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Acts 3:1-19 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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Please take your copy of God's Word and turn to the book of Acts chapter 3.
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But as a church, if we don't, each time we gather together, celebrate and learn more about the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, we're failing at the task put before us as God's people gather together.
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It's also good for a church to keep a schedule.
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And here, Christ's Only Church, we love verse by verse exposition.
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We want to get in deep into the scripture.
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We want to understand all that it has to say to us as God's inspired word.
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From time to time, I prove myself more clever than you might think.
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And both gets to happen on the same day.
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So we've been working through the book of Acts.
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And we have in Acts chapter 3 verses 1 through 19, the second sermon that Peter preaches.
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And he talks about the resurrection.
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There was great labor on the part of the disciples, which we'll talk more about soon, to prove that the resurrection was a reality.
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That this message that they were preaching, that this person that they claimed to follow was indeed alive.
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So this morning we have before us a short story, an event that happens, and then a sermon preached by Peter, which we will look at the first part of that sermon together.
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So I'm going to read to us Acts 3 verses 1 through 19.
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Before I do, let me remind you, this is God's word written to us for his glory and our good.
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We would all do well to listen to it, set aside the distraction and the fray of the morning in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.
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Acts chapter 3, beginning in verse 1.
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Now, Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
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And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the beautiful gate, to ask alms of those entering the temple.
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Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms.
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And Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said, look at us.
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And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them.
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But Peter said, I have no silver and gold, but what I do have, I give to you.
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In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.
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And he took him by the right hand and raised him up.
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And immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.
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And leaping up, he stood and began to walk and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.
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And all the people saw him walking and praising God and recognized him as the one who sat at the beautiful gate of the temple asking for alms.
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And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what happened to him.
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While he clung to Peter and John, all the people, utterly astounded, ran together to them in the portico called Solomon's.
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And when Peter saw it, he addressed the people, men of Israel, why do you wonder at this?
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Or why do you stare at us as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk?
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The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers glorified his servant Jesus,
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whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate when he had decided to release him.
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But you denied the holy and righteous one and asked for a murderer to be granted to you.
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And you killed the author of life whom God raised from the dead.
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To this we are witnesses.
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And his name, by faith in his name, has made this man strong whom you see and know.
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And the faith that is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all.
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And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance as did also your rulers.
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But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled.
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Repent, therefore, and turn back that your sins may be blotted out.
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Repent, therefore, and turn back that your sins may be blotted out.
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Now, church, we have before us quite a bit of text this morning.
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And whether we have much to cover or little, it's always helpful to have some outline to hang the text on top of.
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Right?
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To help us get our minds into it and to rightly understand it.
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There are many different ways you could outline a text, especially as robust as this one.
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But I've decided to do it this morning in three points.
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I'm going to give them to you in advance.
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If you're taking notes, give you some framework in which to think.
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So we're going to look at these 19 verses in this way.
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First, the confirmation of Peter's preaching.
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First, the confirmation of Peter's preaching.
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Second, the content of Peter's preaching.
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What was the message that was being preached?
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The content of Peter's preaching.
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And third, the call of Peter's preaching.
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So first, the confirmation of Peter's preaching.
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We see in Acts 3, 1 through 11, a miracle performed.
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Peter performs a miracle by the power of God in order to give confirmation to his message.
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This is why miracles have always been performed.
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This was the ministry of Jesus walking around healing.
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We read a story to the children just a moment ago about Jesus, the miracle man.
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The point of the miracles was to say to the people who were witnessing these things,
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listen to what I have to say to you.
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Surely, he came and he brought healing.
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He brought restoration.
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And those things are wonderful in this life.
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What Jesus ultimately came to do was to preach the gospel of the coming of the kingdom.
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That we might have eternal restoration.
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Temporal versus the eternal.
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The greater miracle.
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That by faith in Christ, we are brought to restored relationship with God.
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That our hearts are changed.
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That we no longer live for ourselves, but that we now live for Him.
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This is the purpose of miracles.
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And it happens here with Peter.
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In verses 1 through 11, we see Peter and John, his old friend.
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They owned a fishing business before they were called to be apostles.
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Going to the temple at the hour of prayer.
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These two were particularly close to Christ.
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Peter and John, along with John's brother James, were kind of part of the inner circle
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that Jesus spent some of the most intimate moments of His ministry with.
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Here we see them still together.
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These are the only two that followed Jesus to the high priest's house after His arrest.
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Their response to the arrest and crucifixion of Christ were dramatically different.
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They part ways.
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We can observe in Luke's narrative, his first narrative, John at the foot of the cross,
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being asked by Jesus to care for His mother.
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And we can read of Peter's three-fold denial of Jesus.
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Here we see them now reunited as the first disciples to visit the empty tomb after the resurrection.
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Imagine the amount of hopelessness they must have experienced at the crucifixion of Christ.
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Whether at the foot of that cross or off denying Jesus.
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This hopelessness.
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But they're the first two at the report of the women to run to see the empty tomb.
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And now we see them with such great boldness, giving leadership to the church.
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We see these two traveling and ministering together through much of the beginning of Acts.
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And here we see them going together to pray.
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And they're going up to the temple.
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Everything in Jerusalem goes up to the temple on the temple mount.
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It's always higher than everything else.
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So if you're going to the temple, you're always going up to the temple.
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The temple would be used for quite some time in the early church for the gathering of Christians.
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It was still a place of the worship of God.
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Now they're rightly understanding what that worship is to look like.
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That it's to happen through Jesus Christ.
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But they're still gathering at this place in order to do that.
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And they're able to do this until persecution arises.
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And the Jews begin to prohibit them from meeting at the temple.
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The temple was the obvious place to attend, to reason with Jews concerning Jesus.
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Those who had covenant promise of God to fully comprehend and to understand who the Messiah was.
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This was the obvious place to go.
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People who had come to worship God being told by the apostles how to worship God rightly.
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We see this incredibly often in the ministry of Paul when he goes to a new city.
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He starts at the temple in that city.
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A place where people were coming together in order to worship God.
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And they're doing so at the hour of prayer.
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So the ninth hour, the clarification is here by Luke.
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It's 3 p.m.
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The Jews counted the hours from sunrise.
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So 6 a.m. would have been the first hour.
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Noon would have been the sixth hour.
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The ninth hour is 3 p.m. in the afternoon.
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And this is significant for the narrative because this was also the time that the evening sacrifice began.
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The temple crowds would have been at their very height at this time.
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So they're going to pray without a plan.
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They're just going to pray.
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They're walking in and they encounter a man.
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This is the setting that Peter and John walk into.
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2 p.m.
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Seeing this opportunity to display the loving kindness of God as they see this man.
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Verse 2.
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A man who is lame from birth.
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Luke records this for us to indicate that his case was hopeless.
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His inability to walk was not an issue that could be remedied by a doctor or with time.
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It wasn't that he had hurt himself and he needed some healing.
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He was lame from birth.
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It also indicates that he'd been lame for a very long time and that he had known nothing else.
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This man had never stood on his own legs.
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He had never walked.
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He's hopeless.
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He has to be carried, the text tells us.
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Carried and laid daily in this place.
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The imperfect tense of the verb translated was being carried along with the phrase they laid daily at the gate of the temple.
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That is called the beautiful gate.
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The beautiful gate is recorded by Luke to show us that this man was a permanent fixture at this location.
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For his livelihood, he was brought every single day to this place and sat there in order to collect alms or donations to the poor.
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Everyone, everyone who frequented this place would have been familiar with this man.
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It was a strategic location where he was at, right?
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To make this livelihood, begging for money as people came to express their piety at the temple.
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This was what they were coming to do, to make sacrifice for God.
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In Jewish tradition, it was a wonderful thing to give publicly.
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So I'm sure the man did well in this place, receiving alms from those who would pass by.
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And in expectance of that, you see in verse 3 and 4 and 5, he looks to these men, Peter and John, to give him alms.
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And as Peter says to him, look at us.
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They fix their gaze on him.
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Peter and John looking at him.
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Him looking back at them.
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What he expects is something from them.
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He received something to be sure, but not the alms that he was expecting.
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I think most of us have had some experience with the poor.
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Have taken a trip to Atlanta where somebody might be hanging out to Panhandle.
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And consider the way in which you encounter those people walking down the sidewalk.
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Somebody sitting on the side of the road that you're pretty confident is going to ask for money from you.
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Or when you pull up on the off-ramp at the light and there's the guy with the sign and he's walking.
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And you go, oh gosh, oh gosh, just don't look.
