The Sixth Sunday of Easter
Have you ever known a person who was so staunch in their position about something that only an act of God would make them change their mind, and perhaps not even that? Change, especially change of the heart, is not easy. For example, The position of the early church was that: The Holy Spirit is at work in those who are baptized. And the understanding was that the Holy Spirit was ONLY at work in those who are baptized. (Unfortunately, though this position has changed, many people still believe this way.) People who were baptized and went to church were the special ones. The one who knew God and could interact with God. No one else could get near God, no one else was working with the Holy Spirit. If you wanted to access God, you had to go find God in a church. Many changes have happened throughout the centuries the world of the first century church was extremely different than the world of the twenty first century church yet...