Paul Brings Up Mark, Part 2 (TMF:2900)

Peace to Live By: Paul Brings Up Mark, Part 2 (TMF:2900) - Daniel Litton
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       In reading this passage in Acts 15, it has some particularly interesting points to note. One thing that can be pointed out is that Paul and Barnabas actually had “a sharp disagreement.” This appears to show that no matter how high up a person may be on the Christian ladder, or serving-God ladder, they can disagree with another important person on what should be done. Strange as it may seem, Paul, as great as he perhaps was, was not immune to these types of issues. Second, it shows that a resolution between Paul and Barnabas couldn’t be met. That’s interesting. One would think that with two Christians as leader-worthy as these two fellows were, certainly they would have been able to come to an agreement between themselves. Yet the Scripture tells us they weren’t. They ended up separating into different directions. And third, we could note that perhaps Paul suffered from a pride issue, and this is the manifestation of that.