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If you don't look, he won't walk right up to the door because I never carry cash.
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And I don't think he's swiping credit cards.
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This feels awkward.
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I can't look at him in the face.
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Recognize that what's happening here is people are doing this as they're walking in.
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Even as some are giving to them, they're giving what they give and they walk on.
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But Peter and John have compassion for him as a person and they look at him.
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It's significant that Luke records this for us.
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They see him as more than that outward appearance.
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This man broken and lame, begging for money.
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They see him as an eternal soul.
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And they seek to grant him that which will be best for his soul.
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Make eye contact with him.
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And Peter says to him, verse 6,
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I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you.
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In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.
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Takes him by the right hand.
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Raises him up.
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Immediately.
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Immediately.
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The way God works.
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Miracles.
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Immediately.
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His feet and ankles were made strong.
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We see he leaps up.
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Peter supplied by God's power.
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Ultimately what the man really needed.
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Now, get this.
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You've got to read between the lines, right?
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He stood up and he walked.
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It was a good thing.
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It was a valuable thing.
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It was a temporary restoration.
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But what he ultimately needed was to have his affections turned toward God.
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Not sitting outside the temple expecting to receive money, but rather going in for the worship of God.
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And we see this begin to happen.
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Verses 8 through 11.
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Leaping up, he stood and began to walk.
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He entered the temple with him, walking and leaping and praising God.
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All the people saw him walking and praising God and recognized him as the one.
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Right?
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The one who sat, this permanent fixture, who sat at the beautiful gate of the temple.
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They'd seen him so many times.
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They knew this was the man that sat there at the beautiful gate asking for alms.
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Here he is now.
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All our lives, sitting in this spot.
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Here he is now, walking and leaping and praising God for what has happened.
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And they're filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
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I think we'd feel the same.
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God sets out this introduction to Peter's sermon and their attention is caught.
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But, as carefully as I try to craft some form of introduction for a sermon,
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I'm never going to get your attention the way this grabbed these people's attention.
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None of you jumping around, leaping and praising God,
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would capture the attention the way this man, who's been here for so long and is now restored, did.
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And he's clinging to Peter and John, which isn't to say that he couldn't walk,
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but he's desperate holding on to them.
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These men who have spoken into his life and he's become restored.
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He's treasuring them.
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He wants to be around them.
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He doesn't want to lose them in the crowd as these people astounded run together in the portico called Solomon's.
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Now, this was the porch that surrounded the court of the Gentiles.
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It was a large, expansive place.
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This was the same place that Jesus gave the good shepherd discord.
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So, to set that scene for you.
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This is the very place where Jesus stood and spoke of himself as the good shepherd.
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This miracle is setting up this great stage for Peter's message.
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Peter and John, going to the temple to pray, have now interceded by God's power and healed a man.
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And now Peter's about to preach his second sermon.
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Prepared.
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Knowing the word of God.
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Filled with the spirit of God.
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His stage is set for him.
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And he speaks.
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This miracle gives confirmation to this message that's about to be spoken.
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These people are astounded by it.
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They're drawn together.
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Their attention is fixed.
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As if God cries out to them in the miracle.
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Listen to the message to be preached in your hearing.
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So, there's a confirmation of Peter's preaching.
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Second, and the major part of our text, our time today, is the content of Peter's preaching.
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Verses 12 through 18 of chapter 3.
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The content of Peter's preaching.
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Now, before he really gets into the mix of it,
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verse 12 says that when Peter saw it,
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this clamoring crowd,
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their astonishment at what had happened,
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when he saw this,
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he addressed the people.
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He responded to the people.
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Some of your translations may say.
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It's a very common way in which a speech began in Greek.
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This introductory statement.
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He addressed the people.
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Men of Israel,
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why do you wonder at this?
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Or why do you stare at us?
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As though by our own power or piety,
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we have made him walk.
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Peter clears the air with two questions.
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He begins by saying,
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men of Israel,
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which is a term of respect.
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He's saying to them,
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listen to me,
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men of Israel,
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devout Jewish followers.
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It's a beginning of a harsh exhortation on their part,
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a rebuke even.
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He padded them up and he built some equity.
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Men of Israel.
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But it also serves to remind them
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that they were God's covenant people.
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They were Jews.
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These are Jewish people gathering at the temple in Jerusalem.
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They had the scripture.
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They were taught it from a very early age.
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And they should have had the answer
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to these questions that Peter asks.
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Two of them.
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First,
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why do you wonder at this?
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Why do you wonder at this?
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They knew God to be a miracle working God.
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Their history was wrought with stories
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of God's miracle working amongst them as a people.
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Many of the Psalms that they would have recited and sung
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go through the process of remembering
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the way in which God's people were delivered from Egypt
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and the miracles that happened to make this happen.
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They knew that God was a miracle working God.
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They had all kinds of knowledge of God's miraculous power.
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Father,
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they would have been familiar with passages like
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Isaiah 35,
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5 and 6,
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which speaks of healings marking the beginning
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of the messianic age.
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Verse 5,
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Isaiah 35,
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Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened
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and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
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Then shall the lame man leap like a deer
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and the tongue of the mute sing for joy.
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How familiar there.
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If they were paying attention to their scriptures,
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they would have seen the miracle working of Jesus
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and now the following miracle working of the apostles
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by the power of God
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as this inauguration of the messianic age.
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Paying attention.
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Why do you wonder at this?
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Of course this is happening.
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This is what Peter is expressing.
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And he also says,
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Why do you stare at us
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as though by our own power or piety
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we have made him walk?
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It wasn't us to do this thing.
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Don't praise us.
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We're merely under shepherds of the great shepherd.
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Remember where they're standing
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when Peter's saying this.
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They couldn't have had the power
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or the piety to do this
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apart from the work of God through them.
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And this miracle creates
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a conundrum for the Jews.
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They believed that God works miracles.
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They knew this of their history.
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They saw it in their holy text.
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They had put Jesus Christ to death
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because he claimed to be God.
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And here are his followers
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performing miracles
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in the name of Jesus Christ.
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It puts them in a very tough spot.
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And he's setting this up.
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He's clearing the air
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to say to them,
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of course this is happening
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because Jesus is God.
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And he's going to say in a moment,
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and you killed him.
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And you killed him.
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After asking these two clarifying questions,
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Peter begins to preach.
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And what is the primary context
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of a sermon?
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The primary context,
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if it has a theme to it,
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it's the exaltation of Jesus Christ.
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The exaltation of Jesus Christ.
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It's showing who Jesus is.
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It's teaching about his person
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and his work.
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Presenting the right answer
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in his preaching
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to the most important question
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anyone will ever answer
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in their life.
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Who is Jesus?
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Who is Jesus?
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And I don't know so many of you
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this morning
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as I'm looking around.
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We have a lot of guests
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and I'm thankful for that.
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Who is Jesus?
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He said some astounding things.
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Claimed to do
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some incredible things.
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We didn't walk with him,
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but we have an account of it.
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And it puts you in a spot
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to consider
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he can't just be a good teacher.
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If he's just a good teacher,
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he said nutty,
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nutty things.
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He called himself
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God.
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He forgave sin.
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He told people
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they had to eat his flesh
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and drink his blood.
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So he either was
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just a liar
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or he was a lunatic,
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absolutely insane man
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or he is in fact
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who he says he is
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and he's Lord
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of heaven and earth.
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You need to answer
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that question.
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It's the most important question.
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And Peter's presenting
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to them
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the right answer.
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The proper aim
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of all preaching.
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And don't hear preaching
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as I'm saying that this morning
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is what I'm doing right now,
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although it does fall
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under that category.
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I would call this
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a subset of preaching.
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Speaking the good news
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of Jesus Christ
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to anyone who will hear.
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So whether it's from a pulpit
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or over a cup of coffee,
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we're all meant to preach
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the good news of Jesus Christ.
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If you are a disciple of Christ,
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you must preach
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the good news
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of Jesus Christ.
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A Christian life
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devoid of preaching
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the good news
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is no Christian life at all.
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We are ambassadors
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for Christ.
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We are sent out
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as His chosen ones
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to spread the aroma
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of Him everywhere.
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prayer.
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This is the task
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put before us.
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So it's important
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that we see the way
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in which we ought to preach.
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That affects the way
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I preach now
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and what I'm doing.
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It also affects
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the way we function
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and talk to
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our neighbors
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and our co-workers
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and beyond.
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An example of this,
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Acts 8.4.
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The persecution
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comes on the church
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and there's these
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very harmonious days.
