{"id":1311,"date":"2018-11-21T07:59:57","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T15:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=1311"},"modified":"2018-11-21T07:59:57","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T15:59:57","slug":"devotion-acts-236-41-the-truth-saves-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=1311","title":{"rendered":"Devotion Acts 2:36-41 The Truth Saves Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Acts 2:36-41\u00a0<\/b>\u2013\u00a0\u201cTherefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord\u00a0and Messiah.\u201d 37\u00a0When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, \u201cBrothers, what shall we do?\u201d 38\u00a0Peter replied, \u201cRepent and be baptized,\u00a0every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.<\/i><\/span>\u00a039\u00a0The promise is for you and your children\u00a0and for all who are far off\u2014for all whom the Lord our God will call.\u201d 40\u00a0With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, \u201cSave yourselves from this corrupt generation.\u201d41\u00a0Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number\u00a0that day.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cPeter replied, \u201cRepent and be baptized,\u00a0every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0A long time standing common and simple rule of thumb of biblical interpretation is \u201cIf the plain sense makes good sense, then seek no other sense.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Family we ought to beware of \u201cnew\u201d revelation.\u00a0\u00a0Not deep revelation that comes from the Word, but \u201cnew\u201d revelation that attempts to add to the Word.\u00a0\u00a0It seems to be popular in these times of short attention spans and easy information searches to try to be the first to discover something new.\u00a0\u00a0Sometimes, it seems, pressure is on pastors to say something new and of seeming great \u201cnew\u201d revelation.\u00a0\u00a0Pastors who gloriously, but whom some would think \u201cmerely,\u201d preach the same Gospel message that has been preached since Jesus and the Apostles, are not exciting enough.\u00a0\u00a0Family, seeking the exciting beyond the truth is a dangerous platform to live upon.\u00a0\u00a0It moves, changes and is unstable and people who stand upon it may take a nasty fall.\u00a0Yes, we must dig into the rich mine of the Word of God, but must make sure that we don\u2019t start digging in a strange mine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here we see that Peter states the simple Truth.\u00a0\u00a0He states it unadulterated and without restrictions.\u00a0\u00a0He told the Jews, who were complicit in the death of their Savior Jesus that they must repent.\u00a0\u00a0Oh that word, so simple and so detestable to many.\u00a0\u00a0People say \u201cRepent?\u00a0\u00a0Why?\u00a0\u00a0From what?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Family today we have the blessed duties of repeating the message of John and the Baptist (whom Jesus called the greatest of all men who had been born (Matthew 11:11<\/b>)) to lead into the sharing of the Gospel.\u00a0\u00a0John (John 1:19-37, Matthew 3:1-17, Matthew 11:1-15, Matthew 14:1-12, Luke 1:5-80, Luke 3:1-20, Mark 6:14<\/b>) prepared the road for the arrival of Jesus.\u00a0\u00a0He called out about the coming Messiah.\u00a0\u00a0Now we are to call out to the world.\u00a0\u00a0Our message is the same, to repent and to be saved by the returning Messiah.\u00a0\u00a0We share to all that Jesus is returning and all need to be saved.\u00a0\u00a0Everyone is born onto a huge spiritual people mover that dumps everyone off into hell.\u00a0\u00a0There is only one escape from that people mover and that is through the only true Savior Jesus Christ (John 3:18<\/b>).\u00a0\u00a0When we say that Jesus saves we are saying exactly what Jesus does.\u00a0\u00a0Since all are on this people mover to hell, it is only when we repent and call Jesus our personal Savior and Lord that we are plucked from this people mover to hell and set aside to be free to worship and love God.\u00a0\u00a0In Christ is freedom and the uniqueness of everyone is released.\u00a0\u00a0On the people mover to hell, there is no one unique.\u00a0\u00a0They may dress differently, have different jobs, or play differently, but they all are still moving along to the same place.\u00a0\u00a0With Jesus is freedom to be who we were created to be.\u00a0\u00a0All our gifts and characteristics are given freedom to bloom as they were designed to bloom, as His children.\u00a0\u00a0However, the devil wants to keep our gifts and characteristics from being exactly what they were meant to be as children of God.\u00a0\u00a0So the devil lets people think they are free and are being individuals, but in actuality, they are not free.\u00a0\u00a0They cannot move freely, they are hemmed in on every side by others who are packed onto the people mover to hell and they cannot move.\u00a0\u00a0He lets them sing, or draw, or paint, or create, or work hard at things that will perish.\u00a0\u00a0He cares not what they do on the people mover, as long as they stay on that people mover.\u00a0\u00a0Family, pray for those who have not yet come to Jesus.\u00a0\u00a0Let us be active and fervent in our prayers.\u00a0\u00a0What we pray about is the most important of matters, we pray of eternal life against eternal death.\u00a0\u00a0Pray like lives depend on it because they do!\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s actively and always share the love of God to people in a loving way!<\/span><\/p>\n

