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JANUARY 23, 2022
STUDY NOTES
ACTS 2:17-18
BIBLE TEACHER: CLIFTON JONES
WHAT IS GOD DOING TODAY?
WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR GOD TODAY?
INTRODUCTION
Last Sunday we looked at the first part of Acts 2:17 and the meaning of the “last days”
In “times past,” God spoke through the prophets at different times and in different ways,
Heb 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the
prophets,
God now speaks through His Son in the time period known as the “last days,” Heb 1:2 Hath in these last
days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the
worlds;
The “last days” began with the first coming of Christ to the earth, 1Pe 1:20 Who verily was foreordained
before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
The “last days” will come-to a conclusion when Christ returns to the earth, Rev 1:1 The Revelation of
Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to
pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
“Revelation” is the last book of the New Testament, and it is the book of the “last things”
It is the direct teaching of Christ concerning the end of the age and the coming of the new age
The “Revelation” is the most detailed description of the future that has been written
Therefore, the “last days” are the time-period between the two comings of Christ to the earth
The “last days” are the time-period between the birth of Jesus and the return of Jesus
There are many verses referring to the days preceding the return of Christ to the earth
We can identify those days as the “last days” of the “last days”
People get excited about a study of events at the time of the return of Christ
People want to know, what is God going to do when Christ returns to the earth?
Our most important study should be, “What is God Doing today?” (A study of Acts)
Our greatest concern should be, “What are we doing for God today?”
Look at the world we live in today, what are people doing today?
Paul did not watch the national news from ABC, CBS, NBC, or FOX before he wrote, 2Ti 3:1
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
The fact is, the national news media is reporting today what Paul wrote to Timothy, 2Ti 3:2
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to
parents, unthankful, unholy, 2Ti 3:3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent,
fierce, despisers of those that are good, 2Ti 3:4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more
than lovers of God; 2Ti 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn
away.
The truth of our world today is identified in, 2Ti 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and
worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
(Which is happening day by day)
Paul also tells us what Christians must be doing today, 2Ti 3:14 But continue thou in the things which
thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
In our study of Acts we will learn what God was doing in the early days of the Church Age
In our study of Acts we will learn what Christians were doing for God in those days
The question for us is, “What are we allowing God to do through us today?”
That should be the major concern for our Christian life today and for our church family
That which is most important is not what God is going to do in the last days of the last days
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It is time for Christians to allow God to do what God “will do” through us today
Today, we must read, study, learn, and live according to Acts and all NT scripture
What was God doing on the “Day of Pentecost” in Acts 2?
Those who were in Jerusalem on the “Day of Pentecost” wanted to know what was happening,
Act 2:12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
Satan attempted to answer their question through mockers, Act 2:13 Others mocking said, These men are
full of new wine.
Peter quickly corrected their false theory and began to answer their question
Peter stood to explain what God was doing that day, and within the time of the last days
Act 2:16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel (Read Joel 2:28-32)
They were witnessing what God had said He would do, as foretold by the Prophet Joel
Peter did not say that the events on the Day of Pentecost fulfilled all of Joel’s prophecy
Peter said that what occurred on the Day of Pentecost was within the prophecy of Joel
What was happening on the Day of Pentecost was what the prophet Joel had predicted (Joel 2:28)
But there are events within the prophecy of Joel that were not fulfilled that day
And there are events within the prophecy of Joel that are yet to be fulfilled
Peter’s explanation was, what you have seen and heard was foretold by the prophet Joel
Therefore, it is not something that cannot be explained, God’s Word explains it
Peter quotes from Joel 2:28 in Acts 2:17
Act 2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all
flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and
your old men shall dream dreams:
Compare Acts 2:17 with Joel 2:28, Joe 2:28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my
spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams,
your young men shall see visions:
The first phrase of Acts 2:17, “And it shall come to pass in the last days” is not identical with Joel 2:28,
“And it shall come to pass afterward,” yet Peter sees a fulfillment of prophecy
Peter sees in the outpouring of the Spirit at Pentecost a preliminary fulfillment of Joel 2:28
The complete fulfillment of Joel’s prophecy was not fulfilled on the Day of Pentecost
Much of the prophecy of Joel is yet to be fulfilled, but Peter said we have seen its beginning
Peter knew that what they had seen and heard that day confirmed the fulfillment of all prophecy
The final and complete fulfillment of Joel’s prophecy is yet to come at the time of the 2 nd coming
The present ministry of the Spirit in the life of every believer is an example of what God will do
The promises of God to Israel and the Church will be fulfilled in the coming Kingdom of God
“I will,” tells us what God was doing, it is God who will “pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh,”
At Pentecost, God was doing what had been promised by Jesus, Joh 14:26 But the Comforter, which is
the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things
to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
On the Day of Pentecost, the promise to send the Holy Spirit was fulfilled, which Peter stated in,
Act 2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise
of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
“He hath shed forth” is the same original word as “I will pour out” in Acts 2:17
The coming of the Spirit was the beginning of the ministry of the Spirit within the present age
Which is also stated in, Act 2:18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those
days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
The pouring out of God’s Spirit within all believers is still the present ministry of the Holy Spirit
The pouring out does not refer to the receiving of a portion of the Spirit, we receive His Person,
1Co 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
It is the total person of the Holy Spirit that indwells the Christian today
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