RECALL NOTICE

RECALL NOTICE

READ:
Acts 3:13-21

Repent...that your sins may
be blotted out. -Acts 3:19

In 2010, auto manufacturers recalled a staggering 20 million cars in the US for various defects.  The thought of such a large number of defective cars on the road is startling enough.  But what is more disturbing is the apathy of some owners.  In one instance, the executive director of the Center for Auto Safety warned owners, "It's a free repair.  Get it done.  I may save your life."  Yet, despite the risk to their own lives, 30 present never responded.

Likewise, many ignore God's "recall notice" to the entire human race.  Unlike a defect found in automobiles, the moral defect of the human race is not the Maker's fault.  He made everything "very good" (Genesis 1:31), but people's sin ruined it.  God's offer to us is "repent...that your sins may be blotted out" (Acts 3:19).

God offers not just a free repair of the human heart but a replacement of it (Ezekiel 36:26; 2 Corinthians 5:17).  Though the offer costs us nothing (Ephesians 2:8-9), it cost God the life of His only Son Jesus Christ.  "[Jesus] bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness-by whose stripes you were healed" (1 Peter 2:24).

Don't ignore the Lord's call.  The free and permanent remedy offered by God for our spiritual defect will save your life! -C.P. Hia

The hearts of man is stained by sin,
From Adam's fall this has been true;
Yet God in Christ can make a change-
Through faith in Him we are made new. -Fitzhugh
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For a new start, ask God for a new heart.

INSIGHT
In his first sermon, Peter used four titles to describe Jesus.  "Servant" (v.13) is reminiscent of the Servant in Isaiah 42:1; 52:13; 53:11.  The "Holy One" and "Just" (v.14) declare that Jesus is the LORD (Isaiah 24:16 NIV; 43:15; 1 John 2:1).  "Prince of life" (v.15) affirms Jesus is the Creator, the source of all life (John 1:1-4; 1 John 5:11-12).


Have a blessed day.
God Our Creator's Love Always
Unity & Peace