Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Acts 25:13-22
by: Susan Bond.
Why all the stir? The only crime specified is that Paul claimed that the dead man Jesus is alive. I try to put myself in the place of the Jews. What if someone were proclaiming as truth something that was swaying the beliefs of my Seventh Day Baptist brothers and sisters? Would I abandon my denomination or lead a crusade against the antagonist, possibly even pursuing his arrest? I'm glad that I'm not asked to identify with the crowd. I'm asked to identify with the dead man risen and with his apostle.
Dear God, thank you for the promise that as I contemplate your glory, I am being transformed to the image of your Son (2 Corinthians 3:18).