Wednesday 10 Oct 2012

Wednesday Reading: Acts 2:27-32

Key Verse: Acts 2:32
32  This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

Devotion:
Being able to see how much Jesus taught His disciples from what we know as the Old Testament (and what they knew as The Scriptures) is amazing and encouraging. It is by these examples and through these promises that we know that our Bibles are true because there is no other book like it in history. These words, written by Luke, show us that Christ taught the same truths that we know today – the Word of God does not change and it is there to be learned and remembered by us just as the disciples took it in and learned it back then.

This passage clearly mirrors the psalm that David wrote so many years before and reminds us of the promise that God showed us through His example. Even though Christ shouldered our sins on that cross He did not take them with Him to Heaven because that would not be possible. Instead those sins have been separated from Him totally so that He can sit at the right hand of our Father in heaven.

It is that same promise that Christ has given us; that our sins will be able to be separated from our souls so that we may live with Him in eternity. And this was not just a thing that someone wrote down on a piece of paper or even on a stone tablet. This was witnessed by the disciples so that they could write about it to prove all that Christ has told us is the truth. Nowadays we to tend to believe some rather far-fetched stories about things in this world even though we are not witnesses to the events. We do this because someone has written things down or has told us… and that is being told by someone who is a sinner! So why should we ever doubt Christ’s teachings which we know as the truth?

Through reading our bibles we can find out the truth as God has told the prophets. We can then find out the truth that Christ has given to His disciples. We can then compare those two accounts and find out that they are in total agreement – because they are both the truth. This gives us more than just hope; this gives us the sure knowledge that our bibles are the truth and that we can trust God’s Word more than we can trust any of our text books that we believe during our school years! Trust and believe in the truth!

Points to Ponder:
How many times do you have to be shown the truth before you believe it?

How often does God need to remind you too?