13 The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training in the Scriptures. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus. — Acts 4:13 NLT
“For they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training”. Using these ordinary men, God had drawn over 5000 men (plus the women and children} to Jesus. Ordinary men and women are the ones that Jesus uses every day to draw others to Jesus Christ. Ordinary men and women, people like you and me, are His choice to spread the Gospel. Here are two ex-fishermen that Jesus has turned into “fishers of men”. It is good to study and learn as long as our knowledge does not become our god. It is good to study and learn as long as we remember why we are doing it. Our studying and learning should be obedience-based and not outcome-based. It is good to study and learn as long as we don’t use that as an excuse for not spreading the Gospel. The time is here to put all that studying and learning to the use for which God gave us the ability to do it. We, as Christians, should have only one goal in our lives that overrides everything else that we do. That goal is to do everything for the glory of God. If we concentrate on that goal each and every day. perhaps we will one day receive the same compliment that Peter and John received here — “They recognized them as men who had been with Jesus”. Do our lifestyles show others that “we have been with Jesus”? Do people notice the presence of Jesus in our lives? There is no higher compliment that we could pay a person than to tell them that we recognize they “have been with Jesus”.
“The Gospel has come to you because it’s on its way to someone else.” – Anonymous
Post 11-28-2018
Morning Meds (Take 1 each Morning with all the Prayer You Need) 