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The church is being gathered
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and gathered
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and gathered
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in Jerusalem
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and the persecution
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comes and they're scattered.
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Acts 8.4 says,
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Now those who are scattered
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went about
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preaching the word.
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It's an interesting
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Greek word used here
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for preaching.
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It's not in the
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negative connotation of it
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but can mean
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that they gossiped it
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everywhere.
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It means they spoke it
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any time they had a chance.
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Someone was willing to listen
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and they told it to them.
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Everywhere they could go
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on the byways
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on the way home
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when they got home
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when they re-engaged
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in their jobs
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in their hometown.
27:03
The job of the church
27:04
is to make Jesus known
27:05
by the power
27:07
of the Holy Spirit
27:07
to the glory
27:09
of God the Father.
27:10
That is our job.
27:12
The job of the church
27:12
is to make Jesus known
27:13
by the power
27:14
of the Holy Spirit
27:14
to the glory
27:15
of God the Father.
27:16
We are to preach
27:16
the good news
27:17
of Jesus Christ.
27:18
This is why
27:18
Christ's family church exists
27:19
to glorify God
27:20
by experiencing,
27:21
proclaiming,
27:22
and displaying
27:23
the supremacy
27:24
of Jesus Christ
27:24
in all things
27:25
to all peoples.
27:28
It is not the job
27:29
of the church
27:31
to create separate environments
27:34
for people to make friends.
27:36
It's not the job.
27:37
As a local popular pastor
27:39
recently suggested,
27:41
it's not the job.
27:42
The job of the church
27:42
is to exalt Jesus Christ.
27:44
That's what you need
27:44
this morning.
27:45
You need that more
27:46
than you need friends.
27:47
You need friends,
27:48
but you need Christ
27:49
exalted in your life
27:50
more than that.
27:51
John 3, 14 and 15,
27:54
Jesus says,
27:55
And as Moses
27:55
lifted up the serpent
27:56
in the wilderness,
27:57
so must the Son of Man
27:58
be lifted up,
28:00
that whoever believes
28:01
in Him
28:01
may have eternal life.
28:04
Whether you are found
28:05
in Christ this morning
28:06
or not,
28:07
you need Christ
28:07
exalted before you.
28:09
That we might look at Him,
28:11
place believing faith
28:13
in Him for the first time,
28:14
or continue to place
28:15
believing faith in Him.
28:16
I need a fresh vision
28:18
of Jesus Christ
28:19
moment by moment
28:20
by moment in my day.
28:21
I need the gospel
28:22
to run through my veins.
28:25
No doctrine stays alive
28:27
in the mind.
28:27
It must be fed.
28:30
Christian,
28:31
if you're not in your scripture,
28:32
you're not in Christian fellowship,
28:34
you're not having Christ
28:35
held up before you
28:36
as often as possible,
28:38
your heart will grow cold.
28:41
You might find yourself
28:42
in that place this morning.
28:45
You might find yourself
28:46
a fickle believer,
28:49
nominal at best.
28:52
Behold,
28:53
Christ.
28:54
That's what Peter's doing
28:55
for us this morning.
28:56
I hope in some
28:57
explanation of the text,
28:59
I hope that for you.
29:01
If you're not found in Christ,
29:03
if you haven't placed
29:04
believing faith in Him,
29:05
you may have had some
29:06
walk the aisle,
29:07
prayer prayer experience.
29:09
That's possible to do that
29:10
and not have placed
29:11
believing faith
29:12
in Jesus Christ.
29:13
You believe in Jesus Christ
29:15
and He will change you
29:16
He will reorient your life.
29:19
You won't look the way
29:20
you used to look.
29:21
You'll begin to look different
29:23
by one degree
29:23
and another.
29:25
You'll begin to love things
29:26
that you used to hate.
29:27
You'll begin to hate things
29:27
that you used to love.
29:30
There's a measure to that,
29:31
an evidencing of fruit.
29:34
Examine your life.
29:35
See where your heart is.
29:37
Repent
29:38
and believe.
29:40
So Peter begins to exalt
29:43
Jesus Christ
29:44
and he does so by using
29:46
five different names for him.
29:49
Five different names
29:50
is the way I'm
29:51
structuring point two.
29:53
Five different names
29:54
for him.
29:55
I want to point out to you
29:56
that his first sermon
29:59
as recorded in chapter two
30:01
on the day of Pentecost
30:02
is a citation and explanation
30:04
of three different
30:05
Old Testament texts.
30:06
It's very scripture rich.
30:10
This first one.
30:11
We don't see him citing
30:12
specific scripture
30:13
in this case
30:14
but I just want you to know
30:15
to a Jewish audience
30:17
these titles that he's pulling out
30:19
to describe Jesus Christ
30:21
would have accessed
30:22
for their minds
30:23
a multitude of scriptures
30:24
that would have said these things.
30:25
I want to show you some of them.
30:27
Remember he's speaking
30:28
to a particular audience
30:29
that would have heard
30:30
these titles
30:32
and they would have been
30:32
very significant
30:33
to them.
30:34
So he was bringing forth
30:36
the scripture
30:36
to give explanation
30:37
to exalt Jesus Christ.
30:39
Okay.
30:39
So number one.
30:41
He calls him God's servant.
30:45
God's servant.
30:48
Verse 13.
30:49
He begins
30:49
the God of Abraham
30:50
the God of Isaac
30:51
and the God of Jacob
30:52
the God of our fathers.
30:53
He's saying
30:53
don't be confused
30:54
about the God
30:55
I'm speaking about.
30:56
Jewish audience.
30:57
Do not be confused.
30:58
This is God the Father.
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This is the God
31:02
of Abraham
31:02
of Isaac
31:03
of Jacob
31:03
of Moses
31:04
glorified
31:07
his servant.
31:10
He calls Jesus
31:10
God's servant.
31:14
Now you may not be familiar
31:15
with this
31:15
but they were
31:16
that this is a commonly used
31:18
Old Testament designation
31:20
for the Messiah.
31:21
This promised one
31:22
the anointed one
31:23
that would come
31:24
to God's people.
31:26
It's most famously
31:28
tied to
31:29
predictions
31:31
of Christ's
31:32
suffering.
31:34
Now I want you to
31:34
turn to one of those
31:35
with me
31:35
as we consider
31:36
the suffering
31:38
and death
31:38
of Jesus Christ
31:39
in Isaiah chapter 52.
31:41
2.
32:04
I'm going to
32:05
the end of the chapter
32:06
to verse 13
32:07
and then I'm going
32:09
to read Isaiah 53
32:10
along with that.
32:13
If you don't know
32:14
this
32:15
chapter verses
32:16
are not inspired.
32:17
It's good for us
32:18
to sometimes
32:19
look beyond.
32:20
So we're going to
32:21
begin in 52.13
32:22
and read through 53.
32:24
Now
32:24
what you need to be
32:25
considering as I'm
32:26
reading this to you
32:27
is the speaking
32:28
of Christ.
32:29
Verse 13 says
32:30
behold
32:31
my servant.
32:33
It's God speaking
32:33
behold
32:34
my servant.
32:36
And this is a
32:37
description
32:38
this is a prediction
32:39
of what was
32:40
going to happen
32:41
and what did
32:41
happen to
32:42
Jesus Christ.
32:44
This was
32:45
Jesus Christ
32:46
suffering
32:47
on the cross
32:48
on our behalf.
32:50
Both the
32:51
physical suffering
32:52
as well as the
32:52
spiritual suffering
32:53
as God pours
32:54
his wrath out.
32:56
As God
32:56
turns his face away
32:57
from the perfect
32:58
union they had
32:59
from eternity past
33:00
as he punishes
33:02
in Christ
33:03
as a just God
33:04
having to punish
33:05
sin he punishes
33:06
our sin
33:07
in Jesus.
33:09
Listen carefully.
33:12
Behold
33:12
my servant
33:13
shall act wisely.
33:15
He shall be
33:15
high and
33:17
lifted up
33:17
and shall be
33:18
exalted.
33:19
As many were
33:20
astonished at you
33:21
his appearance
33:22
was so marred
33:24
beyond human
33:25
semblance
33:26
and his form
33:27
beyond that
33:28
of the children
33:29
of mankind.
33:31
So shall he
33:32
sprinkle many
33:33
nations.
33:34
Kings shall
33:35
shut their mouths
33:36
because of him
33:37
for that which
33:38
has not been
33:38
told them
33:39
they see
33:40
and that which
33:41
they have not
33:41
heard
33:42
they understand.
33:45
Who has
33:45
believed what
33:46
he has heard
33:46
from us
33:47
and to whom
33:48
has the arm
33:49
of the Lord
33:49
been revealed?
33:51
For he grew up
33:52
before him
33:53
like a young
33:53
plant
33:54
and like a root
33:55
out of dry
33:56
ground.
33:56
He had no
33:57
form of majesty
33:58
that we should
33:59
look at him
34:00
and no beauty
34:01
that we should
34:01
desire him.
34:02
He was
34:03
despised
34:04
and rejected
34:05
by men
34:05
a man of
34:07
sorrows
34:07
and acquainted
34:08
with grief
34:09
and as one
34:10
from whom
34:10
men hide
34:11
their faces
34:11
he was
34:12
despised
34:13
and we
34:14
esteemed
34:14
him not.
34:16
Surely
34:16
he has
34:17
borne
34:17
our griefs
34:18
and carried
34:19
our sorrows
34:20
yet we
34:20
esteemed
34:21
him stricken
34:22
smitten
34:23
by God
34:23
and afflicted.
34:25
But he
34:26
was pierced
34:27
for our
34:27
transgressions.
34:29
He was
34:29
crushed
34:29
for our
34:30
iniquities.
34:31
Upon him
34:32
was the
34:33
chastisement
34:34
that brought
34:34
us peace
34:35
and with
34:36
his wounds
34:37
we are
34:38
healed.
34:39
All we
34:40
like sheep
34:41
have gone
34:41
astray.
34:42
We have
34:42
turned
34:43
everyone
34:44
to his
34:45
own way
34:45
and the
34:46
Lord
34:46
has laid
34:47
on him
34:48
the iniquity
34:49
of us
34:49
all.
34:50
He was
34:51
oppressed
34:51
and he
34:52
was afflicted
34:52
yet he
34:53
opened
34:53
not his
34:54
mouth
34:54
like a
34:55
lamb
34:56
that is
34:56
led to
34:56
the
34:56
slaughter
34:57
and like
34:58
a sheep
34:58
that before
34:59
its shears
34:59
is silent
35:00
so he
35:01
opened
35:01
not his
35:02
mouth.
35:03
By
35:03
oppression
35:04
and judgment
35:05
he was
35:06
taken
35:06
away
35:07
and as
35:08
for his
35:08
generation
35:08
who
35:09
considered
35:10
that he
35:10
was cut
35:11
off
35:11
out of
35:12
the land
35:12
of the
35:13
living
35:13
stricken
35:14
for the
35:14
transgression
35:15
of my
35:15
people.
35:17
And they
35:17
made his
35:18
grave
35:18
with the
35:18
wicked
35:19
and with
35:20
a rich
35:20
man
35:20
in his
35:21
death
35:21
although he
35:22
had done
35:22
no violence
35:23
and there
35:24
was no
35:24
deceit
35:25
in his
35:25
mouth.
35:26
Yet it
35:27
was the
35:27
will of
35:28
the
35:28
Lord
35:28
to
35:29
crush
35:29
him.
35:30
He
35:30
has
35:30
put
35:31
him
35:31
to
35:31
grief.
35:32
When his
35:32
soul
35:32
makes
35:33
an offering
35:33
for guilt
35:34
he shall
35:34
see
35:35
his
35:35
offspring.
35:36
That's
35:36
the
35:36
church.
35:37
He
35:37
shall
35:37
prolong
35:38
his
35:38
days.
35:39
The
35:39
will
35:39
of
35:39
the
35:39
Lord
35:40
shall
35:40
prosper
35:41
in
35:41
his
35:41
hand.
35:42
Out of
35:43
the
35:43
anguish
35:44
of his
35:44
soul
35:44
he
35:44
shall
35:45
see
35:45
and
35:45
be
35:46
satisfied.
35:47
By
35:47
his
35:47
knowledge
35:48
shall
35:48
the
35:48
righteous
35:48
one
35:49
my
35:49
servant
35:50
make
35:50
many
35:51
to be
35:51
accounted
35:52
righteous
35:52
and he
35:53
shall
35:53
bear
35:54
their
35:54
iniquities.
35:56
Therefore
35:56
I
35:56
will
35:56
divide
35:56
him
35:57
a
35:57
portion
35:57
with
35:57
the
35:58
many
35:58
and he
35:58
shall
35:58
divide
35:59
the
35:59
spoil
36:00
with
36:00
the
36:00
strong
36:01
because
36:01
he
36:01
poured
36:02
out
36:02
his
36:02
soul
36:02
to
36:03
death
36:03
and
36:03
was
36:04
numbered
36:04
with
36:04
the
36:04
transgressors
36:05
yet he
36:06
bore
36:06
the sin
36:06
of
36:07
many
36:07
and
36:07
makes
36:08
intercession
36:08
for
36:09
the
36:09
transgressors.
36:11
This
36:11
is
36:12
Jesus
36:12
God's
36:13
servant.
36:15
Jesus
36:16
himself
36:16
said
36:17
in Mark
36:18
10
36:18
45
36:18
for
36:19
even
36:19
the
36:20
son
36:20
of
36:20
man
36:20
came
36:21
not
36:22
to
36:22
be
36:22
served
36:23
but
36:23
to
36:24
serve
36:24
and
36:25
to
36:26
as a
36:27
ransom
36:27
for
36:27
many.
36:28
So
36:28
Peter
36:28
says
36:29
before
36:29
this
36:29
Jewish
36:30
audience
36:31
that
36:32
our
36:32
God
36:33
the
36:33
God
36:34
of
36:34
our
36:34
forefathers
36:35
has
36:36
glorified
36:37
his
36:37
servant
36:38
who
36:39
is
36:39
Jesus.
36:41
Number
36:41
two
36:41
he
36:42
calls
36:43
him
36:43
Jesus
36:43
he
36:44
has
36:44
glorified
36:44
his
36:44
servant
36:45
Jesus
36:46
whom
36:48
you
36:48
delivered
36:49
over
36:49
and
36:50
denied
36:50
in the
36:51
presence
36:51
of
36:51
Pilate
36:52
when
36:53
he
36:53
had
36:53
decided
36:54
to
36:54
release
36:54
him.
36:55
The
36:56
name
36:56
Jesus
36:56
is
36:57
the
36:57
Greek
36:57
form
36:58
of
36:58
the
36:58
Hebrew
36:58
name
36:59
Joshua
37:00
which
37:01
means
37:02
the
37:02
Lord
37:02
is
37:03
salvation.
37:06
You
37:06
may
37:06
recall
37:07
in a
37:07
dream
37:07
an
37:08
angel
37:08
told
37:09
Joseph
37:11
Jesus'
37:12
father
37:12
what
37:12
his
37:12
son's
37:13
name
37:13
was
37:14
to
37:14
be.
37:14
Matthew
37:15
1
37:15
21
37:15
records
37:16
us
37:16
for
37:16
this
37:17
says
37:17
she
37:18
being
37:18
Mary
37:18
will
37:18
bear
37:19
a
37:19
son
37:19
and
37:20
you
37:20
shall
37:20
call
37:20
his
37:20
name
37:21
Jesus
37:22
for
37:23
he
37:23
will
37:23
save
37:24
his
37:24
people
37:25
from
37:26
their
37:26
sins.
37:28
He
37:28
is
37:29
the
37:30
Lord
37:30
fulfillment
37:31
of
37:32
salvation.
37:34
Charles
37:35
Spurgeon
37:35
said of
37:36
Matthew
37:36
1
37:36
21
37:37
the
37:37
angel
37:38
spake
37:38
to
37:38
Joseph
37:39
the
37:39
name
37:39
in a
37:39
dream
37:40
that
37:40
name
37:41
so
37:41
soft
37:41
and
37:42
sweet
37:42
that
37:42
it
37:42
breaks
37:43
no
37:43
man's
37:43
rest
37:44
but
37:45
rather
37:45
yields
37:45
a
37:46
peace
37:46
unrivaled
37:47
the
37:47
peace
37:48
of
37:49
God
37:49
with
37:50
such
37:50
a
37:50
dream
37:51
Joseph's
37:52
sleep
37:52
was
37:53
more
37:53
blessed
37:53
than
37:54
his
37:54
waking
37:54
the
37:55
name
37:55
has
37:55
ever
37:56
more
37:56
this
37:56
power
37:57
for
37:57
to
37:58
those
37:58
who
37:58
know
37:59
it
37:59
it
37:59
unveils
38:00
a
38:00
glory
38:01
brighter
38:01
than
38:02
dreams
38:03
have
38:03
ever
38:04
imagined
38:05
it
38:07
is by
38:07
this
38:08
name
38:08
by
38:09
faith
38:10
in
38:10
this
38:10
name
38:11
our
38:11
text
38:11
says
38:12
today
38:12
that
38:13
we
38:14
are
38:14
made
38:15
whole
38:15
we
38:15
are
38:15
made
38:16
right
38:16
we
38:16
have
38:17
peace
38:17
with
38:18
God
38:18
Acts
38:18
4
38:19
12
38:19
and
38:20
there
38:20
is
38:20
salvation
38:21
in
38:22
no
38:22
one
38:22
else
38:22
for
38:23
there
38:23
is
38:23
no
38:23
other
38:23
name
38:24
under
38:24
heaven
38:24
given
38:25
among
38:25
men
38:26
by
38:26
which
38:27
we
38:27
must
38:28
be
38:28
saved
38:29
so
38:30
he's
38:30
God's
38:31
servant
38:32
he's
38:32
Jesus
38:33
thirdly
38:34
Peter
38:37
calls him
38:37
holy
38:38
and
38:39
righteous
38:39
one
38:40
verse
38:41
14
38:42
but
38:43
you
38:43
denied
38:43
the
38:44
holy
38:45
and
38:46
righteous
38:46
one
38:47
you
38:48
asked
38:48
for
38:48
a
38:48
murder
38:49
to be
38:49
granted
38:50
to
38:51
you
38:51
holy
38:53
one
38:53
the
38:54
meaning
38:55
of
38:55
holy
38:55
means
38:55
to be
38:56
separated
38:56
to
38:56
God
38:57
Jesus
38:59
is
38:59
separated
39:00
to
39:01
God
39:01
in
39:01
his
39:01
very
39:01
nature
39:02
unlike
39:03
any
39:03
other
39:03
man
39:04
who
39:04
has
39:04
lived
39:04
both
39:05
fully
39:05
human
39:06
and
39:06
fully
39:07
divine
39:08
called
39:09
the
39:09
hypostatic
39:09
union
39:10
existed
39:11
at
39:11
all
39:11
times
39:12
when
39:12
he
39:12
was
39:12
on
39:12
earth
39:13
and
39:14
he
39:14
was
39:14
also
39:15
separated
39:15
to
39:15
God
39:16
in
39:16
purpose
39:17
in
39:19
his
39:20
first
39:20
sermon
39:20
Peter
39:21
cites
39:21
Psalm
39:21
16
39:22
10
39:22
that's
39:23
in
39:23
Acts
39:23
chapter
39:23
2
39:24
which
39:24
refers
39:24
to
39:25
Jesus
39:25
as
39:26
God's
39:26
holy
39:27
one
39:28
again
39:29
the
39:29
Jewish
39:29
minds
39:29
accessing
39:30
this
39:31
knowledge
39:32
Psalm
39:32
16
39:33
10
39:33
God's
39:34
holy
39:34
one
39:35
in
39:35
John
39:35
6
39:36
69
39:37
speaking
39:37
on
39:38
behalf
39:38
of
39:38
the
39:38
apostles
39:39
Peter
39:39
says
39:39
and
39:40
we
39:40
have
39:41
believed
39:42
and
39:42
have
39:42
come
39:43
to
39:43
know
39:43
that
39:43
you
39:44
speaking
39:44
to
39:44
Christ
39:45
are
39:45
the
39:46
holy
39:46
one
39:47
of
39:47
God
39:48
separated
39:48
to
39:49
God
39:49
in
39:49
nature
39:50
and
39:51
in
39:51
purpose
39:51
and
39:51
he's
39:52
also
39:52
called
39:52
the
39:52
righteous
39:53
one
39:53
which
39:54
is
39:54
to
39:54
say
39:55
that
39:55
he's
39:55
innocent
39:55
of
39:56
any
39:56
crime
39:57
whatsoever
39:58
I
40:00
think
40:00
too
40:00
often
40:01
the
40:02
gospel
40:02
gets
40:02
kind
40:03
of
40:03
half
40:03
preached
40:04
and
40:04
that
40:04
is
40:05
that
40:05
Jesus
40:05
died
40:05
for
40:06
our
40:06
sins
40:06
!
40:06
He
40:06
took
40:06
away
40:07
our
40:07
guilt
40:07
but
40:08
that
40:08
only
40:08
brings
40:09
us
40:09
up
40:09
to
40:09
neutral
40:09
we
40:10
also
40:10
need
40:10
his
40:11
righteousness
40:11
it's
40:12
called
40:12
double
40:12
imputation
40:13
he lived
40:14
a perfect
40:15
life
40:16
we need
40:16
both
40:17
that's why
40:17
I say
40:17
all the
40:18
time
40:18
we need
40:18
to
40:18
believe
40:18
in
40:19
Jesus
40:19
person
40:19
and
40:20
his
40:20
work
40:21
both
40:22
are
40:22
true
40:22
his
40:23
active
40:23
and
40:24
passive
40:24
obedience
40:25
his
40:25
life
40:26
lived
40:26
to
40:27
God
40:27
and
40:27
for
40:28
God
40:28
perfectly
40:29
as
40:29
well
40:29
as
40:29
his
40:30
death
40:31
we
40:31
need
40:31
both
40:31
things
40:32
he
40:32
accomplished
40:33
both
40:34
things
40:34
if
40:35
we
40:35
believe
40:35
in
40:36
him
40:36
2nd
40:37
Corinthians
40:37
5
40:37
21
40:37
says
40:38
for
40:38
our
40:38
sake
40:38
God
40:39
made
40:39
him
40:39
Christ
40:40
to
40:40
be
40:40
sin
40:41
who
40:41
knew
40:41
no
40:42
sin
40:42
so
40:42
that
40:43
in
40:43
him
40:43
we
40:44
might
40:44
become
40:45
the
40:45
righteousness
40:45
of
40:45
God
40:46
Jesus
40:46
righteousness
40:47
given
40:47
to
40:48
us
40:48
so
40:48
Jesus
40:49
by
40:49
Peter
40:49
is
40:49
called
40:50
the
40:50
holy
40:50
and
40:51
righteous
40:51
one
40:52
!
41:22
15
41:22
and
41:23
16
41:23
and
41:24
you
41:25
killed
41:25
to
41:26
put
41:26
to
41:27
death
41:27
the
41:28
author
41:28
of
41:28
life
41:29
whom
41:29
God
41:29
raised
41:30
from
41:30
the
41:30
dead
41:30
and
41:32
to
41:32
this
41:32
we
41:32
are
41:33
witnesses
41:33
!
41:52
may
41:52
say
41:53
the
41:53
prince
41:53
of
41:54
life
41:54
ruling
41:55
over
41:56
life
41:57
he's
41:58
the
41:58
creator
41:59
of
41:59
all
42:00
things
42:00
created
42:01
as well
42:01
as
42:01
all
42:01
things
42:02
that
42:02
will
42:02
be
42:02
created
42:03
creation
42:03
and
42:04
new
42:04
creation
42:05
all
42:05
things
42:06
physically
42:06
created
42:07
as well
42:07
as
42:07
all
42:08
things
42:08
spiritually
42:09
created
42:09
substantial
42:11
title
42:11
given
42:12
to
42:12
Christ
42:13
Colossians
42:13
1
42:13
15
42:14
through
42:14
18
42:14
I
42:15
think
42:15
helps
42:15
us
42:15
understand
42:16
what
42:16
it
42:16
means
42:17
Peter
42:17
says
42:17
the
42:17
author
42:18
of
42:18
life
42:18
Paul
42:18
writes
42:19
he
42:19
is
42:19
the
42:19
image
42:20
of
42:20
the
42:20
!
42:20
God
42:21
the
42:21
firstborn
42:22
or
42:22
the
42:23
more
42:24
superior
42:25
of
42:25
all
42:25
creation
42:26
for
42:27
by
42:27
him
42:27
all
42:28
things
42:28
were
42:28
created
42:28
in
42:29
heaven
42:29
and
42:29
on
42:29
earth
42:29
visible
42:30
and
42:30
invisible
42:30
whether
42:30
thrones
42:31
or
42:31
dominions
42:31
or
42:31
rulers
42:32
or
42:32
authorities
42:32
all
42:33
things
42:33
were
42:34
created
42:34
through
42:34
him
42:34
and
42:35
for
42:35
him
42:36
and
42:37
he
42:37
is
42:37
before
42:37
all
42:38
things
42:38
and
42:39
in
42:39
him
42:39
all
42:40
things
42:40
hold
42:40
together
42:41
and
42:41
he
42:41
is
42:41
the
42:42
head
42:42
of
42:42
the
42:42
body
42:42
of
42:42
the
42:42
church
42:42
he
42:43
is
42:43
the
42:43
beginning
42:43
!
