Today's Title verse is a wonderful lesson that has applications for many in the body of Christ. It speaks to the disciples or the "church crowd", it speaks to the blessed Barnabus's in our lives and to the Paul's, the outsiders, the former enemies of the church.
If you are a Barnabas we thank God for you, because you do not judge others and you are not afraid to stand beside someone who others want nothing to do with. They may be afraid of the person or they judge the person because of their past or maybe its just because they don't look or sound like anyone else they know. But not you Barnabas you go and stand by that believer and encourage them and you don't leave them until they can stand on their own. Praise God for the Barnabas!
Then there are the Sauls, redeemed sinners. Truth be known every believer is nothing more than a redeemed sinner, the only difference is some people's sins are outward like Saul but many sinners are committing sin in their thoughts and in the intents of their hearts. No one can see their sins except God who knows all of our thoughts, who sees our hearts and our motives as they truly are.
The body of Christ needs a Barnabas for every Saul, am I willing to be a Barnabas? I am convinced that the Lord places some unlovely people in our lives to see what we will do with them, will we encourage, be a friend or pretend they don't exist and just ignore them?
Jesus said in John 13:35; "By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
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