Title: What Shall We Do? (3)
Series: Outside In
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Acts 2:22-38
We just read a sermon by the Apostle Peter - a sermon he preached on the day of Pentecost - and it was so powerful that about 3000 people responded by asking: WHAT SHALL WE DO? And then they repented of their sin and were baptized into Christ. Their future was changed because of what Peter said.
What was it about Peter's sermon that caused them to interrupt him? What prompted them to ask him what they could do? I mean - wouldn't it be cool if you talked to someone about Jesus and they'd interrupt you and ask that question: WHAT MUST I DO? I'm here to tell you that you can interrupt my sermon anytime to ask to be baptized.
But now, what did Peter say that made them ask that question?
Well let's start by examining the background of this story. Fifty days earlier Jesus had been crucified, buried and all the people in Jerusalem knew that. For 3 years before His crucifixion, Jesus had been teaching, preaching and healing and casting out demons. He was phenomena! Wherever He went, people flocked to see Him.
But then, He was arrested by the Sanhedrin who had hated Him; Mocked and tortured by the Roman soldiers who had despised Him; And condemned by the crowds that had ONCE praised Him. And then, He was crucified! That was just 50 days earlier - and now, many in the crowd that Peter's talking to had been there when Jesus was condemned. Many of them had called for His death. And Peter reminds them of that: "Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know - this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified (you crucified your Messiah) and killed by the hands of lawless men." Acts 2:22-23
You did THAT! You crucified Him! You made it so lawless men could execute your Messiah! It's YOUR ...
Series: Outside In
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Acts 2:22-38
We just read a sermon by the Apostle Peter - a sermon he preached on the day of Pentecost - and it was so powerful that about 3000 people responded by asking: WHAT SHALL WE DO? And then they repented of their sin and were baptized into Christ. Their future was changed because of what Peter said.
What was it about Peter's sermon that caused them to interrupt him? What prompted them to ask him what they could do? I mean - wouldn't it be cool if you talked to someone about Jesus and they'd interrupt you and ask that question: WHAT MUST I DO? I'm here to tell you that you can interrupt my sermon anytime to ask to be baptized.
But now, what did Peter say that made them ask that question?
Well let's start by examining the background of this story. Fifty days earlier Jesus had been crucified, buried and all the people in Jerusalem knew that. For 3 years before His crucifixion, Jesus had been teaching, preaching and healing and casting out demons. He was phenomena! Wherever He went, people flocked to see Him.
But then, He was arrested by the Sanhedrin who had hated Him; Mocked and tortured by the Roman soldiers who had despised Him; And condemned by the crowds that had ONCE praised Him. And then, He was crucified! That was just 50 days earlier - and now, many in the crowd that Peter's talking to had been there when Jesus was condemned. Many of them had called for His death. And Peter reminds them of that: "Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know - this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified (you crucified your Messiah) and killed by the hands of lawless men." Acts 2:22-23
You did THAT! You crucified Him! You made it so lawless men could execute your Messiah! It's YOUR ...
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