Who Is Your Savior?
Series: Revival Prep
Jeff Strite
Acts 2:22-42
OPEN: Back in the days of the California gold rush, there were 3 prospectors who found a rich vein of gold back in the hills. They realized this was a great discovery and they decided, "We've a good thing going here - as long as no one else finds out about it." So they made a vow to each other keep the location ... secret. Then they headed into town to file their claims, get the equipment they needed, and they kept their word.
True to their vows, they didn't say a word to anybody. So, they filed their claim, bought the equipment, and headed back to the mine. But when they left town... a crowd of people followed them.
THEY WERE FOLLOWED??? WHY?
Well, it was the expression on their faces that gave them away. Their faces glowed with excitement - they were going to be wealthy men. And people SAW their expressions and they knew these me must have found something special... and so they followed them out of town.
These men had found great riches. And there was something about how they looked that gave it away!
Our text today is one of the best-known New Testament stories ever! It tells of the sermon that started the church. It tells of 1000s of people who believed in Jesus and were baptized for forgiveness of sins. There were no Christians until AFTER this sermon was preached. And this event (Pentecost) was literally the break that separated the Old Testament (God's contract with Israel) and the New Testament (God's contract with us/ Church)
1000s of sermons have been preached about this pivotal event in Scripture. And today's sermon will be just like those other sermons (pause) except today's sermon will be a little different than most of them because I'm going to tell you how to share Jesus like Peter shared Jesus.
Now, here's my first point: Peter didn't just share who Jesus was - he shared who his savior was. You see, Peter had struck GOLD... when he decided to ...
Series: Revival Prep
Jeff Strite
Acts 2:22-42
OPEN: Back in the days of the California gold rush, there were 3 prospectors who found a rich vein of gold back in the hills. They realized this was a great discovery and they decided, "We've a good thing going here - as long as no one else finds out about it." So they made a vow to each other keep the location ... secret. Then they headed into town to file their claims, get the equipment they needed, and they kept their word.
True to their vows, they didn't say a word to anybody. So, they filed their claim, bought the equipment, and headed back to the mine. But when they left town... a crowd of people followed them.
THEY WERE FOLLOWED??? WHY?
Well, it was the expression on their faces that gave them away. Their faces glowed with excitement - they were going to be wealthy men. And people SAW their expressions and they knew these me must have found something special... and so they followed them out of town.
These men had found great riches. And there was something about how they looked that gave it away!
Our text today is one of the best-known New Testament stories ever! It tells of the sermon that started the church. It tells of 1000s of people who believed in Jesus and were baptized for forgiveness of sins. There were no Christians until AFTER this sermon was preached. And this event (Pentecost) was literally the break that separated the Old Testament (God's contract with Israel) and the New Testament (God's contract with us/ Church)
1000s of sermons have been preached about this pivotal event in Scripture. And today's sermon will be just like those other sermons (pause) except today's sermon will be a little different than most of them because I'm going to tell you how to share Jesus like Peter shared Jesus.
Now, here's my first point: Peter didn't just share who Jesus was - he shared who his savior was. You see, Peter had struck GOLD... when he decided to ...
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