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For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :Paul’s Plan to Visit Rome [1] Bible Verse:Romans 15:22-27 (ESV) "This is the reason why I have so often been hindered from coming to you. But now, since I no longer have any room for work in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to come to you, I hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain, and to be helped on my journey there by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a while. At present, however, I am going to Jerusalem bringing aid to the saints. For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem. They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also to be of service to them in material blessings." Message:
In the previous verses, Paul explained his busy schedule and his preference for traveling to places that had never heard of Christ. “I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named . . . .” This forms his apology for not having come to visit the church in Rome. We learn from his explanations a few details of his last years that were omitted from Acts.
First, the reason for him going to Jerusalem. Paul was in Corinth when he wrote the Epistle to the Romans. He had received financial donations from the Greeks to be sent to Jerusalem and needed to carry them there. Although Paul was based in Antioch, Jerusalem was still the center of Christianity. Peter was in Jerusalem as the leader of a great Council and, because of this, it had somewhat the same role in the early church as Rome would come to have in the Catholic Church of the Middle Ages.
Since we are reading Acts, we will see this situation again, from a different angle soon enough. Traveling to Jerusalem was Paul’s last free act recorded in the Bible, for there he was arrested by the Jewish high priest. And ironically, as regards today’s passage, he was taken to Rome after he appealed to the Emperor. Luckily, he was not thrown into some dungeon in Rome. He was allowed to rent a house, entertain, and carry on with his teaching and work, for the Roman government had very little concern with foreign religions.
Thus, ironically, Paul might never have made it to Spain, but he did make it to Rome for a long visit. Some non-Biblical traditions hold that Paul did eventually end up in Spain; other accounts hold that he died in Rome. The Biblical account of him ends with him awaiting trial there.
Meditation : Prayer : Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, I pray that you direct my way unto you, and make me and all of us to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you; to the end that we may establish our hearts unblameable in holiness before you, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints..........Amen |
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