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Acts 2:25-32

 

Acts 2:25-32

First Sermon to the Church Part 3

Thou Wilt Not Leave My Soul in Hell

 

Act 2:25  For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: 

Act 2:26  Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: 

Act 2:27  Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 

Act 2:28  Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. 

Act 2:29  Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. 

Act 2:30  Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; 

Act 2:31  He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. 

Act 2:32  This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. 

 

          1.      Peter’s Scripture Text vs. 25-28

a.       Peter’s second scripture citation from his sermon is psalm 16

                                                              i.      Paul also cites Psalm 16 in his sermon

1.      Acts 13:33-37  

                                                            ii.      Psalm 16 is important because of the following reasons

1.      David is not referring to himself but prophesying of a future descendant of his – vs. 25a

a.       Psalm 22 is a good example of how the words of David became the words of Christ on the cross

                                                                                                                                      i.      Psalm 22:1 

2.      The wills of Father and Son are one – vs. 25b

a.       John 17:21-26 

3.      The unity of the three separate wills of the trinity brings an everlasting joy – vs. 26

a.       Luke 10:21-22 

4.      David is not the resurrection and the life, Christ is – vs. 27

a.       John 11:25-26 

5.      While David had great hope in God, he didn’t have this kind of eternal joy- vs. 28

a.       Hebrews 12:2 

         2.      Peters Exposition – vs. 29-32

a.       Peter gives 4 reasons Psalm 16 is rightly interpreted as fulfilled in Christ

                                                              i.      David is dead – vs. 29

1.      David’s tomb still contains a body – while David was a great man of God he died, and his body saw decay

a.       1 Kings 2:10 

                                                            ii.      David was a Prophet – vs. 30

1.      David confesses the prophetic work that God did through him

a.       2 Samuel 23:2-3 

2.      God had promised David that his throne would be established for all eternity

a.       2 Samuel 7:11-17 

3.      Christ would be the fulfillment of that promise

a.       Isaiah 9:6-7 

                                                          iii.      The resurrection of Christ – vs. 31

1.      David spoke of the resurrection of Christ when he said my soul was not left in hell nor did my flesh see corruption

a.       Job 19:25-26 

                                                          iv.      The Apostolic witness – vs. 32

1.      The Apostles Doctrine is the cornerstone of the Church

a.       Apostolic teaching has great power

                                                                                                                                      i.      Acts 4:33 

b.      Apostolic teaching produces true fellowship

                                                                                                                                      i.      Acts 2:42 

                                                                                                                                    ii.      1 John 1:3-4 

 

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Acts 2:22-24

 

Acts 2:22-24

The First Sermon to the Church Part 2

Having Broken the Chains of Death

 

Act 2:22  Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: 

Act 2:23  Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: 

Act 2:24  Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. 

 

          1.      Again, Peter Commands the Attention of His Audience – vs. 22a

a.        The following is an indictment of the guilty party, which was the people who had cried to Pilate “May His blood be upon us”

                                                              i.      Matthew 27:24-25 

           2.      Peter States the Focus of His Message: Jesus of Nazareth – vs. 22b

a.       Jesus was authenticated to be the Messiah by the miracles that God did through Him – vs. 22c

                                                              i.      God did the miracles through Him

1.      John 20:30-31 

2.      1 Timothy 3:16 

                                                            ii.      They had witnessed those miracles

1.      Matthew 11:2-6 

 

b.      God had a plan for this Jesus – vs 23

                                                              i.      The Sovereignty of God over tragedy

1.      God gave His own Son

a.       John 3:16 

2.      Because of God’s predetermined plan

a.       Peter often talked about the plan of God that was predicted in the Old Testament

                                                                                                                                      i.      Acts 4:25-28 

3.      Because of God’s foreknowledge

a.       1 Peter 1:19-20   

b.      John 16:7-8 

                                                            ii.      The responsibility of man for tragedy

1.      They were responsible for Christ’s execution

a.       John 11:47-53 

2.      They had turned Him over to the Romans to be destroyed

a.       John 19:10-11 

c.       God had a purpose for this Jesus – vs. 24

                                                              i.      Jesus’ purpose was to be raised from the dead

1.      It was our sin that killed Jesus, but God raised him from the dead

a.       Acts 3:14-15 

b.      Acts 10:38-40 

                                                            ii.      Jesus’ purpose was to reverse the effects of sin and death

1.      Romans 4:24-25 

                                                          iii.      Jesus’s purpose was to be unconquerable by death itself

1.      Revelation 1:17-18 

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Acts 2:14-21

 

Acts 2:14-21

The First Sermon to the Church Part 1

Act 2:14  But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: 

Act 2:15  For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. 

