Acts 28

Good evening.

If you are reading this, thank you! I intend on this blog being a short and sweet blog, without the "sweet" part.

"For this people’s heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed;lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them" Acts 28:27

I pray that our hearts not grow dull. An apathetic believer is not what Christ commands us to. In fact, "taking up our cross" and "selling all that we have" are quite the opposite of an apathetic life of a believer. Christ was a radical. Not radical in the sense that Christ was a free wandering hippie, not at all, Christ was a radical because He lived a life that was completely void of the stain of sin that has been imprinted on us like a scarlet letter from the day of our birth. Christ was God on earth, His physical life was completely in tune with the will of God. A beautiful picture of life that glorifies the Father.

Christ was radical..

"For sin will not have dominion over you, since you are no longer under the law, but under grace..." Romans 6:14

As mentioned earlier...we are born with the stain of sin in our life. But as followers of Christ, people who have experienced the grace and mercy of God, we can live a radical life. Sin no longer has reign over our bodies, we can turn from the flesh and run un-inhibitated towards the radiant beauty that is the glory of God. Christ did not call us to live a life that mirrors the life of unbelievers, a life that does not take commands of Scripture seriously. Lets stop being apathetic and start being believers who actually life like the Gospel has impacted our life. There are people who need to see the gospel being lived out, God commands us to be a light on a hill, lets finish our race, answer our call.

"He lived there two whole years at his own expense, and welcomed all who came to him, ³¹ proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance."

...with all boldness and without hindrance...

Peace.