The sermon today is based upon the 31st verse of the ninth chapter of Acts: "So the church throughout all of Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was built up; and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit it was multiplied."

Imagine yourself, for a moment, as the employee of a large corporation. Let’s take the company out of the United States, for what we are about to demonstrate is harder to believe in one’s home country. Pretend, if you will, that you are located deep in the sweltering jungles of Brazil, or far south in the interior of Africa. Your job, as employee, is to do whatever is demanded by the boss. As fate would have it, your boss has a reputation. He is absolutely the boss. There is no board of directors to hear complaints, no grievance com…