Saved &
Being Saved!
But Peter and John answered and said to them,
“Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to
you more than to God, you judge. For we cannot
but speak the things which we have seen
and
heard.”
Acts 4:
19-20
Peter was so scared to identify with Jesus that
he denied even knowing Him three times! Now,
post-Pentecost, he stood before religious rulers
of Jerusalem and said he and John couldn't help
but speak about the words and works of Jesus
to which they had been witnesses.
Obviously, being empowered by the Holy Spirit
is the primary explanation for Peter’s newfound
courage and willingness to stand for Jesus in
the public square.
It is also evidence of the ongoing and
transforming power of the Gospel. When
we refer to the Gospel, we usually think
of salvation as an event: “I was saved.”
It's also a process: “I am being saved,”
as in 1 Corinthians 1:18, “For those of
us who are being saved” the
Gospel is
“the power of God”.
Consider both dimensions of the Gospel
in your life: saved and being
saved. Is there
evidence of the power of the Gospel in
your
life?
"Faith in Jesus leads
to a life
transformed
by Jesus."
Melissa Kruger