COUNTING THE COST!
Acts 9:16 – Devotional
Acts 9:16
“I will show him how great things he must suffer for My name’s sake.”
Those who were the persecutors of Christians gave them opportunity to change their minds and recant their belief in Jesus Christ as their Savior. Their challenge was something like this: “Recant or you will die!” Some responded to their persecutors: “Repent or you will die!”
One thing that such persecution did was to weed out the namby-pamby, half-hearted followers of the Lord. When your life was on the line, you made sure that you were really ready to repent.
My great fear is that we have churches full of people who believe about Christ, who believe that He is the Son of God who came to die for our sins. They even go so far as to make a public profession of that statement. The problem is that this is not enough—There must be repentance!
Repentance is turning around and going the other way. In the verses before today’s Scripture, Saul (Paul) had been going to Damascus in order to persecute believers. On the road he was blinded by the presence of the Lord and his life suddenly turned around. Paul knew what was in store for him. He faced suffering and death, but there was a crown of righteousness waiting for him in glory!
May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!
– – – Pastor Cecil
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