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Today's Reading: Acts 10:34-41
Daily Lectionary: Exodus 15:1-18; Hebrew 9:1-28
To [Jesus] all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name. (Acts 10:43)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. One of the questions often posed to Christians is whether there are ways to be saved other than faith in Jesus. While it is popular in our modern day to believe that there are many ways to God, the witness of Scripture is clear: God has saved the world through Jesus Christ. There is no way to God other than through Jesus, for He alone is Lord.
This is clear in Acts 10. Peter brings the Gospel to Cornelius, a Roman centurion, a Gentile who had learned about God from the Jewish community in his town. But he didn’t know Jesus yet. The Holy Spirit wants Cornelius and his family to know the salvation that Jesus alone can give, so He works in an amazing way to bring Peter and the Gospel of Christ to Cornelius’ home.
In a beautiful sermon, Peter shows that God has saved the world through Jesus. The Father sent Jesus, anointed Jesus with the Holy Spirit, raised Jesus from the dead, gave
proof to the apostles, and appointed Jesus to be the judge of the living and the dead. Cornelius knew about the true God, but Peter made it clear that to believe in God is to also believe in Jesus whom He sent. By the power of the Holy Spirit, Cornelius and his family believed in Jesus and were saved.
The Father has poured all of His love for you, all of His strength to save you, all of His mercy to forgive you into Christ Jesus. He promised through the prophets who came before Jesus that He would win forgiveness for you by His death and resurrection. He poured out the Holy Spirit so that from generation to generation after Jesus ascended, the Gospel would be preached and believed and maintained until you could hear it.
And when you did hear, the Holy Spirit created faith in you. There is no way for you to
be saved other than through Jesus, because God—Father, Son and Holy Spirit—has
done everything to save you through Jesus alone. Thanks be to God! In the Name +
of Jesus. Amen.
Good Christian friends, rejoice and sing! Now is the triumph of our King! To all the world
glad news we bring: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! (Good Christian Friends, Rejoice and Sing, LSB 475:1)
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By Higher Things®Today's Reading: Acts 10:34-41
Daily Lectionary: Exodus 15:1-18; Hebrew 9:1-28
To [Jesus] all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name. (Acts 10:43)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. One of the questions often posed to Christians is whether there are ways to be saved other than faith in Jesus. While it is popular in our modern day to believe that there are many ways to God, the witness of Scripture is clear: God has saved the world through Jesus Christ. There is no way to God other than through Jesus, for He alone is Lord.
This is clear in Acts 10. Peter brings the Gospel to Cornelius, a Roman centurion, a Gentile who had learned about God from the Jewish community in his town. But he didn’t know Jesus yet. The Holy Spirit wants Cornelius and his family to know the salvation that Jesus alone can give, so He works in an amazing way to bring Peter and the Gospel of Christ to Cornelius’ home.
In a beautiful sermon, Peter shows that God has saved the world through Jesus. The Father sent Jesus, anointed Jesus with the Holy Spirit, raised Jesus from the dead, gave
proof to the apostles, and appointed Jesus to be the judge of the living and the dead. Cornelius knew about the true God, but Peter made it clear that to believe in God is to also believe in Jesus whom He sent. By the power of the Holy Spirit, Cornelius and his family believed in Jesus and were saved.
The Father has poured all of His love for you, all of His strength to save you, all of His mercy to forgive you into Christ Jesus. He promised through the prophets who came before Jesus that He would win forgiveness for you by His death and resurrection. He poured out the Holy Spirit so that from generation to generation after Jesus ascended, the Gospel would be preached and believed and maintained until you could hear it.
And when you did hear, the Holy Spirit created faith in you. There is no way for you to
be saved other than through Jesus, because God—Father, Son and Holy Spirit—has
done everything to save you through Jesus alone. Thanks be to God! In the Name +
of Jesus. Amen.
Good Christian friends, rejoice and sing! Now is the triumph of our King! To all the world
glad news we bring: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! (Good Christian Friends, Rejoice and Sing, LSB 475:1)