Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Acts 16:1-5
by: Susan Bond.
As a substitute teacher, I sometimes encounter a student who questions my authority. He'll ask, "Did you make this up, or did the real teacher assign this?"
Apparently, had Timothy not been circumcised, he'd have had similar challenges to his authority. Although Timothy, already circumcised in heart, carried the authority of the name of Jesus Christ, he was willing to undergo the circumcision that the Jews required in order to gain an audience with them. How easy it would have been to self-righteously brush aside this opportunity, declaring the very idea as preposterous and unnecessary.
I must ask, "What am I willing to do to gain entrance through doors of hostility to preach Christ?"