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Introduction
Pray
The Church was growing rapidly.
Through missionaries like Paul and through the nameless ones who were just being obedient to the word of God.
Herod the king does what people do.
He looked for the closest people to blame for all of life’s problems.
He looked for the fastest way to please the people in power under him.
He turned to violence
The people in power under him were the Jews.
Best way to please them is to blame people they hate.
Same pattern has happened throughout history:
Blame Jews
Blame Christians
Blame Blacks
Blame Religion
Blame Islam
Blame parents
Destroy them make people happy
James the brother of John.
One of the 12.
A leader in the Jerusalem Church.
Was imprisoned and became part of the plan to make people happy.
He was killed by the sword.
And this pleased the Jews so He planned to do it again.
Now when it said it pleased the Jew we have to realize that it pleased the Jews in power.
Those Jews with influence.
Did Joe the Jew care maybe, Maybe not but Herod wouldn’t have cared.
When we Rejoice in pain and suffering and death it is a good sign that we are focused on Religion not on relationship with God and our savior Jesus through the Holy Spirit.
Religious people are known for what they are against.
Relationship people are known for what they are for.
Jews were against Christians to the point that they were happy to see them killed.
Some of you may be happy to see some unsavory things happen to different people.
You are against abortion so if a hospital blows up it serves them right.
Some people are against the war so they rejoice when a soldier dies so they can protest.
In protection of our country sometimes have to kill an enemy but should we rejoice in it.
No it should be with sober judgment that we do so
Jesus is the one exception.
We can rejoice in his death.
Why, because it Brings life
As they were pleased with James’ death Peter is seized.
Now he can’t be killed on the spot because its Passover time.
To kill him then would anger the Jews because of the holy time of the year.
So need to wait so that Peter’s death is a good thing to the religious leaders.
So the night before he is to die.
Peter sleeps in his prison surrounded by troops and an angel comes to him and orders him around and Peter is in one of those I don’t know what my name is stupor.
Which way to the bathroom.
Some of you know what that’s like.
And by the time that he emerges from the haze he is out of prison.
So he goes to Mary mother of John aka Mark who will be a major character for the next three chapters.
Apparently Mary has a big house with room for the early church to meet.
As he arrives at the door an knocks the woman Rhoda fails to open the door in her excitement.
She runs and goes and gets people.
And leave the escaped “criminal” out in the open scratching his head and knocking.
Awkward!!
Some religious people have do this with Jesus.
So excited about the religion of Christianity thy forget to open up for Jesus.
They are so against all other religions that they forget to have a relationship with Jesus.
For relationship with Jesus who said I am the way the truth and the light no one enters heaven without going to me.
Not against other religions.
Religion VS Relation
When you are looking at your life, Where do you fit into this?
Where do you see yourself, honestly?
How is your relationship with God?
Is he left out?
Even through you are religious?
Are you known for what you are against or what you are for?
Are you religious or relational?
Relational:
All about spending time
Prayer
Study
Meditation
Being with God’s people
Spiritual disciplines
That’s relationship
If You are going to follow Jesus and be in relationship with the HS and The Father, there will be elements of religion in your life.
Next Steps
How about it?
Religious or relational
Pray
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