START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION
(KJV) Acts 26:17-18 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
PAUL’S GOD-GIVEN COMMISSION / ACTS 26:17-18
This verse is a classic statement of the effects Jesus desires from the preaching of His message to spiritually lost people (those who have not yet received His forgiveness and a renewed personal relationship with Him).
- “Open their eyes.” Those who do not know Christ are blinded by Satan to the reality of their spiritual lostness and future destruction. They do not comprehend the truth of the gospel (2 Corinthians 4:4). Preaching about Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit is the only thing that will expose their true condition and “open their eyes” of understanding (2 Corinthians 4:5; Ephesians 1:18).
- “Turn them from…the power of Satan to God.” Satan is the ruler of this world full of people who choose to go their own way. All who have not surrendered their lives to Christ’s authority are under Satan’s control and enslaved to his power. Satan’s work and influence are evident in all who follow the ways of the world and “in those who are disobedient” (Ephesians 2:2). Preaching about Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit will rescue men and women from Satan’s power and bring them into Christ’s kingdom (Colossians 1:13; 1 Peter 2:9).
- “That they may receive forgiveness of sins.” Forgiveness is only possible because of Jesus’ sacrificial death on the cross, which paid the full penalty for our sins. When people hear this message, they can respond in faith by accepting Christ’s sacrifice for themselves and by yielding control of their lives to Him.
- “A place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.” Those who are forgiven of sin, freed from the power of Satan, and spiritually renewed by the Holy Spirit are then set apart from the world and reserved for God’s purposes. Through the further experience of baptism in the Holy Spirit, they are empowered for those purposes as they grow deeper in their relationship with Christ.
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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter
- HIS WITNESSES TO OUR PEOPLE / ACTS 13:31
- SAUL WHO WAS CALLED PAUL – PAUL FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT /ACTS 13:9
- LAID THEIR HANDS ON THEM / ACTS 6:6
- FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / ACTS 13:52
- FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / ACTS 9:17
- MY SERVANTS, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN – IN THOSE DAYS / ACTS 2:18
- HOLY SPIRIT CAME ON THEM AS HE HAD COME ON US AT THE BEGINNING / ACTS 11:15
- THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD / ACTS 2:33
- WASH YOUR SINS AWAY / ACTS 22:16
- PROVE THEIR REPENTANCE BY THEIR DEEDS / ACTS 26:20
- YOU WILL RECEIVE POWER / ACTS 1:8
- SUFFER FOR MY NAME / ACTS 9:16
- THEY BELIEVED … THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST / ACTS 8:12
- WHEN THEY HEARD THIS / ACTS 11:18
- THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME ON THEM / ACTS 19:6
- SPEAKING IN TONGUES / ACTS 10:46
- GOD DOES NOT SHOW FAVORITISM / ACTS 10:34
- THEY RECEIVED THE HOLY SPIRIT / ACTS 8:17
- HAD NOT YET COME UPON ANY OF THEM / ACTS 8:15-16
- THEY WERE ALL FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / ACTS 4:31
- FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / ACTS 2:4
- THEY WERE BAPTIZED / ACTS 19:15
- THIS CORRUPT GENERATION / ACTS 2:40
- REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED / ACTS 2:38
- FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN AND FOR ALL / ACTS 2:39
- WORSHIPING … AND FASTING / ACTS 13:2
- KEPT BY THE HOLY SPIRIT FROM PREACHING / ACTS 16:6
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Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion.
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace
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PAUL'S GOD-GIVEN COMMISSION / ACTS 26:17-18
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This verse is a classic statement of the effects Jesus desires from the preaching of His message to spiritually lost people (those who have not yet received His forgiveness and a renewed personal relationship with Him).
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Margarita Crews
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