November 21

Acts 11-12
When Peter was giving his testimony concerning the conversion of Cornelius and his household, he makes the statement: “So if God gave them the same gift he gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could stand in God’s way?”  There is a principal in that statement that extends beyond this event, a principal we Christians should heed.  When we witness the gift of the Spirit in other believers and we refuse to offer our hand in fellowship because they might not share all our views, we may want to ask ourselves, “Who are we to think we can stand in God’s way?”  God is sovereign, and He will save who He chooses to save, regardless of our views about who should or should not be saved.  Jesus stated it another way when He said that a house divided cannot stand.