Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Acts 18:12-17
by: Lisa Moore.
While reading this passage, I could not help but smile at the irony of the situation. Gallio refused to be involved in the Jews religious dispute. He was not going to be manipulated into using the law to do the Jews bidding (as had been done to Jesus). But he also remained uninvolved when an actual crime was committed in front of him—the beating of the synagogue ruler by the Greeks! Was Gallio saved? The Scriptures do not reveal much about him, but his action and inaction show us that God has people in authority who will help further the cause of Christ.