Tuesday 11/9/21

  • Read Acts 21: 17-36

Random thought alert: Yesterday we read about Philip with the four unmarried daughters. I love how the focus shifts from physical offspring to spiritual offspring in this new season for the church. These four women get remembered forever in these pages!

James, in verse 25, references the decision made in chapter 15 regarding the Gentile believers. If you missed Keith’s sermon from Sunday, October 17- it is well worth going back and listening.

Not being Jewish, we no doubt miss a lot of the purification issues, food issues, and temple issues. But it’s hard to miss the strain between the Jewish and Gentile believers.

Paul surely has the right to not go through the purification- after all he himself tells us in the beginning of the book of Ephesians that we as believers have been made holy. But he chooses to set aside his rights for the good of the whole community.

  • Are there ways right now that you could set aside your ‘rights’ in order to promote unity and community?
  • How do you see or not see this happening in our church season right now?