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Cut to the Heart
Act 2:37-41
37 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?”
38 Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
39 “For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”
40 And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation.”
41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.
*[2Ti 3:16-17 NKJV] 16 All Scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Peter has just dropped the bomb that these Jews have killed their long awaited messiah and king, the savior of the world whom they were all hoping for. He reasoned with the crowd and proved to them, using the scriptures, that Jesus was the Christ and his death and resurrection were prophesied.
Think of all the blunders that man has perpetrated on the earth and this one takes the crown jewel.
The God of the universe has come down in person to be with man and teach man. To heal diseases, to raise the dead, to convert sinners
and the very people who have waited for centuries, even millennia, for this advent have now turned on their own God and slain him. Many of these Jews were in that crowd that was yelling crucify him, crucify him.
A couple of verses before this Peter strongly declares, 33 “Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear. … 36 “Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.” (Acts 2:33, 36)
Any Jew hearing this has to be thinking I am in for it! By crucifying Jesus Christ they had rejected their only hope for redemption.
This dreadful realization, which was brought by the Holy Spirit through Peter’s preaching, convicted the hearts of the crowd. The scriptures says that they were cut to the heart and cried, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?”
Peter told them to do two things: first he told them to repent and second he told them to be baptized. If they did these things Peter said they WILL receive the gift of the Holy Spirit and that that gift is for all who place their faith in Jesus.
Peter is preaching the Gospel, a message that most of us are familiar with. Yet this is THE reason that we are here. This is the reason that our butts are sitting in these seats Sunday after Sunday.
The word Gospel means good news and no matter how much we think we know and understand that that good news it is always beneficial to remind ourselves of what the bulk of the New Testament addresses
This is the Gospel: God made everything by himself and he created Man in his image. He gave Man dominion over all of the Earth and He walked in fellowship with Man on the earth.
He gave mankind the ideal environment.
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Cut to the Heart
Act 2:37-41
37 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?”
38 Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
39 “For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”
40 And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation.”
41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.
*[2Ti 3:16-17 NKJV] 16 All Scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Peter has just dropped the bomb that these Jews have killed their long awaited messiah and king, the savior of the world whom they were all hoping for. He reasoned with the crowd and proved to them, using the scriptures, that Jesus was the Christ and his death and resurrection were prophesied.
Think of all the blunders that man has perpetrated on the earth and this one takes the crown jewel.
The God of the universe has come down in person to be with man and teach man. To heal diseases, to raise the dead, to convert sinners
and the very people who have waited for centuries, even millennia, for this advent have now turned on their own God and slain him. Many of these Jews were in that crowd that was yelling crucify him, crucify him.
A couple of verses before this Peter strongly declares, 33 “Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear. … 36 “Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.” (Acts 2:33, 36)
Any Jew hearing this has to be thinking I am in for it! By crucifying Jesus Christ they had rejected their only hope for redemption.
This dreadful realization, which was brought by the Holy Spirit through Peter’s preaching, convicted the hearts of the crowd. The scriptures says that they were cut to the heart and cried, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?”
Peter told them to do two things: first he told them to repent and second he told them to be baptized. If they did these things Peter said they WILL receive the gift of the Holy Spirit and that that gift is for all who place their faith in Jesus.
Peter is preaching the Gospel, a message that most of us are familiar with. Yet this is THE reason that we are here. This is the reason that our butts are sitting in these seats Sunday after Sunday.
The word Gospel means good news and no matter how much we think we know and understand that that good news it is always beneficial to remind ourselves of what the bulk of the New Testament addresses
This is the Gospel: God made everything by himself and he created Man in his image. He gave Man dominion over all of the Earth and He walked in fellowship with Man on the earth.
He gave mankind the ideal environment.