Apr 4, 2022
DEUTERONOMY 4:
Yesterday Moses gave his personal account of
how God led the people of Israel is not attacking three nations,
but finally led them in attacking two kings. Moses pleaded with God
to allow him to cross the Jordan into the promised land, but God
refused to let him.
PSALM 51:
This
is one of the most quoted and most famous psalms. David's sincere
and broken-hearted prayer for forgiveness is a pattern for all of
us to follow.
ACTS 8b:
Yesterday we heard how the believers in
Jerusalem were scattered by a wave of persecution following
Stephen's martyrdom. Philip (the deacon, not the apostle) is given
the wonderful privilege to turn many to the Lord in Samaria. My own
thought about why the Holy Spirit was not given when the believers
were baptized is because Peter really was given the “keys to the
kingdom.” Peter was present when the Jewish people received the
Holy Spirit, and when the despised mixed-breed Samaritans received
the Holy Spirit, and when non-Jews received that same
gift.