“Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”
Genesis 11:7 (NIV)
There are all sorts of languages in the world and God is behind them all.
He confused our language so that in an instant -
people who used to understand each other couldn’t anymore.
people who used to understand each other couldn’t anymore.
The ones who could still understand each other, grouped together, and separated from the ones they couldn’t understand and so people scattered over the face of the earth.
Then the Day of Pentecost came- and the Holy Spirit gave the Christians in that room the ability to speak the gospel in all of the languages of the people around them in Jerusalem.
God scattered humans by different languages because of the pride in their hearts.
God brings humans together in Christ from all of the languages of the world, as they hear the good news of the love of God for them in Christ Jesus His Son, and humble their hearts, before their Lord calling on Him to be saved.
The grace of God turns a curse into a blessing through Christ Jesus our Lord, and through the gift of the promised Holy Spirit.
This day lets give thanks to God for His Spirit and pray for those like Parkdale's missionaries Rick and Muriel Oickle who toil at bringing the good news of Jesus to language groups all over the world.
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