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G. John White's first devotional Sold out for Jesus covers 12 vital themes of Christianity.
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February Topic: WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING |
This month I want us to look at why we are still on earth! We are not in Heaven yet - we are destined to go there - and many of us would like to go there quickly (be it to escape the present, be released from the pain experienced on earth or just out of an overwhelming desire to "be with Jesus"). So why can't we go there straight away once we have become a Christian? Maybe there is still something for me to do or become on earth. Let's together have a look at what we are here for... |
Acts 2:6
EACH ONE HEARD THEM IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE
I heard it once said that the more I try to make the Gospel ABC the more the people are DEF (or deaf as the case may be).
However there is not a lot of point speaking in a foreign language!
Whatever your interpretation of this passage is, the answer remains - each one heard in (his) own language.
Since God introduced foreign languages at Babel, it seems logical to me that the Holy Spirit, as the "Master" of them all, is quite capable of enabling those who trust and serve Jesus to communicate with anyone in any of the languages He invented in the first place.
The same is true today. Whether He enables me to learn French, German, Mandarin, or Korean in six years or six seconds is His prerogative. If He chooses to use my voice to communicate with someone in a language they understand but I don't - that's also His prerogative. He may also just choose to "open their ears" to understand the language they don't normally speak or understand. His is the power and authority.
However, I believe there does remain one more challenge, and that is, that the onus is on us to be the best we can be when communicating with people of our own national language, to speak to them in words they understand - not only free from religious jargon, but if the national press limits its vocabulary to a reading age of 8, the Church should try and do the same.
Lastly, just as Peter was able to be relevant to the times, let us also try and be relevant to our generation so that they too will be able to hear in their own "language".
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