November 13: Glad Tidings.
Baptism, the Natural Response.
But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them,...he testified and exhorted them saying,..."Be saved from this perverse generation." Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.--Acts 2:14, 40, 41, NKJV
THE SCENE IS ONE OF INTEREST. Behold the people coming from all directions to what the disciples witness to the truth as it is in Jesus. They press in, crowding the temple. Priests and rulers are there, the dark scowl of malignity still on their faces, their hearts still filled with abiding hatred against Christ....They had thought to find the apostles cowed with fear under the strong hand of oppression and murder, but they find them lifted above all fear and filled with the Spirit, proclaiming with power the divinity of Jesus of Nazareth.--The Acts of the Apostles, 42.
Under the influence of this heavenly illumination the scriptures that Christ had explained to the disciples stood out before them with the luster of perfect truth. The veil that had prevented them from seeing to the end of that which had been abolished, was now removed, and they comprehended with perfect clearness the object of Christ's mission and the nature of His kingdom. They could speak with power of the Saviour; and as they unfolded to their hearers the plan of salvation, many were convicted and convinced. The traditions and superstitions inculcated by the priests were swept away from their minds, and the teachings of the Saviour were accepted.
"Then they that gladly received his word were baptized."--The Acts of the Apostles, 44.
And they continued in the apostles' doctrines and fellowship,
in the breaking of bread, and in prayers
--Acts 2:42, NKJV
Baptism, the Natural Response.
But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them,...he testified and exhorted them saying,..."Be saved from this perverse generation." Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.--Acts 2:14, 40, 41, NKJV
THE SCENE IS ONE OF INTEREST. Behold the people coming from all directions to what the disciples witness to the truth as it is in Jesus. They press in, crowding the temple. Priests and rulers are there, the dark scowl of malignity still on their faces, their hearts still filled with abiding hatred against Christ....They had thought to find the apostles cowed with fear under the strong hand of oppression and murder, but they find them lifted above all fear and filled with the Spirit, proclaiming with power the divinity of Jesus of Nazareth.--The Acts of the Apostles, 42.
Under the influence of this heavenly illumination the scriptures that Christ had explained to the disciples stood out before them with the luster of perfect truth. The veil that had prevented them from seeing to the end of that which had been abolished, was now removed, and they comprehended with perfect clearness the object of Christ's mission and the nature of His kingdom. They could speak with power of the Saviour; and as they unfolded to their hearers the plan of salvation, many were convicted and convinced. The traditions and superstitions inculcated by the priests were swept away from their minds, and the teachings of the Saviour were accepted.
"Then they that gladly received his word were baptized."--The Acts of the Apostles, 44.
And they continued in the apostles' doctrines and fellowship,
in the breaking of bread, and in prayers
--Acts 2:42, NKJV
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