A letter to the Gentiles

Good morning everyone!!! I hope and pray this has been a great week for
you and that today will be a great day.....specially in the LORD JESUS
CHRIST!

  GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME, ALL THE TIME GOD IS GOOD!! And as Aunt Betty
says, " not good God it's morning....but GOOD MORNING GOD!"

   Gentiles and Jews have had, and still have concerns about each other.
In Acts 15:24-29 a letter was written to Antioch, syria, and Cilicia to
help with guidelines for the diverse cultures that were coming
together.  The scripture is:
    "We understand that some men from here have troubled you and upset
you with their teaching, but we did not send them! So we decided,
having come to complete agreement, to send you official
representatives, along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, who have
risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.  We are
sending Judas and Silas to confirm what we have decided concerning
your question.  For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to
lay no greater burden on you than these few requirements.  You must
abstain from eating food offered to idols, from consuming blood or
the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.  If you
do this, you will do well. Farewell."

    This letter answered their questions and brought great joy to the
Gentile Christians in Antioch.  This appeals to the Holy Spirit's
guidance and explains what is to be done as though the readers already
knew it.  Believers should be careful not only in what they say but
also in how they say it.  We may be correct in our content, but we can
lose our audience by our tone of voice or by our attitude.

  As my middle daughter tells her sister, choose your words carefully in
case you have to eat them later on.  Do we choose our words?  Or do we
just have knee-jerk reaction and say what is on our mind?  Many people
pride themselves for being "straight forward."  However, if our straight
forward is offensive we may want to rethink our words and intonation.

  Will your actions reflect Jesus today??  Will your voice reflect the
love of Christ?  Will people KNOW you are a Christian through you
demeanor?

  Thank you for listening....uh....reading. Love you all. Tell someone
about Christ today.


In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny