I was studying Acts 3 and an interesting connection descended into my mind. Peter was pleading with the Jews and many witnesses to the trial of Jesus to repent and accept Jesus as Messiah. I found it fascinating that it helps clarify what Jesus meant that if you deny Him you can still be saved but if you grieve the Holy Spirit you are condemned. I think what Jesus was doing was saying that many people that crucified him or denied Him could later repent. I think we see this in the interaction wit...  more