THURSDAY February 15, 2024
The Power of the Gospel
“ ‘I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.’ ”
Acts 26:17-18
King Agrippa continued to patiently listen to Paul’s account of his conversion. Persecution would come from Jews and Gentiles, and Paul would suffer, but he was given the reassurance of His deliverance. The Lord had told Paul that He had called him to go preach the Gospel to the Gentiles. These are the promises of God!
The power of the Gospel was portrayed to the attentive King. It was given to open the eyes of people who were spiritually blind. It not only helped with bringing them to Christ, but the Gospel had the capability to turn them from the darkness to His marvelous light. People are bound by Satan! You see, there are only two kingdoms––the kingdom of God and the kingdom of Satan––nothing else. Imagine, the Gospel has the power to break Satan’s rule over their lives and to translate them into God’s kingdom.
The Gospel message gave the reassurance of Christ’s forgiveness of sins. There is no sin that cannot be forgiven. Jesus will wash and cleanse a person’s life of their sin. That is the effect of the Gospel! Also, the Gospel gave the promise of an eternal inheritance. Believers in Christ are sanctified––set apart. We are so spiritually rich!
All these things are part of the Gospel message, and these truths reveal God’s purposes for someone’s life. We have a mission to complete––to share the Word so that others can come to Christ. Again, Christians have so much to be thankful for!
...giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
~Colossians 1:12-14~
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