WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.720 Well, it had been an awful weekend for the followers of Jesus as they watched the events unfold. 00:00:09.740 --> 00:00:15.240 First, Jesus' betrayal and capture in the Garden of Gethsemane. 00:00:16.320 --> 00:00:24.080 Then the corrupt and humiliating proceedings of Jesus' trials before the religious leaders, 00:00:25.179 --> 00:00:28.379 before King Herod, before Pilate. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:37.539 Then came the brutal treatment of Jesus by the soldiers as he was beaten and mocked. 00:00:38.700 --> 00:00:47.820 After that came the grueling procession of Jesus with criminals to the place of the skull, Golgotha. 00:00:48.820 --> 00:00:57.280 And finally came the agony and pinnacle of his suffering as Jesus was nailed alive to a Roman cross 00:00:57.280 --> 00:01:00.800 and hung up to die. 00:01:02.859 --> 00:01:04.140 And die he did. 00:01:06.320 --> 00:01:14.359 After his death, his followers helped with the burial of his body in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea. 00:01:14.359 --> 00:01:21.539 But then came the morning of the first day of the week. 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:25.659 Listen to the account from Luke chapter 24. 00:01:25.659 --> 00:01:34.420 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 00:01:34.420 --> 00:01:37.519 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb. 00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:41.640 But when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 00:01:41.640 --> 00:01:49.359 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:53.760 In their fright, the women bowed down with their faces to the ground. 00:01:54.280 --> 00:01:55.620 But the men said to them, 00:01:55.620 --> 00:02:17.080 Then they remembered his words. 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:23.600 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the eleven and to all the others. 00:02:24.320 --> 00:02:31.460 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 00:02:32.180 --> 00:02:36.820 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:40.920 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. 00:02:41.640 --> 00:02:45.200 Bending over, he saw the strips of linen laying by themselves. 00:02:45.199 --> 00:02:50.479 And he went away, wondering to himself what had happened. 00:02:53.379 --> 00:02:58.399 Later that same evening, Jesus appeared to his followers when they were all together. 00:03:00.519 --> 00:03:05.459 While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:07.019 Peace be with you. 00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:11.699 They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. 00:03:11.699 --> 00:03:13.819 He said to them, 00:03:14.299 --> 00:03:15.500 Why are you troubled? 00:03:15.659 --> 00:03:18.039 And why do doubts rise in your minds? 00:03:18.659 --> 00:03:20.419 Look at my hands and my feet. 00:03:20.780 --> 00:03:22.019 It is I myself. 00:03:22.539 --> 00:03:23.819 Touch me and see. 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:28.219 A ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have. 00:03:28.919 --> 00:03:32.280 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. 00:03:32.280 --> 00:03:40.900 And while they still did, they still did not believe it, because of joy and amusement. 00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:45.199 He asked them, Do you have anything here to eat? 00:03:46.219 --> 00:03:53.139 They gave him a piece of boiled fish, and he took it and ate it in their presence. 00:03:53.139 --> 00:03:55.239 He said to them, 00:03:55.239 --> 00:03:57.099 This is what I told you. 00:03:57.819 --> 00:04:00.779 This is what I told you while I was still with you. 00:04:01.259 --> 00:04:08.779 Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the Psalms. 00:04:09.339 --> 00:04:12.919 Then he opened their minds so that they could understand the scriptures. 00:04:13.639 --> 00:04:14.539 He told them, 00:04:14.539 --> 00:04:16.159 This is what is written. 00:04:16.599 --> 00:04:20.420 The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day. 00:04:21.019 --> 00:04:28.339 And repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem. 00:04:29.099 --> 00:04:31.620 You are witnesses of these things. 00:04:32.500 --> 00:04:36.699 I am going to send you what my father has promised, 00:04:36.699 --> 00:04:42.719 but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high. 00:04:44.540 --> 00:04:51.720 Well, Jesus continued to appear to his disciples for a period of about 40 days. 00:04:52.500 --> 00:04:58.000 And he continued to perform signs and miracles to prove that he was alive. 00:04:59.080 --> 00:05:04.900 At the end of this period, his disciples watched as he was taken up to heaven before their very eyes. 00:05:05.620 --> 00:05:06.960 And it went like this. 00:05:07.960 --> 00:05:11.700 On one occasion while he was eating with them, he gave them this command. 00:05:11.699 --> 00:05:18.399 Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my father promised, which you have heard me speak about. 00:05:19.500 --> 00:05:26.539 For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit. 00:05:27.819 --> 00:05:29.839 Then they gathered around him and asked him, 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:34.079 Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel? 00:05:34.079 --> 00:05:35.959 He said to them, 00:05:35.959 --> 00:05:42.839 It is not for you to know the times or dates the father has set by his own authority, 00:05:42.839 --> 00:05:48.759 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you. 00:05:49.539 --> 00:05:57.740 And you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth. 00:05:57.740 --> 00:06:03.699 After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:07.720 and a cloud hid him from their sight. 00:06:13.620 --> 00:06:19.460 So the sadness and grief of Jesus' death was very quickly replaced with the triumphant joy 00:06:19.459 --> 00:06:24.939 in the hearts of all Jesus' followers who saw him alive. 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:27.739 But 40 days later, 00:06:28.959 --> 00:06:31.120 Jesus, the risen Savior, was gone, 00:06:32.060 --> 00:06:33.459 taken up to heaven by God. 00:06:34.120 --> 00:06:37.759 And there his disciples sat in a house in Jerusalem, 00:06:38.599 --> 00:06:41.379 waiting for the promised Spirit of God to come. 00:06:41.379 --> 00:06:44.019 And come he did, 00:06:44.540 --> 00:06:45.980 just as Jesus said. 00:06:46.959 --> 00:06:48.360 The moment was spectacular. 00:06:49.500 --> 00:06:50.300 There they sat, 00:06:50.659 --> 00:06:51.319 in the room, 00:06:52.319 --> 00:06:55.980 when suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind 00:06:55.980 --> 00:06:58.819 came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 00:06:59.800 --> 00:07:05.139 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 00:07:06.159 --> 00:07:08.180 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit 00:07:08.180 --> 00:07:10.800 and began to speak in other tongues, 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:12.900 as the Spirit enabled them. 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:15.240 Can you imagine this? 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:18.780 The sound of this ferocious wind. 00:07:20.660 --> 00:07:21.879 And at the same moment, 00:07:22.060 --> 00:07:24.560 this bright, glowing something. 00:07:25.379 --> 00:07:26.840 And out of that something, 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:29.740 these licks like fire, 00:07:29.920 --> 00:07:30.920 tongues like fire, 00:07:31.319 --> 00:07:33.740 coming out and resting on each of them in the room. 00:07:35.160 --> 00:07:37.420 The Spirit of God himself 00:07:37.420 --> 00:07:38.759 came upon them. 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:40.659 And as evidence, 00:07:41.240 --> 00:07:44.379 he enabled them to speak in other known languages. 00:07:46.899 --> 00:07:48.019 Well, at some point, 00:07:48.120 --> 00:07:49.860 they moved outside the house 00:07:49.860 --> 00:07:51.680 and these followers of Jesus 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:53.920 begin declaring the wonders of God 00:07:53.920 --> 00:07:55.959 in many different languages, 00:07:56.120 --> 00:07:58.500 such that people from all over the Mediterranean world 00:07:58.500 --> 00:08:00.920 who had come to Jerusalem for the festival 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:02.860 could hear and understand 00:08:02.860 --> 00:08:06.199 what they were saying in each their native tongue. 00:08:06.900 --> 00:08:08.780 And it caused quite the commotion. 00:08:09.879 --> 00:08:10.800 Many were amazed 00:08:10.800 --> 00:08:13.580 and recognized it as a sign from God, 00:08:13.960 --> 00:08:18.460 while others doubted and accused them of being drunk. 00:08:18.459 --> 00:08:21.799 The Apostle Peter stood up in this moment 00:08:21.799 --> 00:08:23.739 and he addressed the crowd 00:08:23.739 --> 00:08:25.379 that had gathered there in Jerusalem. 00:08:26.079 --> 00:08:27.979 And he first began by explaining, 00:08:28.519 --> 00:08:32.039 No, we are not drunk. 00:08:32.519 --> 00:08:34.000 It's nine o'clock in the morning. 00:08:34.439 --> 00:08:35.259 How could we be? 00:08:36.360 --> 00:08:36.779 No. 00:08:38.059 --> 00:08:39.519 And he explained to them 00:08:39.519 --> 00:08:40.759 what was really happening. 00:08:40.759 --> 00:08:43.879 that just as God had promised long ago, 00:08:43.980 --> 00:08:45.059 so now he was doing. 00:08:45.500 --> 00:08:48.379 God had poured out his Holy Spirit upon them 00:08:48.379 --> 00:08:49.939 and he was enabling them 00:08:49.939 --> 00:08:52.460 to speak prophetic words 00:08:52.460 --> 00:08:54.519 on his behalf. 00:08:56.740 --> 00:08:58.059 Now, at this point of the story, 00:08:58.159 --> 00:08:58.740 you might wonder 00:08:58.740 --> 00:09:00.700 if I've got the wrong sermon for this morning. 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:02.919 If, I mean, it's Resurrection Sunday. 00:09:03.059 --> 00:09:05.179 This all happened 50 days after 00:09:05.179 --> 00:09:07.019 Jesus rose from the dead. 00:09:07.019 --> 00:09:10.319 But now let's consider for a moment 00:09:10.319 --> 00:09:12.139 what it was like for many of the Jews 00:09:12.139 --> 00:09:13.759 who weren't believers 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:15.159 or followers of Jesus 00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:16.399 before this day. 00:09:17.679 --> 00:09:19.840 They knew very well about Jesus. 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:22.079 They knew what had happened with him 00:09:22.079 --> 00:09:23.340 just over a month ago. 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:26.620 Many of them had been at his trials. 00:09:27.659 --> 00:09:29.279 Some of them had even shouted, 00:09:30.139 --> 00:09:30.980 Crucify him. 00:09:32.139 --> 00:09:33.819 Some of them had probably witnessed 00:09:33.819 --> 00:09:36.620 and seen him dying on the cross. 00:09:37.939 --> 00:09:39.379 And everybody since then 00:09:39.379 --> 00:09:41.120 knew the stories that had been going around 00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:43.579 about how he had risen from the dead 00:09:43.579 --> 00:09:45.000 just a few days after. 00:09:46.100 --> 00:09:47.480 And the religious leaders 00:09:47.480 --> 00:09:48.600 and the Roman soldiers, 00:09:48.939 --> 00:09:50.860 they were saying that his disciples 00:09:50.860 --> 00:09:53.500 had stolen the body in the night. 00:09:54.779 --> 00:09:56.439 And the followers of Jesus were saying, 00:09:56.579 --> 00:09:58.480 No, he's alive. 00:09:59.120 --> 00:10:00.740 Some of us have seen him alive. 00:10:00.740 --> 00:10:05.680 Even as far away as Galilee in the north, 00:10:05.799 --> 00:10:07.180 reports were coming in from there 00:10:07.180 --> 00:10:09.720 that Jesus had been seen alive. 00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:13.720 Well, for those Jews who hadn't believed 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:15.560 or followed Jesus before his death, 00:10:15.659 --> 00:10:19.100 this probably sounded and felt absurd. 00:10:19.100 --> 00:10:23.019 And where were those disciples of his now? 00:10:23.980 --> 00:10:26.440 Those 12 men who had been traveling with him 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:27.360 all over the place. 00:10:27.779 --> 00:10:30.440 They must be sneaking around or hiding 00:10:30.440 --> 00:10:32.100 because we can't seem to find them 00:10:32.100 --> 00:10:33.379 after all this. 00:10:33.379 --> 00:10:34.879 Why don't they show their faces 00:10:34.879 --> 00:10:36.300 now that Jesus is gone? 00:10:37.300 --> 00:10:40.100 And if Jesus is alive, prove it. 00:10:41.220 --> 00:10:42.980 This is probably how many felt 00:10:42.980 --> 00:10:45.580 in the days following Jesus' death 00:10:45.580 --> 00:10:46.340 and resurrection. 00:10:47.120 --> 00:10:47.980 And now this here 00:10:47.980 --> 00:10:51.639 was the annual festival of Pentecost. 00:10:52.740 --> 00:10:54.139 And countless thousands 00:10:54.139 --> 00:10:56.340 came from all over the Mediterranean world 00:10:56.340 --> 00:10:58.420 to observe the feast. 00:10:59.240 --> 00:11:00.759 And perhaps they were also eager 00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:02.440 to catch up on what had happened 00:11:02.440 --> 00:11:04.240 since they were last there for Passover. 00:11:05.180 --> 00:11:08.560 To hear the news about this Jesus, 00:11:08.759 --> 00:11:10.140 the one called Messiah, 00:11:10.300 --> 00:11:11.379 whom some were claiming 00:11:11.379 --> 00:11:12.840 had risen from the dead. 00:11:13.140 --> 00:11:13.879 Could it be true? 00:11:15.580 --> 00:11:17.720 The rarest and greatest of all miracles. 00:11:18.400 --> 00:11:19.740 Something God only ever did 00:11:19.740 --> 00:11:21.420 in connection with a prophet. 00:11:22.460 --> 00:11:25.420 Or perhaps Jesus is the Messiah 00:11:25.420 --> 00:11:26.879 that we've all been waiting for. 00:11:28.860 --> 00:11:30.940 This may have been some of the feeling 00:11:30.940 --> 00:11:32.580 and the wonder of those days. 00:11:33.120 --> 00:11:35.080 Until finally this day of the feast 00:11:35.080 --> 00:11:36.400 when the silence was broken 00:11:36.400 --> 00:11:39.600 and Peter, one of the 12 disciples, 00:11:40.100 --> 00:11:42.940 emerged and spoke on the heels 00:11:42.940 --> 00:11:45.560 of this great sign and said this. 00:11:46.080 --> 00:11:47.860 No, we're not drunk. 00:11:48.420 --> 00:11:50.020 It's nine o'clock in the morning. 00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:51.000 How could we be? 00:11:51.780 --> 00:11:54.220 No, this is what God promised long ago. 00:11:54.360 --> 00:11:56.140 He's poured out His Spirit on us. 00:11:56.480 --> 00:11:58.840 He's enabling us to speak on His behalf. 00:11:59.260 --> 00:12:01.160 And this day God has something to say 00:12:01.160 --> 00:12:03.020 to all of you about what happened 00:12:03.020 --> 00:12:04.540 50 days ago. 00:12:07.540 --> 00:12:08.520 Fellow Israelites, 00:12:08.519 --> 00:12:10.379 listen to this. 00:12:11.340 --> 00:12:12.720 Jesus of Nazareth 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:14.899 was a man accredited by God 00:12:14.899 --> 00:12:16.120 to you 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:17.699 by miracles, 00:12:18.860 --> 00:12:19.220 wonders, 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:20.879 and signs 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:22.939 which God did among you 00:12:22.939 --> 00:12:24.179 through Him 00:12:24.179 --> 00:12:26.100 as you yourselves know. 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:29.559 This man was handed over to you 00:12:29.559 --> 00:12:32.019 by God's deliberate plan 00:12:32.019 --> 00:12:33.740 and foreknowledge. 00:12:33.740 --> 00:12:35.240 And you, 00:12:35.820 --> 00:12:37.279 with the help of wicked men, 00:12:38.120 --> 00:12:38.919 put Him to death 00:12:38.919 --> 00:12:40.759 by nailing Him 00:12:40.759 --> 00:12:41.860 to the cross. 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:45.539 It's as if Peter is telling them 00:12:45.539 --> 00:12:47.539 and us 00:12:47.539 --> 00:12:49.539 that this is what really happened 00:12:49.539 --> 00:12:50.220 at Passover. 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:51.759 Let's set the record straight. 00:12:53.240 --> 00:12:53.759 Jesus, 00:12:54.159 --> 00:12:55.279 the man from Nazareth, 00:12:55.799 --> 00:12:56.820 God Himself 00:12:56.820 --> 00:12:58.519 made it clear 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:00.080 to all of you 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:01.060 who Jesus was. 00:13:01.059 --> 00:13:03.699 He gave proof of it. 00:13:04.679 --> 00:13:05.619 He put His stamp 00:13:05.619 --> 00:13:06.519 of authenticity 00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:07.959 upon Jesus 00:13:07.959 --> 00:13:08.879 by performing 00:13:08.879 --> 00:13:10.099 all kinds of signs 00:13:10.099 --> 00:13:10.739 and miracles 00:13:10.739 --> 00:13:11.500 and wonders 00:13:11.500 --> 00:13:12.899 through Him. 00:13:14.179 --> 00:13:15.479 Things that only God 00:13:15.479 --> 00:13:16.519 could do. 00:13:17.879 --> 00:13:18.899 And you all know it. 00:13:19.859 --> 00:13:20.859 You witnessed it. 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:22.279 He did these things among you. 00:13:23.819 --> 00:13:24.839 Some of you tasted 00:13:24.839 --> 00:13:25.500 in your mouths 00:13:25.500 --> 00:13:26.779 the very bread and fish 00:13:26.779 --> 00:13:27.439 that He made 00:13:27.439 --> 00:13:28.419 out of thin air. 00:13:30.139 --> 00:13:30.779 Others of you 00:13:30.779 --> 00:13:31.319 were healed 00:13:31.319 --> 00:13:32.139 or knew someone 00:13:32.139 --> 00:13:33.600 healed by Him. 00:13:34.439 --> 00:13:35.120 These things 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:36.759 God did among you 00:13:36.759 --> 00:13:37.399 right here 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:38.000 in your midst. 00:13:38.120 --> 00:13:38.799 You know it. 00:13:39.500 --> 00:13:40.259 You were witnesses 00:13:40.259 --> 00:13:40.759 of it. 00:13:42.259 --> 00:13:43.259 And this man, 00:13:43.379 --> 00:13:43.600 Jesus, 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:44.500 was handed over 00:13:44.500 --> 00:13:44.980 to you. 00:13:46.659 --> 00:13:48.079 But make no mistake, 00:13:49.220 --> 00:13:50.159 this happened 00:13:50.159 --> 00:13:51.000 according to 00:13:51.000 --> 00:13:52.019 the very plan 00:13:52.019 --> 00:13:53.399 of God. 00:13:54.939 --> 00:13:55.779 God knew 00:13:55.779 --> 00:13:56.399 that it would go 00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:56.839 this way 00:13:56.839 --> 00:13:58.120 even before it did. 00:13:58.120 --> 00:13:59.779 in fact, 00:13:59.860 --> 00:14:00.759 He deliberately 00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:02.240 brought it about 00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:03.299 that it should happen 00:14:03.299 --> 00:14:04.639 this way. 00:14:05.840 --> 00:14:06.659 This man, 00:14:06.779 --> 00:14:06.980 Jesus, 00:14:07.100 --> 00:14:07.820 was handed over 00:14:07.820 --> 00:14:08.360 to you 00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:10.139 and you, 00:14:10.600 --> 00:14:11.220 with the help 00:14:11.220 --> 00:14:12.080 of wicked men, 00:14:12.659 --> 00:14:15.139 you killed Him. 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:16.419 You put Him 00:14:16.419 --> 00:14:16.899 to death 00:14:16.899 --> 00:14:18.840 by nailing Him 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:19.519 to the cross. 00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:22.639 Yes, 00:14:23.199 --> 00:14:23.699 Jesus, 00:14:24.179 --> 00:14:24.860 the man 00:14:24.860 --> 00:14:26.220 accredited by God 00:14:26.220 --> 00:14:26.779 Himself, 00:14:27.539 --> 00:14:28.860 did die. 00:14:29.939 --> 00:14:30.679 You put Him 00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:31.199 to death, 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:32.539 but 00:14:32.539 --> 00:14:34.539 God 00:14:34.539 --> 00:14:36.199 raised Him 00:14:36.199 --> 00:14:37.460 from the dead, 00:14:39.059 --> 00:14:39.799 freeing Him 00:14:39.799 --> 00:14:40.679 from the agony 00:14:40.679 --> 00:14:41.960 of death 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:43.000 because it was 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:43.879 impossible 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:45.379 for death 00:14:45.379 --> 00:14:46.779 to keep its hold 00:14:46.779 --> 00:14:47.220 on Him. 00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:50.019 Here it is. 00:14:51.039 --> 00:14:52.019 This is the moment 00:14:52.019 --> 00:14:53.039 where God chooses 00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:54.079 to break the silence 00:14:54.079 --> 00:14:54.819 and puts it on 00:14:54.819 --> 00:14:55.819 public record 00:14:55.819 --> 00:14:56.959 for all to hear 00:14:56.959 --> 00:14:57.899 from the lips 00:14:57.899 --> 00:14:58.539 of the official 00:14:58.539 --> 00:14:59.339 spokesperson, 00:14:59.860 --> 00:15:00.699 the Apostle Peter 00:15:00.699 --> 00:15:01.240 himself, 00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:02.100 yes, 00:15:02.480 --> 00:15:03.319 I did 00:15:03.319 --> 00:15:04.519 raise Jesus 00:15:04.519 --> 00:15:05.799 from the dead. 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:08.419 I imagine 00:15:08.419 --> 00:15:08.899 that this was 00:15:08.899 --> 00:15:09.559 quite the moment 00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:10.079 for Peter. 00:15:11.199 --> 00:15:11.679 Peter, 00:15:11.779 --> 00:15:12.079 the man 00:15:12.079 --> 00:15:12.480 who couldn't 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:13.339 even bring himself 00:15:13.339 --> 00:15:14.419 to admit 00:15:14.419 --> 00:15:15.459 to the servant girl 00:15:15.459 --> 00:15:16.199 at the door 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:16.759 that he was 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:17.300 a disciple 00:15:17.300 --> 00:15:18.040 of Jesus 00:15:18.040 --> 00:15:20.100 on the night 00:15:20.100 --> 00:15:20.580 that Jesus 00:15:20.580 --> 00:15:21.320 was betrayed. 00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:23.360 Peter, 00:15:23.500 --> 00:15:23.920 the man 00:15:23.920 --> 00:15:24.600 who had been 00:15:24.600 --> 00:15:25.759 huddling quietly 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:26.860 in the house 00:15:26.860 --> 00:15:27.540 with the doors 00:15:27.540 --> 00:15:28.080 locked 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:29.360 even after 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:30.060 meeting Jesus 00:15:30.060 --> 00:15:30.820 alive for the 00:15:30.820 --> 00:15:31.500 first time. 00:15:32.900 --> 00:15:33.280 Peter, 00:15:33.440 --> 00:15:34.320 the fearful 00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:35.700 one who cared 00:15:35.700 --> 00:15:36.320 too much 00:15:36.320 --> 00:15:36.980 about what others 00:15:36.980 --> 00:15:37.620 thought of Him. 00:15:39.280 --> 00:15:39.840 Yes, 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:40.780 I saw Jesus 00:15:40.780 --> 00:15:41.300 alive, 00:15:41.460 --> 00:15:42.180 but if I say 00:15:42.180 --> 00:15:43.300 that out loud 00:15:43.300 --> 00:15:44.000 to anybody, 00:15:44.160 --> 00:15:44.420 they're going 00:15:44.420 --> 00:15:44.759 to think 00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:45.540 I'm crazy. 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:47.360 just like 00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:47.660 I thought 00:15:47.660 --> 00:15:48.040 the women 00:15:48.040 --> 00:15:48.700 were the day 00:15:48.700 --> 00:15:49.040 that they 00:15:49.040 --> 00:15:49.500 came running 00:15:49.500 --> 00:15:50.000 back from 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:50.480 the tomb. 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:52.879 But here's 00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:53.520 Peter now, 00:15:54.280 --> 00:15:54.980 and God's 00:15:54.980 --> 00:15:55.980 Spirit has 00:15:55.980 --> 00:15:56.600 come upon 00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:57.420 him with 00:15:57.420 --> 00:15:57.920 power, 00:15:58.180 --> 00:15:58.680 and he's 00:15:58.680 --> 00:15:59.360 declaring for 00:15:59.360 --> 00:15:59.820 the first 00:15:59.820 --> 00:16:00.320 time to 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:00.960 this huge 00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:01.700 crowd in 00:16:01.700 --> 00:16:02.180 public, 00:16:02.560 --> 00:16:03.320 despite what 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:03.860 the religious 00:16:03.860 --> 00:16:04.520 leaders may 00:16:04.520 --> 00:16:05.080 think or 00:16:05.080 --> 00:16:05.680 may do, 00:16:06.560 --> 00:16:07.900 you killed 00:16:07.900 --> 00:16:08.600 Jesus, 00:16:09.259 --> 00:16:10.100 but God 00:16:10.100 --> 00:16:11.080 raised him 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:11.460 from the 00:16:11.460 --> 00:16:11.720 dead. 00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:11.740 dead. 00:16:13.779 --> 00:16:14.300 And Peter 00:16:14.300 --> 00:16:14.840 has some 00:16:14.840 --> 00:16:15.720 specific things 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:16.139 to say 00:16:16.139 --> 00:16:16.779 about this 00:16:16.779 --> 00:16:17.820 to them. 00:16:18.860 --> 00:16:19.279 He says, 00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:19.899 by raising 00:16:19.899 --> 00:16:20.600 Jesus from 00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:21.100 the dead, 00:16:22.060 --> 00:16:22.940 God freed 00:16:22.940 --> 00:16:23.700 him from 00:16:23.700 --> 00:16:24.399 the agony 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:26.000 of death. 00:16:27.160 --> 00:16:27.639 Now, 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:28.399 this is a 00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:28.720 bit of a 00:16:28.720 --> 00:16:29.360 tricky phrase 00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:29.600 here. 00:16:29.680 --> 00:16:29.940 A very 00:16:29.940 --> 00:16:30.300 literal 00:16:30.300 --> 00:16:30.820 translation 00:16:30.820 --> 00:16:31.440 of this 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:31.840 is given 00:16:31.840 --> 00:16:32.240 by the 00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:32.580 New King 00:16:32.580 --> 00:16:33.300 James Version. 00:16:34.180 --> 00:16:34.500 It says, 00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:35.000 whom God 00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:35.580 raised up 00:16:35.580 --> 00:16:36.500 having loosed 00:16:36.500 --> 00:16:37.519 the pains 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:38.040 of death, 00:16:38.100 --> 00:16:38.420 or having 00:16:38.420 --> 00:16:39.120 released or 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:39.519 set him 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:39.980 free from 00:16:39.980 --> 00:16:40.560 the pains 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:41.539 of death. 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:42.879 And 00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:43.500 interestingly, 00:16:44.199 --> 00:16:44.879 that word 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:46.299 pains is 00:16:46.299 --> 00:16:46.759 the same 00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:48.139 word that's 00:16:48.139 --> 00:16:48.759 used to 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:49.399 describe the 00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:49.799 pains of 00:16:49.799 --> 00:16:50.500 childbirth. 00:16:52.139 --> 00:16:52.779 I thought 00:16:52.779 --> 00:16:53.099 this was 00:16:53.099 --> 00:16:53.599 surprising, 00:16:53.739 --> 00:16:54.139 and apparently 00:16:54.139 --> 00:16:54.539 there's a 00:16:54.539 --> 00:16:55.000 whole bunch 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:55.679 of connections 00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:56.119 to the 00:16:56.119 --> 00:16:56.739 Old Testament 00:16:56.739 --> 00:16:57.279 and how 00:16:57.279 --> 00:16:57.719 this word 00:16:57.719 --> 00:16:58.299 was used. 00:16:58.759 --> 00:16:59.179 We're not 00:16:59.179 --> 00:16:59.519 going to get 00:16:59.519 --> 00:16:59.919 into that 00:16:59.919 --> 00:17:00.459 this morning. 00:17:01.119 --> 00:17:01.500 I think 00:17:01.500 --> 00:17:02.039 it's sufficient 00:17:02.039 --> 00:17:02.519 to say 00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:03.099 that Peter 00:17:03.099 --> 00:17:04.099 wants us 00:17:04.099 --> 00:17:04.700 to think 00:17:04.700 --> 00:17:06.319 of labor 00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:06.879 pains, 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:09.200 even as 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:09.599 we think 00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:10.000 of the 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:11.279 end-of-life 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:12.299 dying pains 00:17:12.299 --> 00:17:13.319 that Jesus 00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:14.319 suffered. 00:17:16.079 --> 00:17:16.980 There are 00:17:16.980 --> 00:17:17.519 similarities 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:18.440 between them. 00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:21.500 End-of-life 00:17:21.500 --> 00:17:22.559 dying pains 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:23.500 and labor 00:17:23.500 --> 00:17:24.000 pains. 00:17:24.420 --> 00:17:25.220 Both may 00:17:25.220 --> 00:17:25.740 come upon 00:17:25.740 --> 00:17:26.259 a person 00:17:26.259 --> 00:17:26.839 suddenly 00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:28.160 and forcefully. 00:17:29.140 --> 00:17:29.859 Both may 00:17:29.859 --> 00:17:30.420 be rhythmic 00:17:30.420 --> 00:17:31.880 and part 00:17:31.880 --> 00:17:32.099 of a 00:17:32.099 --> 00:17:32.539 drawn-out 00:17:32.539 --> 00:17:33.180 process. 00:17:33.180 --> 00:17:33.240 loss. 00:17:35.620 --> 00:17:36.500 The outcome 00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:36.960 of both 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:37.660 is inevitable 00:17:37.660 --> 00:17:38.259 and 00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:39.279 uncontrollable. 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:41.240 Labor 00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:41.779 pains 00:17:41.779 --> 00:17:43.080 and end-of-life 00:17:43.080 --> 00:17:44.019 dying pains, 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:44.820 both of them 00:17:44.820 --> 00:17:45.400 take hold 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:45.759 of you 00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:46.320 and they 00:17:46.320 --> 00:17:46.820 don't let 00:17:46.820 --> 00:17:47.160 go 00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:48.000 until the 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:48.560 end result 00:17:48.560 --> 00:17:49.039 comes. 00:17:50.620 --> 00:17:51.340 And in the 00:17:51.340 --> 00:17:52.039 case of Jesus 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:52.720 dying on the 00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:53.080 cross, 00:17:53.180 --> 00:17:54.080 the end result 00:17:54.080 --> 00:17:54.680 of those 00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:55.680 pains 00:17:55.680 --> 00:17:56.360 came. 00:17:57.460 --> 00:17:58.320 He died. 00:17:58.319 --> 00:18:00.399 He wasn't 00:18:00.399 --> 00:18:01.019 loosed or 00:18:01.019 --> 00:18:01.939 set free 00:18:01.939 --> 00:18:02.700 from actually 00:18:02.700 --> 00:18:03.139 dying. 00:18:03.299 --> 00:18:03.659 He did 00:18:03.659 --> 00:18:04.099 die. 00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:05.740 Yet 00:18:05.740 --> 00:18:06.279 amazingly, 00:18:06.919 --> 00:18:07.759 by God's 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:08.460 intervention, 00:18:08.639 --> 00:18:09.480 just as labor 00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:10.500 pains lead 00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:10.899 to new 00:18:10.899 --> 00:18:11.319 life, 00:18:11.879 --> 00:18:12.399 so Jesus' 00:18:12.659 --> 00:18:13.519 dying pains 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:14.819 led to new 00:18:14.819 --> 00:18:16.099 life for 00:18:16.099 --> 00:18:16.700 him as well 00:18:16.700 --> 00:18:17.500 because God 00:18:17.500 --> 00:18:18.339 raised him 00:18:18.339 --> 00:18:19.079 from the 00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:19.359 dead. 00:18:20.319 --> 00:18:21.019 And Peter 00:18:21.019 --> 00:18:21.899 explains this a 00:18:21.899 --> 00:18:22.240 little bit 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:22.619 further. 00:18:22.619 --> 00:18:22.719 here. 00:18:23.679 --> 00:18:24.039 He says, 00:18:24.159 --> 00:18:25.199 God freed 00:18:25.199 --> 00:18:25.719 him from 00:18:25.719 --> 00:18:26.239 the pains 00:18:26.239 --> 00:18:26.759 of death, 00:18:27.819 --> 00:18:28.419 the agony 00:18:28.419 --> 00:18:28.959 of death, 00:18:29.019 --> 00:18:29.539 because it 00:18:29.539 --> 00:18:30.699 was impossible 00:18:30.699 --> 00:18:31.699 for death 00:18:31.699 --> 00:18:32.359 to keep 00:18:32.359 --> 00:18:33.299 its hold 00:18:33.299 --> 00:18:34.159 on him. 00:18:35.379 --> 00:18:35.899 This is the 00:18:35.899 --> 00:18:36.639 interesting part 00:18:36.639 --> 00:18:37.459 about Peter's 00:18:37.459 --> 00:18:38.219 choice of word 00:18:38.219 --> 00:18:38.459 here. 00:18:38.579 --> 00:18:39.139 Just as 00:18:39.139 --> 00:18:39.739 eventually, 00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:40.779 the pains 00:18:40.779 --> 00:18:41.919 of childbirth 00:18:41.919 --> 00:18:42.959 must give 00:18:42.959 --> 00:18:43.899 way to 00:18:43.899 --> 00:18:44.599 something good, 00:18:45.399 --> 00:18:45.759 the new 00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:46.279 life of the 00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:46.500 baby, 00:18:46.599 --> 00:18:47.059 in the same 00:18:47.059 --> 00:18:47.419 way the 00:18:47.419 --> 00:18:47.979 pains of 00:18:47.979 --> 00:18:48.599 death that 00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:49.459 Jesus suffered 00:18:49.459 --> 00:18:50.619 had to give 00:18:50.619 --> 00:18:51.879 way to 00:18:51.879 --> 00:18:52.459 something good 00:18:52.460 --> 00:18:52.900 as well, 00:18:53.600 --> 00:18:54.319 to the 00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:54.880 resurrection 00:18:54.880 --> 00:18:56.140 that God 00:18:56.140 --> 00:18:56.860 had prepared 00:18:56.860 --> 00:18:58.039 for Jesus. 00:18:59.019 --> 00:18:59.900 And I love 00:18:59.900 --> 00:19:00.600 this last 00:19:00.600 --> 00:19:01.700 phrase here 00:19:01.700 --> 00:19:02.000 in verse 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:02.600 24, 00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:03.600 it was 00:19:03.600 --> 00:19:04.620 impossible 00:19:04.620 --> 00:19:06.100 for death 00:19:06.100 --> 00:19:06.900 to keep 00:19:06.900 --> 00:19:07.340 its hold 00:19:07.340 --> 00:19:07.779 on him. 00:19:08.940 --> 00:19:09.640 Death is 00:19:09.640 --> 00:19:10.299 personified 00:19:10.299 --> 00:19:10.840 here as 00:19:10.840 --> 00:19:11.340 that which 00:19:11.340 --> 00:19:12.180 holds us 00:19:12.180 --> 00:19:13.019 and doesn't 00:19:13.019 --> 00:19:13.620 let go. 00:19:15.100 --> 00:19:15.559 And once 00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:15.960 it's got 00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:16.259 us, 00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:17.980 that's it. 00:19:18.539 --> 00:19:19.240 It's got 00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:19.559 us. 00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:21.059 But in the 00:19:21.059 --> 00:19:21.500 case of 00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:21.819 Jesus, 00:19:21.819 --> 00:19:22.480 Peter says 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:22.819 it was 00:19:22.819 --> 00:19:23.460 impossible 00:19:23.460 --> 00:19:24.500 for death 00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:25.379 to keep 00:19:25.379 --> 00:19:26.599 its hold 00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:27.099 on him. 00:19:27.500 --> 00:19:28.419 As powerful 00:19:28.419 --> 00:19:28.960 as death 00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:29.359 is, 00:19:30.439 --> 00:19:30.859 God's 00:19:30.859 --> 00:19:31.819 life-giving 00:19:31.819 --> 00:19:32.319 power 00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:33.460 is greater. 00:19:35.240 --> 00:19:35.500 And so 00:19:35.500 --> 00:19:36.179 through Peter, 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:36.919 God declares, 00:19:37.179 --> 00:19:37.460 yes, 00:19:37.779 --> 00:19:38.700 I raised 00:19:38.700 --> 00:19:39.519 Jesus back 00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:40.059 to life 00:19:40.059 --> 00:19:40.859 from the 00:19:40.859 --> 00:19:41.059 dead. 00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:41.619 I set 00:19:41.619 --> 00:19:42.240 him free 00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:42.980 from the 00:19:42.980 --> 00:19:43.379 clutches 00:19:43.379 --> 00:19:44.379 of death 00:19:44.379 --> 00:19:45.579 itself on 00:19:45.579 --> 00:19:46.139 that first 00:19:46.139 --> 00:19:46.599 day of the 00:19:46.599 --> 00:19:46.859 week, 00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:48.079 resurrection 00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:48.659 morning. 00:19:48.660 --> 00:19:50.400 God 00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:52.320 will 00:19:52.320 --> 00:19:53.200 be 00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:53.800 going to 00:19:53.800 --> 00:19:54.259 go on 00:19:54.259 --> 00:19:54.640 and he's 00:19:54.640 --> 00:19:54.900 going to 00:19:54.900 --> 00:19:55.400 add to 00:19:55.400 --> 00:19:55.640 this. 00:19:55.700 --> 00:19:55.900 He's 00:19:55.900 --> 00:19:56.560 going to 00:19:56.560 --> 00:19:57.180 speak 00:19:57.180 --> 00:19:57.620 about 00:19:57.620 --> 00:19:58.040 this 00:19:58.040 --> 00:19:58.779 shocking 00:19:58.779 --> 00:19:59.440 to many 00:19:59.440 --> 00:19:59.980 and perhaps 00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:00.600 unexpected 00:20:00.600 --> 00:20:01.759 truth that 00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.180 this was 00:20:02.180 --> 00:20:02.920 God's plan 00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:03.620 all along. 00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:05.220 Not just 00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:05.640 the death 00:20:05.640 --> 00:20:06.180 of Jesus, 00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:07.519 his chosen 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:07.860 one, 00:20:08.300 --> 00:20:09.320 but also 00:20:09.320 --> 00:20:10.320 the raising 00:20:10.320 --> 00:20:10.960 of Jesus 00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:11.580 back to 00:20:11.580 --> 00:20:12.360 life from 00:20:12.360 --> 00:20:12.800 the dead. 00:20:14.080 --> 00:20:14.580 And basically 00:20:14.580 --> 00:20:15.100 in the next 00:20:15.100 --> 00:20:15.519 number of 00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:15.759 verses, 00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:16.259 to sum 00:20:16.259 --> 00:20:16.640 it up, 00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:17.859 Peter says 00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:18.460 that God 00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:20.079 hinted, 00:20:20.460 --> 00:20:20.680 God 00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:21.740 foreshadowed, 00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:23.079 God foretold 00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:23.559 that he was 00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:24.099 going to do 00:20:24.099 --> 00:20:24.680 this long 00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:25.019 ago. 00:20:25.980 --> 00:20:26.400 And what 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:27.019 Peter does 00:20:27.019 --> 00:20:27.539 is remind 00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:28.079 the people 00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:28.940 of the 00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:29.660 words of 00:20:29.660 --> 00:20:30.000 David 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:31.319 from Psalm 00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:31.980 16. 00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:34.299 If you 00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:34.619 know the 00:20:34.619 --> 00:20:35.099 story of 00:20:35.099 --> 00:20:35.379 David, 00:20:36.299 --> 00:20:36.799 he lived 00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:37.140 about a 00:20:37.140 --> 00:20:37.980 thousand years 00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:39.059 before Jesus 00:20:39.059 --> 00:20:39.640 was born. 00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:41.480 And God 00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:42.000 specially 00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:42.779 chose David 00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:43.259 to be 00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:43.879 the king 00:20:43.879 --> 00:20:44.700 of Israel. 00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:46.519 And David 00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:46.920 was a 00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:47.339 musician 00:20:47.339 --> 00:20:48.579 and a 00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:49.099 songwriter. 00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.299 And more 00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:50.779 than that, 00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:51.799 he himself, 00:20:52.059 --> 00:20:52.279 David, 00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:52.680 was a 00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:53.000 prophet. 00:20:54.379 --> 00:20:55.019 Peter says 00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:55.400 as much 00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:55.819 in verse 00:20:55.819 --> 00:20:56.720 30 of 00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.299 chapter 2 00:20:57.299 --> 00:20:57.799 in Acts, 00:20:58.160 --> 00:20:58.619 but David 00:20:58.619 --> 00:20:59.019 was a 00:20:59.019 --> 00:20:59.379 prophet. 00:21:02.299 --> 00:21:02.579 And so 00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:03.160 David's 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:03.680 psalms 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:04.859 and poems 00:21:04.859 --> 00:21:05.960 and songs 00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:06.599 and prayers 00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:07.400 were very 00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:07.859 special. 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:08.240 They were 00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:09.000 his words, 00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:11.460 but by 00:21:11.460 --> 00:21:12.019 the Spirit 00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:12.519 of God 00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:13.059 speaking 00:21:13.059 --> 00:21:13.819 through David, 00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:14.899 they were 00:21:14.899 --> 00:21:15.419 also 00:21:15.419 --> 00:21:16.500 God's 00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:16.839 words. 00:21:18.539 --> 00:21:18.779 And so 00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:19.200 that's what 00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:19.899 Psalm 16 00:21:19.899 --> 00:21:20.240 is. 00:21:20.399 --> 00:21:21.159 It's a 00:21:21.159 --> 00:21:22.519 God-inspired 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:23.200 utterance 00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:24.359 of David, 00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:25.059 a psalm, 00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:26.159 a prayer 00:21:26.159 --> 00:21:27.179 in which 00:21:27.179 --> 00:21:28.159 David was 00:21:28.159 --> 00:21:28.899 speaking to 00:21:28.899 --> 00:21:29.359 God 00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:31.700 and expressing 00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:32.519 at the same 00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:33.079 time the 00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:33.799 very words 00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.559 of God. 00:21:35.879 --> 00:21:36.379 And Peter 00:21:36.379 --> 00:21:37.019 wants all 00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:37.319 of his 00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:37.839 hearers 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:38.639 in this 00:21:38.639 --> 00:21:39.099 moment 00:21:39.099 --> 00:21:40.639 in public 00:21:40.639 --> 00:21:42.000 to reflect 00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:42.759 back on 00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:43.679 Psalm 16. 00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:45.659 Now, 00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:45.919 they would 00:21:45.919 --> 00:21:46.119 have been 00:21:46.119 --> 00:21:46.539 much more 00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:47.179 familiar with 00:21:47.179 --> 00:21:47.720 this psalm 00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.659 in their 00:21:48.659 --> 00:21:49.639 culture and 00:21:49.639 --> 00:21:50.240 day in 00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:50.759 Israel than 00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.480 probably most 00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:52.039 of us are, 00:21:52.159 --> 00:21:52.480 so we're 00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:52.759 going to go 00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.139 back and 00:21:53.139 --> 00:21:53.700 just look at 00:21:53.700 --> 00:21:54.119 it for a 00:21:54.119 --> 00:21:54.639 couple minutes 00:21:54.639 --> 00:21:54.859 here, 00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:55.700 Psalm 16, 00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:56.599 and see 00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:56.919 what it 00:21:56.919 --> 00:21:57.240 says. 00:21:57.659 --> 00:21:58.119 I'll just 00:21:58.119 --> 00:21:58.599 read through 00:21:58.599 --> 00:21:59.319 it for us. 00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:01.019 These are 00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:01.899 David's words 00:22:01.899 --> 00:22:02.819 to God. 00:22:02.939 --> 00:22:03.279 He says, 00:22:03.439 --> 00:22:03.899 Keep me 00:22:03.899 --> 00:22:04.299 safe, 00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:05.220 my God, 00:22:05.939 --> 00:22:06.919 for in you 00:22:06.919 --> 00:22:07.480 I take 00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:08.039 refuge. 00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:10.019 I say to 00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:10.480 the Lord, 00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:11.700 you are 00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:12.299 my Lord. 00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:13.819 apart from 00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:15.019 you I 00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:15.500 have no 00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:16.099 good thing. 00:22:17.099 --> 00:22:17.779 I say of 00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:18.159 the holy 00:22:18.159 --> 00:22:18.759 people who 00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:19.019 are in 00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:19.460 the land, 00:22:19.919 --> 00:22:20.639 they are 00:22:20.639 --> 00:22:21.099 the noble 00:22:21.099 --> 00:22:22.099 ones in 00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:22.500 whom is 00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:22.960 all my 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:23.359 delight. 00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:25.759 Those who 00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.220 run after 00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:26.960 other gods 00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:27.720 will suffer 00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:28.220 more and 00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:28.460 more. 00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:29.680 I will 00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:30.440 not pour 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:31.399 out libations 00:22:31.399 --> 00:22:31.839 of blood 00:22:31.839 --> 00:22:32.319 to such 00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:32.759 gods or 00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.200 take up 00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:34.180 their names 00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:34.919 on my 00:22:34.919 --> 00:22:35.259 lips. 00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:36.659 Lord, 00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:38.240 you alone 00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:39.079 are my 00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:39.500 portion 00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:40.559 and my 00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:40.880 cup. 00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:42.339 You 00:22:42.339 --> 00:22:42.980 make my 00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:43.220 lot 00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:43.720 secure. 00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:45.299 The 00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:45.640 boundary 00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:46.279 lines have 00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:47.180 fallen for 00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:47.980 me in 00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.339 pleasant 00:22:48.339 --> 00:22:48.940 places. 00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:50.740 Surely, 00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.759 I have 00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.619 a delightful 00:22:52.619 --> 00:22:53.200 inheritance. 00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:55.480 I will 00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:56.079 praise the 00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:56.539 Lord who 00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:57.339 counsels me. 00:22:58.299 --> 00:22:58.940 Even at 00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.359 night, 00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:00.019 my heart 00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.920 instructs me. 00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:02.640 I keep 00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:03.339 my eyes 00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:05.019 always on 00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.440 the Lord. 00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:06.779 With 00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.420 him at 00:23:07.420 --> 00:23:07.980 my right 00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:08.380 hand, 00:23:08.380 --> 00:23:09.200 I will 00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:09.740 not be 00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.080 shaken. 00:23:11.620 --> 00:23:12.140 Therefore, 00:23:12.560 --> 00:23:13.560 my heart 00:23:13.560 --> 00:23:14.200 is glad 00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:14.620 and my 00:23:14.620 --> 00:23:14.860 tongue 00:23:14.860 --> 00:23:15.620 rejoices. 00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:16.800 My body 00:23:16.800 --> 00:23:18.000 also will 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.620 rest secure 00:23:18.620 --> 00:23:19.360 because you 00:23:19.360 --> 00:23:19.940 will not 00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:21.000 abandon me 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:22.120 to the 00:23:22.120 --> 00:23:22.520 realm of 00:23:22.520 --> 00:23:22.940 the dead. 00:23:23.820 --> 00:23:24.280 Nor will 00:23:24.280 --> 00:23:24.760 you let 00:23:24.760 --> 00:23:25.460 your faithful 00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:26.740 one see 00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:27.160 decay. 00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.900 You make 00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:29.460 known to 00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:29.760 me the 00:23:29.760 --> 00:23:30.180 path of 00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:30.680 life. 00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:32.260 You will 00:23:32.260 --> 00:23:32.760 fill me 00:23:32.760 --> 00:23:33.500 with joy 00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:34.600 in your 00:23:34.600 --> 00:23:35.120 presence. 00:23:35.780 --> 00:23:36.300 With 00:23:36.300 --> 00:23:36.860 eternal 00:23:36.860 --> 00:23:37.440 pleasures, 00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:38.820 at your 00:23:38.820 --> 00:23:39.120 right 00:23:39.120 --> 00:23:39.539 hand. 00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:43.120 So David 00:23:43.120 --> 00:23:43.559 had a 00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:43.980 confidence 00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:45.620 in God 00:23:45.620 --> 00:23:46.500 that his 00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.019 life was 00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.440 secure. 00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:48.960 Even though 00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.539 all throughout 00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:50.180 his life he 00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:50.720 was surrounded 00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.559 by enemies, 00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.519 he was able 00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:53.019 to rest. 00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:53.539 He was able 00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:53.900 to have 00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:54.420 peace. 00:23:56.100 --> 00:23:56.620 Even as 00:23:56.620 --> 00:23:58.200 his father-in-law, 00:23:58.340 --> 00:23:58.900 King Saul, 00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.660 hunted him 00:23:59.660 --> 00:24:00.380 all over the 00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:00.799 Judean 00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:01.259 wilderness, 00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:02.860 David knew 00:24:02.860 --> 00:24:03.460 with confidence 00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:04.120 that even if 00:24:04.120 --> 00:24:04.559 he was 00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:05.299 captured by 00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:05.659 Saul, 00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:06.819 he could 00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.200 not be 00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:07.559 killed. 