1 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:09,720 Let's take a seat. Open your Bibles to the book of 2 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:12,720 Acts chapter 2. We'll finish Acts 2 on Sunday 3 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:17,440 morning. This is Part 2 and we're looking 4 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:23,200 at Peter's sermon because I did a fair bit of lead up, but I 5 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:26,120 want to look at the first sermon ever preached under the 6 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:30,680 anointing of the Holy Spirit apart from Jesus obviously in in 7 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:33,400 the New Testament. So we serve from verse 14. 8 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:38,360 Let's jump straight into it. But Peter standing up with the 9 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:44,280 11 raised his voice and said to him and of Judea and all who 10 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:47,760 dwell in Jerusalem. Let this be known to you. 11 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:54,040 Heed my words. Listen up Peter Sirius, for 12 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:57,840 these are not drunk. As they'd witnessed the cloven 13 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:05,080 fire upon the 120 disciples. They'd witnessed and heard the 14 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:09,720 Galileans speaking in foreign languages, beautiful languages 15 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:15,240 that they were not cognizant with, but people in the crowd 16 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:17,600 who'd travelled 3 days to a week. 17 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:21,720 The feast of Pentecost was the most attended of all the feasts 18 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:27,560 and and people were hearing these Galileans speak in their 19 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:31,000 own language, in their own dialect that says in the Greek 20 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,360 of the majesty, the wonders of God. 21 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,800 And Peter is now explaining what has happened. 22 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:43,040 And someone said, well, they're just drunk. 23 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:49,000 And Peter says, hey, you people don't think they're drunk. 24 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:54,120 He he deals with them as you suppose it's only 9:00 AM in the 25 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:59,840 morning. But this is that the King James 26 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:01,800 says, I said, I think it says it's best. 27 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:05,240 This is that which was spoken on the by the prophet Joel. 28 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:09,360 And now Peter, because the sermon should have, should have 29 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,320 scripture shouldn't be just about, oh, let me tell you a 30 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:16,560 story, you know, and then I'll tell you another story. 31 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:19,880 They called skyscraper sermons. You know why? 32 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:24,000 Because they're story after story after story after story 33 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:30,280 verse 17 and he quotes Joel and shall come to pass in the last 34 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:32,800 days. So Peter saying we are in the 35 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:37,360 last days. Then John in one John says we're 36 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:39,720 in the last hour of the last days. 37 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:44,880 That's 2000 years ago. So how how far are we advanced 38 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:48,200 in the last of the last days of the last hour minutes? 39 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:53,880 He says I'll pour out my spirit on all flesh. 40 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,480 Your sons and your daughters shall prophecy that word. 41 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:00,360 Prophecy isn't not like oh, let me tell you what's going to 42 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:06,000 happen now prophecy here is they will proclaim and speak the word 43 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:11,200 of God each time you hear like tonight as I teach from the word 44 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:12,320 of God. It's prophecy. 45 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:15,200 It's proclaiming the word of God. 46 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,160 Prophecy is not all 4th telling. This is what's going to happen. 47 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:25,840 Prophecy here in this context is they will speak the gospel, they 48 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,920 will speak the word of God. Your young men shall see 49 00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:30,600 visions. And now this is where I come 50 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:32,640 into it. Your old men shall dream dreams. 51 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:37,360 And all my menservants and my maidservants, I will pour out my 52 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,880 spirit in in those days and they shall prophecy. 53 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:45,720 I will show wonders in heaven, above signs in the earth, 54 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:48,760 beneath blood and fire and vapour of smoke. 55 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:51,960 The sun shall be turned Into Darkness and the moon into 56 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:52,640 blood. Where? 57 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:54,560 Where have we heard those words before? 58 00:03:55,880 --> 00:04:01,640 Matthew 24, Jesus says last days Book of Revelation. 59 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:06,440 So Peter is saying not only is this happening today, but these 60 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,040 are the events that are going to happen in the future. 61 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:13,640 So we're we're actually dealing with the time after Christ's 62 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:17,399 death. Peter's in and now we're looking 63 00:04:17,399 --> 00:04:21,519 at time in our future during what's called the tribulation, 64 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:27,000 the moon in the blood, how far before the coming of the Great 65 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,160 Northern day of the Lord, the second coming of Christ. 