42:51
the
42:52
author
42:53
of
42:53
life
42:53
put
42:54
to
42:54
death
42:54
but
42:55
God
42:57
raised
42:58
him
42:58
from
42:59
the
42:59
dead
43:00
worked
43:01
the
43:01
great
43:01
miracle
43:01
of
43:02
resurrection
43:02
and
43:03
brought
43:03
him
43:03
back
43:04
to
43:05
life
43:05
and
43:05
again
43:05
this
43:06
juxtaposition
43:07
set
43:07
forth
43:07
here
43:08
the
43:09
one
43:09
who
43:09
is
43:10
the
43:10
author
43:10
of
43:10
life
43:11
put
43:11
to
43:12
death
43:12
but
43:13
raised
43:15
again
43:15
raised
43:16
again
43:16
to
43:17
life
43:17
how
43:18
foolish
43:19
it
43:19
would
43:19
be
43:19
to
43:20
call
43:20
him
43:20
the
43:20
author
43:20
of
43:21
life
43:21
if
43:22
he
43:22
were
43:22
still
43:23
dead
43:24
if
43:25
he
43:25
didn't
43:25
live
43:25
and
43:26
reign
43:26
even
43:27
now
43:28
and
43:28
you
43:29
got
43:29
to
43:29
note
43:30
with
43:30
the
43:30
apostles
43:30
the
43:31
timidity
43:32
that existed
43:33
with him
43:33
but
43:33
now
43:33
the
43:33
great
43:34
boldness
43:35
right
43:35
he
43:36
says
43:36
to
43:36
this
43:37
the
43:37
universe
43:37
of
43:38
team
43:38
we
43:38
are
43:39
witnesses
43:40
!
43:40
What
43:41
brings
43:41
about
43:41
this
43:42
great
43:42
boldness
43:43
in
43:43
them?
43:44
The
43:45
risen
43:45
!
43:45
Savior!
43:46
He's
43:47
alive!
43:48
We're
43:48
no
43:48
longer
43:48
heartbroken
43:49
We're
43:50
now
43:51
extolling
43:52
his
43:52
greatness
43:53
It's
43:54
also
43:55
the
43:55
reason
43:55
that
43:56
they
43:56
made
43:56
such
43:56
effort
43:57
such
43:57
labor
43:58
and
43:58
we're
43:58
going
43:58
to
43:58
see
43:58
it
43:59
again
43:59
and
43:59
again
44:00
and
44:00
again
44:01
in
44:01
the
44:01
book
44:01
of
44:01
Acts
44:02
to
44:02
show
44:02
Christ
44:03
as
44:03
resurrected
44:04
showed
44:05
him
44:05
Jesus
44:06
that
44:06
they
44:06
had
44:06
walked
44:07
with
44:07
as
44:07
the
44:07
fulfillment
44:08
of
44:08
all
44:09
of
44:09
the
44:09
prophecy
44:09
that
44:10
he
44:10
was
44:10
in
44:10
fact
44:11
the
44:11
Messiah
44:11
the
44:12
Christ
44:12
the
44:13
chosen
44:13
one
44:13
the
44:14
anointed
44:14
one
44:15
of
44:16
God
44:16
Paul
44:18
writes
44:18
later
44:18
in
44:18
1 Corinthians
44:19
chapter
44:19
15
44:20
I'm sure
44:20
there's
44:20
a lot
44:20
of
44:20
sermons
44:21
being
44:21
preached
44:21
on
44:21
this
44:22
text
44:22
this
44:22
morning
44:23
there's
44:24
this
44:24
debate
44:25
going
44:25
on
44:25
in
44:25
the
44:25
Corinthian
44:26
church
44:26
about
44:26
whether
44:27
or not
44:27
resurrection
44:27
is
44:28
even
44:28
a
44:28
possibility
44:29
if
44:29
it's
44:29
even
44:29
a
44:30
thing
44:30
at
44:31
all
44:31
and
44:31
Paul
44:31
writes
44:32
to them
44:32
for
44:32
if
44:32
the
44:32
dead
44:33
are
44:33
not
44:33
raised
44:34
not
44:34
even
44:35
Christ
44:35
has
44:35
been
44:36
raised
44:36
if
44:37
you
44:37
don't
44:37
think
44:37
there's
44:37
such
44:37
a
44:45
thing
44:38
as
44:38
resurrection
44:38
then
44:38
even
44:39
Christ
44:39
hasn't
44:39
been
44:39
raised
44:40
verse
44:40
17
44:41
if
44:41
Christ
44:41
has
44:41
not
44:42
been
44:42
raised
44:42
your
44:43
faith
44:43
is
44:43
futile
44:43
and
44:44
you
44:44
are
44:44
still
44:44
in
44:44
your
44:44
sins
44:45
he
44:46
doesn't
44:46
have
44:46
power
44:46
over
44:47
death
44:47
he
44:48
can't
44:48
possibly
44:48
be
44:49
the
44:49
author
44:49
of
44:50
life
44:50
he
44:51
was
44:51
just
44:51
a
44:52
man
44:52
a
44:52
lunatic
44:53
to be
44:53
sure
44:53
if
44:54
he's
44:54
not
44:54
raised
44:54
verse
44:55
18
44:55
then
44:56
those
44:56
also
44:56
who
44:56
have
44:57
fallen
44:57
asleep
44:57
in
44:57
Christ
44:58
have
44:58
perished
44:59
if
44:59
in
44:59
Christ
45:00
we
45:01
have
45:01
hope
45:01
in
45:01
this
45:02
life
45:02
only
45:03
we
45:03
are
45:03
of
45:03
all
45:04
people
45:04
most
45:05
to be
45:05
pitied
45:05
fools
45:07
we
45:07
are
45:07
fools
45:08
if
45:09
Christ
45:09
is
45:09
not
45:10
raised
45:10
praise
45:10
God
45:11
that
45:11
he
45:11
is
45:12
and
45:12
we
45:13
can
45:13
be
45:13
fools
45:13
for
45:13
him
45:14
right
45:14
still
45:15
think
45:15
I'm
45:15
a
45:15
fool
45:15
lastly
45:18
fifth
45:19
Christ
45:20
he
45:22
calls
45:22
him
45:22
Christ
45:23
verse
45:25
18
45:25
but
45:25
what
45:25
God
45:25
foretold
45:26
by the
45:26
mouth
45:26
of all
45:27
the
45:27
prophets
45:27
that
45:28
his
45:28
Christ
45:28
would
45:29
suffer
45:29
he
45:30
thus
45:30
fulfilled
45:31
Christ
45:31
is
45:31
the
45:32
Greek
45:32
form
45:33
of
45:33
the
45:33
Hebrew
45:34
word
45:34
Messiah
45:35
which
45:36
simply
45:36
means
45:36
anointed
45:37
one
45:38
this
45:39
prediction
45:40
this
45:40
predictive
45:41
language
45:41
in the
45:41
Old Testament
45:42
scripture
45:42
this
45:43
was
45:43
the
45:43
one
45:44
the
45:44
Messiah
45:44
the
45:45
Christ
45:45
was
45:46
the
45:46
one
45:46
that
45:46
the
45:46
Jews
45:47
were
45:47
waiting
45:47
for
45:48
to
45:48
fulfill
45:49
these
45:49
promises
45:49
of
45:49
God
45:50
to
45:50
them
45:50
which
45:51
they
45:51
seemed
45:51
to
45:52
dramatically
45:52
misunderstand
45:53
at least
45:53
pretty
45:54
broadly
45:55
they
45:55
misunderstood
45:56
because
45:56
they
45:56
were
45:56
waiting
45:57
for
45:57
this
45:58
Messiah
45:58
to
45:58
come
45:58
!
