DAY 309 Read Acts 1:12 through chapter 3.
Today's reading: The 120 disciples waited and prayed. The power came. Men and women, transformed by the Holy Spirit, launched the movement that swept the gospel of Jesus Christ to the ends of the earth.
Memory gem: "Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost" (Acts 2:38).
Thought for today:
By the wonderful manifestation of power on the Day of Pentecost, the timid disciples were fitted for a special work and transformed into fearless witnesses for Christ. They were enabled to preach the gospel in various foreign languages to the multitudes from all the civilized world who were gathered at Jerusalem for the Feast of Pentecost.
But more than this, they preached with power. Men were convicted of sin and cried out, "Men and brethren, what shall we do?" (Acts 2:37).
The apostles' sermons were not moral lectures, ethical discussions, or ingenious philosophical essays. Far from it. Their language was simple, but their words came "in demonstration of the Spirit and of power" (1 Corinthians 2:4). Their subject was the resurrection of Christ as a fulfillment of prophecy. Even Peter, who had denied His Lord in fear, now became the mighty apostle whose sermons led to the conversion of three thousand people in one day.
O for that flame of living fire
Which shone so bright in saints of old;
Which bade their souls to heaven aspire,
Calm in distress, in danger bold!
Remember, Lord, the ancient days;
Renew Thy work, Thy grace restore;
And while to Thee our hearts we raise,
On us Thy Holy Spirit pour.
------William H. Bathurst
Today's reading: The 120 disciples waited and prayed. The power came. Men and women, transformed by the Holy Spirit, launched the movement that swept the gospel of Jesus Christ to the ends of the earth.
Memory gem: "Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost" (Acts 2:38).
Thought for today:
By the wonderful manifestation of power on the Day of Pentecost, the timid disciples were fitted for a special work and transformed into fearless witnesses for Christ. They were enabled to preach the gospel in various foreign languages to the multitudes from all the civilized world who were gathered at Jerusalem for the Feast of Pentecost.
But more than this, they preached with power. Men were convicted of sin and cried out, "Men and brethren, what shall we do?" (Acts 2:37).
The apostles' sermons were not moral lectures, ethical discussions, or ingenious philosophical essays. Far from it. Their language was simple, but their words came "in demonstration of the Spirit and of power" (1 Corinthians 2:4). Their subject was the resurrection of Christ as a fulfillment of prophecy. Even Peter, who had denied His Lord in fear, now became the mighty apostle whose sermons led to the conversion of three thousand people in one day.
O for that flame of living fire
Which shone so bright in saints of old;
Which bade their souls to heaven aspire,
Calm in distress, in danger bold!
Remember, Lord, the ancient days;
Renew Thy work, Thy grace restore;
And while to Thee our hearts we raise,
On us Thy Holy Spirit pour.
------William H. Bathurst
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