June 17
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When the Bible takes a lot of time to tell one story it means that we should perk up and take note of what is going on. For the third straight day we are reading about Peter's vision of the unclean animals being made clean. This is emphasized for quite a long while in Acts. It is difficult to grasp the importance of this sense we are used to Christianity being a faith practiced all over the world. We have to remember that we are the "gentiles" that the Bible talks about over and over. The whole point of this story is to show us how truly amazing the gospel is. God is gracious and desires that men and women all over this world would come to know him. Right after this story there are several accounts of evangelism and about many coming to faith and repentance. We then learn a bit of church history because we hear about the first time the church is referred to as "Christians". What does "Christian" mean? Little Christ. We are like ambassadors sent out into this word to spread his good news of salvation.
That's good to remember, Brother Matt. When we call ourselves "Christians" we must remember that we're meant to tell others about Jesus.
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