“Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.” (Acts 2:40)
These were words Peter spoke to the people who were present when God poured out his Holy Spirit on the apostles and the early Jewish followers of Jesus described in the Book of Acts. This has long been regarded as the start of the Church. The Book of Acts tells us that those looking on heard a sound like the blowing of a violent wind and saw about 120 of Jesus’ disciples praying in languages not their own, praising and worshiping God. They asked Peter what this all meant.
Peter responded that Jesus, who had performed many miraculous signs, had been executed by the authorities, was raised from the dead by God, and was the long awaited Messiah foretold by the prophets. Peter said that Jesus was now pouring out his Holy Spirit as he had promised on all that believed in him. Peter urged all that were listening to save themselves from their corrupt generation.
Though Peter’s words were directed at the people in front of him, they are in fact timeless, applicable to generations beyond his own, including our present generation. The loss of respect for life in our current day, the confusion over truth, the erosion of integrity, the diminishing state of sexual morality, and the abandonment of principles of natural law, including a movement to encourage children to reject their sexual nature given them by God, all point to corruption in our present generation.
So what should we do? Interestingly, the people of Peter’s generation asked the same question. He told them, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” He went on to say that this “promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all the Lord our God will call.” (Acts 2:38-39)
That’s us! We are far in distance and time, but Peter’s words are meant for us just as they were to the people of his day. Repent of our sins, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and we can receive the gift of the Holy Spirit to enrich and empower our lives.
Then, we can be a leaven to our present generation by bringing the presence of Christ in us through the power of the Holy Spirit to the people and circumstances of our lives.
What steps can you take to protect yourself from this corrupt generation?
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Morally astute is how you do it, yes. So now what, I was told that Jesus the Christ rightly orders every Vocation. So, we trust in God.
Maybe this has to do with faithful citizenship and achieving a good of your particular office whatever your office might be. What is this nonsense these folks are doing. It seems to me that I’m striving to work the mule, quite unintelligently, around erroring toward fidelity, yes, familially, intergenerationally, as well as institutionally and governmentally with the right variety of generousity, while all the while seeking truth in charity, yes, the right varieties of charities.
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