When God acts
Acts 9:31
“Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied”.
The chapter 9 of the book of Actions tells the persecution that the church suffered and conversion of Saul, the largest pursuing of the church at that time. A man that pawned all the forces for, openly, to pursue the church of God. In chapter 2 of Acts God spills of His Spirit on his people and incredible marvels begin to happen, as well as Jesus he had declared: you will "make the same things that I do and still larger." Acting of God in the church was immense because the church was assuming a new position in relation to God. In spite of the persecutions, more and more people joined to the church and they wanted to serve God.
In the verse 31 we can highlight at least 4 points:
1. When God acts the church has peace - Look that the verse 31 declares that the church had peace, even in time of extreme persecution, however the Holy Spirit tilted the heart of the believers to the love. This verse demonstrates clearly what Christ said: I "leave you the peace" and Jesus' peace is capable to do with that you if it feels calm amid a storm, passing for the worth or for the desert.
2. When God acts the church grows - the church grew because if it put absolutely under the will of God for her life so only leaning to live in love, to praise God and to take the message of the salvation. A lot of churches today face great stagnation period because they don't worry about the one that God really wants the church to do, they think that God saved them just so that they praise God and they don't worry about the preaching of the salvation message that we have the obligation of taking to the lost world.
3. When God acts the believers learn - God gets up to act amid His church mainly for her to learn, grow in knowledge erases. However we see some things that we should observe:
1. They learn how to walk - When God acts in the middle of the church, he doesn't have as being stopped because the Holy Spirit impels the church to accomplish the will of God. They were not of crossed arms. God no sage nobody just to be attending the things they happen. God doesn't need assistants. I remember a picture of a humorous program in which they asked for the assistant, which you find, and he answered assistant doesn't find anything, he only attends. God has servants and the servant's function is to serve.
2. To walk in the fear of the Mister - The church feared God, it didn't challenge him in things without sense, they didn't demand anything. Today we see churches that think that God is in the sky just hoping they "order" that things happen, as if God was forced to do this or that. Example that can be mentioned here is the one of Sadraque, Mesaque and Abedenego that, ready they be played in the furnace for they adore not to the statue declared: "Same that God doesn't liberate us, nevertheless we won't bend." Are you willing to fear God of this sorts things out?
3. To walk in Holy Spirit consolation. Jesus taught us that we would have afflictions in the world, the secret however it is that He had won the world and it was on our side. The Holy Spirit was sent so that it consoled us amid the moments of fights, besides other things. He is the consoler and it is to our side amid any that is the fight to appear to face.
4. When God acts the church teach. - The believers learned because there was a concern in teaching, in being example. Unhappily today, churches that don't worry in anything about the teaching of the Word exist and when the fights rise the believers fall because base doesn't exist.
If you think God has not been acting in ours is half more attentive. He wants God to act in His life then he walks, be not stopped attending the things happen. Have you been growing in the knowledge of the word? Has it been growing spiritually or does he still drink milk? When was the last time that you learned something new in the Bible? When was the last time that you taught something the other believer? When do you meet with other believers you talk about the one what? Do they tell jokes or do they share blessings? Deuteronomy 6:6-9 teach us some things and he declares: "and these words tie them to the neck."
Anything seedling if you don't change! If you do the things always of the same way it will always get the same results.
See you!
Elias Eloy
Restoring Paths Ministry
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