ASLC Devotions - Monday

Acts 10:44 While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word.

Peter was preaching to a mixed audience in Jerusalem just after Jesus' resurrection. He was preaching to a mixed audience of Jews, Jews who had come to see Jesus as the promised Messiah, Jews who were curious about this Jesus person, and Gentiles who were curious. As we taught our Confirmation group last Wednesday, Gentiles is just a fancy word for any non-Jewish person, i.e. most of us.

And the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word, Jews and Gentiles.

This is really important: God's Spirit falls on all. Jews and Gentiles, male and female, black and white. One of the most consistent messages of Scripture is that God's Spirit blows through the walls that we humans build between us. The Holy Spirit falls upon all who hear the word. Do you hear the word? Do you feel the Spirit?

In Christ,
Pastor Seth

This Sunday we worship with Holy Communion at 8:30 and 11 and Education Hour at 9:45. Visit http://www.allsaintspalatine.org for full information and respond to this email to be unsubscribed from the devotionals mailing list. This Sunday during the Adult Forum, come to a conversation about the proposed 2014 budget ahead of the January 26 Annual Meeting.