Can that really be right? Can Peter and the other disciples really have the power to open the gates of eternity to people? The answer really depends on how you understand the process of people coming to faith.
Today, those of us in the United States of America, celebrate Memorial Day. According to wikipedia, the first Memorial Day was held in 1865 by liberated slaves who wanted to honor the men who died in the American Civil War.
On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.'" Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
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08-04-20
"Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.
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