Acts chapter 18;9-22 (Niv)

On night the Lord spoke to Pual in a visoin: " Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do no tbe silent. For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, becouse I have many people in this city." So Pual stayed for a year and a half teaching them the word of God.

While Galllio was proconsel of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Pual and brought him to court. "This man," they charged,"is presuading the people to worship God in ways contray to the law".

Just as Pual was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, " If you Jews were making a complaint about some misdemeaner or seroius crime, it would be resonable for me to listen to you. But since it involves a questions about words and names of your own law- settle the matter yourselves. I will not be a judge of such things." So he had them ejected from the court. Then they all turned on Sosthenes the synagogue ruler and and beat him in fron tof the court . But Gallio no concern whatever.

Pual stayed on in Corinth for sometime. Then he left hte brothers and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Preicella and Aquila. Before htey sailed , he had his hair cut off at Cenchrea becouse of a vow he had taken. they arrived at Ephesus, where Pual left Prisceilla and Aqulia. He himself wen tto the synogogue and reasoned wih the Jews. When they asked him to spend more time wiht them , he declined. But as he left he promised. " I will come back if it is Gods will." Then he set sail from Ephesus. When he landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeetd the church and went down to the Antioch.

All though this scripture may sound dry and not intereasting, there is a couple things that kind of jump out at me.

First of all; Pual would also have a fear of sharing the word, probly like us all; but wiht alot more fear then all of us put together. How many times had Pual been stoned, put in jail & cheated death by the skin of his teeth, for shareing the word? Alot, his travels were not like a trip to Mexico for a winter vacation, if he was in the oldwest there would be a wanetd poster up on every post ,shingle or billboard from here to Texas.

So why is it that us here in a free country are we scared to share the word with our friends and faimly? I havn' t heard of to many stoning of Christians in Alberta laetly. I think we all should think about. Does not the bible tell us we should share the word, to all?We do after all have gods blessing, why are we worried about what others will think? Should we not be more worried about what God thinks?

Secondly; the Goverment really has no power compaered to the power of God. And a smart Politicain or judge has no bussniss overturning gods will, it is impossible he has the last word always. I wonder what his final will is going to be to the Judges & Politictions that have legalized abortion?

Any ways i'm sorry I havn'n t been Blogging lately. Been kind of side tracked with work and to little time. Really its a poor excuse, I've wacthed alot of C.S.I when I could have been on here shareing the word, I guess in a way I've been making the devil happy. It's funny how sneeky that sucker is, you lock him out of the front door he comes in the back, the same old battle.