A Logical Explanation
by an Old Disciple of Jesus Christ
“And the Jews marvelled, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?” ~ Acts 4:13
Is there anything in your life that cannot be explained apart from God? If not, pray tell me, how then can we profess to be followers of the Lord? Paul certainly exemplified this fact in his own life and ministry: “They glorified God in me.” The world’s testimony when beholding God’s elect should be, “God is in them, of a truth.” Anything short of this will never convince the Christ-less.
If, when being discussed among the natural and carnal, our lives and gifts can be logically and reasonably explained, then the blinders will remain upon their eyes. The thing that reconciled those in Bible times unto God, says the Apostle, was the fact, they saw “God in Christ.” And now, He has committed this ministry unto us. People of our day are to see “Christ in us,” (2 Cor.5:18-20).
Characteristic words of our unexplainable Lord and His children are: amazed, marvelled, wondered, astonied, speechless. Do any of these descriptive terms depict us? It is written of those early believers, “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.” I’d like for people to say of me, “He has been with Jesus.” Wouldn’t you?
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