Power for Abundant Living

The Bible is the Word of Godagape at such men to whom we thought we couldnever aspire. The record of the Apostle Paul in Acts21 gave me quite a jolt when the error in using acomma was discovered.Acts 21:4,And when he [Paul] would not be persuaded,we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord bedone.This verse, the way it is punctuated, obviously saysthat they endeavored to persuade the Apostle Paul tochange his mind and not go to Jerusalem; but whenPaul would not change his mind, they finally said tohim "All right, Paul, go out and do the will of theLord. Go to Jerusalem." But this is not what it says.To understand the background of this situation,let's go back to Acts 20:22.And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit untoJerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befallme there.Paul was bound in the spirit. To be "bound in thespirit" means that one is not spiritually free. Paulwanted to go, but something nagged his mind saying,"Don't go." Paul said, "I am going to go to Jerusalem";but when he made this statement, he wasbound in the spirit, he felt restrained. He knew he136