Mission Impossible!

By Rhiannonw

Sun, 16 Jun 2019
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[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] [Last Sunday was Pentecost Sunday]

Mission Impossible: go out –
eleven disciples poor, without
administration, scheme and strength
should take, throughout the breadth and length
of all the world, Christ’s words, good news –
though some would hate, falsely accuse,
detest the message. ‘Power I’ll send
to help you do what I intend –
my Holy Spirit will descend,
though to my Father I ascend.’

Men’s pride at Babel brought division,
disunity, folly, confusion.
By miracle, at Pentecost,
that unity that had been lost
began again – God’s wonders told
in every language, soon the world
would hear this gospel of his grace
now brought to all the human race –
not blasted out from megaphone –
minds wake and listen, new life known.

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Submitted by Tom Brown on

Good! A very interesting idea, the confusion chaos and division of the many different languages at Babel, seperating and scattering the peoples, and then the languages at Pentecost united again as tongues. Just for the record I don't believe in these tongues, definitely not as any is pracised today. Anybody is entitled to an opininon I hope I don't offend anyone.

Keep well Rhiannon! Tom

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Tom. I think there is no doubt, and no reason to doubt, that a miracle did take place at that day to signify the Holy Spirit empowering them to take the gospel message and that is was for all nations of the world. And in fact there was more miracle working just then to authenicate the message. We don't expect that amount of miracles to occur now, as we await the new creation where all illness will be gone. And in fact looking for public miracles can take attention from listening to the gospel message of repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and receiveing new life of the spirit. That is not to say that he doesn't give a freedom of prayer in another language someimes, but it is generally a private matter I think, and we don't have new prophecy, only preaching, explaining the meaning of the Bible that we now have complete.

I would never take offence at discussing something! God bless. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

I agree to what you wrote your explanation is clear and sober. I could never have put it so well. Thank you Rhiannon!

God bless! Tom Brown

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Tom! Rhiannon