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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Monday, January 28, 2019
Today's Passage : Today's Passage:Peter’s Sermon [2] Bible Verse:Acts 2:22-31 "“Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know—this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. For David says concerning him, ‘I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken; therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; my flesh also will dwell in hope. For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One see corruption. You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’ Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne, he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.” " Message:
Peter continues Christianity’s first real sermon, a proselytizing speech to a crowd that had gathered at the hubbub caused by the Holy Spirit’s descent onto about 120 followers of Christ. In the preceding verses, the first part of the speech, he quoted a lengthy prophecy from Joel, concerning miracles that would occur when the Messiah came.
In the first paragraph today, Peter ties Joel’s prophecy of miracles to the life and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. He says that Jesus was “accredited” to humanity by miracles; like a passport or identification, the miracles of Jesus served to identify him as the Messiah. Nevertheless, the people whom he came to save were so wicked that they killed him even though they knew he was from God; but death could not hold him.
David Plays the Harp|Gerrit van Honthorst
In the next portion, he cites a psalm written by David as his text, in which David prophesied that God “would not leave my soul in Hades” (Sheol, the dark pit where Jews went after their death). Peter ties this psalm to the fruit of the resurrection. He claims that David’s prophecy predicted the time they had just witnessed, perhaps because Christ had descended into hell to raise up the souls of those who had died previously. Jesus’ resurrection was the fulfillment of an oath God had made to David.
The crowd already believed in the truth of David’s prophecy. Now Peter, in his role as the “rock upon which” Christ would found his church, begins his work: to persuade the Jews that Christ had fulfilled the prophecy.
Meditation : Prayer : The blessing of the Lord rest and remain upon all his people, in every land, of every tongue; the Lord meet in mercy all that seek him; the Lord comfort all who suffer and mourn; the Lord hasten his coming, and give us, his people, the blessing of peace.......Amen. |
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