2025-04-06 St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Welkom

Welcome

Chorus Jesus, we enthrone You

Chorus I just want to praise You

Chorus I love You Lord

Confession of sin

The Lord’s Prayer

Hymn Oh soul are you weary and troubled

The Ten Commandments

Carol will now read the Old Testament reading to jus from the NIV pew bible.

She begins with “Hear the Word of God as it is written in Psalm 126”

She ends with “This is the word of God”.

Congregation: “Thanks be to God”

John

will now read the New Testament reading to us from the NIV pew bible.

He begins with “Hear the Word of God as it is written in Luke 20:9–19”

He ends with “This is the word of God”.

Congregation: “Thanks be to God”.

Hymn God is our strength and refuge

Sermon

6. (22-26) Peter warns of the danger of rejecting Jesus.

“For Moses truly said to the fathers, ‘The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says to you. And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’ Yes, and all the prophets, from Samuel and those who follow, as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days. You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’ To you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.”

a. For Moses truly said to the fathers:

The Jewish people of Peter’s day were aware of this prophecy of Moses (recorded in Deu_18:15; Deu_18:18-19)

New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update Chapter 18

15 “The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your countrymen, you shall listen to him.

New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update Chapter 18

18 ‘I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.

19 ‘It shall come about that whoever will not listen to My words which he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him.

, but some thought that the Prophet would be someone different than the Messiah. Peter made it clear that they are one and the same.

b. Every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed:

The destruction promised in the prophecy would become the legacy of this generation of Jews. Many of this generation (certainly not all) rejected Jesus twice over.

i. This is the third blessing that comes from repenting and turning to God – being spared this promised judgment.

c. And of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham:

Hidden in the idea of the promise to Abraham (all the families of the earth shall be blessed) and in the words to you first is the undeveloped theme of the extension of the gospel to all the world - even to the Gentiles.

d. Sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities:

This is the fourth blessing that comes from repenting and turning to God. Jesus blesses us from heaven, and does this by turning us away from our sins. God’s desire to bless us and to do good for us also includes His desire to turn us all away from our sins.

i. The lame man at the Beautiful Gate wanted something; but God wanted to give him something much greater.

The same was generally true of the Jewish people Peter preached to.

They expected the Messiah in a certain way, but God wanted to give them something much greater. They looked for a political and military Messiah, and not so much one to turn every one of you from your iniquities.

It shows how important it is for us to expect the right things from God.

Notices

Collection

Praise God from whom all blessing flow

Prayer

Hymn Be Thou my vision

Benediction

Doxology Now unto Him