In this life you will meet some people who are just agitators, trouble makers that thrive on attention drawn from the drama they created. They are out there and they will be in the church. Wherever they are not apposed with spiritual integrity, they will be the cause of great destruction!! Paul and Barnabas held their ground and appealed to the only higher authority on the planet: the result, ‘the people were encouraged and rejoiced’.
"They stole their way into the church-- by deceit and counterfeit holiness, they crept in among the faithful."
The devil is always at work distracting the church, discouraging the church, and detouring the church from its main mission. The devil will raise up false teachers, legalists, and liberals to stifle the work of the church. John G. Butler wrote, “Evil wants to stop progress of the work of God, So evil causes all kinds of trouble in the church to keep the pastor and people occupied with the trouble instead of being able to concentrate on proclaiming the Word of God.”
TEXT: ACTS 15:21-31
SONGS:
FREEDOM, JOSH BALDWIN
WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS, GATEWAY WORSHIP
WHO YOU SAY I AM, HILLSONG
BY OUR LOVE, FOR KING AND COUNTRY
