Acts 11:19-21
“Those who had been dispersed by the persecution following upon the death of Stephen went through the country as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, but they spoke the word to no one except to Jews. But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, came to Antioch and spoke to the Greeks too and told them the good news of the Lord Jesus. The Lord’s hand was with them; and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.”
In restrained sentences these few words tell of one of the greatest events in history…Christianity is finally launched on its world-wide mission.
Here we have a truly amazing thing. The Church has taken the most epoch-making of all steps; and we do not even know the names of the people who took that step. All we know is that they came from Cyprus and Cyrene. They go down to history as nameless pioneers of Christ. It has always been one of the tragedies of the Church that men have wished to be noticed and named when they did something worthwhile. What the Church has always needed, perhaps more than anything else, is people who never care who gains the credit for it so long as the work gets done. These men may not have written their names in men’s books of history; but they have written them forever in God’s Book of Life.
--William Barclay, “The Acts of the Apostles”
As anons we, too, are taking epoch-making steps to awaken the world. Like these earlier Biblical anons, we too, will go down to history as nameless. But what the world needs now, more than anything else, is people – men and women – who will not care who will gain the credit for it so long as the work gets done.
Our names will never be written in history books, but rest assured, they will be forever written in God’s Book of Life.
WWG1WGA!
Matthew 6:1-4 KJV
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
Doing your alms in secret also has the benefit of protecting the dignity of the recipient of the alms.
Excellent post! Thank you.
Does anyone have the first 3 in more modern english? I have a hard time understanding those
Makes sense. Reminds me of people who donate then announce on facebook how good of a person they are by donating so they get likes and approval. That's the ego. You're giving for the sake of boosting your ego, which is not what it should be about. It should be about love.
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