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Monday, April 14, 2008
Acts 11:1-18, Psalm 42, John 10:11-18
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PASS INTERFERENCE
"If God was giving them the same gift He gave us when we first believed in
the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to interfere with Him?" —Acts 11:17
The Lord is always actively showing His love for us in His wondrous plan
of salvation. We would like to think we are participating in and promoting
His works, but it's possible that we are interfering with them. For
instance, Peter thought he would have been interfering with the Lord if he
hadn't baptized the Gentile Cornelius and his household. Gamaliel, a
highly regarded Pharisee, warned the Sanhedrin to have nothing to do with
Jesus' apostles because, if the early Church was from God and they
persecuted it, the Sanhedrin could find themselves fighting God (Acts
5:38-39). Paul taught: "When you sin thus against your brothers and wound
their weak consciences, you are sinning against Christ. Therefore, if food
causes my brother to sin I will never eat meat again, so that I may not be
an occasion of sin to him" (1 Cor 8:12-13). If we are occasions of sin to
others, we interfere with their coming to Christ. Jesus strongly commanded
a leper He had healed not to tell anyone but the priest about the healing.
However, "the man went off and began to proclaim the whole matter freely,
making the story public. As a result of this, it was no longer possible
for Jesus to enter a town openly" (Mk 1:45).
When we sin, we interfere with God. In our selfishness and apathy, we
interfere with God. The Lord is in the process of giving salvation to each
person in the world. He is stopping abortion, starvation, and racism. He
is setting the captives free, healing the sick, and restoring marriages
and families. Please don't interfere.
Prayer: Father, may I interfere with the devil and not with
Promise: You. Jesus said: "I am the Good Shepherd. I know My sheep and My
sheep know Me." —Jn 10:14
Praise: When George walks into the lunchroom, he sees the consciences of
his co-workers start working again.
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