Looking for Jesus according to Mark

[JLG]

Jesus vs the religious leaders

Mark 10:

Some Pharisees ask Jesus whether it is lawful for a man to divorce a wife!

- If The Israelites were authorized to divorce their wives by writing a certificate of dismissal according to Moses and their hardheartedness, from the beginning of creation, man and woman must become one flesh and can’t divorce!

- Once again man’s tradition vs Yah.weh’s word!

- You can’t choose both!

- You must choose one!

- It’s a simple one!

- Man tries to find ways not to choose!

- It doesn’t work!

- There is only one way!

- Man is always trying to follow his own way!

- He will only get lost!

- The Israelites chose the wrong one and they got lost!

- Mankind will always choose the same wrong way and get lost!

- Do we have the same hardheartedness?

- Or do we open our hearts and minds to Yah.weh?

- If we do it, we must keep doing it!

- Deeper and deeper!

- it means everlasting life!

- There is no coming back!

- Meaning death and emptiness!

 

[JLG]

Just like then the scribes of today with their titles which are not "Gifts of Dad to Brothers" are teaching from the tree of knowledge. They studied God. But God is now our "Abba Father/Daddy". And He said we have to invite Him inside and Live with Him. That is how you know Him. In Living with Him. Just as the Disciples "Lived with Him". No father nor The Father can be studied. A Father exists in Love and knowledge by His Kids Living with Him. And they spoke in the same Spirit which is creating Life and not knowledge for the mind.

John 6: 63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

Knowledge given by those who studied knowledge create more Adam. Life spoken by the Brothers with Gifts create the Brotherhood in Love.

PSALM 133.​

A Song of degrees of David.​

1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!*n1
2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

Those who exalted themselves in "titles" can not do this. They enjoy their honor in being worshiped by their slaves. And their words of knowledge which is not creating Life is giving them away. They can not do the "Greater Works" which is creating Life in their Brothers which Jehovah in Jesus could not do. Because the Holy Spirit was not yet poured out on "all flesh". And the Disciples were admonished to wait on the Holy Spirit to understand "all things" they could not fathom then when they were with Him. Because the Holy Spirit brings the Life of His Words to us by which we enter Living in the Life of our Dad. Only that can be "fathomed by the mind" when the mind sees the actual Life we are Living.

John 14:
8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
15 ¶If ye love me, keep my commandments.
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

-My answer:

- Yah.weh is a God of precision!

- When Jesus was on earth, he showed the same precision!

- If we want to look like them, we must look for precision!

 

[JLG]

- What did Jesus do when he was on earth?

- He spent his time teaching people about his Father (Mark chapter 2)!

- All the time he taught lessons to the scribes and the Pharisees (Mark chapter 2)!

- Knowledge is one thing!

-Titles are another!

- If scribes and Pharisees were taught by Jesus, it shows their titles to be good to nothing!

- But if Jesus taught people about his Father, it means we must learn about Him!

- All the time the scribes and Pharisees ask Jesus questions to confuse him and he corrects them!

- Mark 3:5 (first part):

“Jesus looked around at them with anger

(ὀργῆς (orgēs)

Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular

Strong's 3709: From oregomai; properly, desire, i.e., violent passion (justifiable) abhorrence); by implication punishment.)

And sorrow

(συλλυπούμενος (syllypoumenos)

Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular

Strong's 4818: To be moved to grief by sympathy. From sun and lupeo; to afflict jointly, i.e. sorrow at someone.)

At their hardness

(πωρώσει (pōrōsei)

Noun - Dative Feminine Singular

Strong's 4457: Hardness of heart, obtuseness. From poroo; stupidity or callousness.)

Of heart.”

 

[JLG]

- It also shows we must develop the right condition of heart and mind!

- It is not something natural!

- And all faithful servants of Yah.weh in the Bible are good examples to follow!

- But to understand them, we need to read them again and again!

- Human beings are naturally good to nothing as we can see the situation of the world today and during the whole history!

- And when we look at the so-called “Christian nations”, they have spent their time killing each other!

- And it is not better with all human nations!

- All religions were good to nothing in this area!

- So of course, we must keep learning about Yah.weh but not according to man’s knowledge or tradition which leads nowhere or is a dead end!

- In chapter 3, we see the same about the scribes and Pharisees and Jesus’ attitude and teaching to them and people!

 

[JLG]

- And in chapter 4, the illustration of the sower is quite instructive and about the necessity of listening!

- And he explains everything to the disciples again and again!

- Have a look at verse 13!

- It is only the beginning and they can’t understand so Jesus asks them how they will understand the other illustrations!