Act 2:16  But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; 

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: 

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: 

Act 2:19  And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: 

Act 2:20  The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: 

Act 2:21  And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. 

          1.       Peter’s Preamble – vs. 14

a.       The Primacy of Preaching – when a man of God preaches, he must be:

                                                              i.      Confident – Peter stood up

1.       Peter doesn’t mumble through a bunch of random unrelated thoughts

a.       2 Timothy 4:1-2 

                                                            ii.      Passionate – Peter lifted up his voice

1.       Peter doesn’t sound unconvinced by his own words. He is so changed by work of the Holy Spirit through the scriptures he boldly declares the word of God. Preaching is the source spiritual power all through the book of Acts:

a.       Acts 3:20; Acts 4:2; Acts 8:5; Acts 8:25; Acts 8:35; Acts 8:40; Acts 9:20; Acts 9:27 

                                                          iii.      Knows his audience – Peter carefully addresses his message to those who would understand it

1.       Peter’s address speaks to the poignancy of the moment

a.       Luke 4:18-20 

                                                           iv.      Brings to remembrance – Peter reminds them of what they know and have just experienced

1.       The death and resurrection of Jesus that had rocked the city 50 days before this

                                                             v.      Commands his audience’s attention – Peter interprets their experience in the light of scriptures and clearly illuminates the truth.

1.       2 Timothy 3:16-17 

         2.       Peter’s Plea – vs 15

a.       Peter gives a defense of God’s work in the face of attack

                                                              i.      1 Peter 3:15   

         3.       Peter’s Scripture Passage – vs. 16-20

a.       Peter quotes from Joel 2:28-32 – vs. 16

b.       Joel predicts the coming of the Holy Spirit – vs. 17-18

                                                              i.      The Holy Spirit will come in the last days

1.       The last days are now – the church age

a.       1 Peter 1:20 

b.       1 John 2:18 

                                                            ii.      The Holy Spirit will be available to all the peoples of the earth

1.       Romans 11:25-26 

                                                          iii.      The Holy Spirit will be available to both genders and all ages

1.       Numbers 11:29 

                                                           iv.      The Holy Spirit will bring the proclamation of a new volume of truth – the New Testament - 2 Peter 1:16-21 

c.       Joel describes the universal authentication of that arrival – vs. 19-20

                                                              i.      There will be signs in heaven

1.       Darkness in the noon day

a.       Matthew 27:45 

2.       A blood moon

a.       There was a lunar eclipse the night of  April 3^rd 33 AD the day Jesus was crucified

3.       Virgo Rises with the moon at her feet

a.       This is how Revelation describes the birth of the Church

                                                                                                                                      i.      Revelation 12:1 

                                                            ii.      There will be signs on earth

1.       Blood

2.       Fire

3.       Vapor of smoke - Matthew 27:50-54 

                                                          iii.      These signs will authenticate the Great and Terrible Day of the Lord

1.       The Day of the Lord has an immediate fulfillment

a.       Peter is pointing to tangible evidence, that they have all witness, to prove his point.

                                                                                                                                      i.      Acts 2:22 

2.       The Day of the Lord has a long-term fulfillment

a.       There will be blood in the end times - Revelation 6:7-8 

b.       There will be fire in the end times - Revelation 8:7-8 

c.       There will be vapor of smoke in the end times

                                                                                                                                      i.      Matthew 24:29-31 

        4.       Peter’s Invitation – vs. 21

a.       Joel makes a universal invitation to all the peoples of the earth. Peter echoes his call: - Romans 10:12-13