Devotion – Acts 1:3

I’ve started dissecting the Book of Acts over the last couple of weeks. I really want to try and see it and know it more intimately. So my devotions for a while to come will all be from that book alone. This is the first of two devotions this morning…

Acts 1:3

“To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God”

Did you catch that last part of the scripture?

Jesus got a second chance to come back upon the earth. I think it’s safe to say that when we die, we are not going to get a second chance to come back to this earth. At least I wouldn’t plan on it. That being said…if you could come back, what would you do? Would you spend it doing the same things you’ve been doing?

Jesus did. I think that is a testimony of how He lived. He lived like a dying man. He preached like a dying man. What he was saying was so important and so life changing that he spent His second resurrected time, 40 days, preaching on Kingdom principles.

That brings me to my second point of interest…

Jesus spent the entire 40 days speaking on Kingdom principles. If Jesus spent His last 40 days on earth speaking on Kingdom principles, don’t you think we should preach more on Kingdom principles? Kingdom preaching leads to Kingdom living, Kingdom living leads to Kingdom loving, and Kingdom loving leads to earthly change…

Lord prepare us...