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Dangerous Church Acts 8
Acts 8 contains a fascinating story about Philip and Simon…the magician.
I am focusing on Simon this week to see how the church impacted his life and how the church was dangerous to Simon’s influence on the society around him.
I imagine he is a mix of David Copperfield and Steve Martins character in “Leap of Faith”.
Verse 12….was the power of Philip real…..well lets have a look at what the trickster thinks…
Either Simon was a trickster or he was summoning upon evil forces, we are not told….we are just told he performed magic….
What does he do….he watches intently and is truly amazed at what he sees Philip and the Apostle do.
A magician watches a real miracle worker and wonders how he does it…
This magician is watching Philip and cant work out how he does it, and comes to the conclusion that in fact he is not doing it, God is, and he believes.
He is amazed…
He truly believed and he was scared of the power of God…just as he saw and believed that the power of God was used by Peter for great and good things, he also recognized that God could make his money perish….
You see Peter saw into his heart, just as he had seen into Anninias heart and he knew what was really governing his life, money, infuence….this is what he was really concerned about…Yet at some point and in some way…he believed in the power of God.
Covered trailer
Our church needs a covered trailer.
If anyone has one, know someone who has someone, that will sell it to us, please let me know asap….this picture is just a guide…we need something to transport Toddler Jam equipment every week……..it does not need to be fancy, or great, just a reasonable size and weather proof.
We would be open to a loan of one for 6 months as well…..
Scotch Fillet Steak Sandwich
here is a dinner I love making for the family.
With the wife off to cooking classes, having got some scotch fillet steak out…what to do with it?
Onto the hot grilling plate. Some olive oil, a little salt….cooked medium rare.
Then some more olive oil splashed over some mushrooms.
Some gourmet BBQ sauce, some grated tasty cheese, and a fried egg. Melted butter toast.
Now…thats pretty close to being divine.
Wisdom, discernment and insecurity
The leader who has wisdom and discernment has a precious gift.
What strikes me about Jesus is that He knew what was in peoples hearts, and could get to the crux of the matter. People come with stated problems, and stated issues….but so often these are not the real issue.
Example
Woman at the well: “Jesus, I need water”
Jesus: “What you really need is abundant life”
Result, woman goes off and brings whole village to Christ.
The leader who has insecurity often times makes decisions based on others opinions, rather than what they actually need. Their insecurity flavours their response to issues…and as they seek to make themself secure, maybe even ‘shore up’ their own personal situation, the overall group vision and direction suffers.
Example
The life of King Saul
Result, a new leader is needed, or the group dissolves or at best stagnates.
Finals….here we come
Ha ha ha!
It was a great win…and enough encouragement to suggest we will make the finals…in 2009. I may be biased, one eyed and optimistic..but I am not dumb.
If Palmer does not win the Rising Star…who will? Channel Ten did an interesting graphic where they compared Judds first 10 games with Palmers. Palmer is considerably out in front with possessions and goals. He just needs to work on his kicking…and this kid is a gun.
Just quietly, Chris Mayne is awesome and Garrick Ibbotson….excellent.
With Solomon quickly becoming the deal of the century, what a team player, and Harvey declaring McPharlin the best full back at the moment, things are looking decidely better.
Okay, I am getting ahead of myself…but crumbs, after the season we have had….I’m enjoying this moment….