Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Acts 3:17-26
by: Maryann Palmer.
Peter spoke gently to the people who were responsible for Jesus’ crucifixion. God used their actions, he told them, to fulfill his promise to reconcile people to himself. Then, as any good evangelist, he called people to change, and to turn to God, who will wipe away their sins, and will pour out his blessings upon them.
It’s simple in theory, but difficult in practice. Humility doesn’t come easily to us. We must set pride aside and turn to God, who washes our sin away. Then we can use our newfound freedom in Christ to choose right living. God provides the door, but he doesn’t push us through.