Everybody must get stoned. Well, at least that’s what Dylan said. And, I guess a little stoning “doth” the Spirit good. I mean we have Jesus already so a little stoning can’t hurt. And, of course by saying a “little” I only mean like daily. Think about before you decide against it. Stephen was “a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit” (Acts 6″5) and even Stephen got stoned!
Every day we meet countless opportunities to share our faith, but so many times we shy away because we don’t know how that sharing will be taken. We sometimes shrink low when should fly high. But when faced with death Stephen didn’t shrink low Stephen rose to the occasion and testified on behalf of God. Yes, Stephen got stoned. Why do we find it so hard to share our faith when death will probably never be a consequence, but people like Stephen could share theirs in the face of death?
While most of us will never face a stoning, each time we defend our faith to people that are hostile towards God we get stoned. But, that power of God gives us the strength to continue. There is a lost world all around us. We can’t pick and choose who we try to evangelize. We have to take the opportunities as they present themselves to us. And, all will not respond to our evangelism. Some will respond well, others, well, not so well. But, I guess everybody must get stoned!
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Until next time May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You: All Y’all!
Bobby Cohoon
North Carolina, USA
bobby@bobbycohoon.com
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