Religious bones in the closet!
Just when we think we have everything figured out, God reveals truth and breaks up our religious attitudes!
Take Peter as an example. At the Lord's prompting he went to the house of Cornelius and expounded the Word to them. While he was talking, the Holy Spirit filled them and they began to speak in tongues and praise God (Acts 10). Peter was stunned!
BUT, when the apostles heard about it, instead of being excited at what God had done, they said "you went into the house of an uncircumcised man" (Acts 11). So Peter explained to them that God had given visions, sent angels and filled Gentiles with the Holy Spirit-and there was nothing he could do to stand in the way of it.
The happy ending is that the apostles accepted God's work in the Gentiles without further objection. They were amazed that God accepted 'even the Gentiles.'
Are there any 'religious' bones in your closet that need to be put at the foot of the cross? Perhaps an old dinosaur that you've been protecting for a long time?
Just when we think we have everything figured out, God reveals truth and breaks up our religious attitudes!
Take Peter as an example. At the Lord's prompting he went to the house of Cornelius and expounded the Word to them. While he was talking, the Holy Spirit filled them and they began to speak in tongues and praise God (Acts 10). Peter was stunned!
BUT, when the apostles heard about it, instead of being excited at what God had done, they said "you went into the house of an uncircumcised man" (Acts 11). So Peter explained to them that God had given visions, sent angels and filled Gentiles with the Holy Spirit-and there was nothing he could do to stand in the way of it.
The happy ending is that the apostles accepted God's work in the Gentiles without further objection. They were amazed that God accepted 'even the Gentiles.'
Are there any 'religious' bones in your closet that need to be put at the foot of the cross? Perhaps an old dinosaur that you've been protecting for a long time?
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