45:59
They
46:00
thought
46:00
he
46:00
was
46:00
going
46:00
to
46:01
be
46:01
a
46:01
king
46:01
like
46:02
David
46:03
who
46:03
would
46:03
come
46:04
and
46:04
reign
46:05
in
46:05
the
46:05
earthly
46:06
realm
46:06
they
46:07
misunderstood
46:07
that
46:08
he
46:08
was
46:08
going
46:08
to
46:08
come
46:08
and
46:08
reign
46:09
in
46:09
the
46:09
heavenly
46:09
realm
46:10
that
46:10
he
46:10
was
46:10
going
46:10
to
46:10
bring
46:11
his
46:11
kingdom
46:11
in
46:12
the
46:12
hearts
46:13
of
46:13
men
46:13
this
46:16
is
46:16
the
46:16
Christ
46:17
though
46:17
this
46:17
is
46:17
the
46:17
fulfillment
46:18
of
46:18
that
46:18
it's
46:18
significant
46:19
in
46:19
verse
46:19
18
46:19
that
46:20
Peter
46:20
says
46:21
this
46:21
this
46:22
!
46:22
Christ
46:23
the
46:23
one
46:24
that
46:24
was
46:24
spoken
46:25
of
46:25
beforehand
46:26
the
46:26
one
46:26
that
46:27
God
46:27
foretold
46:27
by the
46:28
mouth
46:28
of
46:29
all
46:29
the
46:30
prophets
46:30
none
46:32
of
46:32
this
46:32
happened
46:33
apart
46:34
from
46:35
the
46:35
preordained
46:36
plan
46:37
of
46:38
God
46:38
God
46:39
has
46:39
been
46:40
part
46:40
of
46:40
God's
46:41
redemptive
46:41
purpose
46:41
to
46:42
call
46:42
together
46:43
to
46:43
himself
46:43
a
46:44
people
46:44
I
46:45
hope
46:45
you're
46:46
counted
46:46
in
46:47
that
46:47
number
46:47
this
46:48
morning
46:48
I
46:48
hope
46:49
you're
46:49
part
46:49
of
46:50
that
46:50
people
46:50
that
46:51
God's
46:51
good
46:52
purpose
46:52
has
46:53
been
46:53
put
46:53
in
46:53
play
46:54
from
46:54
eternity
46:55
past
46:55
culminate
46:56
in
46:56
this
46:56
great
46:57
high
46:57
moment
46:58
of
46:58
Jesus'
46:58
death
46:59
and
46:59
his
46:59
resurrection
47:00
for
47:01
your
47:01
sake
47:01
God
47:02
foretold
47:03
by the
47:04
mouth
47:04
of the
47:04
prophets
47:05
that
47:05
Christ
47:06
the
47:06
Christ
47:07
would
47:08
suffer
47:09
as
47:09
Jesus
47:10
did
47:11
an
47:12
Old
47:12
Testament
47:12
example
47:13
of
47:13
this
47:13
Zechariah
47:14
12
47:14
10
47:14
and
47:14
I
47:15
will
47:15
pour
47:15
out
47:15
on
47:15
the
47:16
house
47:16
of
47:16
David
47:16
and
47:17
the
47:17
inhabitants
47:18
of
47:18
Jerusalem
47:18
a
47:18
spirit
47:18
of
47:19
grace
47:19
and
47:19
pleased
47:20
for
47:20
mercy
47:20
so
47:20
that
47:21
when
47:21
they
47:21
look
47:21
on
47:22
me
47:22
on
47:23
him
47:23
who
47:24
may
47:24
have
47:24
pierced
47:25
they
47:26
shall
47:26
mourn
47:26
for
47:26
him
47:27
as
47:27
one
47:27
mourns
47:28
for
47:28
an
47:28
only
47:28
child
47:28
and
47:28
we
47:29
bitterly
47:29
over
47:29
him
47:30
as
47:31
one
47:31
!
47:31
in
47:33
Peter's
47:34
previous
47:34
sermon
47:34
Acts
47:35
chapter
47:35
2
47:35
verse
47:36
23
47:37
he
47:37
says
47:37
this
47:37
Jesus
47:38
delivered
47:38
up
47:38
according
47:39
to
47:39
the
47:40
definite
47:40
plan
47:40
and
47:41
foreknowledge
47:41
of
47:42
God
47:42
crucified
47:43
and
47:44
killed
47:44
by
47:45
the
47:45
hands
47:45
of
47:46
lawless
47:46
men
47:46
not only
47:47
is
47:47
God
47:48
sovereign
47:48
and
47:49
good
47:49
over
47:50
all
47:50
things
47:50
what
47:51
Peter
47:51
is
47:51
trying
47:51
to
47:51
establish
47:52
for
47:52
them
47:52
and
47:52
get
47:53
them
47:53
to
47:53
consider
47:53
that
47:54
Jesus
47:54
is
47:55
the
47:55
Christ
47:55
he
47:56
fulfilled
47:57
!
47:57
promise
47:58
that
47:59
was
47:59
made
48:00
so
48:02
we
48:02
have
48:02
the
48:03
confirmation
48:03
of
48:04
Peter's
48:04
preaching
48:04
we
48:05
have
48:05
the
48:05
content
48:06
of
48:07
Peter's
48:07
preaching
48:08
the
48:08
exaltation
48:09
of
48:09
Jesus
48:09
through
48:09
these
48:10
names
48:10
God's
48:10
servant
48:11
Jesus
48:11
holy
48:12
and
48:12
righteous
48:12
one
48:12
author
48:13
of
48:13
life
48:14
and
48:15
Christ
48:16
if
48:17
you're
48:17
paying
48:17
careful
48:17
attention
48:18
I
48:18
skipped
48:18
verse
48:18
17
48:19
in
48:19
the
48:20
midst
48:20
of
48:20
a
48:20
sermon
48:21
Peter
48:22
says
48:22
verse
48:22
17
48:23
and
48:24
now
48:24
brothers
48:25
I
48:26
know
48:26
that
48:27
you
48:27
acted
48:27
in
48:27
ignorance
48:28
as
48:28
did
48:28
also
48:29
your
48:30
rulers
48:31
you
48:31
need
48:31
to
48:31
understand
48:32
what
48:32
he's
48:32
saying
48:32
he's
48:32
not
48:33
absolving
48:34
them
48:34
of
48:35
their
48:35
responsibility
48:36
he's
48:37
not
48:38
absolving
48:38
them
48:38
of
48:38
their
48:38
responsibility
48:39
but
48:39
he's
48:39
rather
48:40
offering
48:41
to
48:41
them
48:41
the
48:41
possibility
48:42
of
48:43
forgiveness
48:43
Jesus
48:45
on the
48:46
cross
48:46
Luke
48:46
23
48:47
34
48:47
says
48:48
father
48:48
forgive
48:49
them
48:49
for
48:50
they
48:50
know
48:50
not
48:50
what
48:51
they
48:51
do
48:52
Paul
48:53
wrote
48:53
in
48:53
1st
48:53
Corinthians
48:54
2
48:54
8
48:54
none
48:55
of
48:55
the
48:55
rulers
48:55
of
48:55
this
48:56
age
48:56
understood
48:57
this
48:57
he's
48:57
just
48:58
been
48:58
speaking
48:58
about
48:59
Jesus
48:59
being
49:00
the
49:00
Christ
49:01
for
49:01
if
49:01
they
49:02
had
49:02
they
49:03
would
49:03
not
49:03
have
49:04
crucified
49:04
the
49:05
Lord
49:05
of
49:05
glory
49:06
they
49:07
would
49:07
not
49:07
have
49:07
done
49:07
it
49:07
if
49:07
they
49:08
had
49:08
known
49:08
what
49:08
they
49:09
were
49:09
doing
49:09
Peter
49:10
not
49:10
absolving
49:10
them
49:11
of
49:11
their
49:11
responsibility
49:11
for
49:12
it
49:12
as you
49:13
see
49:13
in
49:14
verse
49:14
19
49:14
his
49:15
call
49:16
to
49:16
them
49:16
but
49:17
he's
49:17
just
49:17
saying
49:18
that
49:18
forgiveness
49:20
is
49:20
possible
49:21
you
49:22
had
49:22
the
49:22
scripture
49:23
you
49:23
should
49:23
have
49:24
known
49:24
but
49:24
poor
49:25
pitiful
49:25
you
49:26
you
49:26
acted
49:26
in
49:26
ignorance
49:27
so
49:29
thirdly
49:29
we see
49:29
the
49:29
call
49:30
of
49:30
Peter's
49:30
preaching
49:31
we're
49:32
getting
49:32
really
49:32
close
49:32
if
49:33
you're
49:33
wondering
49:33
!
