Focus on God’s Goodness-Prophets

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Focus on God’s Goodness is found in Acts 3:24 and 25.

Indeed, beginning with Samuel, all the prophets who have spoken have foretold these days. And you are heirs of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.’

Peter spoke this message to draw attention to the relevance of prophecies in the Old Testament pointing to Jesus.

Hundreds of years before the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, the prophets were declaring that the Messiah would come. He would be the Savior for our sin. He would be the blessing to undo the curse. The prophets were inspired by the Holy Spirit to accurately predict the coming of Jesus and His mission.

Second Peter 1:19 says, “We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.”

The Prophets of the Old Testament reveal the goodness of God and are reasons to give thanks in the Year of Gratitude.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com