3. Willingness to GO
In Acts, if you were going to be a witness of Christ, you were going to go where He sent you. This was not an easy task in any way, and I'm sure many of them were reluctant and scared at first, just like we are when God asks us to do something outside of our comfort zone. In the Bible, Paul had not always been a Christian. As a matter of fact, he persecuted Christians; he breathed murderous threats against the disciples(9:1). After he became a Christian, how hard do you think it would have been to work with these very same disciples, and preach to the same people he crucified?! ...and we think that it's scary talking to our friends. People were scared of him - people tried to kill him. However, as shown in Acts 28:28-31, the last verses of the book, Paul was sent,(9:30; 13:51-52), and boldly, without hindrance, preached the kingdom of God and taught about Christ.
All of the apostles in Acts were sent, and they were willing to GO. If they had not been willing, many of the early churches would not have been established, and the kingdom of God would not have been built up without their obedience. Am I willing to go, even to the people that scare me the most, even to the people that I have nothing in common with, even the people that are considered evil, gross, and downcasts of our society?
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