Acts 21:7-14, On the way to Jerusalem, part 2 of 2
Author: R New
I'm a 1959 Baby Boomer which has allowed me to see drastic changes in the Christian landscape. I grew up going to Church every Sunday, in those days the Bible still had strong roots in America. In my 20's, I participated with the Church in public meetings. There were about eight of us who would go out to a street corner or public park to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There were horns, a bass drum, singing, and a short Salvation message from the Bible. Suddenly, that all changed. The city passed ordinances to prohibit that type of public "solicitation." Today, it seems almost illegal to mention the Gospel to the younger generation.
I retired at the age of 62. As a person living for the testimony of Jesus Christ, I always felt like a salmon swimming against the current. Work was always a struggle between trying to be a decent individual while dealing with "progressive" and "left wing" changes at the workplace.
It's clear that there is a force in the world that is quietly eliminating the Gospel of Jesus Christ while making Christians look like enemies of humanity. At the same time, there is a force in the world that has power over physiology and is able to form thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. It is definitely against Jesus Christ.
John 3:16 is something I always want to cling to, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." I know the suffering of spiritual assault that hinders a constructive lifestyle & when frustration & anger seems to be the sole option - I know we can survive through the Cross of Christ. We have a home in the Kingdom of Heaven waiting for us.
The people of Israel are like the people of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Isaiah 1:10-11
At Tyre, cargo unloaded, Christians out of the city, and prayers on the sandy beach.
Acts 21:1-6, On the way to Jerusalem, part 1 of 2
Israel devoured by strangers and only a remnant survives.
Isaiah 1:7-9
Commended to God, offer goodwill to the weak, and embrace our eternal inheritance.
Acts 20:32-38, in Miletus part 4 of 4
Blaspheme of the Holy Spirit and the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faints.
Isaiah 1:5-6
Paul’s impending death and warning against wolves in sheep clothing.
Acts 20:25-31, in Miletus part 3 of 4
Sinful nation, weighed down with iniquity, brood of evildoers, population of corrupters.
Isaiah 1:4
Let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
Acts 20:17-24, in Miletus part 2 of 4
Vision of Isaiah, the ox knows its owner but Israel does not know theirs.
Isaiah 1:1-3