“The Appointed Messiah”

 “The Appointed Messiah”

Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away.  Then times of refreshment will come from the presence of the Lord, and He will again send you Jesus, your appointed Messiah.  Acts 3:19-20

 

This is part of the sermon that Peter preached in the Temple, right after the POURING OUT of the HOLY SPIRIT of God, Peter and John had just healed a man that had been crippled from birth. The Apostle Peter told the crowd, who stared at them, as if they had made the man walk by their own power.  Peter, told them that it was by the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—the God of all their ancestors, who brought glory to His Servant JESUS by doing this, the SAME JESUS, whom they had handed over and rejected before Pilate, despite Pilate’s decision to release Him.

They had REJECTED this HOLY, RIGHTEOUS ONE and instead they demanded the RELEASE of a MURDERER. They had KILLED the AUTHOR of LIFE, but GOD RAISED Him from the dead!!  Peter went on to tell them that he realized that what they did to JESUS was out of IGNORANCE. BUT GOD was fulfilling what ALL the PROPHETS had foretold about the MESSIAH that He MUST SUFFER these things

Then the Apostle gave them another opportunity to REPENT of their SINS and TURN TO GOD, so that their SINS might be WIPED AWAY.  And when they did that there would be TIMES of REFRESHMENT that would come from the PRESENCE of the LORD, and God would send JESUS, their APPOINTED MESSIAH. But JESUS MUST remain in HEAVEN until the time for the FINAL RESTORATION of ALL things, as God PROMISED long ago through His Holy Prophets. 

Many people like the JEWS who REJECTED JESUS as their MESSIAH, are REJECTING Him NOW. Are you one of those who CONTINUALLY REJECT JESUS, the APPOINTED MESSIAH, the ONE who is APPOINTED by GOD, the One who SUFFERED, BLED, DIED, and was RESURRECTED from DEATH and the GRAVE to GIVE SINFUL mankind the opportunity to have ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN?? 

If you are, then you are putting your ETERNAL LIFE at GREAT RISK. Rather than have that period of REFRESHMENT, you will experience a HORRIBLE ETERNITY in HELL with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.  However, if when the HOLY SPIRIT of GOD quickens your HEART, and you RESPOND by ADMITTING that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, who is the ONLY WAY to ESCAPE HELL, because there is SALVATION in NO ONE ELSE!! GOD has given NO OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN by which WE MUST BE SAVED!! (4:12). You MUST BELIEVE with ALL your HEART that JESUS DIED for YOU and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession before God. You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and ENJOY YOUR ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  Do this NOW while you STILL CAN!!!  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!  Don’t be LEFT BEHIND!!!  If you DON’T DO the ABOVE, you will SPEND an ETERNITY of CONTINUAL SUFFERING, PAIN, AGONY and much more. So, RESPOND in the POSITIVE to GOD’S APPOINTED MESSIAH,