49:33
verse
49:35
19
49:35
repent
49:36
therefore
49:37
and
49:38
turn
49:39
back
49:39
that
49:41
your
49:41
sins
49:41
may
49:41
be
49:41
blotted
49:42
out
49:42
to
49:43
repent
49:44
is
49:44
to
49:44
change
49:44
one's
49:45
mind
49:46
or
49:46
purpose
49:47
but
49:47
it's
49:47
much
49:48
weightier
49:48
in the
49:49
original
49:49
text
49:49
it's
49:50
much
49:51
more
49:51
than
49:51
just
49:51
a
49:52
simple
49:52
intellectual
49:53
decision
49:54
I'm
49:55
saying
49:56
to
49:56
you
49:56
that
49:56
if
49:56
you
49:56
have
49:57
responded
49:57
in
49:58
faith
49:58
you
49:59
thought
49:59
if
50:00
you've
50:00
raised
50:01
a
50:01
hand
50:01
while
50:01
no
50:01
one
50:01
was
50:02
watching
50:02
because
50:03
you're
50:03
so
50:03
!
50:03
how
50:04
embarrassing
50:05
I need
50:06
to
50:06
follow
50:06
Jesus
50:06
and
50:08
you
50:08
tiptoed
50:08
down
50:08
an
50:08
aisle
50:09
and
50:09
you
50:09
were
50:09
taken
50:09
off
50:09
into
50:09
a
50:10
side
50:10
room
50:10
and
50:10
someone
50:11
said
50:11
to
50:12
you
50:12
write
50:12
this
50:13
date
50:13
in
50:13
your
50:13
Bible
50:13
now
50:14
you're
50:14
a
50:14
Christian
50:15
it's
50:16
hogwash
50:16
it's
50:18
absolute
50:18
insanity
50:19
and I'm
50:19
not saying
50:20
that you
50:20
can't
50:20
come
50:20
to
50:21
faith
50:21
in
50:21
Christ
50:22
through
50:22
that
50:22
type
50:22
of
50:23
invitation
50:23
I'm
50:23
not
50:23
suggesting
50:24
that
50:24
all
50:24
I
50:24
think
50:24
that
50:25
countless
50:25
!
50:25
people
50:25
have
50:26
but
50:27
countless
50:27
numerous
50:29
multitudes
50:30
of people
50:30
have a
50:31
false
50:32
assurance
50:32
of their
50:32
salvation
50:33
there's
50:33
no
50:34
evidence
50:34
of their
50:35
heart
50:35
turned from
50:36
their
50:36
wickedness
50:36
and turned
50:37
to God
50:37
they
50:38
just
50:38
simply
50:38
walked
50:39
down
50:39
the
50:39
Nile
50:39
took
50:40
a
50:40
card
50:40
folded
50:40
it
50:40
in
50:40
their
50:40
back
50:41
pocket
50:41
I
50:41
grew
50:41
up
50:42
in
50:42
a
50:42
church
50:42
that
50:42
told
50:42
me
50:42
if
50:43
I
50:43
ever
50:43
doubted
50:43
my
50:43
salvation
50:44
to
50:44
look
50:45
at
50:45
the
50:45
date
50:45
in
50:45
the
50:46
front
50:46
of
50:46
my
50:46
Bible
50:46
this
50:49
is
50:49
not
50:49
biblical
50:49
there's
50:50
no
50:50
language
50:51
for
50:51
this
50:51
anywhere
50:51
in
50:52
the
50:52
scripture
50:52
how
50:53
do
50:53
we
50:53
to
50:53
be
50:54
assured
50:54
the
50:56
evidence
50:56
I
50:58
have
50:58
placed
50:58
believing
50:59
faith
50:59
in
50:59
Christ
50:59
I
51:07
me
51:08
apart
51:08
he's
51:09
working
51:09
righteousness
51:10
into
51:11
me
51:11
please
51:12
hear that
51:13
carefully
51:13
this
51:13
morning
51:14
we
51:15
live
51:15
in
51:15
a
51:15
culture
51:16
that
51:17
has
51:17
probably
51:17
counted
51:18
you
51:18
at
51:18
some
51:19
point
51:19
and
51:21
you're
51:21
not
51:21
a
51:21
believer
51:22
at
51:23
all
51:23
this
51:24
is
51:24
so
51:24
much
51:24
weightier
51:25
than
51:25
a
51:25
simple
51:26
intellectual
51:26
decision
51:27
John
51:28
MacArthur
51:29
said
51:30
in his
51:30
commentary
51:30
on this
51:31
text
51:31
repentance
51:32
is a
51:33
change
51:33
of
51:33
mind
51:34
that
51:34
results
51:35
in a
51:36
change
51:36
in
51:37
behavior
51:37
turn
51:39
back
51:39
this
51:40
additional
51:40
thing
51:41
that
51:41
Peter
51:41
says
51:41
repent
51:42
therefore
51:42
and
51:42
turn
51:42
back
51:43
adds
51:44
to
51:44
this
51:45
meaning
51:45
it
51:46
means
51:46
to
51:46
return
51:47
it's
51:48
used
51:48
frequently
51:49
to
51:49
speak
51:49
of
51:49
sinners
51:49
turning
51:50
to
51:51
God
51:51
and it
51:52
just
51:52
reinforces
51:52
that idea
51:53
of what
51:53
repentance
51:54
looks
51:54
like
51:54
it's
51:54
turning
51:55
away
51:55
from
51:56
your
51:56
sin
51:56
and
51:57
it's
51:57
turning
51:57
to
51:57
God
51:58
by
51:58
faith
51:58
in
51:59
Christ
52:01
repent
52:04
repent
52:05
and believe
52:06
the gospel
52:07
of Jesus
52:08
Christ
52:08
take up
52:09
this person
52:10
and work
52:11
this is the
52:12
language of the
52:12
scripture
52:12
this is the
52:14
language of the
52:15
scripture
52:15
this is the
52:15
call
52:15
of the
52:16
gospel
52:16
it's
52:17
Peter's
52:18
call
52:18
to those
52:18
who are
52:19
in his
52:19
hearing
52:19
repent
52:19
and turn
52:21
back
52:21
now there's
52:23
much talk
52:24
in the world
52:25
today about
52:25
calling
52:26
both for
52:26
believers
52:26
and
52:27
otherwise
52:27
people looking
52:29
for cosmic
52:29
signs
52:30
for what
52:30
they're
52:30
meant to be
52:31
doing
52:31
with their
52:32
lives
52:32
let me tell
52:33
you and
52:33
clarify this
52:34
for you
52:34
God calls
52:35
us to
52:35
two things
52:36
to two
52:37
things
52:38
first
52:38
repentance
52:39
here it is
52:40
in Peter's
52:41
preaching
52:41
all men
52:43
are called
52:43
to repent
52:44
and place
52:44
faith
52:45
in Jesus
52:46
Christ
52:47
Acts 17
52:48
30
52:48
Paul says
52:49
the times
52:50
of ignorance
52:50
God
52:50
overlooked
52:51
but now
52:51
he commands
52:52
all people
52:53
everywhere
52:54
to repent
52:56
place faith
52:57
in Jesus
52:58
Christ
52:58
he's the
52:58
only way
52:59
of salvation
52:59
your destruction
53:01
is sure
53:02
your damnation
53:03
eternal
53:04
if you don't
53:04
believe
53:05
in Christ
53:06
secondly
53:08
the other
53:10
call
53:11
for all
53:11
of us
53:12
is to
53:12
preach
53:13
repentance
53:13
those who
53:14
have
53:14
repented
53:15
are to
53:15
preach
53:15
repentance
53:16
follow the
53:17
example
53:17
of Jesus
53:18
and Peter
53:19
and Paul
53:21
Acts 20
53:22
20 and 21
53:23
Paul says
53:23
I did not
53:24
shrink
53:24
from declaring
53:25
to you
53:26
anything
53:26
that was
53:27
profitable
53:27
and teaching
53:28
you in
53:28
public
53:29
and from
53:29
house to
53:30
house
53:30
all kinds
53:31
of ways
53:32
I taught
53:32
to you
53:32
these things
53:33
testifying
53:34
both to
53:34
Jews
53:34
and to
53:35
Greeks
53:35
of repentance
53:36
toward God
53:37
and of
53:38
faith
53:38
in our
53:40
Lord Jesus
53:40
Christ
53:41
we're called
53:41
to believe
53:42
we're called
53:43
to bring
53:43
about belief
53:44
by the power
53:45
of God
53:45
in others
53:46
so we see
53:48
in our text
53:49
the confirmation
53:49
of Peter's
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preaching
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the content
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of his
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preaching
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and the
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call
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of Peter's
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preaching
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let's pray
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together
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to
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to
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to
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to
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to
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to
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!