No, I am not talking about the residents of Colorado and their recent vote to legalize marijuana. I am talking about the apostle Paul.
Acts 14:19 Then Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead. 20 However, when the disciples gathered around him, he rose up and went into the city. And the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.
A multitude at Lystra was manipulated into killing Paul, by a few influential people from out of town who saw him as a threat to their way of life.
However, Paul was not dead!
What those who attempted to murder Paul and silence his message didn't realise, is that Paul could not be killed until God was finished with Him on earth. Paul, like the church as a whole, is safe eternally and only suffers what accomplishes God's plans on earth now.
God is not dead, we are His in Christ, and there are other believers who care about us! So, until God takes you home - get up and continue His work!
"Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved."
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