26/10/2017
Act 22:1 - 30. We read about how Apostle Paul narrated his experience as a parsecutor of Christians and how he was transformed to be chief defendant and a great Apostle of Christ. In fact, he told them that he was once like them (his parsecutors). He did this by speaking the tongue they will understand so that his report will be understood. The same passion he used in parsecuring Christians when he was a parsecutor is also displayed here. He even quoted the law of the land in verse 25 to secure his freedom. He used both his skill as a lawyer and his language skill to drive his mission for God. Lesson 1 - Be careful how u pray against your enemies. Let us assume that some of the Christians that Paul persecuted had prayed for his death and God answered them I am sure we won't be reading the book of Act of apostle today. Lesson 2 - There are good and deligent people in the camp of the enemies they are only operating from the wrong camp. Prayer to move them from the wrong camp to the right camp will do the body of Christ a lot of good. Lesson 3 - God sees us from our best and positive paspective. Even though Paul was parsecuting Christians God did not see him as a parsecutor but a chief defendant and a great apostle of Christ. So don't judge by jumping into conclusion. God sees and knows what we don't know Lesson 4 - God can use anybody. Is it not amazing? Paul was telling the relative of those he has parsecuted to death that he was wrong. Now ready to die for the same course he has killed people for. What a end to end transformation. Lesson 5 - Use all that you've got to serve God and evangelise Christ to people. Paul used his knowledge, skill and expertise to keep sharing the gospel. Most of us are guilty of this. We use our professional skill to make money to and earn a living what about using same to propagate the gospel. For instance, the social media through which we preach the gospel today should have been developed by Christian programmers who are hungry to share the word of God. CONCLUSION - What makes us bad may not be our deeds but the camp we are operating from. If by any means we have been operating from the wrong camp. May God's hand of grace relocate us to the right camp IJN...God bless us all