Aim: To be faithful to Jesus in and through our difficult callings.
Doctrine: Every true believer in Christ has a difficult calling. This is because we reprove the world's idols and false religions, which is met with stern opposition.
Exegesis: The remarkable transformation that results in our difficult callings: we start out as determined enemies of Christ and His grace (vv. 17-20); as regenerate churchmen, we are then given ''impossible'' missions (v. 21); the end result is that we face inevitable conflict (v. 22).
Further application: How gospel Christians are to think about their difficult callings: that Jesus Christ is worth our all-in-all, and that He sets His church against every fallen force in the whole universe.
Key verse: v. 22 ''Up to this word they listened to [Paul]. Then they raised their voices and said, 'Away with such a fellow from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live.' ''
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Rev. Mark Henninger is a retired, ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). He graduated from the University of Northern Iowa (B.A.) and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (M.Div). He is married to his wife, Lesley, and together they have one daughter and...