- Thus we see Jesus’ disciples who can spend all their time with Jesus when he is on earth that is 24 hours a day and he uses a progressive teaching for them and yet they won’t understand his message till his death!

- It will be only after his death that they start to understand it!

- So let’s think about us in comparison!

- And of course we need to learn a lot!

- And of course we need to acquire knowledge from the Bible!

- But of course we don’t need human titles which are good to nothing!

- And of course, we don’t need religious leaders who will prevent us from doing our part in learning!

- Yes, we must do our job!

- Yes, we must keep learning and searching!

- It doesn’t matter if we make mistakes if it helps us make progress!

- On the contrary, how can we progress if we don’t make mistakes?

 

[JLG]

- We should all remember Deuteronomy 11:19 where Moses tells the Hebrews to teach their children about Yah.weh any time “when you sit at home and you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up”!

- Parents were supposed to do that!

- Fathers were supposed to do that!

- Unfortunately for them, they didn’t do it as usual!

- And it is the same with mankind!

- And the majority keep saying the same!

- Apparently, they don’t know this way leads to destruction!

- Destruction for the Hebrews!

- Destruction for mankind!

- And it is written in the Bible!

- Find the mistake!

- Here is the best conclusion: Deuteronomy chapter 11!

 

[JLG]

Obedience and Discipline
(Deuteronomy 4:1–14)

1You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.

2Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm; 3the signs and works He did in Egypt to Pharaoh king of Egypt and all his land; 4what He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Seaa engulf them as they pursued you, and how He destroyed them completely, even to this day; 5what He did for you in the wilderness until you reached this place; 6and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.

7For it is your own eyes that have seen every great work that the LORD has done.

 

[JLG]

God’s Great Blessings
(Joshua 1:1–9)

8You shall therefore keep every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and possess the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, 9and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

10For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden. 11But the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in the rain from heaven. 12It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year.

13So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, 14then I will provideb rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil. 15And I will provide grass in the fields for your livestock, and you will eat and be satisfied.

16But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods, 17or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you.

 

[JLG]

Remember God’s Words

18Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 19Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 20Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates, 21so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be multiplied in the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.

22For if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him— 23then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you. 24Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.c 25No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.

 

[JLG]

A Blessing and a Curse

26See, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse— 27a blessing if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today, 28but a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.

29When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal. 30Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oakd of Moreh?

31For you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you. When you take possession of it and settle in it, 32be careful to follow all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today.

 

[JLG]

- Everything Yah.weh told the Hebrews to do they didn’t do!

- Everything Yah.weh told the Hebrews not to do they did!

- Everything Yah.weh told men to do they haven’t been doing!

- Everything Yah.weh told men not to do they have been doing!

 

[JLG]

Yahweh, the only Living God, calls it perfection. Because His Word of Jesus on our Creation is Perfect. And it creates Perfection. That is why we are called to walk in Perfection. In the Holy Spirit of God's Perfect Love in Grace we enter being it.

43 ¶Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

- My answer:

- Thanks to Adam, we lost perfection!

- And we are far away from it!

- We can see wherever we want on earth and we can only see trash!

- As revelation tells us, this human society is going to be destroyed meaning it is completely away from Yah.weh!

- And Revelation chapter 19 speaks about all kinds of people!

- In Revelation chapter 20, we are told about a period of 1,000 years!

- Jesus will reign as king and teach the nations again!

- During this period, the devil won’t be able to mislead the nations!

- After this period, the devil will be released and he will mislead the nations again!

- And guess what?

- Revelation 20:8 tells us that many will follow the devil as usual!

- They will be “like the sand of the seashore”!

- But they will be destroyed forever!

- Then it will be possible to speak about perfection!

- Before it is only nonsense!

- So of course, we must keep learning and studying about Yah.weh but not according to the wisdom of this world which is a dead end!

 

[JLG]

I agree. The Living God, Jehovah/Yahweh our "Abba Father/Daddy" in Jesus didn't give us a "mindset" which is a religion. He gave us His Life in Jesus to Live and be the same as He is. Just entering as Babies and Growing up to be a Bride and Wife in Equality. Just with a different Function and Ability and Power.

- My answer:

- We can think about Jesus’ model prayer:

- He showed us the way to pray, he didn’t tell us to repeat the same words, he told us to pray with our hearts!

- He encouraged us to develop a personal relationship to Yah.weh and the prayer is essential to such a deep relationship!

- What is the reality?

- Completely different or far away from Jesus’ teaching!

