Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
Philip the evangelist opened his house and welcomed Paul and the whole company without hesitation. Notice how he rose from deacon, serving tables, to evangelist planting churches through faithfulness, that is how God promotes His servants, not by seeking place but by doing present work well.
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Commenting on Acts 21:8-14
Their tears cut him deeply, yet nothing moved him from Jerusalem. He did not know if he would die there or elsewhere, only that chains awaited him; but bonds and death alike could not shake a mind so firm in Christ. That is intrepidity.
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Stop breaking his heart with your tears. When someone has prayed carefully, looked at the matter honestly, and resolved it is God's will, do not distract them with remonstrances. Resign them to their duty with affection and prayer, then cheerfully commit them to God's protection.
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