66 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:36,000 And it shall come to pass that during the tribulation context 67 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:40,920 here, whoever calls on the name of the Lord and many people will 68 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,880 get saved in the tribulation. Can you imagine, man? 69 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:48,840 You've been told, been told, been told, your friends 70 00:04:48,840 --> 00:04:51,200 witnessed to you, told you about the rapture, then they 71 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:54,480 disappeared, and then they told you about the Antichrist, and 72 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:58,560 then we got this guy in charge. The events of the world. 73 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:00,800 Then you see the peace treaty being signed by Israel. 74 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:04,080 Israel rebuilds the temple. You become, my gosh, all that I 75 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:09,360 was told it's happening. Most people come to call on 76 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:12,240 Christ and be saved. The trouble is, during the 77 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:15,320 Tribulation period, your salvation will be also your 78 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:19,480 death. Peter quickly dismisses the 79 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:21,400 mockers. He deals with the the bullheads 80 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:27,520 in the crowd. John's prophecy, as I said in 81 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:31,320 context, is really looking more so at the time of the great 82 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:36,240 Tribulation and into the second coming of Jesus Christ. 83 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:41,520 People said that these disciples were drunk and we touched on 84 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:46,120 that on Sunday. No, though under the power of 85 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:50,200 the Holy Spirit and the fruit of the Holy Spirit is what self 86 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:53,840 control. And also they spoke as the Holy 87 00:05:53,840 --> 00:05:59,400 Spirit gave them utterance. So when we see churches where 88 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:03,160 people are raging and carrying on, I'm sorry now. 89 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:04,520 I'm not sorry. It's not biblical. 90 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:10,640 It's it's terrible. It's terrible now. 91 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:16,680 So Peter says prophecy is looking to what's going to 92 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:20,520 happen, and he's talking about it's the outpouring of the Holy 93 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,160 Spirit. It's going to happen during the 94 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:26,000 Tribulation period as well. But Keith, didn't you say, like, 95 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:28,160 doesn't the Bible say in the Second Thessalonians that when 96 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:30,960 the church has gone, that which is restrained is no longer 97 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:32,560 there? Yeah, the church in that way. 98 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:36,040 But the Holy Spirit, it's still going to be up on earth because 99 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:38,360 it's through the Holy Spirit. People come to know Christ 100 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:42,600 because he convicts of sin, brings us to salvation. 101 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,000 It's the work of God that you and I are saved. 102 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:47,920 We had nothing to do with our salvation except accept it. 103 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:51,760 And it was the convicting work of the Holy Spirit that brought 104 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:57,160 us to this point. So note this, Therefore, the 105 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:00,200 empowering of the Holy Spirit falling on this day, the day of 106 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:03,200 Pentecost, and the associated gifts. 107 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:07,000 Pastor Israel dealt with them in detail when we went through 1 108 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:11,000 Corinthians, especially chapter 1213 or 14. 109 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:17,880 The gifts of the Holy Spirit that came on the day of 110 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:22,560 Pentecost are not limited just to the day of Pentecost. 111 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:33,400 Yes, the cloven fire, the rushing wind that day, but the 112 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:38,040 gifts will continue on through our church history because there 113 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:41,320 are people that say, well, you know, people, those happy 114 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:45,360 clappers, those charis maniacs that believe the gifts, you 115 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:48,480 know, all this stuff that all stopped with the disciples. 116 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:51,760 Well, the Bible says, no, it didn't because it's going to go 117 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,960 on. The the prophecy of Joel says 118 00:07:54,960 --> 00:08:00,720 this continues on into the into the great tribulation throughout 119 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:04,200 church history, right on to the second coming of Jesus Christ, 120 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:06,040 when we won't need those gifts after that. 121 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:10,720 The fact that the power of the Holy Spirit will be experienced 122 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:14,800 in the last days indicates that those who say the gifts ceased 123 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:17,760 with the apostles are biblically incorrect. 124 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:23,480 So now Peter, he's explained what this is. 125 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:27,800 This is that prophet Joel, He's explained what that is, and now 126 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:31,840 the central part of his sermon, which is should be the central 127 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:35,159 part of every sermon, he talks about Jesus Christ. 