Saturday, May 17, 2014

Open to all!


5-17-2014      Acts 11:16-18

S.       16 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.17 Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

O.      Peter continues to tell the leaders in Jerusalem of the Holy Ghost outpouring. The leaders accept the Gentiles into the household of believers (church).

A.      This is how God removed the barriers between different cultures and peoples. We come together into a new body of believers…..God calls us his church….We are all made equal in his sight through repentance.


P.       Father; Help me to build my own faith and the faith of others and welcome everyone into your body (church) by repentance regardless of their culture. Amen.   

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