Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Acts Fourteen

"Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead.
But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe."
-----Acts 14:19-20

Paul was attacked and dragged outside the city. They stone him to the point that they thought he was dead and no longer a threat to their way of life. However, as history will reveal, he didn't die. But that is not what I find to be most interesting here. After he came to and the disciples are gathered around him, he went back into the city.

Sometimes trials will come our way as we proclaim the goodness of Jesus. What matters is what we do after we are pushed down.

Heart and Soul,
BAG
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