The Miracle of the Gospel (Acts 2:1-47)

Intro

Paying your taxes with $ from a fish (Jesus & Peter; Mt. 17:27)

Getting a message from God through a donkey, calling a bear to maul some kids

Narrative: descriptive, not prescriptive

Gen. 7:11-12 “In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened. And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.”

The Gospel Emboldens (Acts 2:1-4)

The Holy Spirit is the agent of transformation

You may be timid by nature, but the Holy Spirit makes you bold in the gospel

The Gospel Crosses Linguistic and Cultural Boundaries (Acts 2:5-6)

Miraculous

Psalms and Gospels - having ears, they do not hear

1 Cor. 1:18 - The gospel is foolishness to the lost

The Gospel Requires Explaination (Acts 2:7-13)

Matt - “high on Jesus”

Romans 10:14-15 “How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!””

The Gospel is About Jesus (Acts 2:14-40)

Peter's focus is on Jesus

Expl. H.S. — Jesus — send H.S.

The Gospel Changes Lives (Acts 2:41-47)

You may be timid by nature, but the Holy Spirit will embolden you