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Have you been changed?
Have you ever been changed before?
Where you experienced something that changed your life?
Sometimes these are good things, sometimes they are bad.
What was it?
a class, book, concert, conversation, speaker, camp, love at first sight?
Was it a car crash, the loss of a loved one, getting fired?
There are moments in life that change us.
They shape your life’s direction, priorities, enthusiasm.
Have you ever been changed before?
You know, We’ve been talking about Peter the last three weeks and we’ve walked through a wide range of experiences in his life.
Simon Peter is a changed man.
Today, we’ll wrap up our conversation on Peter’s life.
He has had some experiences that he walked away from being changed forever.
There has been plenty for us to learn from Peter and we have more to learn from him Today.
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How does a middle class fishin' man
End up in the middle of God's mission plan?
He's a back water who walked on water.
One of the first to see Jesus in his authentic identity.
The Lord called this man the Rock.
The gates of Heaven are his to unlock.
He's a truth denier turned Spirit-filled testifier.
After the resurrection God gave him a new direction.
God used this ordinary to do something extraordinary.
He didn't become the man he was in a day.
So we need to look and see how he got this way.
After the resurrection God gave him a new direction
Today we are picking up in Peter’s story 2 months or so after Jesus died and was resurrected.
Jesus started a movement.
He started a new faith - Christianity.
He left the apostles - the men who witnessed Jesus’ minister responsible for it.
The book of Acts records the incredible things that take place to grow the Christian church.
Pentecost - gift of the Holy Spirit - Peter boldly preaches about Jesus and 3,000 people became Christians in one day!
Peter and the rest of the Apostles continue to teach people about Jesus, they perform miracles, and start to care/love people in need.
They start the work of the church.
Jesus and his disciples didn’t weren’t “born Christians” as some us can say.
They were Jews.
Most of the first Christian converts were Jews first.
So if you’re a Jewish leader in the most important Jewish city and there’s a new religion on the block siphoning off your followers from within your own meeting areas, you’re gonna get pretty upset.
So there is some major conflict between the Jewish authorities and Peter/the apostles.
Remember, Jesus was killed by these men.
They have already been trying to silence this movement.
In an earlier account in acts 4 Peter and John get arrested by these men.
They get released pretty soon, but tensions are escalating.
That sets us up for today’s passage.
As we listen to this, think about how different Peter is.
He’s a changed man.
We talked about his struggle of faith as a fishermen to take those first faithful steps to follow Jesus.
Then we talked about Peter learning from Jesus about his true identity.
Last week, we explored the darkest moment in Peter’s story when despite all that he had seen/heard he lacked the faith to stand by Jesus and instead denied that even knew Jesus.
And we talked about that incredible conversation between Jesus and Peter where Peter is forgiven and given a second chance.
So in our story, Peter is a changed man using his second chance to get it right.
Turn over to Acts 5 I’m going to read through a large passage so we can see this full story as it unfolds.
Right before this passage the Apostles became even more popular with the Jews by healing and caring for those in need.
talk about passage as needed as we read.
Determined No Matter The Cost
Peter and the apostles were determined to continue spreading the gospel at any costs.
This was Peter’s 3rd time to be arrested.
Spoiler: he gets arrested much, much more.
These disciples are causing a fuss, dealing with pressure from the authorities, and sticking out like a sore thumb.
The spotlight is on them.
People are talking about them (crazy, cautious, curious).
They’ve walked away from their careers and they are forging brand new way of life.
What are they so passionate about?
what is it that they are so passionate about?
It’s the message of Jesus.
It’s the good news that Jesus brings.
That even though we deserve death/punishment for our sins, Jesus paid our debts.
We can have forgiveness, we can have a new life, we can have a relationship with God again!
The good news that Jesus gives his disciples his holy spirit, that we come together to build a family/church to continue living like Jesus and being like Jesus to others.
God is up to something!
he’s real, he’s at work!
He is changing lives!
There’s a lot to be passionate about in there!
Here is another, maybe even more important question:
Why are they so passionate?
Why are they so passionate?
Check out the story of Peter/John’s first arrest in the previous chapter.
Peter and John are ordered to STOP sharing this news they are passionate about.
Peter’s response is bold.
NO longer is Peter a TRUTH DENIER, now he’s a SPIRIT FILLED TESTIFIER.
He says, our orders come from God, directly.
We’re not going to listen to you! verse 20 shows us WHY Peter and the disciples were so passionate.
“we are unable to stop speaking about what we have seen or heard.”
That is why they do it - because they have experienced the life change of the gospel for themselves.
Peter and the disciples are the ones who saw Jesus, who heard him teach, who betrayed/denied Jesus in his hour of need.
Then after Jesus raised from the dead, he meets this disciples and he forgives them, he gives them new life!
They are preaching the message so boldly so passionate about spreading/growing the church because they have been changed by Jesus.
I ask you again, Have you been changed by the gospel of Jesus?
Have you been changed by the gospel of Jesus?
Throughout this room, we have 50+ different answers to that question.
There are some people here who are just learning about Jesus, you might not have been changed by him yet, because you still haven’t been properly introduced to him yet.
But there are many of us here who would call ourselves Christians.
Here’s my biggest fear as someone who cares for you all and this church.
If I was to ask any of you “have you been changed by the gospel of Jesus?” my biggest fear is that your answer might be: “I WAS”.
Okay, what’s the issue with that answer.
I have been changed before by Jesus.
We’re on the same page right?
My issue here, is that this hypothetical person’s response is PAST TENSE.
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