“The most powerful weapon for silencing the mouth of the world is not brilliant theological apologetics, but the practice of a holy life that resembles Jesus Christ.” “Now it happened, as Jesus went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they were watching Him closely. And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had dropsy. And Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, ‘Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?’ But they kept silent. And He took him and healed him, and let him go. Then He answered them, saying, ‘Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?’ And they could not answer Him regarding these things” (Luke 14:1–6). (1) As I meditated on today’s passage, Luke 14:1–6, the phrase that first caught my attention was: “they were watching Him clos...
With zeal not arising from
the sound knowledge of
Jesus Christ ...
Before believing in Jesus,
Saul thought that opposing the name of Jesus of
Nazareth
was something worth pursuing vigorously.
He even went to Jerusalem to personally engage
in this endeavor.
He received authority from the chief priests
to imprison many saints and consented to their
execution.
Furthermore, he went from synagogue to
synagogue,
punishing them and compelling them to blaspheme
Jesus.
Moreover, consumed with rage against them,
Saul pursued believers even to foreign cities,
causing them trouble
(Acts 26:9-11).
At that time, Saul thought,
"They will do such things because they have
not known the Father or me"
(John 16:2).
Saul's zeal for God was not based on the sound
knowledge
(Romans 10:2).
Similarly, there may be more Christians like
Saul in the future,
whose zeal does not come from a correct
understanding of Jesus Christ,
persecuting and even killing those who hope for
the return of Jesus.
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