Paul loved the gentiles and saw the Spirit changing their hearts. Paul also loved the Jews in the Jerusalem church and cared about what they were thinking. Some Jews were suspicious of Paul: wouldn't he be teaching the gentiles that the Mosaic law is useless? Paul had decided to go to Jerusalem and bring a great donation from the gentiles to them. However, the daughters of Philip, the Evangelist and Agabus were predicting that he would be captured there, so they were advising him not to go to Jerusalem. He said:
13 Then Paul replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
So he went there. He wanted to show that he was not against the Mosaic Law, but that backfired and he was captured.
People are very difficult to change opinion. I am reluctant to say things that are against others opinion. In doing so, I live in a comfortable world where I really don't interact very much to other people. Paul was different. He wanted to unite Jews and gentiles in the people of the Lord and he was not afraid to risk his life to get on it. Paul loved and was loved.
Monday, April 6, 2026
Acts 21: Paul cared about the Jews to the point of risk his own life
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