Calls

"The promise is for everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself," Acts 2:39.

What promise? The gift of the Holy Spirit. The forgiveness of sins. God gives his promised gift to those he calls. So who are these called people? They're the people who had just then moments earlier heard Peter's announcement of the Good News: Jesus died, was buried, but God raised him back to life as Messiah and Lord. (Hmm. So when did they hear God calling them? When they heard the preaching of Christ.) Yeah. And those who received God's call, these called on the name of the Lord. They repented. They were baptized. And they got added in, too. Free gift of God: eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

We visit with a brother or sister today sharing God's call on our hearts. And together we give thanks that God now summons all people everywhere to repent and live.