For Easter Sunday, we reviewed Acts 2:22-36, part of the first Christian sermon ever preached, in order to discover what are the essential points of the Christian message. We found that it is the announcement of events that happened, not instruction about commandments to keep. In other words, it is good news, not good advice.
After relating terrible events that must happen before Christ’s coming, this text leaves believers with a simple message - Stand Firm!
Although the first anointed king tried to kill the second one, the Lord protected his anointed, as he always does.
While Leviticus makes for difficult reading for people today, it contains a simple message that everyone needs to learn: God is holy, so we...