Rev. Bernie Schey, pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Old Dime Box, TX, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Acts 2:14-36.
Peter is quick to address the confusion of the crowd on Pentecost. The disciples are not drunk; rather, the Holy Spirit has been given in fulfillment of Joel 2. The people must understand that this means the last days have come in Jesus; today is the day to call upon His name for salvation. Though they should have known who Jesus was from the signs and wonders He did, the people crucified and killed Him. Yet the Father raised Jesus from the dead, just as David had foretold in Psalm 16. Whereas David was still buried in his tomb, Jesus had burst forth from His tomb, as God kept His promise recording in Psalm 110. Peter uses this text to bring his sermon to a grand climax: God has made Jesus, the Crucified One, both Lord and Christ.
“To the End of the Earth” is a mini-series on Sharper Iron that goes through the book of Acts. In his second volume, St. Luke records all the things that Jesus continued to do through the ministry of His Church. By the end of the book, the proclamation of the Lord’s Word that began in Jerusalem grows all the way to Rome. By God’s grace, even now, that same Word is proclaimed to us.
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