I'm reading through Acts right now. Today this passage struck me.
"Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified."
These are Peter's words and my first response was "CRAP! That passage could be (and probably has been) used for all kinds of anti-Semitic ideology/theology." But luckily it doesn't end there.
Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?" And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."
Hallelujah!! Even to those who put Jesus to death is offered the Holy Spirit.
"For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself."
Of course if we understand that we all participated in Christ's death this is good news for all of us!
It's only a small realization but I'm glad for this gift today.
1 comment:
What great insight! Thanks for sharing - can't wait to hear more of what you find in this beautiful account of the early church.
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