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