THE UNDOING OF BABEL
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Scripture Reading: Acts 2:1-12
“How is it that each of us hears them in his own native language?”
Acts 2:8
Today is Pentecost Sunday. The crowds who heard the apostles’ preaching in many different languages wondered what was going on. They did not realize that what they were witnessing was an earth-shaking event.
Long ago, because people thought too highly of themselves at Babel, God decided to frustrate their ability to understand each other’s words (Genesis 11:1-9). Now, at Pentecost, it became possible to begin undoing that curse because Jesus had accomplished a world-embracing salvation. The disciples’ preaching in different languages did not bring confusion and division; it brought understanding and unity. In one day 3,000 new believers were baptized and added to the church.
The book of Acts describes the variety gathered into Christ’s kingdom. Salvation came to an Ethiopian eunuch, to a former persecutor of the church, and to a Roman officer (Acts 8-10). Lydia, a cloth merchant, was saved at a riverside, and a Philippian jailer and his family were saved after an earthquake (Acts 16).
It was not always smooth sailing after Pentecost. Often the going was rough—one person here and another there accepting the gospel while great numbers continued to scoff. But the tide was beginning to turn; a great hinge of history had swung open. The good news was going out to the ends of the earth!
Prayer
Lord, at one time we were without Christ. How can we thank you for saving us in Christ? May our lives be consecrated to you and your kingdom. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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I do agreed with some of the statments, however, some people are like sandpaper, the more you show them love and forgivingness, the more they continue to walked in the opposite. It seem as if they believe that you owe it to them, or you’re compare to do what you do. I always say: Christianity is not stupidlity. The love of Christ shouldn’t be taken for granted. that’s why the Scripture says, do good to all men, especially to those who belongs to the house of believers. I believe that it takes the spirit of God to enable a person understands love and forgivingness. otherwise it wouldn’t mean anything to them.