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JANUARY 9, 2022
STUDY NOTES
ACTS 2:14
BIBLE TEACHER: CLIFTON JONES
MAN UP
INTRODUCTION
“Man Up” is a common term of today for a man to be the man that he should be
I use it today to encourage men to be the man that God wants them to be
This is “Men’s Day” at Prairie Grove Baptist, and I want the message to focus on men
I want us to give our attention to a man by the name of Peter, his manhood and his message
Consider who this man had been in the past, by occupation he was a fisherman (Matthew 4:18)
His brother introduced him to Jesus and Jesus gave him the name of Peter the Rock (John 1:42)
Jesus told Peter that he would be a fisher of men (Luke 5:10) which Peter is doing in Acts 2
Peter was called to be an Apostle and he is listed first in every list of the Apostles by name:
Matthew 10:2-4; Mark 3:13-19; Luke 6:13-16;
Jesus had a question that all of mankind will answer one day, Mat 16:13 When Jesus came into the coasts
of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
Peter confessed the truth of Jesus that day, Mat 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the
Christ, the Son of the living God.
Which is the message that Peter preached on Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:14-41)
Peter shared some great times with Jesus, the Mount of Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-4)
The “Last Supper” (John 13:3-9) The “Garden of Gethsemane” (Matthew 26:36-38)
At that time Peter was a man ready to give his life for Jesus, he took up the sword for Jesus
The soldiers came to arrest Jesus and take Him away to be crucified, Joh 18:10 Then Simon Peter having
a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear.
The servant's name was
Malchus.
Listen to the words of Jesus to Peter, Mat 26:52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into
his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
Mat 26:53
Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve
legions of angels?
Mat 26:54 But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must
be? (Scripture is being fulfilled today, all Scripture will be fulfilled)
The point of Peter’s sermon on the Day of Pentecost was, “Scripture is being fulfilled”
Now, that which is hard to believe, Peter’s three denials of Jesus, the first one, Joh 18:17 Then saith the
damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's disciples?
He saith, I am not.
The second denial, Mat 26:71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said
unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.
Mat 26:72 And again he denied
with an oath, I do not know the man.
Peter denied Jesus for the third time, Mat 26:73 And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and
said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.
Mat 26:74
Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man.
And immediately the cock
crew.
(Matthew 26:33-35)
Men, if you find it hard to believe that Peter would deny Jesus, not just once, but three times
Take-a look at yourself in the mirror of God’s Word, think of the past, consider the present
“Man Up” to your failures, to your past promises, Man Up, confess your sins and repent
“Man Up” as a Christian and you too will have a Sea of Galilee experience just like Peter
Listen to the questions Jesus had for Peter, put yourself in the shoes of Peter (John 21:15-19)
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Are you ready to answer question number one?
Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these?
(Peter, do you love me 100%?)
Men, do you understand the question?
Do you really love Jesus?
How much do you love Jesus?
The question concerning Peter’s love caused Peter to remember his previous commitment
Now Peter had to search his heart again concerning his commitment to Christ
Did Peter love Jesus more, than he loved his friends and fellow fishermen?
Did Peter love Jesus more, than he loved boats, nets, and fishing?
Did Peter love Jesus more than anything and everything else?
Peter was faced with the question, “Peter what do you love more than Jesus?”
We must all answer the same question, “What do we love more than Jesus?”
Is it your occupation?
Is it your money?
Is it your material possessions?
Is it your favorite sport?
Did Peter now love Jesus as he once claimed he did?
Do you love Jesus with the love that you claim to have for him?
Is it limited to Sunday only?
In no area of our life is Jesus to be in second place, Mat 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
(With All)
Is Christ preeminent in all things?
(Col.
1:18) Are we more devoted to Christ than anything else?
Men, are you ready to answer question number two? Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me?
Again, Jesus used the strongest word possible to express love, “Peter, do you love me 100%?”
Peter, do you have an unselfish, self-sacrificing love for me?
Do you have the highest value of love that can be found?
The love that can only come from God?
This
question goes deeper into the heart of Peter, no comparisons were made
He is left only with his own heart to search, he must consider the depth of his devotion to Jesus
Was it Jesus and Jesus alone that he loved so dearly?
Men, are you ready to answer question number three?
Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me?
Peter had answered the first two questions the same way, “Yes Lord; you know I love you”
In our English language, we only have one word which identifies “to love”
In the Greek language, there are four words with the meaning of “to love”
Each word from the Greek identifies with the depth of love being expressed
In the first two questions Jesus used the same word for love, love that is the greatest, Joh 3:16
For God so “loved” the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlasting life.
We will call this love100% love, describing Divine love and self-sacrificing love
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