DO WHAT'S RIGHT! EVEN IF IT APPEARS TO LOSS ...
In Acts 16 we see the occasion when Paul and Silas, called by Jesus and impelled by the Holy Spirit to preach in the city of Philippi, the first city of Macedonia. BECAUSE PAUL HAD THE VISION OF A MAN ASKING FOR HELP. It is followed by a young possessed of a guessing spirit.
ALREADY IN THE CITY OF PHILIPPINES, HOSTED BY SISTER LYDIA, AND GOING INTO PRAYER, THEY HAD A YOUNG POSSESSED BY THINNING SPIRIT, NOT FROM THE ETERNAL (YHWH) AND YES FROM SATAN. PAUL FEELING UNCOMPLISHED BY THE WORDS THE EVIL SPIRIT WAS IMPELYING TO SPEAK, AND TURNING INTO THE NAME OF JESUS THE SPIRIT OF HER WAS GONE. AND SO IT HAPPENED IMMEDIATELY. However, the men who took advantage of her made many profits and, seeing that they had lost their gain to her liberation, set the crowd on fire, insulting Paul and Silas, so that the angry crowd was forced and silenced in Paulus. CHARGE AND TIED, FEET AND HANDS.
A lot of times, that happens to us. MOVED BY THE DESIRE TO HELP PEOPLE, DO WELL, WE HAVE BEEN DAMAGED, EXITING TO DISAPPOINTMENT, THIS, ACCORDING TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE LOOK AT OUR ROUND. The Eternal counts with us to plant good, fruit-bearing seeds, and even we will seek to obey the Father in obedient, disgraceful, unhealthy, inhumane, inordinate situations. YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN BEING AN ETERNAL FEARING MAN OR WOMAN (YHWH), YOU MAY GO THROUGH EMBASSY, ADVERSE SITUATIONS. SERVING THE ETERNAL (YHWH) IS NOT SYNONYMS TO HAVE ONLY “VICTORIES”, “ACHIEVEMENTS”, “SURPRISES”, “PROSPERITY”, “HEALTH” OR “MONEY” AND NOT LIVING IN A SEA OF ROSES. WE WILL BE TESTED, PROVEN, PLACED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LIGHT FURNACE, IN STORMY SEAS, IN THE LION'S COVE, IN THE EYE OF THE HURRICANE. The question is: will we be approved or not? WILL OUR FAITH INCREASE OR NOT?
PAUL AND SILAS, FOR RELEASING THAT YOUNG MAN WERE Jailed. Apparently they had come out of harm's way, to the disadvantage. They were whipped, they suffered pain, they suffered, they suffered unjustly, but they did not blaspheme the Eternal (YHWH). Instead, near midnight, they sang and praised hymns to the Eternal (YHWH) and all the other prisoners heard them. Suddenly the Deliverance of the Eternal (YHWH), an earthquake that shook the place of luck, that the chains and prisons opened. The Eternal has honored his servants who trusted in him. THIS IS WHY WE MUST BELIEVE, TRUST, THAT EVEN EVEN SUFFERING INJUSTICES, THE TIME OF THE ETERNAL (YHWH) WILL SHAK THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR PRISONS ... AND WE'RE FREE.
