When Paul tried really hard, he often didn’t have the best results. When he allowed God to take over, the results were usually enormous. Are we seeking control, or are we allowing God to guide us in His plan?There were great thoughts and sharing on the first two points. I'm sure there are other ideas on those. We never really got to the last point, though. Thoughts???
It appeared that Paul would be persecuted in spite of God’s promise of protection. Have we doubted God’s promises in our own lives? When will we learn that His promises always stand?
What do we learn from the encounter between Apollos and Priscilla & Aquila regarding confrontation and correction?
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Acts 18
Acts 18 tonight. We looked at the last leg of Paul's second missionary journey. We had great conversation tonight, so let's continue that here. Here are the thoughts that we discussed:
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Just listened to the podcast. I know, I know, I'm up late, but...I can't sleep.
Well...some thoughts. I think in response to the second question, we will only trust God completely, when we see man cannot fulfill all his/her promises. Only God can. When we stop trusting in man to make us complete, God can truly work in us, and we will not doubt. However, at the same time, I see that this idealistic view will never happen till heaven. I, for one, cannot stop trusting people. I need people. We need people. We all need people. What a paradox...we need people, but we can't trust them. Reminds me of a saying, can't live with 'em, can't shoot 'em. Okay, that's not how it goes. But the idea is there.
I think, since it hasn't been touched, that somethings need to be confronted in front of people, and some not in front. For instance, Paul confronted in front of people, but Aquila and Pricilla didn't. Differences in personalities? Or difference in the type of confrontation needed? What those differences are, I have no idea. I have no idea if I'm even on the right track. I'm just honestly wondering...
I tend to think that the difference in confrontation was between incomplete teaching and inaccurate teaching. Apollos wasn't wrong and therefore didn't need correction and they didn't have to do damage control with bad doctrine. He was simply lacking the rest of the story and that didn't need to be pointed out to everyone so as to embarass him. Just my thought. Other opinions?
I wonder how specfic God's will really is at times. There are those times when it seems God strongly directed Paul (and others), but why do we point to them as the norm? It seems that much of the time Paul spent "some time" in a place.... which feels pretty random.
I didn't listen to the sermon this week... maybe I should before I pipe in. :)
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