He would not be deterred….
Super Bowl weekend…it inevitably comes around this time every year…foods are prepared, guests invited, sales include the postscript , plans are made…and game on…and oh, by the way, commercials are made…some are iconic, some are duds…but lots of hype for whole game….
I was reminded that this is Apple’s 40 anniversary of a
Super Bowl ad…interesting…how the world has changed since …with computers, for good and ill…we can carry the whole Bible in our wristwatch…I can look up what kind of operating systems have looked at this blog and where in the world it goes….amazing…
There are other iconic scenes as well…we don’t have pictures of the birth of Christ, not his death and resurrection, but we have the written
Word…this, too, has changed the world…we have His eternal Word to show us how to live with him…how to be saved…
We don’t have pictures of Paul as he resolutely journeyed to Jerusalem to face certain imprisonment for his stand for Christ…his journeys in the known world changed the world as well… he gave it all for His Lord…we have many letters of his in the Bible…showing how to live, day to day on our journey here on earth…and much more…
When we heard this, we and the people there urged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
And since he would not be persuaded, we ceased and said, “Let the will of the Lord be done.”
When we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly. On the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present. After greeting them, he related one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry. And when they heard it, they glorified God. And they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed. They are all zealous for the law,
Acts 21.12-14,.21:17-20
From the beginning of time, the world has changed with new inventions…but the Word Still Stands, it hasn’t changed…it changes us…
Thank YOU…
In Christ alone….
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