Dear Body of Christ, A YouTube version of this podcast is here. As we prayed and read Acts chapter 21 this morning, like Paul in Acts chapter 17 v 16, we were provoked by the immaturity of the behaviour of the men involved. Paul walked bow-legged because of the extreme suffering that he endured (the marks of the Lord Jesus Christ, no less — Galatians 6:17) and yet he was wrongly accused of being false by immature Christians who would essentially have no clue whatsoever as to what Paul was called to w...
Dear Body of Christ,
A YouTube version of this podcast is here.
As we prayed and read Acts chapter 21 this morning, like Paul in Acts chapter 17 v 16, we were provoked by the immaturity of the behaviour of the men involved.
Paul walked bow-legged because of the extreme suffering that he endured (the marks of the Lord Jesus Christ, no less — Galatians 6:17) and yet he was wrongly accused of being false by immature Christians who would essentially have no clue whatsoever as to what Paul was called to walk through. To make matters worse, the senior leaders of the Jerusalem church did not sufficiently support him, nor honour him, but rather made him jump through hoops made up of the traditions of men.
We are now being very honest about the path to which we have been called. In the natural, were an oxen muzzled as it worked hard under its burden, it would eventually grow faint and collapse. The Lord often used analogies from nature like this, (falling birds of the sky, fading flowers of the field, fish, eggs given to little children), precisely in order to highlight the INFINITE difference in value between an animal and a covenant child of God. This is exactly the case in the passages I highlight in tonight’s video and regarding which, once again, Mairi and I offer very robust and honest thoughts, including from our personal life, submitted to the Body of Christ at large.
In this video, Nick walks us through the further false accusations levelled at Paul, (of apparent hypocrisy,) and shows how it was far from being hypocrisy that led Paul to join the other four Jewish Christians in having his head shaved.
Mairi also shares very openly as to where a road of multi-faceted suffering has led us.
MAIRI'S TESTIMONY about our struggle with fertility here.
Yours in Christ,
Nick Franks
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