Re:Verse passage – Acts 2:1-13, 36-47 (day four)
”For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
At Pentecost, we celebrate that the promise of God – the good news of salvation – was made available to all. When Jesus sent the Holy Spirit, he ignited the flame that allowed the gospel to go beyond their small corner of the world in Israel and into every heart across the world and across space and time. God made himself available to all the world through the power of the Spirit and through the testimony of the apostles. Peter makes it clear that this good news is for everybody, their children, and then some.
This truth should impact how we move through the world. Who do you imagine to be “far off?” Those in another part of the world where the gospel has not been preached? Pray for them and pray the Spirit would move among them. Consider whether God is calling you to them. Or what about people in our life who seem “far off” spiritually? Pentecost reminds us that there is hope for them. The Spirit speaks in such a way that their hearts cannot ignore, and no matter how far off they seem, the gospel is for them. Consider how you might minister to those near you who are far off this week.
Let Pentecost reignite your confidence that the good news is for all.