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Acts 3:12-19

When Peter saw this, he said to them: “Fellow Israelites, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate, though he had decided to let him go. You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this. By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through him that has completely healed him, as you can all see. “Now, fellow Israelites, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders. But this is how God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, saying that his Messiah would suffer. Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,

By: The Rev. Keith Allen

Life Application: There are two truths that stand out in this passage. First, our life begins in the womb. The Psalmist is aware that even prior to birth we are “alive”, for we could not be guilty if we were not persons. This should challenge us all to value life from conception.
Second, our greatest need in this life is to have a clean heart, a new spirit and the gift of eternal life! This life is not the end it is merely the beginning. God so loved us that He gave His son that we might have eternal life. Life is at the heart of the gospel.

Therefore, today we must live a life of worship and thanksgiving to God for each day is a gift from Him. We must declare to the world that life is the gift of God and stand against the killing of the unborn and the neglect of the aged. Finally we must share the good news that at the end of this life there is a greater gift of eternal life for all who would repent of sin and believe in Christ Jesus.