MESSAGE & MESSENGER
Acts 2.14-41
Gordon Dabbs, PhD
Acts 2.36 (ESV) Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.
Romans 1.16 (ESV) I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
Acts 2.22 (NIV) Fellow Israelites, listen to this. . .
Jesus was sent by God.
Acts 2.22 (ESV) Jesus of Nazareth . . . attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst . . .
Jesus was crucified.
Acts 2.23 (ESV) . . . you crucified and killed . . .
Jesus was raised from the dead.
Acts 2.24 (ESV) God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
Jesus is Lord.
Acts 2.36 (ESV) “God has made this Jesus… both Lord and Christ.”
You can’t receive God’s grace until you recognize your need for it.
You can’t heal what you won’t admit is broken.
Acts 2.37 (ESV) Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
Acts 2.38 (ESV) Peter said to 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.”
Repent.
Be baptized.
Receive forgiveness of your sins.
Receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 2.39 (ESV) The promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.
Acts 2.41 (ESV) So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.
The Spirit empowered the message… and the message demanded a response.
Where is God calling you to speak up?
The same Spirit who helped Peter find his voice will help you find yours.
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