 

[JLG]

Amen! We learn now by Him telling us personally. We call that Revelation. And in Revealing it He creates that very Life in His Kids for all to see. When they become Living Bibles. Just as His Word, Jesus, on our Creation was.

- My answer:

- Yah.weh keeps teaching us through his Bible!

- And he uses a great variety through 66 books, not one or two!

- And they were written by many writers!

- And there are two parts written in mainly two languages!

- Each one is essential and to understand Yah.weh’s message, we need to understand the two parts!

- If we only study one, we will never understand the Bible!

- Not only that, if we only study one, it implies an incredibly lack of respect which is quite usual among men!

- Thus, why should Yah.weh care about them?

- He won’t!

 

[JLG]

In the Perfect Words of Jesus from Yahweh our "Abba Father/Daddy" we got the Perfect Creation of our New Life in Jesus. To Live from the moment we get Revelation on a Perfect Characteristic of our Daddy it is immediately Perfectly Created in us.

When se see the Words of Jesus as only teaching the mind then of course it can not create the Life it was given to Create in us.


The Words of the Creator is not given to the mind of humans to understand. They are creating Life of Him in His Kids. They are giving birth to them as His Kids and they are raising His Kids in His Life.

- The problem is that “Daddy” is going to destroy human society twice within a period of 1,000 years!

- And in both cases, the majority will be destroyed!

- I don’t see the link with perfection but with extreme defects!

- I would mostly use the word trash instead of perfection!

- Where are “Daddy’s kids”?

- When it was time to get into the promised land, only two “Daddy’s kids” got into it, Joshua and Caleb!

- For the next destruction, it is not going to be better!

 

[JLG]

He can not destroy humans whom He Loves. But the consequences of their actions will do that. Sure God created the consequences for actions. And when they are due He does not go against His own Creations.

Jeremiah 2: 19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.


The link you see is lack of Revelation. Because God said we have to be Perfect. And He does not ask us something we can not do. No Father does that.

All born of Him and Living in the Holy Spirit with Him and who are saying "Abba Father/Daddy" by the Power of that Spirit speaking it in them.

Sure. The slaves were so accustomed to their "slave" being that they didn't see the Almighty clearly who took them out of Egypt and through the dessert. Where He provided every day food and water and shade and heat. Some of us are the same. But I am a Joshua and Caleb. I entered. And you?

Sure. Some are still living in sin while our "Abba Father/Daddy? died for sins and are now living in Righteousness. Perfect Righteousness. And His Holy Spirit. Where we Live in Perfect Forgiveness to our enemies and do the actions of Perfection which is "turning the other cheek, walking the second mile and giving the garment. All actions enabled by the Power of God's Holy Spirit in us which gives us the Same Perfect Live as He is Living.

- Well, Yah.weh is patient but there is a limit to his patience!

- Remember the flood!

- Remember Lot's wife!

- Remember what happened to the Hebrews so many times and finally two destructions of Jerusalem!

- Remember that mankind will be destroyed twice again!

- Remember the Hebrews died in the desert!

- Remember Moses prevented Yah.weh from destroying the Hebrews various times!

 

[Rxlx]

Jesus vs the religious leaders

Mark1: The Sabbath begins and Jesus goes into the synagogue to teach people. They are astounded as they listen to him because his teaching is made with authority, quite different from the scribes.

- Knowledge vs Ignorance!

- Imagine you were there!

- What a privilege!

- What would you have done?

- Listening to a man with incredible knowledge!

- They are astounded as they listen to him because his teaching is made with authority!

- You remember when Jesus was 12 in the House of His Father!

- And the teachers when listening to him were astounded!

- And he started his ministry when he was 30!

- Thus he had plenty of time to mature!

- Jesus died young but he had good human experience to prepare for leading the future kingdom of His Father!

- And he chose 12 apostles to keep doing the preaching work after Him!

- But they had no experience so he had to train them a lot!

- It was progressive teaching!

- And they needed his death to open their eyes and to fully understand his message!

- Nevertheless, Jesus chose the apostle Paul to preach to the nations!

- He was well trained in Judaism!

- And he had a strong background and culture!

- And he could go beyond Jewish tradition!

- Or he could free himself from it!

- And when Jesus chose him, he first needed years to meditate and prepare for his ministry work!

- But from the start, he kept straight away, never going to the left or to the right!

Paul did not need years of meditation. His conversion was miraculous and probably took just a few weeks.

 

[JLG]

He can not destroy humans whom He Loves. But the consequences of their actions will do that. Sure God created the consequences for actions. And when they are due He does not go against His own Creations.

Jeremiah 2: 19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.


