A Study of the Book of Acts Chapters 1 12 Lesson 2

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A Study of the Book of ActsChapters 1 -
12Lesson 2

• Annandale church of Christ
• Spring 2009

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Lesson 2

• Apostles gathered on Pentecost
• The Holy Spirit comes
• Peter addresses the people
• Calls on Joel
• Accuses the people
• Appeals to Psalms of David
• Reaction of the people
• Peters answer
• Response of the people
• The church is established

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Resurrection to Pentecost

• Jesus rose from the dead after his crucifixion
• Spent forty days with his disciples
• Gave many infallible proofs he was alive
• Met with the apostles and gave them instructions
  to wait in Jerusalem
• Ascended into heaven
• The apostles returned to Jerusalem as instructed

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Pentecost

• 50th part of a thing
• Feast day 50 days after Passover
• One of three annual Jewish feasts Passover,
  Pentecost, Feast of Tabernacles
• Also called Feast of harvest, Feast of the
  First-Fruits, Feast of Weeks
• Considered by many the greatest of the feasts
  most well attended
• Many who came to Passover stayed for Pentecost

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Apostles on Pentecost

• All together in one place
• Probably in a room of the temple
• Waiting for the promise of the Father
• Christ had told them they would receive power
  when the Holy Spirit came upon them
• They would be witnesses to Him in Jerusalem,
  Judea, Samaria and to the ends of the earth
• They would preach repentance and remission of sins

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Holy Spirit Comes

• Sound like a mighty wind filled the house
• What seemed like cloven tongues of fire sat on
  the apostles
• Apostles were filled with the Holy Spirit
• Began to speak with other tongues
• People were bewildered
• Everyone heard then in their own language
• People from fifteen countries there

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Speaking in Tongues

• Apostles spoke in languages the people understood
• No interpreter was needed
• Today some religious groups who claim to speak in
  tongues speak gibberish that no one understands
• Paul said (1 Cor. 1427-28) If anyone speaks in
  a tongue, let it be two or at most three, each in
  turn and let one interpret. But if there is no
  interpreter, let him keep silent
• (1 Cor. 1422) Therefore tongues are for a
  sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers
  

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Reaction of the People

• Confused because they heard in their own language
• Amazed and marveled because the apostles were
  Galileans
• Heard them speaking the wonderful works of God
• Wondered what these things meant
• Some thought the apostles were drunk

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Peter Addresses the People

• These men are not drunk
• This is what was spoken of by the prophet Joel
• God would pour out His Spirit on all people
• They would see visions and prophecy
• God would show wonders
• Whoever calls on the Lord will be saved

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Joel 228-32

• In the last days, God says I will pour out my
  spirit on all people.Your sons and daughters
  will prophecy, your young men will see visions,
  your old men will dream dreams.Even on my
  servants, both men and women, I will pour out my
  Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.I
  will show wonders in the heaven above and signs
  on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of
  smoke.The sun will be turned to darkness and the
  moon to blood before the coming of the great and
  glorious day of the Lord.And everyone who calls
  on the name of the Lord will be saved.

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Jesus Crucified

• Jesus was attested by God to them by miracles,
  signs and wonders he performed in their midst
• You took him by lawless hands and crucified him
• God raised him from the dead as David prophesied

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Davids Prophecy

• I foresaw the Lord always before my face.For He
  is at my right hand.Therefore my heart rejoiced,
  and my tongue was gladMoreover my flesh also
  will rest in hope.For you will not leave my soul
  in Hades,Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see
  corruption.You have made known to me the ways of
  lifeYou will make me full of joy in Your
  presence.
• (Psalm 168-11)

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Peters Interpretation

• David died and was buried in Jerusalem
• His tomb was with them at that time
• Therefore David did not speak of himself
• He prophesied about the Christ whom God would
  raise up
• God had raised up Jesus whom they crucified
• The apostles were witnesses to this
• Being at the right hand of God Jesus through the
  Holy Spirit had poured out what they saw and
  heard
• David said The Lord said to my Lord, sit at My
  right hand till I make Your enemies Your
  footstool. (Ps 1101)
• God made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord
  and Christ

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What Should They do?

