"I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin. I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ." Galatians 1:11-12.
A good thing to remember, and it is our story, too.
We received the message..... not because someone talked us into it, or argued with us til our futile objections were exposed, or exhausted our patience, but because of the work of God through the Holy Spirit, who broke down our reservations and revealed the truth to our hungry hearts.
And for that we will praise God forever!
And we'll remember when we talk to others about how Jesus has saved us, the same pattern is at work -- it is not our clever arguments, our persuasive explanation, or our skillful well-thought-out observations that leads to their acceptance of the message -- it is because the Holy Spirit has been at work revealing the truth of the gospel to their hungry hearts!
We are just conduits -- lowly servants delivering a message.
Or as someone has said, 'just one hungry beggar telling another one where to find bread'!
Praise God forever!
Praise God forever!
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