BBD 05.26.15 Can't Be True! (New)
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and she is apparently unable to do that herself since a family member gave me
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The Burning
Bush Devotional
Classic
from 2007
05.26.15
Can't Be
True!
Men of Israel, hear these words:
Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs
which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know— Him,
being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have
taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death; whom God raised up,
having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be
held by it. - Acts 2:22-24 NKJV.
And with many other words 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 2:40-41 NKJV.
If someone applied to work at
your business in these days you would of course be careful about hiring a new
employee. So, if someone filled out their application saying they had
previously lived in the city of North Pole, graduated from North Pole High
School, and had work experience working as an elf in Santa Claus' House...would
you hire her? That cannot possibly be true! However, the truth is that Joyclin
Jaksons grew up at North Pole, Alaska, and did graduate from North Pole High
School. She also does have work experience having worked as an “elf” in Santa
Claus' House, which is a souvenir shop. The shop does a lot of business during
the summer. Joyclin went to college in Oklahoma, and did have some trouble
finding a job, because of her unbelievable background. The good news is that
someone did check out her story, found it to be true, and found an excellent
employee. (Edmond Life and Leisure 05.07.15; Daily Oklahoman 05.23.15;
Fairbanks Daily News 05.19.15)
It had to be shocking to hear the
apostle Peter preaching that the one who had been crucified, the one whom they
had shouted to have crucified, had come back to life! How could this possibly
be true? But God, through the Holy Spirit, was speaking with that double edged
sword of truth with every word Peter spoke that day. Three thousand were saved
and brought into the Kingdom of God, because they were able to see that the
unbelievable was actually true. That was just the beginning!
In Acts 3, we read
that a man who had been born “lame” unable to
walk all of his life, was healed through the power of God. How could that
possibly be true? Peter says to the lame man begging for money, “Silver and
gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ
of Nazareth, rise up and walk (Acts 3:6 NKJV).” The man then jumped
up, running into the Temple; leaping, and praising God!
When the High Priest had the apostles thrown
into prison, the angel of the Lord released them, and sent them back to testify
to the “words of this life.” The High Priest
then forbid them to preach, and Peter said, “We ought
to obey God rather than men.” They plotted to kill the apostles then,
but Gamaliel warned, “if it is of God, you cannot
overthrow it—lest you even be found to fight against God.”
Saul, who became the apostle Paul, persecuted
the church until on the Road to Damascus, “As he
journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from
heaven. Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “‘Saul,
Saul, why are you persecuting Me (Acts 9:3-4 NKJV)?’” Saul, came to
understand that what could not possibly be true, was indeed true!
It may sound like the Gospel of Jesus Christ
cannot possibly be true, but it is true! If you have been rejecting, and
rejecting, and rejecting the truth of Jesus being the only way to salvation (John 14:6); Gamaliel would tell you not to be found
fighting against God. Saul, who became the apostle Paul, would tell you not to
wait for the blinding light of truth to bring you to a sudden stop in your
life, because the Gospel is true, it is all true! Billions have believed the
truth since the powerful sermon of truth preached by the apostle Peter nearly
2,000 years ago. It is still true!
Believe it!
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