The Vineyard
I am the vine; you
are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much
fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. – John 15:5
Acts
8:1-3
- It
might seem odd to choose a passage about Saul and his persecution of the church
as devotional material. Just prior to
this in Acts 7, we see Saul present for the stoning of Stephen, the first
Christian martyr. Does it seem odd to
you to read of Saul’s activity here, and think that this is the same man who
preach, taught, and wrote so much about Jesus Christ later?
- Paul,
who before he was a Christian was known as Saul, was passionate about whatever
he did. God took that passion, and
redirected from the wrong thing, to the right thing. Have you allowed God to redirect your
passions? Have you allowed God to
transform you?
I
Corinthians 15:3-11
- Paul
refers to the gospel he delivered to the Corinthians as being of “first
importance.” Why is the death, burial,
and resurrection of Jesus Christ the most important thing in our lives as
Christians?
- Paul
refers to himself as the least of the apostles, because he once was an active
persecutor of the church of God. And
yet, now we read a letter written by him through the work of the Holy Spirit,
as part of our Bible, as a part of Holy Scripture. What does that tell you about God’s ability
to overcome our past, and transform us for his use?
- We
read that “whether it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.” Why is the message more important than the
messenger?
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