How do we share?\u00a0\u00a0Tell the simple truth as Peter did.\u00a0\u00a0Don\u2019t let the minds of men pollute the beauty and simplicity of the Gospel message.\u00a0\u00a0Tell people to come to Jesus to receive forgiveness of sins that we all were born with and build upon.\u00a0\u00a0Inform them to reject sin in their lives.\u00a0\u00a0Tell them that God so loved the world that He sent His Son Jesus to save everyone that would come.\u00a0\u00a0Joyously tell them that Jesus loves them and wants to save them from the worst possible future to bring them to the best possible future.\u00a0\u00a0Tell them it is a free and unearned gift from God, that none can earn it.\u00a0\u00a0Tell them to be grateful and thankful for the grace of God and to let the world know through baptism that their lives have been changed by faith in Jesus.\u00a0\u00a0Tell them that when the grace of God through Jesus has washed us clean then God sends His blessed Holy Spirit to dwell within us as a reminder that we belong to God and are forever sealed by Him.\u00a0\u00a0Tell them to come and to finally know peace and to know the meaning of life, and the meaning of their life.\u00a0\u00a0Family, the Gospel is Good News.\u00a0\u00a0The best news!\u00a0\u00a0That is what Peter, under the power of the Holy Spirit, preached that day.\u00a0\u00a0Repent.\u00a0\u00a0Come to Jesus be saved.\u00a0\u00a0Make it known that you love Jesus and received God within.\u00a0\u00a0Simple.\u00a0\u00a0Pure.\u00a0\u00a0Gloriously lovely and eternally peaceful.\u00a0\u00a0Let us, as Peter did, share the Gospel.\u00a0\u00a0As we do that we know beyond all doubt that we are walking in the will of God (Matthew 28:19-20<\/b>). Profusely and continuously proclaim the name of Jesus.\u00a0\u00a0It is the only name given to us that will save! (Acts 4:12, 1 Timothy 2:5, Ephesians 4:4, John 14:6, John 10:9<\/b>).\u00a0\u00a0The name of Jesus saves.\u00a0\u00a0The name of Jesus revives the dead and gives eternal life.\u00a0\u00a0Let us never stop of continuously proclaiming the most wondrous name of all\u2026Jesus!\u00a0\u00a0Jesus, Jesus, Jesus!\u00a0\u00a0Praise God for Jesus!\u00a0\u00a0Praise God!<\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/p>\n

Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear\u00a0me.<\/p>\n

Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has shown You, O man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; And what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Acts 2:36-41\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cTherefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord\u00a0and Messiah.\u201d 37\u00a0When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, \u201cBrothers, what shall we do?\u201d 38\u00a0Peter replied, \u201cRepent and be baptized,\u00a0every one of you, in the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192],"tags":[82,1841,100,2478,106,93,101,94,2036],"class_list":["post-1311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","tag-acts","tag-ephesians","tag-john","tag-john-psalm","tag-luke","tag-mark","tag-matthew","tag-micah","tag-timothy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1312,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311\/revisions\/1312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}