My reading of the New Testament today brought me through the first three chapters of the Acts of the Apostles.
Three verses in Acts chapter 2 reminds me that the resurrection of our Lord Iesus from the dead is a powerful act carried out by the hand of God our Father. Verse 24 tells us that it was God who brought Iesus back to life. This statement is reiterated in verse 32. And in verse 36, we read that God has made Iesus "Lord and Christ".
- Acts 2:24, 32, 36 BBE Bible in Basic English
- 2:24
- But God gave him back to life, having made him free from the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be overcome by it.
- 2:32
- This Jesus God has given back to life, of which we all are witnesses.
- 2:36
- For this reason, let all Israel be certain that this Jesus, whom you put to death on the cross, God has made Lord and Christ.
See also the following passage from Acts chapter 3, which tells us that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob has glorified his servant Iesus, who is called the Lord of Life in verse 15, whom God brought back from the dead.:
- Acts 3:13 - 15 BBE Bible in Basic English
- 13 The God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has given glory to his servant Jesus; whom you gave up, turning your backs on him, when Pilate had made the decision to let him go free.
- 14 But you would have nothing to do with the Holy and Upright One, and made request for a man of blood to be given to you,
- 15 And put to death the Lord of life; whom God gave back from the dead; of which fact we are witnesses.
My first conviction by the Word of God, of the fact that God raised his servant Iesus from the dead, took place on Easter Sunday 12Apr2009. Standing among the congregation in the midst of Easter Sunrise Service, I came across the words of the Apostle Peter in his message to the household of Cornelius the Centurion in Caesarea in Acts chapter 10.
I was so strongly convicted by Peter's words that I wrote my first blog post on this "epiphany" - that God anointed Iesus, God was with Iesus, and God raised Iesus from the dead. Please see link below:
