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_seo_schema_type":"","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":10021,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/acts-of-the-apostles\/","url_meta":{"origin":10109,"position":1},"title":"Acts of the Apostles","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 19, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"Acts of the Apostles by Jeffrey W. 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