Wed., 8/1/18 Devotion (Acts 19:32)

Today's encouragement comes from Acts 19:32, where we read these words:

"Some therefore cried one thing and some another, for the assembly was confused, and most of them did not know why they had come together."

Wherever the gospel of grace is preached, one of three results accrue: 1) solid belief in Christ, leading to a healthy church life; 2) hypocritical "belief," leading to eventual apostasy; or 3) (as here), plain old confusion.

Today, many professing Christians are thoroughly befuddled; but many others are solidly-established in Jesus. All the while, the unconverted world is in theological chaos. Who is the Answer for all these classifications of people? The Person of Jesus, apprehended by grace through faith in Him.

[Puritan quote of the day: "It is a preposterous course, instead of obeying the gospel, and studying to be found in Christ, to be inquisitive whether we were elected from eternity or not.” —William Lyford, in "The Instructed Christian"]