128 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:42,360 Now Peter preaches Jesus Christ after he's explained to the 129 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:46,280 gathered crowd what they had witnessed with the wind, the 130 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:51,360 cloven fires, the Speaking of languages, dialect foreign to 131 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:55,680 the Galilean disciples. He says this is the power from 132 00:08:55,680 --> 00:08:59,280 on high. The first sermon, anointed by 133 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:02,840 the Holy Spirit, is centred on the person of Jesus Christ. 134 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:05,240 They should tell us what we should do from then on. 135 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:11,280 Peter identifies Jesus as being Jesus from Nazareth. 136 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:17,400 It's very important. Jesus was a common name back at 137 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:22,120 the time of Christ. Jesus is remembered the Greek 138 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:27,440 name of the Hebrew name Yahshua, and every Tom, Dick and Harry 139 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:31,000 was Yahshua and in the Greek they were Jesus. 140 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:35,920 Secondly, Peter brings proof of who Jesus is. 141 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:41,080 He is the Messiah, so he says the Jesus that I'm going to tell 142 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:44,800 you about is Jesus, that Jesus from Nazareth, the Rabbi you all 143 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:49,640 know about, remember. And secondly, I want to give you 144 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:54,040 proof of who that Jesus is. I'm going to tell you He's 145 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:56,120 speaking to Jews. He's the Messiah. 146 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:00,200 Men of Israel, verse 22, hear these words. 147 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:04,000 Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested by God to you. 148 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:08,400 How? By miracles, wonders, signs 149 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:13,480 which God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves 150 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,440 also know. So the crowd there had witnessed 151 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:23,680 the events that Jesus had done, him being delivered by the 152 00:10:23,680 --> 00:10:28,800 determined purpose and foreknowledge of who God. 153 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:31,200 John 316 For God so loved the world. 154 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:33,880 What did he do? He gave his only begotten Son. 155 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:38,400 For unto us a child is given, unto us a son is given, a child 156 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:42,240 is born, a son is given, Isaiah said. 157 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:47,760 And so him being delivered by the determined purpose and 158 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:52,680 foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have 159 00:10:52,680 --> 00:10:56,800 crucified and put to death. Well, this is a tough audience 160 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:58,560 and he's bringing a tough message, isn't he? 161 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:04,480 Imagine he's talking to the people and he's saying the 162 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:07,200 Messiah, the Jewish Messiah you're all longing for, looking 163 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:08,360 for. It was him. 164 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:14,440 And he died on the cross because God the Father planned it that 165 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:19,200 way. You're involved in that, and 166 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:24,400 you're the ones that put him to death through the Romans by the 167 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:27,240 signs and wonders and miracles that Jesus did of which they 168 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:31,880 were witnesses. In John chapter 10, the 169 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:36,840 religious leaders came to Jesus. In verse 24, the Jews surrounded 170 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:39,560 him and said to him, How long do you keep us in doubt? 171 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:43,880 If you're the Christ, if you're the Messiah, tell us plainly. 172 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:49,520 Jesus answered them. I told you, you do not believe 173 00:11:50,680 --> 00:11:54,040 the works that I do in my father's name. 174 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,120 They bear witness of me. All the things that I've done, 175 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:01,640 feeding of the 5000, the 1510 thousand, the raising of the 176 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:04,680 dead Lazarus, all these events walking on the water. 177 00:12:04,680 --> 00:12:06,200 You've heard all about these things. 178 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:15,000 They, they witness of who I am. But you do not believe. 179 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:21,640 Be why didn't and why didn't they believe John 1026 because 180 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:25,480 you are not of my sheep, as I said to you. 181 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:34,400 Now Thirdly, the way that Jesus died, invented by the Persians, 182 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:38,920 polished up by the Romans, crucifixion. 183 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:46,320 Peter says this was God's plan for Christ his Son, the Lamb of 184 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:51,000 God, the Messiah, before the foundations of the earth were 185 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,920 laid. Paul picks this very point up in 186 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:57,920 one Corinthians chapter 15 verse 3. 187 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:02,200 Paul says, For I delivered to you first of all that which I 188 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:07,120 also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the 189 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:10,840 scriptures, and that he was buried, and then he rose again 190 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:13,360 the third day according to the Scriptures. 191 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:17,440 Remember Jesus walking with the two on the road to Emmaus, he 192 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:21,280 says basically said you, you, you foolish people, all these 193 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:24,560 things that occurred, they're in and he gave them the Bible 194 00:13:24,560 --> 00:13:26,040 study. This is them. 195 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:29,440 You know, it's the greatest thing. 