Power to change
Posted by Ps. Jenny | | Posted On Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 10:35 PM
READ
Acts 13:32-43
Jesus was such good news that God wanted to make sure everyone knew. The Holy Spirit helped Paul explain God's great plan.
Promises to Abraham and Messages from the Prophets Promises in the Psalms
the others (v.32) (v. 34) (v.35)
JESUS CHRIST crucified and risen (v. 36, 37)
Forgiveness and freedom for all believers (v. 38, 39)
The people of Antioch would have known by heart the Old Testament verses that Paul quotes, and they would have made instant sense to them. Today, however, these verses can seem very difficult for us to understand. Paul reminds the people of the Old Testament prophecies and psalms which spoke of the coming of Jesus as God's chosen one - as the climax of God's great plan for all his people.
But even so, not many people believed him (v.41). A few did (v. 42, 43).
God has never given up trying to tell people the good news about Jesus . . . from the Old Testament through to the New Testament, and on to today in the lives of Christians.
PRAY
. . . that the Holy Spirit will help you see God's plan at work where you are, in what you are doing and in the people you meet today.
A Special Gift From Above......
There's a gift more precious than gold - it's the kind of gift that can't be bought or sold. It's a gift you won't find beneath a tree, a gift you'll feel but never see. The gift is one all hope to receive, though it's not a material kind, and it's one the shoppers will never find.
The gift exists on earth, but it comes only from above, and it reaches the heart in the form of heavenly love.
May the gift of Jesus' love, the Holy Spirit, touch you in every season of your life.