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WOW! This is powerful! A Christian actually standing up to someone of a different religion, being very "politically incorrect" by calling him "names", and, Paul being filled with the Holy Ghost,
pronounced blindness, through God, upon the sorcerer!
Can you imagine what would happen to Saul, aka Paul, if he had done this today, and the media had covered it?
Do you see how far away we have drifted from the Gospel?
ACT 13:6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name [was] Barjesus
ACT 13:7 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
ACT 13:8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
ACT 13:9 Then Saul, (who also [is called] Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,
ACT 13:10 And said, O full of all subtlety and all mischief, [thou] child of the devil, [thou] enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
ACT 13:11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord [is] upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
The UPROAR that people, from Christians and non Christians, would be deafening!!
pronounced blindness, through God, upon the sorcerer!
Can you imagine what would happen to Saul, aka Paul, if he had done this today, and the media had covered it?
Do you see how far away we have drifted from the Gospel?
ACT 13:6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name [was] Barjesus
ACT 13:7 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
ACT 13:8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
ACT 13:9 Then Saul, (who also [is called] Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,
ACT 13:10 And said, O full of all subtlety and all mischief, [thou] child of the devil, [thou] enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
ACT 13:11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord [is] upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
The UPROAR that people, from Christians and non Christians, would be deafening!!