Text: Acts 2:37-47<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I. Peter’s sermon bothered his audience. It cut them to their hearts.<\/p>\n A. Peter accused them of killing the Messiah and their king and they understood that\nhe was right.\n
B. “What shall we do?” shows they believed the message.<\/p>\n C. Yet there was more that needed to be done: repent and be baptized, so they would\nreceive forgiveness of their sins.\n
II. They also would receive the gift of the Holy Spirit<\/p>\n
A. This gift is singular – not the gifts as in the miracles of the Spirit<\/p>\n
B. It was a gift promised to all people of all generations, as many as are called.<\/p>\n
C. The Spirit guarantees our salvation – Ephesians 1:13-14<\/p>\n
III. It took more words to convince the people to accept Peter’s remedy<\/p>\n
A. Those who accepted Peter’s teaching were baptized – 3,000 that day<\/p>\n
B. They began to devote themselves to the worship of God<\/p>\n
1. Listening to the apostles’ teachings<\/p>\n
2. Fellowship – having things in common<\/p>\n
3. Breaking Bread – The Lord’s Supper<\/p>\n
4. Prayer<\/p>\n
IV. It was a time of wonder. Signs and miracles were happening among the apostles.<\/p>\n A. The people felt loyalty to each other. They shared not only their religion, but their\nlives. Even their property they held in common\n
B. Property was sold to make sure the needy were cared for.<\/p>\n
C. Daily they gathered at the temple, they went from house to house sharing meals<\/p>\n D. There was gladness and sincerity. They praised God and the people around them\nheld them in favor.\n E. Each day brought more and more to the church. The Lord was adding to their\nnumber.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrior Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tActs of the Apostles\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNext Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Establishment of the Church Text: Acts 2:37-47 I. Peter’s sermon bothered his audience. It cut them to their hearts. A. Peter accused them of killing the Messiah and their king and they understood that he was right. B. “What shall we do?” shows they believed the message. C. Yet there was more that needed to be done:…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":10021,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10109","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10025,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/acts-of-the-apostles\/introduction-and-the-ascension-of-jesus\/","url_meta":{"origin":10109,"position":0},"title":"Introduction and the Ascension of Jesus","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 19, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Introduction and the Ascension of Jesus Text: Acts 1:1-11 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The book of Acts is a continuation of the book of Luke (Luke 1:3) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Both books are addressed to Theophilus. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It is important to know the author as he refers to himself in the text. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0C.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Like Luke, the book is\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5847,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/matthew-mark-luke-and-john-old-testament-or-new-testament\/other-arguments-answered\/","url_meta":{"origin":10109,"position":1},"title":"Other Arguments Answered","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 16, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"Chapter 2 Other Arguments Answered In this chapter, we present several other arguments that are used to prove that MML&J were Old Testament books that have no doctrinal application to us today. 2.1 Jesus Lived Under the Old Testament Law Quote:\u00a0 \"Jesus was \"born\" under the law (Gal. 4:4) and\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":949,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/keys-to-understanding\/examples-for-practice\/","url_meta":{"origin":10109,"position":2},"title":"Examples for Practice","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 24, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"Examples for Practice \u00a0 \u201cBut solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil\u201d (Hebrews 5:14). \u00a0 There is no end to the examples which I could present in this chapter.\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10142,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/acts-of-the-apostles\/the-death-of-stephen-and-the-persecution-of-the-church\/","url_meta":{"origin":10109,"position":3},"title":"The Death of Stephen and the Persecution of the Church","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 20, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The Death of Stephen and the Persecution of the Church Text: Acts 7:51-8:4 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Stephen, the defendant, charges his judges of resisting the will of God \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0They acted no differently than their ancestors \u2013 proof would be their killing of Jesus \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Few prophets of God ever escaped being killed by them\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":22831,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/survey-of-the-bible\/survey-of-the-bible-iii-john\/","url_meta":{"origin":10109,"position":4},"title":"Survey of the Bible – III John","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 26, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Survey of the Bible - 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