Acts 19:23-27

"About that time there occurred no small disturbance concerning the Way.  For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, was bringing no little business to the craftsmen;  these he gathered together with the workmen of similar trades, and said, 'Men, you know that our prosperity depends upon this business.  You see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable number of people, saying that gods made with hands are no gods at all.  Not only is there danger that this trade of ours fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be regarded as worthless and that she whom all of Asia and the world worship will even be dethroned from her magnificence."

Here is the problem with Christianity:  It will not leave us alone. 

God seems to be determined to give us better lives, even when we refuse them.

These business men, led by Demetrius, are in the same boat that we often find ourselves in.

They are choosing what is really good for themselves:  Money, power, prosperity...

Instead of choosing what is the best:  Jesus.

Please do not be confused.  God is better for our souls than all else.  Look to Him today.

 

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