• The people were cut to the heart
• They asked Peter and the apostles what should
  they do
• Peter repliedRepent, and let every one of you
  be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the
  remission of sins and you shall receive the gift
  of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and
  to your children, and to all who are afar off, as
  many as the Lord our God will call.

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Is Baptism Essential?

• Acts 241 And they who gladly received his word
  were baptized and about 3,000 were added to
  them.
• Acts 812 they were baptized both men and
  women.
• Acts 838 And both Philip and the Eunuch went
  down into the water and he baptized him.
• Acts 918 and he received his sight at once and
  arose and was baptized.
• Acts 1043 And he commanded them to be baptized
  in the name of he Lord.
• Acts 1615 And when she was baptized with her
  household
• Acts 1633 And immediately he and all his family
  were baptized.
• Acts 188 And many of the Corinthians, hearing,
  believed and were baptized.

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Effect of Baptism

• Rom 63 Or do you not know that as many of us as
  were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized
  into his death?
• 1Co 1213 For by one Spirit are we all baptized
  into one body and have been made to drink into
  one Spirit.
• Gal 327 For as many of you as were baptized
  into Christ have put on Christ.
• Col. 212 buried with him in baptism, in which
  you also were raised with him through faith in
  the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
• 1 Pet. 321 There is also an antitype which now
  saves us baptism (not the removal of filth of
  the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience),
  through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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Holy Spirit Gift or Giver?

• (Acts 238) Repent, and let every one of you be
  baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the
  remission of sins and you shall receive the gift
  of the Holy Spirit
• (Acts 532) And we are witnesses to these
  things, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has
  given to those who obey Him.
• (1 Cor. 619) Or do you not know that your body
  is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you,
  whom you have from God, and you are not your
  own?
• (John 738-39) He who believes in Me, as the
  scripture has said, out of his heart will flow
  rivers of living water. But this He spoke
  concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in
  Him would receive for the Holy Spirit was not
  yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

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Alternate Views

• Context must determine which is meant by the
  grammatical construction (the Greek is the
  possessive genitive case). It is the same
  construction as found in John 410 and Eph. 47
  where one understands that a gift is given by God
  or Christ.
• (John 410) Jesus answered and said to her, If
  you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says
  to you, Give me drink, you would have asked
  Him, and He would have given you living
  water.(Eph. 47) But to each one of us grace was
  given according to the measure of Christs gift.

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Alternate Views (Contd)

• 2. If you will compare the above verses (Acts
  238-39) you will see that Peter has picked up
  the last part of Joel 232 here at the end of his
  speech. So Joels prophecy was still in his mind.
  But consider In Joel the promise made to those
  whom Jehovah calls is they shall be delivered
  or saved. But in Acts 238-39 the promise made to
  as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him
  is the gift of the Holy Spirit. So the two
  promises would seem to be the same and the gift
  of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2 is the salvation
  promised in Joel.

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Alternate Views (Contd)

• 3. Those who obeyed these conditions for the
  remission of sins would receive the gift of the
  Holy Spirit. Some believe this to be the gift
  promised by the Holy Spirit that is, salvation.
  Others believe that the Holy Spirit is the gift.
  According to the grammar, either of these views
  could be correct.

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The Promise is to

• You
• Your children
• All who are afar off
• As many as the Lord our God will call

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Results

• Those who received the word were baptized
• Three thousand were added to them
• Continued in the apostles doctrine and breaking
  of bread and prayers
• Believers had all in common
• Sold possessions and divided among all
• Continued with one accord in the temple
• Breaking of bread from house to house
• Praising God having favor with the people
• The Lord added to the church daily those who were
  being saved