Acts 16:22-34, Psalm 138, John 16:5-11
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"When He comes, He will prove the world wrong." —John 16:8
It's much better that Jesus' physical body is in heaven rather than here
on earth. After Jesus ascended, He sent the Holy Spirit to prove the world
wrong (Jn 16:7-8). Pope John Paul II has written in his encyclical letter
on the Holy Spirit that the Spirit proves the world wrong by taking us to
the cross (Dominum et Vivifacantem, Pope John Paul II, 27, 36). There
the Spirit shows us the connection between our worldly ways and Jesus'
suffering and death. Then we are crucified to the world and the world to
us (Gal 6:14). We no longer are amused by the world's distractions from
and disregard of Jesus' lordship.
By the Spirit, we are turned off to the world, make a clean break with it,
and no longer sinfully compromise with it. We now fully accept that Jesus
has called us out of the world (Jn 15:19). Once we are out of the world,
we can go to the world. We do not participate in its ways but offer those
trapped in the world the opportunity to be saved by Jesus, convicted by
the Spirit, and thereby rescued from the world. "The world with its
seductions is passing away but the man who does God's will endures
forever" (1 Jn 2:17).
Prayer: Father, may I love the world so much as to get out of it so I can
offer it salvation in Your Son.
Promise: "After a brief interval he led them out and said, 'Men, what must
I do to be saved?' Their answer was, 'Believe in the Lord Jesus and you
will be saved, and all your household.' " —Acts 16:30-31
Praise: The reverence with which Thomas received the Eucharist made others
repent of their irreverence.
(For a related teaching, order our tape on "Following the World (Spiritual
Adultery) "on audio AV 53-1 or video V-53.)
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