Here are my thoughts as we listened through the last of the gospels.
- Nowadays most people think about terrorists when they hear these verses. The apostle Paul was one of the first religious terrorists.
- People are wrong on so many levels when discussing things about God. This is why it’s so important to LISTEN to what the Bible says.
- In his humanity, Jesus didn’t know that God would turn his back while Jesus was on the cross
- If Jesus prayed that we would be protected from the enemy, it must be a pretty big deal – much bigger than we realize.
- Jesus already knew what was going to happen, and he did it anyway.
- How did they not know that Jesus was going to come back to life?
- I love that Jesus came back specifically for Thomas. Not one person’s relationship with God is insignificant to him.
- I have always loved the (seemingly insignificant) fact that they counted the fish – and that Jesus had breakfast ready.
- It’s amazing how easily stupid rumors get started.
I don’t know if you thought this or not, but there is something about the narrator’s voice for John’s gospel that just sounded like someone telling me a story.
I love the tone in his voice as he read the last verse. He didn’t make it sound like “The End” – more like, “You’ve got to hear the rest of this story…”
Appropriately, “The Acts of the Apostles” is really the continuing story of Jesus’ work.
My favorite chapter is 17. Listening to it in a different version was cool.