Summary
We want to follow Jesus sometimes, let him set the pace, the direction, the pattern for our life, but there's a lot of times where we want to grasp that role of leader and we want God and others to just follow along. Look with me, please at verse 38, Peter said to them, repent and be baptized, every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, so that your sins may be forgiven and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, repent and be baptized. To repent is to turn away from your sin and turn to the Lord, turn to God, it's relinquishing that demand to be the leader and getting in line and saying, I follow you as my leader, Jesus. He says, go therefore and make disciples of all nations, so as he says this, it's as you are going, make disciples or as you're making disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. For the apostles teaching, we gather together, for the fellowship, we gather together to break bread, to receive the Lord's supper that tangible forgiveness through the body and blood, the bread and wine of Jesus Christ. Discipleship is being molded by God's word molded by the apostles teaching molded by the Imblood, the forgiveness of sins molded as we gather together to pray, knowing that the Lord hears us, knowing that the Lord answers us.
Video citations
- "Made and Molded" 4-27-25 — If you would please open your Bibles to the Book of Acts, the second chapter, if you're using a Pue edition of the Bible, that can be found in the New Testament on page 104. The Book of Acts chapter…