FILL UPS - One Bread, One Body, 4/25/2010

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Sunday, April 25, 2010, Fourth Sunday of Easter

Acts 13:14, 43-52, Revelation 7:9, 14-17, Psalm 100:1-3, 5, John 10:27-30
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FILL UPS

"The disciples could not but be filled with joy and the Holy
Spirit." —Acts 13:52

What if the only thing you knew how to do was "to be filled with joy and
the Holy Spirit"? After Paul and Barnabas were violently abused and thrown
out of town, the disciples knew how to react in only one way — not with
violence, fear, unforgiveness, or bitterness but "with joy and the Holy
Spirit."

What if we were rejected, insulted, or falsely accused? We would probably
know how to react with something other than joy. However, Jesus' early
disciples could be filled with joy even in terrible circumstances (Acts
5:41) because they were also filled with the Holy Spirit.

The Spirit crucifies our flesh with its passions and desires (Gal 5:24).
We no longer know how to react in our old carnal ways. The Spirit cries
out "Abba" in our hearts (Rm 8:15; Gal 4:6), proclaims "Jesus is Lord" (1
Cor 12:3), and fills us with love (Rm 5:5). Under these circumstances, we
forgive and love our enemies and know only how to be filled with joy. Only
those filled with the Spirit can react to persecution this way. Therefore,
"happy are you when you are insulted for the sake of Christ, for then
God's Spirit in Its glory has come to rest on you" (1 Pt 4:14).

Prayer: Father, may I react to my enemies in such a way as to puzzle
non-Christians.

Promise: "My sheep hear My voice. I know them, and they follow Me. I give
them eternal life, and they shall never perish." —Jn 10:27

Praise: Praise the risen Jesus, Who died for His enemies and loves them
with an everlasting love. Hosanna to the King of Love!

(For a related teaching, order our tapes on "Life in the Spirit Seminar"
on audio AV 8A-1, AV 8A-3, AV 8B-1, AV 8B-3 or video V-8A, V-8B.)

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1, 2010 through May 31, 2010
†Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of
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