196 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:32,800 I, I, I tell you again, I've said it many times before, but 197 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:36,560 when I was a young boy, Easter was the most difficult period of 198 00:13:36,560 --> 00:13:39,840 my life. I broke down over Easter. 199 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:45,640 I would weep as a kid on on my own in in my bedroom as a little 200 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:49,000 kid because I couldn't understand why Jesus was killed 201 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:53,000 and why no one helped him. Why, why was he treated? 202 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:55,720 Why why didn't anyone come to his to his aid? 203 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:58,720 And then I found out the reason that he died. 204 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:02,440 He died voluntarily. He was led as a lamb to the 205 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:03,920 slaughter. He had enough word. 206 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,560 He let them LED away. Peter tried to bring out the 207 00:14:07,560 --> 00:14:10,080 sword, cut off the ear, tried to kill the guy arresting him. 208 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:14,240 Peter put the sword away. This is, This is why I'm here. 209 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:17,720 This is why Christmas we just celebrated, why that little baby 210 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:19,280 was born. He was born to die. 211 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:26,640 God became a man to die. Peter says this is that man. 212 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:31,000 Peter then moves to the very heart of the gospel. 213 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:33,880 What's the heart of the gospel? The resurrection. 214 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:39,240 The resurrection. It was not possible that death 215 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:43,560 could hold Jesus. Why Acts chapter 2 verse 24, 216 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:51,240 whom God raised up having loosed the pains of death, because it 217 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:54,920 was not possible that he should be held by it. 218 00:14:56,080 --> 00:15:01,640 Because God had said Jesus would rise from the dead the third day 219 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:05,160 God's word is going to stand. I love that. 220 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:06,600 Because Jesus says he's coming back. 221 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:08,640 Jesus said he's coming back from me. 222 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,560 You and I tonight need to have the same confidence and 223 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:18,000 assurance in the word of God. We we ought to have no questions 224 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:22,720 about it, no doubts about it. Does the Bible say go away, 225 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:26,040 please, sorry. As I gotten older, I know I need 226 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:30,040 to be tolerant, but I'm less tolerant when when there are 227 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:32,880 things of the word of God that if you're a believer, this is 228 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:36,360 the word of God. I am the Lord thy God. 229 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:43,640 I change not, and we need to have no doubts that what it says 230 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:49,000 is going to happen. No doubts when God says 231 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:52,120 something, He means it, and it will come to pass. 232 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:56,240 The rapture is going to happen. The tribulation is going to fall 233 00:15:56,240 --> 00:16:00,000 upon this earth. What does it mean? 234 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,320 The pains of death having loosed the pains of death. 235 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:08,240 In the Greek language, this term is to bind with cords until it 236 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:11,680 hurts. What Peter is saying here is 237 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:16,240 here the cords of death tried to hold Jesus in the grave, 238 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:20,160 couldn't, Nothing could hold him. 239 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:27,880 Nothing could hold Jesus in the grave at this moment, as Peter 240 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:29,600 is talking about the resurrection. 241 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:34,640 And there were many Jews who are influenced, Hellenistic Jews, 242 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:39,000 influenced by Greek philosophy. At this moment in the crowd, the 243 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,840 Greek philosophers, their minds switched off. 244 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:44,120 He's lost me. I'm out of here talking about 245 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:44,880 resurrection. Come back. 246 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:50,520 No. So then Peter, does he come into 247 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:52,240 an argument? So, oh, no, you're wrong, I'm 248 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:52,960 right. You're wrong. 249 00:16:54,520 --> 00:17:00,240 Scripture. And so he says verse 25, Peter 250 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:04,839 gives them biblical evidence for the teaching of the resurrection 251 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:10,760 for David King David says concerning Jesus, I foresaw the 252 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:15,599 Lord always before my face for he is at my right hand that I 253 00:17:15,599 --> 00:17:19,079 may not be shaken. Therefore my heart rejoice, my 254 00:17:19,079 --> 00:17:22,160 tongue was glad. Moreover, my flesh also will 255 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:25,560 rest in hope for you will not leave my soul. 256 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:28,840 Peter is talking about not himself. 257 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:32,200 We'll see. He's talking about Jesus his 258 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:35,000 resurrection. He's not saying Dave's not 259 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:38,880 saying my soul won't be in in, in Hades won't be held there, 260 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:43,240 no, nor will you allow your holy One to see corruption. 261 00:17:44,360 --> 00:17:46,600 You have made known to me the ways of life. 262 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:49,520 You will make me full of joy in your presence. 