Peter’s First Sermon
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Transcript
15 For these people are not drunk, as you assume, since it is only the third hour of the day;
16 but this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel:
17 ‘And it shall be in the last days,’ God says, ‘That I will pour out My Spirit on all Mankind; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, And your old men will Have dreams;
18 and Even on My male and female Servants I will pour out My spirit in those days, And they will prophesy.
19 ‘And I will display wonders in the sky above And signs on the earth below, Blood, fire, and vapor of smoke.
20 ‘The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, Before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 ‘And it shall be that Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
This is the word of God for the people of God….
Are you ready for the message God has for us today? Cool let’s dig in…
We always talk about the Holy Spirit and no doubt He is the center of this passage, but He used someone unexpected to talk that day.
The passage we just read serves as the introduction to Peter’s first sermon — Develop
When I was first starting out as young preacher Hugh Shira — Tell the story of Case, Cause, Cure
I see these three things in the first Gospel sermon of Peter here in Acts two, let’s take a closer look…
The Case for The Death Christ
The Case for The Death Christ
22 “Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a Man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know—
23 this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death.
24 But God raised Him from the dead, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power.
25 For David says of Him, ‘I saw the Lord continually before me, Because He is at my right hand, so that I will not be shaken.
26 ‘Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue was overjoyed; Moreover my flesh also will live in hope;
27 For You will not abandon my soul to Hades, Nor will you Allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.
28 ‘You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of gladness with Your presence.’
Peter’s first point is the importance of the ministry of Jesus.
Peter reminds them they know Jesus’ record — miracles, wonders, and signs — develop
Jesus was put to death by evil people, died a horrific death but that was not the end of His story…He rose again
Peter states there is no way death could have power over Jesus. — We sing death could not hold him, “What a Beautiful Name”
Then Peter quotes a Messianic Psalm of David — Psalm 16:8-11.
He sets his case for Jesus firmly in pages of the Old Testament, passages know to the audience — Develop
The Cause for The Holy Spirit
The Cause for The Holy Spirit
Peter demonstrates that the resurrection was always part of the plan
Peter points out that even David talking about the King born through His line would die and then be resurrected for a purpose.
29 “Brothers, I may confidently say to you regarding the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
30 So because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne,
31 he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that He was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh suffer decay.
32 It is this Jesus whom God raised up, a fact to which we are all witnesses.
33 Therefore, since He has been exalted at the right hand of God, and has received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, He has poured out this which you both see and hear.
34 For it was not David who ascended into heaven, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand,
35 Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.” ’
Did you catch verse 31? — He is developing his point from vers 27
Jesus had to die that the Holy Spirit would be poured out.
Because God has exalted to Jesus to His right hand the Spirit has been poured out on the disciples which the crowd has witnessed.
The sting — Acts 2:36
36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ—this Jesus whom you crucified.”
The Cure for Man’s Sin
The Cure for Man’s Sin
What happened when the crowd heard what Peter said in verse 36?
37 Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what are we to do?”
I love questions, Peter allowed them to ask the most important question they could ever ask. — What shall we do? — Develop
Peter answers with the first invitation — Acts 2:38-39
38 Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
39 For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
An invitation to receive forgiveness of their sins and be a part of something that was about to start — Develop
Conclusion
So how did they respond? — Acts 2:40-41
40 And with many other words he solemnly testified and kept on urging them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation!”
41 So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls.
Three thousand!
Those three thousand and the 120 disciples started the first church, the church was born because the Spirit poured out on people!
The invitation of Peter is just as important today…
