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Paintball Glory
Last week, Logan was invited along to Jake’s birthday party at Blitz Paintball
and because I am a man-child… I was right in there to play too.
Do I want to get shot by 20 other people with tiny plastic pellets filled with paint while trying to get hold of a rubber ducky placed on an abandoned car?
Yes, yes I do.
Do I want to shoot paintballs at my son and his friends.
and maybe Levi?
Yes, yes I do.
(but never Abby)
And we are out there, 40ish people, playing games, capture the flag, hold the castle, all some variation of shooting one another.
AND IT HURTS!
It hurts when you get shot in the fingers.
One shot hit me right in the faceplate, burst, shot paint right into my beard and mouth.
Gross!
And I have welts and bruises all over my body, in places I can’t talk about in church!
We paid to get in there!
Everyone in there paid good money for the PRIVILEGE of shooting one another and being shot.
Why do we do it?
Pain heals.
Chicks dig scars.
Glory lasts forever!
It’s the story after the battle.
Trading stories.
“Did you see me...” “Did you see that shot?” “I grabbed the rubber duck and then I ran and I WON!”
Book
The Kingdom Advancing
Church is doing amazingly well.
Peter and John boldly preaching the name of Jesus in the temple.
They healed the crippled man.
They were arrested but let go because the religious leaders were afraid of the people.
And the church prayed for boldness.
Ananias and Saphira show that sin is still going to be a damaging factor in Christian life and Christian churches
But it doesn’t stop what God is doing, it doesn’t stop the kingdom:
All were being healed
and wherever the name of Jesus is being truly and boldly preached, it will offend people.
The name of Jesus is offensive.
It is a threat to those in power, especially religious power.
It is a threat to hypocrisy.
Jesus is always a threat to the status quo.
and so, at the name of Jesus, those in power are freaking out.
Second Arrest
How amazing that the most powerful religious leaders in their world are “jealous” of these untrained, uneducated fishermen.
But that doesn’t last long
And that’s what they do.
Right around, they go back to preaching, and not just anywhere, right back into the temple they were arrested in twice already.
Right back into the temple.
Third Arrest
Love this.
“Someone” came.
Um… guys?
Are those the guys you are looking for?
Cause they’re right back preaching in the temple.
are you sure you arrested them yesterday?
They don’t look super arrested or anything.
Arrested again… but gently again because of fear of the people.
The authorities are a broken record, nothing new to say, same old threats as last time:
and Peter (and the apostles) answered.
Likely Peter is the spokesman here.
Again he answers with PURE gospel, boldly, without reservation, he says:
How amazing it is that Peter preaches repentance and forgiveness of sins before the very men most responsible for the death of Jesus only months ago.
That is gospel.
That is grace.
That is beautiful.
Here is repentance, forgiveness, even to you and to all Israel: we are merely witnesses to these things.
Wherever the name of Jesus is truly and boldly proclaimed, it is a threat to those in power.
It will be grace and light to some… and a stumbling block to many.
But a wise man intervenes.
A Pharisee, not strong in the political side, bu this guy is very famous as a scholar and theologian, highly respected… and rightly so.
He gives fantastic advice.
Wise advice.
Something that should speak to all of us who are in power.
Go humbly, go cautiously… don’t be arrogant in assuming you are on God’s side.
Often you can sit back and measure the fruit.
But based on Gamaliel’s examples, what do you think his expectations are?
This false messiah fizzled, that false messiah failed… this one will too.
Gamliel’s words carry the day… but they don’t just let them go this time.
dero.
Whipped.
Flogged.
Flayed.
One of the standard punishments was 39 lashes.
When this same word is used in Acts of Paul, he describes it later as “40 lashes - 1”.
Probably publicly, this is usually intended for humilation on top of pain.
How would the apostles react now that it’s more than just verbal warning?
Now that they are beaten, perhaps bloody, certainly in pain.
The threat has been made real upon their flesh.
They were Rejoicing!
They were thrilled.
Yes, we got beat.
High fives all around!
We got flogged.
“Rejoice” (chairo) means this: WOOOHOOO!
Hey guys, check out how stripes many Peter got.
They REJOICED!
Specifically at their suffering.
Not the fact that they were set free, the fact that they “were counted worthy to suffer dishonor”.
And not ceasing to teach.
Not ceasing to preach!
Christian Masochism?
The apostles had no assurance that punishment wouldn’t escalate.
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