Mon., 1/6/14 Devotion (Acts 6:10)

Today's encouragement comes from Acts 6:10, which says this about Stephen:

"And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he [Stephen] spoke."

When the Holy Spirit is at work in God's people--especially as they are preaching the gospel--no one, and nothing is able to "resist" them. Sin-ners may kill these messengers of God, as they murdered Stephen--but they cannot overcome them, nor their words.

Today, let us employ the same "wisdom and the Spirit" that Stephen relied upon. Also, instead of despising God's preachers, like Stephen's hearers did--we should gladly and zealously embrace their sermons, as they are words of life and grace (to your souls).

[Puritan quote of the day: "That sin is worse than affliction is evident because the greatest judgment God lays upon a man in this life is to let him sin without control." --Thomas Watson, in, "The Doctrine of Re-pentance"]