Opening the Right Gift

 

Acts 19:2b-5

They answered, "No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit." So Paul asked, "Then what baptism did you receive?" "John's baptism," they replied. Paul said, "John's baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus." On hearing this they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

 

 

Questions to Ponder:

 

Are you living with joy and excitement as if you just received the greatest gift of all?

 

Or is that gift unopened and unused sitting on a shelf somewhere?

 

Have you become a new creation in Christ or are you still living in the same old chains?

 

The gift of Jesus is available to each of us;

all we need to do is receive Him.

 

Our passage today concludes with these words, "On hearing this they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus."

 

What is your response to what you've studied today?

 

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