Feb
02
2010
“I Am Sending You to Open Their Eyes”
In Acts 26:17-18 Jesus told Paul to do something that only Jesus can do. But that didn’t stop Paul from obeying and being used as a means to accomplish Jesus’ end.
Here’s how John Piper explains it:
Don’t stop because you can’t. Of course you can’t. But the fact that you can’t make electricity or create light never stops you from flipping light switches. The fact that you can’t create fire in cylinders never stops you from turning the car key. The fact that you can’t create cell tissue never stops you from eating your meals. So don’t let the fact that you can’t cause the new birth stop you from telling the gospel. That is how people are born again—through the living and abiding word, the good news of Jesus Christ.