263 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:54,240 Men and brethman, let me speak freely to you of the Patriarch 264 00:17:54,240 --> 00:18:00,320 David who is referenced that he is both dead and buried and 265 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:03,200 where the upper room is. And we go to the upper room in 266 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,040 old Jerusalem. And just down from the upper 267 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:08,760 room we go walk down a little ways about sort of like where 268 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:11,240 the the the car park out of car park is. 269 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:14,880 And there is David's tomb. He can go in there and visit 270 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:22,280 David's soon even today. And he says, let me speak freely 271 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:25,560 to you of the Patriarch David as Peter does that he is both dead 272 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:28,280 and buried and his tomb is with us to his day. 273 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:32,360 His point to where the tomb is not far from the upper room. 274 00:18:33,360 --> 00:18:37,400 Therefore, David, being a prophet, and knowing that God 275 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,880 had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of His body 276 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:48,080 would come the Messiah according to the flesh, he would raise up 277 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:53,480 the Christ to sit on His throne. He, foreseeing this, spoke 278 00:18:53,480 --> 00:19:01,040 concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that his soul Jesus 279 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:05,440 was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. 280 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:10,840 This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses. 281 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:19,040 We've seen Him therefore being exalted to the right hand of God 282 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:23,240 and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy 283 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:27,120 Spirit, he poured out this on which you now see in here. 284 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:29,080 See how he's relating this to what's happening? 285 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:33,640 Because we saw Jesus resurrected, He's we saw him 286 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:36,720 ascend. We now know he's at the right 287 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:39,720 hand of the Father because David said that's where he's going to 288 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:42,200 be seated at the right hand of his Father. 289 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:47,440 And because he's gone, he said, when I go, I will send another 290 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:54,160 comforter just like me. For David did not ascend into 291 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:56,040 the heavens. No, Jesus did. 292 00:19:56,240 --> 00:20:00,600 But he says himself, the Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right 293 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:02,200 hand. Who said at the right hand? 294 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:04,960 Jesus, after he's finished the sacrifice. 295 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:09,360 Sacrifice to end all sacrifices. The man sat down. 296 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:13,000 Till I make your enemies your footstool. 297 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,440 The Greek word for hell is hades. 298 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:21,240 It means the grave and a place of torment. 299 00:20:22,360 --> 00:20:30,400 The Hebrew word is sheol, and in Luke 16 we're told what it's 300 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:34,480 like. This place, remember, there was 301 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:36,640 a rich man on one side who held him. 302 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:43,080 Abraham, remember, on the other side was, yeah, sorry, Lazarus 303 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:47,560 was held by Abraham, Paradise. And on the other side was the 304 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:51,960 rich man. And between, remember, the rich 305 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:54,200 man said, can you just send just a little bit of water? 306 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:56,640 I'm thirsty. Funny how he's thirsty. 307 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:02,680 And Abrams, we can't cross too late. 308 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:07,720 One side was paradise. One side was torment. 309 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:10,760 Remember, like the rich guy said, oh, can you send someone 310 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:13,120 back? Tell someone I don't want my 311 00:21:13,120 --> 00:21:17,680 brothers coming here. And Isaiah 61 one the prophet 312 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:21,080 Isaiah said the spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the 313 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:25,000 Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor that's 314 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,560 poor in spirit. He has sent me to heal the 315 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:33,800 broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives. 316 00:21:34,120 --> 00:21:40,960 Who are the captives? In Ephesians chapter 4 it tells 317 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:46,880 us, and when he ascended on high, he led captivity captive 318 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:50,920 and gave gifts to men. Now this he ascended, what does 319 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:54,960 it mean? But that He also first descended 320 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:57,200 into the lower parts of the earth. 321 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:02,560 And so where Abraham was holding Lazarus is empty on the other 322 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:06,160 side. The rich man's still there and 323 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:09,840 it's been filled up every day for those who reject Jesus 324 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:18,640 Christ, the thief on the cross. He where was taken with Jesus to 325 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:21,200 paradise. Jesus said to him, I surely I 326 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:25,040 say to you today you will be with me in paradise. 