Day 200 - Reading the New Testament in one year.
Today's Song - Where You Go I Go - Kim Walker Jesus Culture
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Acts 22:17-30
17 “When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance 18 and saw the Lord speaking to me. ‘Quick!’ he said. ‘Leave Jerusalem immediately, because the people here will not accept your testimony about me.’
19 “‘Lord,’ I replied, ‘these people know that I went from one synagogue to another to imprison and beat those who believe in you. 20 And when the blood of your martyr[a]Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.’
21 “Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go; I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’ ”
17 “When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance 18 and saw the Lord speaking to me. ‘Quick!’ he said. ‘Leave Jerusalem immediately, because the people here will not accept your testimony about me.’
19 “‘Lord,’ I replied, ‘these people know that I went from one synagogue to another to imprison and beat those who believe in you. 20 And when the blood of your martyr[a]Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.’
21 “Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go; I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’ ”
Paul the Roman Citizen
22 The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He’s not fit to live!”
23 As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and flinging dust into the air, 24 the commander ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks. He directed that he be flogged and interrogated in order to find out why the people were shouting at him like this. 25 As they stretched him out to flog him, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen who hasn’t even been found guilty?”
26 When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and reported it. “What are you going to do?” he asked. “This man is a Roman citizen.”
27 The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?”
“Yes, I am,” he answered.
28 Then the commander said, “I had to pay a lot of money for my citizenship.”
“But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.
29 Those who were about to interrogate him withdrew immediately. The commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put Paul, a Roman citizen, in chains.
22 The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He’s not fit to live!”
23 As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and flinging dust into the air, 24 the commander ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks. He directed that he be flogged and interrogated in order to find out why the people were shouting at him like this. 25 As they stretched him out to flog him, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen who hasn’t even been found guilty?”
26 When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and reported it. “What are you going to do?” he asked. “This man is a Roman citizen.”
27 The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?”
“Yes, I am,” he answered.
28 Then the commander said, “I had to pay a lot of money for my citizenship.”
“But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.
29 Those who were about to interrogate him withdrew immediately. The commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put Paul, a Roman citizen, in chains.
Paul Before the Sanhedrin
30 The commander wanted to find out exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews.So the next day he released him and ordered the chief priests and all the members of the Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul and had him stand before them.
30 The commander wanted to find out exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews.So the next day he released him and ordered the chief priests and all the members of the Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul and had him stand before them.
Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman
July 21st
Living off of His life
Living off of His life
"I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." Galatians 2:20
Like Paul, we can say "Christ lives in me." Christ is not floating in the air. He lives in me. He is in me! Then Paul says, "and the life which I now live." He had just finished saying "It is no longer I." This tells us that there are two "I's" Paul is speaking of here. There is an old "I," and there is a new "I." The old "I" is the independent "I" of the flesh seeking to have an independent relationship with God and striving to make it with God on its own. This old "I" has been crucified with Christ. The new "I" is an organic "I." It is my regenerated spirit joined to the Lord in a life union.
Paul describes the "I" that lives after regeneration:"The life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith..." We are still living in the flesh. We have the surroundings of the flesh. We can still feel the rumblings of the flesh. We can feel it showing up, knocking at our door, trying to categorize, to accuse, to be depressed-- trying to do what it does. So the life that I am now living in the flesh, how do I live it? I live in the sphere of faith, "the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." That means I am living off of His life infusing me with faith as I behold Him. I live gazing at Him. I live looking away from everything to this lovely Person who loves me, who gave Himself for me. He did it all for me. And as I am looking and beholding, my beholding of Him infuses faith right into me-- the faith of the Son of God. So my living in faith is not my work or doing. No! Faith is the response in me to His work and doing. Faith is the gift of God served to me freely on the platter of a message I hear about Christ. I see Him openly portrayed before my eyes, crucified! When I see His work, faith is in my heart and in my mouth
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Missing Nigerian Christian girls.
Families of slain Kenyans.
Families of all the recent plane crashes.
Song(s) of the Day
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REc6uRQRnV0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRTJUezIAb8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HKfN4_Oe94
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxuhwGvrIBE
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