23 MAY 2022: ACTS 16. 11-15; JOHN 15.26 - 16.4
Indicative: Openness matters a lot concerning both faith and relationships. Openness leads to receptivity and receptivity leads to interaction and action
1. We see in the Acts of the Apostles that the Lord opened the heart of a certain Lydia to pay attention to what was said by Paul. This openness leads to receive the prompting of the Holy Spirit. She listens to the Word. She experiences inner stirring. She turns to the true God. She gets baptised along with her household. She becomes faithful to the Lord. She also hosts Paul and co. Her house becomes a house of prayer and a spring board of mission.
2. In the gospel too, Jesus speaks of the coming of the Holy Spirit. He sends the Spirit from the Father. The Spirit will be the Spirit of truth. He will bear witness to Jesus, the Truth. Consequently they will also bear witness to him.
3. They will be faithful to this mission only because they keep themselves open to the grace of God. This openness makes them humble and docile to be taught and guided by God.
4. On the contrary, there will be enemies that oppose and persecute the disciples.They am so not know the Father and the Son. They are not open to the divine knowledge by the Spirit. They fail to recognise the Truth. Instead, they are under falsity. They wrongly think that all their opposition to truth is a service to God Himself.
Imperative: Lack of openness to truth leads to lack of receptivity and further to false conviction and loyalty. Do we too suffer from false convictions and convictions?
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