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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. Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Today's Passage : Today's Passage:The Riot in Ephesus [2] Bible Verse :Acts 19:28-34 "When they heard this they were enraged and were crying out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” So the city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed together into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul’s companions in travel. But when Paul wished to go in among the crowd, the disciples would not let him. And even some of the AsiarchsHigh-ranking officials in Asia., who were friends of his, sent to him and were urging him not to venture into the theater. Now some cried out one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together. Some of the crowd prompted Alexander, whom the Jews had put forward. And Alexander, motioning with his hand, wanted to make a defense to the crowd. But when they recognized that he was a Jew, for about two hours they all cried out with one voice, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”" Message:
Demetrius the silversmith has started a proper riot, indeed. The importance of the great Temple of Artemis is so great that it does not take much in the way of a threat to create hysteria. And like most spontaneous riots, it is utter confusion mixed with enormous potential for violence.
The man named Alexander is a Jew, and almost certainly not a Christian. The Jews are justifiably afraid that this unfocused riot will turn on them because, like the Christians, they consider the Temple of Artemis to be profane.
Ironically, however, it is not their fault. The Jews kept their religion pretty much to themselves. They wouldn’t have entered the Temple or made idols for it, but they would not have been trying to convince worshippers that the Temple was unclean and evil. It is Paul and his companions, who are after all “Jewish” by birth, who have been openly preaching against the worship of idols and trying to convert Gentiles.
This will hardly be the last time that the Jews get blamed for something they didn’t do.
Meditation : Prayer : God our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, and Spirit of God amidst us, direct our way unto you. Make us to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you; to the end we may establish our hearts unblameable in holiness before you, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints......Amen |
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