Who’s Left Standing?

WHO DO YOU HAVE LEFT STANDING
WHEN THE ARGUING STOPS?

ACTS 4:14 And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

The man that is standing here is the guy from Acts 3 who sat by the gate begging for money for a long time.

When it comes to healing…..
You can argue philosophy, you can argue theology, you can argue viewpoints but you can’t argue a man that was lame since childhood standing there looking at you with this dumbfounded look like “what has just happened?!”.

So when they said in Acts 3:16 “through faith in His name hath made this man strong…”
Which is stronger… your book, standpoint, denominational view point, or the lame guy standing there still looking stunned.
I’m going with the lame guy that is now standing!

Stop declaring I am of Reformed theology
Who is your standing man?
Stop saying “I’m AG and initial physical evidence debates of tongues”
Just produce standing men.
Enough with water baptism formulas , who is standing as a result of your baptism?
Stop already with the ancient early church fathers, and high church ceremony and dogma…..when the relics are put away WHO IS LEFT STANDING?

“THEY” (the religious people) COULD SAY NOTHING
Now the unlearned, ignorant men (4:13) silenced the most educated religious men of the day…..not with an argument but with ONE GUY!

The reason why the religious debate is because we are doing it through study and not through evidence.
WHERE’S THE STANDING MAN?
Your best defense is not your letters or your doctorate but your standing man.

People try to engage me in so many different theological discussions….
Arminianism vs Calvinism
The Reformed position
Wesley vs Whitefield
Initial physical evidence and speaking in tongues

I want my life characterized by STANDING MEN not a denominational label!

Can your group, clique, or denomination…. produce a STANDING MAN?
You can say “walk in Jesus name”…
but it’s a whole other thing , when the LAME MAN IS ACTUALLY WALKING and is standing in your church, pew or audience while you speak.
Now “the name of Jesus” talk is tough to dismiss!

Do you want to know how powerful THAT NAME IS?
This was a middle aged man over 40 (4:22)
And he is not just standing but losing all inhibition and civility for a 40 year old.
He goes from standing to WALKING TO LEAPING TO PRAISING
That is powerful
Does your standing man walk, leap and praise?

That is what I keep asking myself…
Who is standing because of the gospel I preach?

Not me challenging everyone with their accuracy and parsing other’s sermons and using Facebook for me to tout my religious heritage but who is standing, walking, leaping and praising.

So before you criticize a Lewis quote, or decide to use the comment line to share your theological prowess , just pause a moment and ask yourself…..when the dust clears and the books are put down and the typing stops and the furious witch hunts throughout FB to see who is a heretic so you can write something about your Calvinism, ancient past, or bent…..just think….”WHO IS STANDING BECAUSE OF WHAT I BELIEVE.?”
That is a place that I want to start.

That is why I don’t retort back a lot to people who challenge what I post on FB or twitter or on my blog site……I don’t have enough of standing men in my life and ministry.

O Lord… give me an army of standing men that are saved by that great Name!

I have 6000 books in my library…
But I want to have 6000 standing men next to me as a result of this great gospel!