ACTS
CHAPTER TWO
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
I)
[Acts 2:4-16]:
A)
[Compare Acts 2:33]:
B)
[Joel 2:1-2; 28-32a]:
II)
[Acts 2:15-16]:
A)
[Joel 2:28]:
B)
[Compare Acts 2:33]:
III)
[Acts 2:17-21]:
IV)
[Acts 2:22-35]:
V)
[Acts 2:36-37]:
VI)
[Acts 2:37-39]:
A)
BROTHERS = JEWISH BROTHERS ARE BEING ADDRESSED WITH A VIEW TO SALVATION
WHICH IS EXTENDED TO GENTILES
1)
SOME MAINTAIN THAT THE JEWS WERE ALREADY SAVED CHRISTIAN 'BROTHERS' &
WERE NOW ADDRESSING THEIR COMPLICITY AS A NATION IN CRUCIFYING OUR LORD
2)
BUT 'FORGIVENESS OF YOUR SINS' PLURAL IS IN VIEW
NOT FORGIVENESS OF THE ONE SIN OF CRUCIFYING /REJECTING CHRIST
3)
BUT THE RECEPTION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES NOT COME AS A RESULT OF
REPENTANT BEHAVIOR AND/OR WATER BAPTISM
4)
BUT NOT ALL ARE STIPULATED AS HAVING BELIEVED IN CHRIST AS
MESSIAH/SAVIOR
5)
BUT "BROTHERS" REFERS TO "MEN OF ISRAEL" NOT
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS
a)
[Acts 2:22, 25-29]:
6)
BUT ONE WOULD NOT EXPECT THAT THE INSTANT ONE BECOMES A BORN AGAIN
BELIEVER THAT ONE WOULD START ADDRESSING OTHERS AS BROTHERS IN CHRIST
7)
BUT JEWS AND GENTILES ARE BOTH INCLUDED IN THE PROMISE OF FORGIVENESS OF
SINS AT THE END OF THIS PASSAGE, THUS A SPECIAL FORGIVENESS RELATIVE TO
CALVARY FOR ISRAEL IS RULED OUT
a)
[Compare Acts 2:39]:
8)
BUT THE PURPOSE OF PETER'S MESSAGE IS CLEARLY BELIEVING FOR SALVATION
UNTO ETERNAL LIFE FOR JEW AND GENTILE
a)
[Compare Acts 39, 44, 47b]:
VI cont.) [Acts 2:37-39 cont.]:
B) REPENT
= METANOEO MEANS TO CHANGE THE MIND - THE CONTEXT STIPULATING WHAT ONE
CHANGES ONES MIND FROM AND TO
C) REPENT
= METANOEO IN GOD'S WORD IS A CHANGE FROM DISBELIEF TO BELIEF IN WHAT IS
TAUGHT FROM GOD'S WORD
1)
[Compare 2 Tim 2:24-25]:
D)
REPENTANCE FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS IS A TURNING - A CHANGE OF MIND
FROM NOT BELIEVING TO BELIEVING ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE
1) JOHN
THE BAPTIST (AND OUR LORD AT FIRST) SPOKE ONLY TO ISRAEL TO
REPENT/BELIEVE IN THE COMING MESSIAH IN ORDER TO ENTER THE ETERNAL
KINGDOM. WHEN ALL ISRAEL BELIEVES THE ETERNAL KINGDOM IS TO BEGIN
a)
[Compare Acts 19:4]:
b)
[Compare Jn 1:29-31]:
c)
[Compare Mk 1:4]:
d)
[Compare Mt 4:12, 17]:
e)
[Compare Acts 13:23-24]:
f)
[Compare Mt 3:1-8]:
g)
[Compare Jn 1:10-11]:
h)
[Compare Acts 3:17-21]:
i)
[Compare Zech 12:1-13:4]:
2)
PETER SPOKE TO ISRAELITES IN ACTS CHAPTER 2.
NOW
INCLUDED WERE GENTILES
HE
TOLD THEM ALL TO REPENT/BELIEVE IN THE MESSIAH WHOM THE JEWS CRUCIFIED
IN ORDER TO RECEIVE FORGIVENESS OF SINS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
THIS
IS NOW POINTING TO THE CHURCH
2)
PETER SPOKE TO ISRAELITES IN ACTS CHAPTER 2.
NOW
INCLUDED WERE GENTILES
HE
TOLD THEM ALL TO REPENT/BELIEVE IN THE MESSIAH WHOM THE JEWS CRUCIFIED
IN ORDER TO RECEIVE FORGIVENESS OF SINS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
THIS
IS NOW POINTING TO THE CHURCH
a)
[Compare Acts 2:38-39, 41, 44, 47b]:
E)
REPENT IN ACTS 2:39 = BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS BOTH LORD AND CHRIST FOR
FORGIVENESS OF SINS AND THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND LET EACH ONE BE
BAPTIZED TO DEMONSTRATE THIS SYMBOLICALLY
1)
[Compare Acts 3:17-21]:
2)
[Compare Acts 13:23-24]:
3)
[Acts 2:44]:
F)
REPENT FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS AND THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN
ACTS 2:38 APPLIES TO JEW AND GENTILE - THE WHOLE WORLD
1)
[Acts 2:39]:
a)
[Compare Eph 2:13, 17, 19]:
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