for a miracle, but when the miracle was actually happening, they could not quite figure it out.

I wonder why the iron gate opened by itself, but Peter had to stand knocking for a while at the door of the outer gate of the house where the congregation was praying.

In the process of fulfilling the mission God has given us, there will be miracles, but there will also be mysteries that we will not fully understand.

Lord, thank you for our mission. Give us all the insight we need to carry it out, and the patience to keep knocking when we need to.

Miracle or mystery — the sovereign God is at work (video)

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