Scripture Reading: Acts 2:1-4
According to most of the commentaries now available
on the book of Acts, something new and revolutionary be- gan on
the Day of Pentecost. Other writers draw a line at Matthew 1:1
and say the so-called New Testament marks the beginning of a
new something in God's program. They seem to forget that events
in the four Gospels and Acts are clearly predicted in the
so-called Old Testament and are all in fulfillment of promises
made to David in the matter of a kingdom and a King, cis well
as the fulfillment of prophecies by many of the prophets. When
our Lord began His public ministry, He said He was sent only to
the lost sheep of the house of Israel. He cured a leper and
commanded him to go to the temple and offer the gift prescribed
by Moses. Jerusalem remains to this day the center of Jewish religion
and is still that in the book of Revelation.
Wouldn't it be more accurate to say the four
Gospels complete the so-called Old Testament, and the Book of
Acts records the start of that kingdom so long anticipated by
God's People?
God was ready on the Day of Pentecost to bring in
the kingdom; but His people said, "Nothing doing!"
So, God set them and the kingdom in abeyance, raised up the
one apostle- Paul--and with his name change we are told'by the
Holy Spirit that something new was beginning. Remember, Abram
became Abraham, and Jacob became Israel? Let's let God, rather
than men, tell us when something new is be- ginning.
How
God Saves Men
Believing
Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing
Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
Read
Romans 1:16, Romans 10:9-10 and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4
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