327 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:29,840 Luke 2343. So David, the writer of Psalm 328 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:37,160 16, which Peter unloads on this Jewish crowd proof of the 329 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:43,480 resurrection of who Jesus is. David is dead and buried and has 330 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:48,320 been at that time that Peter preaches, about 1000 years dead. 331 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:52,400 His tomb. As I said, we visit in Jerusalem 332 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:56,360 near the upper room. Peter would be pointing to it 333 00:22:56,360 --> 00:22:58,320 because it's not far from the upper room. 334 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:02,200 So Peter says David was a prophet. 335 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:08,080 God had promised to raise up from David's seed the Messiah. 336 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:13,800 That's why he's coming back to Jerusalem to sit on David's 337 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:17,760 throne and that Jesus would be resurrected. 338 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:21,600 Nothing could hold him. Jesus had then ascended into 339 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,600 heaven to take his place at the right hand of the Father. 340 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:31,520 David prophesied all that and this same Jesus, Peter says 341 00:23:32,120 --> 00:23:34,880 because he's relating it to all that's happened. 342 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:39,920 It's he who promised the gift that you see the power, that you 343 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:48,600 see the Holy Spirit to come. Because back in John 1416, Jesus 344 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,240 had said, I will pray the Father. 345 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:54,760 He will give you another helper that he may abide with you 346 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:59,040 forever. So the crowd had witnessed all 347 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:01,400 this now. So this crowd is pretty savvy. 348 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:05,680 I know about Jesus of Nazareth. Rabbi come from Nazareth and 349 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:07,480 went down to Capernaum. He's been there. 350 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:10,600 He lived in the Galilean, and then he was a Caiaphas. 351 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:13,560 Remember, he was arrested. Remember, he wrote in Palm 352 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:16,360 Sunday, you know, and the crowd cried out. 353 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,640 And then he was crucified because we were there. 354 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:21,080 We cried out, crucifying, crucifying. 355 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:24,120 And then we heard the tomb was empty. 356 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:26,680 Now the disciples have tell us they've seen him. 357 00:24:27,120 --> 00:24:28,720 Now the falling of the Holy Spirit. 358 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:34,000 So all this evidence, evidence, evidence is banking up to all 359 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:38,240 this massive crowd who had seen the cloven fire, the rushing 360 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:41,480 wind, heard the rushing wind, and Peter's speaking boldly. 361 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:46,880 Now what? What happens to them? 362 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:49,680 They're convicted by the Holy Spirit. 363 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:51,280 Why? Because he's at work. 364 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:58,160 Now. Verse 36 Therefore, when you see 365 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:01,600 a therefore you ask what's there for based on all that Peters 366 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:06,640 just said, let all the House of Israel know assuredly that God 367 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:12,840 has made this Jesus and he's told them was Jesus whom you 368 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:21,320 crucified both Lord and Messiah, both God and Messiah. 369 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:28,360 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said 370 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:33,520 to Peter and the rest of the apostles men and brethren, what 371 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:37,400 shall we do in Acts chapter 16 we'll hear a a gaoler say what 372 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:41,400 must I do to be saved? You know what I like about this. 373 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:47,520 We don't see it enough is that people wanting to get saved. 374 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:52,640 Everyone thinks they're saved, Everyone thinks they're saved. 375 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:54,320 Everyone thinks they're right with God. 376 00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:59,200 It needs the convicting work of the Holy Spirit. 377 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:03,200 And when, when he convicts, there's an action men and 378 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:07,040 brethren, what shall we do then Peter said to them, here's the 379 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:10,240 answer of what to do. Repent. 380 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:17,360 Let everyone of you then be baptised in the name of Jesus 381 00:26:17,360 --> 00:26:23,760 Christ for the remission of sins and then you will receive the 382 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:28,000 gift of the Holy Spirit that you've seen and heard today for 383 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,040 the promise. And here's the wonder of it all, 384 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:37,280 Mums, dads, grandparents, the promise is to you and to your 385 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:40,840 children and to all who are far off. 386 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:44,480 Now we live in Secret Harbour, West St That's about as far off 387 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:51,760 from Jerusalem as you can get. As many as the Lord our God will 388 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:55,720 call. Note that as many as the Lord 389 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:58,760 our God will call. John 10. 390 00:27:00,120 --> 00:27:07,080 My sheep hear my voice. The church today. 391 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:10,800 And can you see what? Where the churches we're playing 392 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,920 church. Yeah, we've lost. 393 00:27:15,360 --> 00:27:20,840 We've lost our way. The compass bearing has no 394 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:23,440 needle on it because it should point to repentance in the 395 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:27,080 gospel. Just keep repentance to gospel. 