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Do you want to turn the world upside down just like the Apostles did? In the Book of the Acts of the Apostles, chapter seventeen, Paul and Silas are in Greece. Let’s read it.
Acts 17:1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
3 Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
4 And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
5 But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, ‘These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
7 ‘Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.’
Can we turn the world upside down?
Now quite often, we miss out verse seven, and stop at ‘These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;’ And then we pray, ‘Hey, Lord, can we turn the world upside down, too, please?’
But verse seven tells us how to do it. If you’re saving souls, evangelising, you’re carrying out the mission of the church. Through you, the Holy Spirit is increasing the membership of the Kingdom of heaven, and that has got to be awesome. I love it when I hear of souls saved.
But let’s not get carried away. In itself, that is not turning the world upside down. Paul’s evangelism irritated these unbelievers, but it was not what they picked up on.
Jesus as King of kings
No, they accused Paul and Silas of proclaiming Jesus as the King of kings in the here and now. With that, the Apostles were treading on the toes of the political elite. And Paul did not dispute it and he was not being misquoted. You’ll see the same sentiments in Romans chapter thirteen, Philippians two, in his letters to Timothy, and Colossians.
You might be a member of parliament, a civil servant, a ruler, or a supreme court judge. You might even be Caesar. But how ever high you are, the risen, ascended Saviour is higher than you. There’s another king, one Jesus.
Simply go out with that message, and you will start turning the world upside down. And if that ruler or judge humbles himself before the King of kings, repents and is born of the Spirit in the name of Jesus Christ, and starts to rule under God, well now, the world is starting to get the right way up.
Set the world the right way up
Don’t be like the unbelievers in Thessalonica, bought into the godless secular system. When man is at the top, it’s the wrong way up, but those who are running it think it’s just fine. But when God in Christ is ruling over the kings of the world, the world is the right way up.
Whenever you speak against immorality, even legalised immorality, such as we have in Britain, then you too are turning the world upside down. Why? Because you are holding this world to a better, higher standard, the standard of the King of kings. And if you get arrested, that, as we saw in Acts, is a badge of honour. You’re challenging the devil, the ruler of this age.
These verses challenge you to tell every ruler the Lord brings you into contact with that he is under King Jesus. Some already know, but they need a reminder. So wake up and shake them up. It’s your time to start turning the world upside down.
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