25 january Ps Janine Harris, The Rope Holders

25 January 2015  Ps Janine Harris - The rope holders

Acts 9:23-25 - The plot against Saul/Paul.

  - In Damascus, Paul was rescued by the disciples and lowered by "the rope holders", for Paul to escape.

  - Recognition of " The rope holders".

  - You never know the importance of who is in the basket, but the rope holders have such an important job.

  - Paul went on to write 1/3 of the New Testament, and still affects us today.

  - God is putting people into our basket, We may not know why or who, or what they will become.

  - The rope holders may have been seen as a menial task, work that requires no skill or training. But still important. It may not be glamorous.

  - When Jesus fed the 5 000, they brought forward a menial offering of fish and loaves, for Jesus to bless and multiply to be able to feed all the people, up to 20 000, because when they counted they only counted the men, not the women and children. So the true count was more like 20 000 people.

  - The smallest things can affect so many.

  - Holding the rope has a cost. The cost is worth the effort.

  - A religion that saves nothing/does nothing, is worth nothing!