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Honey From The Rock Psalm 81:16 |
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A Worshiper's Influence This entry was posted on 09-30-2006 and is filed under Devotional. "And he [Paul] departed from there and entered the house
of a certain man named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was
next door to the synagogue. Then Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue,
believed on the Lord with all his household. And many of the
Corinithians, hearing, believed and were baptized" (Acts 18:7,8 NKJV).
After his rejection by the Jews in Corinth, Paul moved "next door" to the home of Justus. This man was a worshipper of God and his house just happened to be right next to the synagogue. Is it possible that Crispus, the ruler of the synagoge, heard or observed Justus at worship? In any event, he and his household became Christians. This opened the door to the conversion of many Corinthians (amazing when you think of how carnal Corinth was). And note the divine order of their conversion: (1) Hearing, (2), believing, (3) being baptized. But I'd like to think that the worship life of Justus had something to do with this as well. Song: Come we that love the Lord, and let our joys be known, join in a song with sweet accord, and thus surround the throne. (Isaac Watts) |
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