396 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:34,040 The church today needs a gospel that what pierces the hearts of 397 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:40,560 the hearers that that impacts you. 398 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:48,840 Not a soft gospel, not a seeker friendly gospel, not another 399 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:51,880 gospel which is in Second Corinthians. 400 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:55,960 But each time you and I sit under the word of God, we should 401 00:27:55,960 --> 00:28:02,440 sense His Holiness and our frowness and our thankfulness 402 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:06,280 that Christ has done this for us. 403 00:28:08,120 --> 00:28:11,920 Repent is the answer to what shall we do? 404 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:16,720 So when you're witnessing to someone and talk about come to 405 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:18,600 our church, we have a great band, you know, we have great 406 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:22,680 programmes, we have a marriage counselling class, we have a 407 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:27,520 good Sunday school. Repent. 408 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:32,640 When I talk to people about, you know, they come from 409 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:37,400 counselling. So often the first thing I deal 410 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:44,840 with is the main thing is what's your relationship with Christ? 411 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:51,240 And then I'll ask, because they go, well, I think, are you 412 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:53,240 reading your Bible? No. 413 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:55,520 Are you praying? No. 414 00:28:57,080 --> 00:29:03,600 And then they wonder why they're at this place of where they're 415 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,240 lost. You can go to church to still be 416 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:13,240 lost because here it says repent and be baptised. 417 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:15,880 Because I'm not. No, you need to be baptised. 418 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:18,760 Well, well, the thief wasn't baptised. 419 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:22,520 Absolutely it wasn't. But if he had a choice, if he 420 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:25,040 could have got down on the cross, he would have got 421 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,240 baptised pretty hard. We got nails in you. 422 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:32,360 Because baptism is the next step. 423 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:34,600 I want to be baptised. Why? 424 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:40,560 Because it signifies a change. It's telling the world I, I am a 425 00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:44,320 Christian. I, the old me, we're going to 426 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:48,760 walk in the water and we're having a funeral and the new me 427 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:53,080 we're coming out is showing you a new birth, a new walk, a new 428 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:58,040 life, a new direction, a burial, a birth and a change of 429 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:00,040 ownership. The devil doesn't own me 430 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:05,600 anymore. Verse 40 and with many other 431 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:11,400 words, Peter testified and exhorted them saying be saved 432 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:15,240 from this perverse generation. Generation was perverse back 433 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:19,040 then. We think it's perverse today and 434 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:24,560 notice this and this what breaks my heart then those doesn't say 435 00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:27,440 and everyone got saved. You notice that we kind of think 436 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:31,040 error or error, it was just 3000 people and all the 3000 got 437 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:34,360 saved. No, they didn't because verse 41 438 00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:41,560 says then those who gladly received His word were baptised 439 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:46,120 and that day about 3000 souls were added to them. 440 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:50,480 And so there were people there that heard all this information 441 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:57,520 and said, Nah, you see, that's why when we stand before Christ, 442 00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:01,320 the second resurrection, not us, but people stand. 443 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:05,600 You have no excuse. You're cooked. 444 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:10,360 It's not a judgement, the second resurrection, the great white 445 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:13,960 throne judgement. It's a sentencing because you're 446 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:17,640 guilty. Romans 3, you'll utter not a 447 00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:22,480 word. Peter says be saved from this 448 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:26,520 perverse generation. The word perverse, interesting, 449 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:34,240 Greek scolios, scoliosis, crooked, wicked. 450 00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:40,160 And what you and I see in the world today is we don't see 451 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:43,160 evolution, do we? Funny, we've still got monkeys, 452 00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:46,120 haven't we? How come those monkeys haven't 453 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:49,280 just kicked on? Well, the next step. 454 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:54,920 Why are all the monkeys gone? But what we do see, sadly, is 455 00:31:55,400 --> 00:32:01,040 devolution. We're acting more like animals. 456 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:06,320 When the planes flew into the Twin Towers, Ruth Graham Lotz 457 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:13,520 spoke and she said, you, you, you wonder why our children are 458 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:17,560 lost. And you tell them not to act 459 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:21,920 like animals. But they go to school and are 460 00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:26,160 educated and told that they are but animals. 461 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:32,040 Those who gladly received the word. 462 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:34,640 Not everybody was sighted.