Right & Wrong In The Lord

Right & Wrong In The Lord

Is it possible to be right and wrong at the same time? This passage in Acts has me thinking it is. Paul does not want John Mark to accompany Barnabas and him on the next phase of their ministry. It gets so bad that the two part ways. 

In later letters from Paul, we learn that Paul sends for John Mark because Paul believed John Mark would be beneficial for Paul to have with him. 

Was Paul right to exclude John Mark from the ministry, while simultaneously being wrong to exclude him based on the potential to change? That’s a question for the Lord to answer. But it is certainly worth pondering.

Are you faced with a difficult decision? Seek the Lord. He will give you wisdom to make a decision that honors Him. If you are unsure of how to discern the voice of God, increase your Bible study time and eliminate all noise when you are reading. The Holy Spirit will begin teaching you the way of the Lord. This is how you will be able to recognize when God is talking and when He is not the one talking to you. Here’s today’s Bible verse. Enjoy. 

Acts 15:36-38

36 Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lordand see how they are doing.” 37 Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark, with them, 38 but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work.

Today’s Reading:

Acts 15