<p><span class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold">For Reading and Meditation:</span><br><span class="italic">     <span class="scriptRef" ref="ac+10:23-48">Acts 10:23-48</span></span></p><p>If, as the Scripture declares, Jesus is the only way, what about people in other faiths? First, we must be clear that there is no such thing as self-salvation. Nobody can achieve salvation by his or her religion, sincerity, or good works. Second, Jesus Christ is the only way to God and the only Savior. Our Lord Himself said: "No one comes to the Father except through me" (<span class="scriptRef" ref="joh+14:6">John 14:6</span>). This effectively ends all argument. Third, we do not know how much knowledge and understanding of the gospel a person needs to have in order to call upon God for mercy and be saved. In the Old Testament, people were justified by faith even though they had little knowledge or expectation of Christ. I believe that when people become aware that they cannot save themselves and need to throw themselves upon God's mercy, in some way God reveals Himself to them and brings them through His Son to a saving knowledge of Himself. I have met many people from other faiths who, realizing that they could not save themselves and yearning to find salvation, were amazingly led by God to a book, a leaflet, or an audiotape, that helped them understand how to come to God through Jesus. Does this mean we don't need to be concerned about presenting the gospel to people? No, it is much easier for people to believe if they have heard. God worked miraculously to bring the gospel to Cornelius. So too He will work for those who are willing to give up all ideas of saving themselves and look to Him alone for salvation.</p><p class="center-it italic bold mlr40 mtb20">O Father, what a glimpse this gives me of Your eagerness to save all that will come to You through Your Son. May this inspire me more than ever to do my part in making Your gospel known. In Christ's Name I pray. Amen.</p><div class="tl-lightgrey mt20 pt20 flexbox-row-wrap jc-around"><div><div class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold center-it">AdditionalVerses</div><ul style="margin-top:0px"><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="joh+6:47-69">John 6:47-69</span></li><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="eph+2:19-21">Ephesians 2:19-21</span></li><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="1pe+2:6">1 Peter 2:6</span></li></ul></div>

<div><div class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold center-it">Questions to Consider</div><ul style="margin-top:0px"><li>What was Peter's conclusion?</li><li>How did Paul describe Christ?</li></ul></div></div>

Let a little light into your soul every day with this wonderful devotional from English pastor Selwyn Hughes.

Every Day Light with Selwyn Hughes

"Now we are all here ... to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to tell us." (v. 33)

<p><span class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold">For Reading and Meditation:</span><br><span class="italic">     <span class="scriptRef" ref="ac+17:16-34">Acts 17:16-34</span></span></p><p>God is active not only in the Church but in the world and in those belonging to other religions also. Christians believe that God has revealed Himself in Jesus in a unique way, as declared in the Scriptures, and has nothing more to reveal than He has revealed. But does that mean God is interested only in Christians? Not at all. One of the statements in the passage before us today proclaims: "He is not far from each one of us" (v. 27). By creation all men and women are God's offspring, and they live and move and have their being in Him. Christians believe that because Jesus is the Light of the world, and is described by John in the Fourth Gospel as "the true light that gives light to every man" (<span class="scriptRef" ref="joh+1:9">John 1:9</span>). Truth and beauty are derived from Him, even though people may be unaware of their source. Theologians refer to this as "common grace" - the kindness God shows to all human beings even though they know Him not. This is not to be confused with "saving grace," which is the kindness and mercy He extends to those who humbly receive the sacrificial offering which His Son made for them on the cross. Clearly, those who belong to other faiths are of deep concern to God, and that same concern ought to be ours. It should show itself in the way we talk to them, deal with them, and pray for them. There is no better way to end a discussion with an adherent of some other faith than to say and mean: "God loves you, and so do I."</p><p class="center-it italic bold mlr40 mtb20">O God, can it be that sometimes You are hindered in the process of bringing others to Yourself by those of us who are more interested in winning an argument than winning a soul? Infuse us with Your love - Calvary love. In Jesus' Name we ask it. Amen.</p><div class="tl-lightgrey mt20 pt20 flexbox-row-wrap jc-around"><div><div class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold center-it">AdditionalVerses</div><ul style="margin-top:0px"><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="mt+5:38-48">Matthew 5:38-48</span></li><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="job+34:18-19">Job 34:18-19</span></li><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="ac+10:34-35">Acts 10:34-35</span></li></ul></div>

<div><div class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold center-it">Questions to Consider</div><ul style="margin-top:0px"><li>How did Jesus describe common grace?</li><li>What did Peter declare?</li></ul></div></div>

"For in him we live and move and have our being." (v. 28) 

<p><span class="bible-text "> <sup class="verse-num ">34 </sup>Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism   </span><span class="bible-text "> <sup class="verse-num ">35 </sup>but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.   </span></p>

Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism<cr>1</cr> 

Acts 10:34

but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.<cr>1</cr> 

Acts 10:35

 34 Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism   35 but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.  

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 Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.

Acts 10:34-35

<p><span class="bible-text ">Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism   </span><span class="bible-text ">but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.   </span></p>

 Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism   but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.  

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