UNDERSTAND, PAUL AND SILAS NEEDED TO BE IN THAT PLACE TO GIVE WITNESS OF THEIR FAITH, TO THE OTHER PRISONERS, THE Jailer, AND THEIR FAMILY. They were there for a divine purpose. When we serve the Eternal (YHWH), nothing that happens in our lives is by chance. BOTH GOOD, BAD BAD. EVERYTHING HAS A PURPOSE AND A GOAL. STILL THAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND. AFTER EARTHQUAKE, THE Jailer was almost suicidal because he thought everyone had run out. He feared to be punished and wanted to get ahead. PAUL IMMEDIATELY IMPEDED. And the jailer, seeking light, said, What must I be saved? PAUL ANSWERED: - BELIEVE THE LORD JESUS AND WILL BE SAVED THY AND YOUR HOUSE. He and his family believed and were beaten, saved. LOOK AT HOW MUCH GOOD THING HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF SO MUCH BAD THING. I KNOW THAT NO HUMAN LIKES SUFFERING, HOWEVER, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT ONE OF THE ETERNAL PURPOSES (YHWH) IS TO USE SUFFERING FOR OUR SPIRITUAL GROWTH. THEREFORE THE ETERNAL ALLOWS SUFFERING IN THE LIFE OF HIS CHILDREN. SO, AS ALLOWED IN THE LIFE OF JESUS. GROWING THROUGH EXPERIENCES ... BECAUSE HOW YOU'LL HELP OTHERS IF YOU DON'T EMPATHY BY YOUR PAIN ... WHEN WE SUFFER, WE UNDERSTAND OTHERS NOT TO JUDGE YOU.
THESE ARE THE LESSONS WE LEARN FROM THIS PASS.
5 And you have already forgotten the exhortation which you argue with you as sons: My son, do not despise the Lord's correction, and do not faint when you are reproved by Him;
6 For the LORD correcteth he that loveth, and beateth him that receiveth for a son.
7 If you endure correction, God treats you as sons; For what son is the father not right?
8 But if you are without discipline, in which everyone is made a participant, then you are bastards, not children.
9 Moreover, we had our fathers after the flesh, to correct us, and we reverenced them; Shall we not subject ourselves much more to the Father of spirits to live?
10 For those, indeed, for a little while corrected us as they saw fit; but this, for our benefit, to be partakers of his holiness.
11 And indeed all correction to the present seems not to be joyful but sadness, but afterward it produces a peaceful fruit of righteousness in those exercised by it.
II CORINTHIANS 4: 1-9
Jesus Christ is the only subject of Paul's ministry
1 Therefore having this ministry, according to the mercy given to us, we fail not;
2 Instead, we reject the things that are disgracefully concealed, neither walking cunningly nor falsifying the word of God; and thus we commend ourselves to the conscience of every man in the presence of God by the manifestation of the truth.
3 But if our gospel is still covered, it is covered for them that are lost.
4 In which the god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, which is the image of God, may not shine unto them.
5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and we ourselves are your servants for Jesus' sake.
6 For it is God who hath said that the light may shine out of darkness, who hath shined in our hearts to give light to the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
8 In everything we are afflicted but not distressed; perplexed but not discouraged.
9 Persecuted but not forsaken; slaughtered but not destroyed;
ACTS 16: 16-34
16 And it came to pass, as we went into prayer, that a young woman went out to meet us, and she had a spirit of divination, and she gave her masters a great profit.
17 And Paul and we cried, saying, These men that preach unto us the way of salvation are the servants of the most high God.
18 And this she did for many days. But Paul, troubled, turned and said to the spirit, "In the name of Jesus Christ, I command you to leave her." And right away it came out.
19 And when their lords saw that the hope of their gain was lost, they bound Paul and Silas, and brought them into the square, before the rulers.
20 And presenting them to the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, disturbed our city.
21 And they show us customs that we are not lawful to receive or to practice, since we are Romans.
22 And the multitude arose together against them, and the rulers tore their garments, and sent to beat them with rods.
23 And when they had beaten them many, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them safely.
24 Who, having received such an order, threw them into the inner prison, and fastened their feet upon the stocks.
25 And around midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang hymns to God, and the other prisoners listened to them.
26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, that the foundations of the prison were moved, and at once all the doors were opened, and all the prisons were released.
27 And when the jailer awoke, and saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword, and wanted to kill himself, believing that the prisoners had already fled.
28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do not hurt yourselves, that we are all here.
29 Asking for light, he leapt inside and trembled before Paul and Silas.
30 And taking them out, he said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.
32 And they preached unto him the word of the LORD, and to all that were in his house.
33 And he took them with him at that time of night, and washed their welts; and was soon baptized, he and all his.
34 And he brought them to his house, and set their table; and in his belief in God he rejoiced with all his house.
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