Apostolic Preaching & the Window of Mercy

“Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?” Then Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the holy Spirit…Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them…” (Acts 2:38, 41)

On the day the Lord poured out His Spirit on the disciples in the upper room, God anointed His Apostles to preach in such a way that the power of God fell on the hearts of those hearing the message. They were “cut to the heart” and their response was “What must we do to be saved?” Three-thousand people came to the Lord in one day. What a remarkable demonstration of apostolic preaching.

People walking around on the streets without knowing their Savior are dead in their sins. Their spirit is dead. Their eyes are blind, and they cannot hear the Good News of Jesus Christ. Everything in the natural world is in the exact opposite spirit of the message of Jesus Christ.

Satan, his demons, and the sinful nature of man are all in absolute opposition to the knowledge of Jesus Christ. People without God are walking around under a cloud of blindness.

However, it is in God’s mercy that He longs to convey us out of darkness and into the kingdom of the Son of His Love (Col. 1:12-14). Now, we walk in the light, and God has called us to be light to the world.

When the message of the gospel is preached with the anointing of God on the vessel, it opens a “window of mercy” over that person where suddenly, they can see the barrenness of their own life and they are faced with the decision of where they are going to spend eternity. When the gospel of Jesus Christ is preached in power, a decision must be made. It is life or death.

God is wanting to release apostolic vessels who know the authority of the Holy Spirit living on the inside of them and not only preach—but live—the message of the Gospel. He wants to release the apostolic preaching with power where men are “cut to the heart” and brought to repentance and the knowledge of God.

God’s Word is powerful, but He is lacking in vessels who can rightly wield the true power of His Word for the Glory of God and the salvation of the lost. God is looking for vessels, sold out to God and His righteousness who can rightly release that power to see millions and millions of souls brought into the kingdom of God.

Lord, release the power of apostolic preaching again to the church in the nations. Let millions of souls come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ!