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Last night, Heidi and I braved the weather to eat pizza with Jordan and Erin and chat about James' baptism, which is this Sunday. In our reading today, Simon the Wizard gets baptized and learns what God's grace is really all about when Peter chastizes him, "That's unthinkable--trying to buy God's gift!" On the radio this morning (AM 590 or 950, I can't remember), I heard a discussion about people who know they are going to heaven, but never do any good works. When we light James' candle this weekend, we will tell him (and remind ourselves), "Let your light shine before others so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven." Good works certainly don't get you into heaven, but we are to do them, so others have the opportunity to glorify God.
The Ethiopian eunuch gets baptized and glorifies God. The Holy Spirit must have rushed into his life, if he was out church building. Unfortunately, we don't control the Spirit. Like the wind, she blows as she pleases. We can only pray that she enters our life and our worship to transform us into the likeness of Jesus.
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Acts 8 V 4 Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.
ReplyDeleteMost weeknights when I get home from work I have a quiet hour waiting for Laura to arrive so we can begin our evening rituals usually involving some kind of food and playing with the dogs. Tonight in that hour I had two visitors who knocked on my door, stated they were college students(Fitchburg State is just down the road)and said they were seeking out people who would like help with whatever concerns they had that they would like to bring to God in prayer. Surprisingly amazed by their courage and caught off guard I thanked them, and saw in them the faces of those scattered and preaching the word wherever they are, even on the cold winter streets of Fitchburg.
After reading again Acts 8 and struggling with its message to me today, these two followers of Christ appeared before me proclaiming the word of God, allowing the Spirit who fills them to lead them out into the community to my door, to show me that his work continues and that verse 4 is still alive. Amazing.