Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Acts 2:37-40 -- On Hearts and Actions

"Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation."
Acts 2:37-40


This is a good reminder of what we should do when we feel that "pricking" of the heart and know that we need to act in the service of God.  Peter counsels us here to repent and to be baptized.  Repentance is something that we can do every day in striving to improve and grow closer to God, and the promises that we make at baptism are things that we can strive to live by, and renew, each week as well... as we live our lives, and as we take the sacrament.

I love the idea that these things aren't a heavy obligation or a burden, but a promise... a happy, awesome thing that can help us know how to save ourselves--through coming to Christ, and changing our behavior and our hearts as we learn to be better people with God's help.

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