I hope that as you are reading through the book of Acts you will notice that people have NOT changed! We are all spirit beings who have souls and live in human bodies. Some are seeking the God that they KNOW is there because they have the witness of His creation (Romans 1:20)! Others are NOT! When Paul, and whoever was traveling with him, preached the Gospel, SOME believed and SOME did not! Inevitably those who chose NOT to believe came after Paul and tried to stop him. Many were beside themselves with rage! Recognize that a reaction like that is not a human reaction, but reveals the influence of the devil! He is busily at work, still thinking that he can defeat the One, True God! NEVER take a rejection of the Gospel personally. People who reject the Good News have the same attitude as all of the others who have done it before. KNOWING that there is a God, they decide to be the god of their own lives, rather than submit to HIM. YOU and I cannot change their minds, but the Word of God CAN! Simply keep sowing the Word of God with an attitude of love and EXPECT the Spirit of God to continually remind them of the TRUTH! We have THIS promise concerning His Word in Isaiah 55:11:
11 So shall My word be that goes forth out of My mouth: it shall not return to Me void [without producing any effect, useless], but it shall accomplish that which I please and purpose, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
So, continue to be a DOER of 2 Timothy 4:2:
2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.
Release the care of them into HIS hands and continue on in the joy of the Lord! HE will continually confirm His Word with signs, wonders and miracles (Mark 16:20) IF we will dare to preach it with boldness and expectation! Let's "GO", with Hillsong United!
Shalom in Him!
