Read Acts 2:14a and 36-41
14 Then
Peter stood up with the other eleven apostles and in a loud voice began to
speak to the crowd:
36 “All
the people of Israel, then, are to know for sure that this Jesus, whom you
crucified, is the one that God has made Lord and Messiah!”
37 When
the people heard this, they were deeply troubled and said to Peter and the
other apostles, “What shall we do, brothers?”
38 Peter
said to them, “Each one of you must turn away from your sins and be baptized in
the name of Jesus Christ, so that your sins will be forgiven; and you will
receive God’s gift, the Holy Spirit. 39For God’s promise was made to
you and your children, and to all who are far away—all whom the Lord our God
calls to himself.”
40 Peter
made his appeal to them and with many other words he urged them, saying, “Save
yourselves from this wicked generation of people!” 41Many of them
believed his message and were baptized, and about 3,000 people were added to
the group that day.
Think
Verse 40 reads: “Save yourselves from this wicked generation
of people.” As Christians we are called
to be different; to live differently – to be more like Jesus than like the
world; in order to do that all we need to do is ‘repent and be baptized’ The Holy Spirit will help us, God created us
for this and we can be different.
Pray
I am always aware of the fact that I’m a sinner. I struggle to be different to the world in
which I live. I’m not great at loving my
enemies, I’m not gracious, I’m seldom kind.
But with your help I can be different.
Save me from this generation I pray.
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