John,
Thank you for the reading session this morning about the Acts 15 Council of elders in Jerusalem. It was breath-taking to sit and listen to it – so real, so much love, and yet, heart-wrenching at the same time. It was a trial, and trying of those men’s faith (speaking of the Jews). I loved it! I can’t believe we believe this, but we do!! Wow! The truth takes away all the superstition and Christian thinking about Paul, and how things went for Paul. And we can see how it really is for us today. It is a matter of the heart and what God has done in it!! It challenges the core of your beliefs and your confidence in what you feel God is doing for you.
I hope who ever reads this has to take stock in their own thoughts, and feels what those men went through to uphold the truth! It will force you to ask God what is the truth!! I hope that all God’s children will read this and that they can feel the love in it.
Stuart