The link you see is lack of Revelation. Because God said we have to be Perfect. And He does not ask us something we can not do. No Father does that.

All born of Him and Living in the Holy Spirit with Him and who are saying "Abba Father/Daddy" by the Power of that Spirit speaking it in them.

Sure. The slaves were so accustomed to their "slave" being that they didn't see the Almighty clearly who took them out of Egypt and through the dessert. Where He provided every day food and water and shade and heat. Some of us are the same. But I am a Joshua and Caleb. I entered. And you?

Sure. Some are still living in sin while our "Abba Father/Daddy? died for sins and are now living in Righteousness. Perfect Righteousness. And His Holy Spirit. Where we Live in Perfect Forgiveness to our enemies and do the actions of Perfection which is "turning the other cheek, walking the second mile and giving the garment. All actions enabled by the Power of God's Holy Spirit in us which gives us the Same Perfect Live as He is Living.

1)
- My answer:

- We are definitely not reading the same Bible!

2)
- My answer: About perfection, those who will enter into the next promised land will have 1,000 years and the devil will be freed a short time then it will be possible to live in perfection!

3)
- My answer: According to the book of Revelation, Jesus will reign as king for 1,000 years, some will reign with him, others will be his subjects!

4)
- My answer: the majority shows the same attitude today!

- I am waiting for the next promised land!

5)
- My answer: we must get ready!

- Watching the situation of the world, it is easy to understand that many don’t do anything and don’t care!

 

[JLG]

Nope. There is not. We Live in His Everlasting Grace which we know Perfectly now. In Loving our enemies always. In only walking the second mile with them.

Sure. They were warned. For the consequences of their actions. Those in the days of Noah were warned by Noah telling them his Vision He got from God to be Savior of the World to those who Love God and knows who He is in being Savior. And they decided to reject His Grace. And had to suffer the consequences. God is just and can not remove consequences of our actions. But He still Loves us in Grace. No matter how "naughty" we are. And those knowing it is their "Loving Daddy" in Jesus Disciplining them are only cleansed by the Fire. But those believing He is a "wrathful God" is entering their own faith in Him Righteously. So let us Live and be the Grace of God to all of humanity to be their Savior now in the Name of Jesus. Just as Noah and Moses and all the Brothers with their Apostolic Gifts.

Sure. He was their Savior and had to be it. And God established Him in it. Now we are the Saviors in the Name of Jesus. Because through the Word of Jesus we are created to be it. He was the Word of the Living God, YHWH, Jehovah/Yahweh the Real Savior and we are the Reality that Word creates. Because the Real Savior, Jehovah, manifests from us just as He did in Jesus. Where He spoke everything and did everything in Jesus.

John 14:
8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

When you are praying in the Name of Jesus to your Dad, Jehovah, in you then you pray in the Holy Spirit in what He already asked you to pray for. And there is no way He will not give you what He told you to pray for. But who can pray in the Name of Jesus? Who can enter through the Door of Jesus into the Presence of the Living Almighty God, YHWH? To receive after you heard what to ask for? What is His desire for you to ask and not your selfish desires you bring before Him. And who have that Boldness of Jesus to ask and receive?

1)
- My answer: we definitely don’t read the same Bible!

- It has always been a shock for the Hebrews and mankind!

- But Yah.weh has always warned them!

2)
- My answer:

- Remember Adam and Eve!

- The devil said: you won’t die but will keep livingbeing like gods!

- As Yah.weh told them if they disobeyed, they died!

3)
- My answer:

- He did it but it was momentaneous!

- They all died except Joshuah and Caleb!

- And they were warned so many times and at the end Jerusalem was destroyed twice!

- And they lost everything and it was given to the nations!

- Remember Daniel’s prayer of restoration and Yah.weh’s answer: restoration followed by destruction!

- Now it’s up to the nations to be destroyed!

 

[JLG]

Paul did not need years of meditation. His conversion was miraculous and probably took just a few weeks.

- My answer:

- Galatians chapter 1:


Paul’s Greeting to the Galatians

1 Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead— 2 and all the brothers with me,

To the churches of Galatia:

3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 5 to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

No Other Gospel

6 I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ.

8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse! 9 As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be under a curse!

Paul Preaches the Gospel

10 Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ. 11 For I certify to you, brothers, that the gospel I preached was not devised by man. 12 I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.

13 For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it. 14 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

15 But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased 16 to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood, 17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.

18Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days. 19 But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother. 20 I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie.

21 Later I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia. 22 I was personally unknown, however, to the churches of Judea that are in Christ. 23 They only heard the account: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.” 24 And they glorified God because of me.