Save Yourselves

There is so much wrong in the world today, so much blatant sin and corruption, that we often forget that it has always been this way. But we just have to read the stories in the Bible such as Sodom and Gomorrah in the days of Abraham or Romans 1 in the time of Paul to see that ungodliness and unrighteousness have been the way of man since Adam first declared his independence from God.

As followers of Christ we often have a tendency to shun unbelievers, to cross to the other side of the street to avoid them. Or we get angry when unbelievers act and think like unbelievers. What we should be doing is what Simon Peter did in Acts 2...stand up and tell the story of Jesus, what He did on the cross and how He has changed our lives.

When the people were convicted of their sin by Peter's words, they asked, "What must we do?" Peter told them to repent and be baptized. But he continued to speak to them saying, "Save yourselves from this corrupt generation" and over 3000 gave their lives to Christ. (Acts 2:37-41)

I don't believe I will ever speak to that many people at once, but I do have one person at a time I can bear witness to about the life change Jesus has made in me. One person - who needs to hear how Jesus transformed me from a God hater (Romans 1:30, Matthew 6:24, 1 John 4:20) to a God lover.