00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:09.399 Why? 00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:11.099 Because God 00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:11.659 had chosen 00:24:11.659 --> 00:24:12.579 him to be 00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:13.000 the next 00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.399 king of 00:24:13.399 --> 00:24:13.740 Israel, 00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.940 and nothing 00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:16.000 can stand 00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.619 against the 00:24:16.619 --> 00:24:17.720 choice and 00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.480 plan of 00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:18.879 God. 00:24:20.159 --> 00:24:21.319 But eventually, 00:24:21.879 --> 00:24:22.779 David did 00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.279 become the 00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.539 king, 00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:25.000 and he got 00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.460 old, 00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:27.279 and death 00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:27.940 drew near 00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:28.440 for him. 00:24:29.919 --> 00:24:30.460 And yet here, 00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:31.319 David expresses 00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:31.980 something that's 00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:32.759 quite remarkable 00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.279 in this 00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:33.559 prayer. 00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:35.759 He says 00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.180 to God, 00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:36.740 my heart 00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.319 is glad 00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:38.059 and my 00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:38.379 tongue 00:24:38.379 --> 00:24:39.440 rejoices. 00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.379 My body 00:24:40.379 --> 00:24:41.160 also will 00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:41.940 rest secure. 00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:43.980 Why? 00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:46.420 Because 00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:47.500 you, 00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:48.039 God, 00:24:48.099 --> 00:24:48.559 will not 00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.079 abandon 00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:50.460 me to 00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:50.879 the realm 00:24:50.879 --> 00:24:51.180 of the 00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:51.460 dead, 00:24:51.660 --> 00:24:53.460 nor will 00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:53.839 you let 00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:54.379 your faithful 00:24:54.379 --> 00:24:54.879 one or 00:24:54.879 --> 00:24:55.420 your holy 00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:56.799 one see 00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.519 decay. 00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.460 This is 00:24:59.460 --> 00:24:59.859 maybe a 00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.299 surprising 00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:01.079 statement from 00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:01.720 King David. 00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.700 He expresses 00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.859 this confidence 00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:05.579 that God 00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:06.180 will not 00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:07.039 leave him 00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:08.099 to stay 00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:09.000 in the 00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.480 place of 00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:09.819 death, 00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.619 the realm 00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:11.920 of the 00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:12.200 dead. 00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.519 And we 00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:14.859 notice, 00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.279 it's not 00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:15.579 that he'll 00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:16.299 never go 00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:16.700 to the 00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.059 realm of 00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:17.440 the dead, 00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.319 not that 00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:18.720 he'll never 00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.119 die, 00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.539 but that 00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:20.059 God won't 00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:20.579 abandon 00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:21.119 him there. 00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:23.099 He's 00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:23.640 expressing 00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:24.779 a hope 00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.519 in God 00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.920 for life 00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:28.079 after 00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:29.180 his death. 00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:30.900 He's saying, 00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:31.660 I'm happy. 00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:32.779 my heart 00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:33.400 is glad 00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:34.500 because you 00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:35.240 won't let 00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:36.300 death have 00:25:36.300 --> 00:25:37.360 me in 00:25:37.360 --> 00:25:37.860 the end, 00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:39.400 nor will 00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:40.380 you let 00:25:40.380 --> 00:25:42.420 your faithful 00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:42.660 one, 00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.180 your holy 00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:43.620 one see 00:25:43.620 --> 00:25:44.180 decay. 00:25:45.840 --> 00:25:46.180 And so 00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:47.060 David expresses 00:25:47.060 --> 00:25:47.840 this confidence 00:25:47.840 --> 00:25:48.380 in God 00:25:48.380 --> 00:25:48.880 that God 00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:49.680 will not 00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:50.200 allow his 00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:51.340 body to 00:25:51.340 --> 00:25:52.080 decay or 00:25:52.080 --> 00:25:52.740 to rot 00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.900 in his 00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:54.580 burial tomb. 00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:55.579 God 00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:56.419 will not 00:25:56.419 --> 00:25:56.759 raise him 00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.039 to 00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.339 him. 00:25:57.339 --> 00:25:58.960 He says, 00:25:58.960 --> 00:26:01.159 you make 00:26:01.159 --> 00:26:02.059 known to me 00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.359 in your 00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:02.819 presence, 00:26:02.919 --> 00:26:03.579 with eternal 00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:04.139 pleasures 00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:05.379 at your 00:26:05.379 --> 00:26:05.980 right hand. 00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.019 What is 00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.659 David saying 00:26:08.659 --> 00:26:08.939 here? 00:26:10.639 --> 00:26:11.500 This is what 00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.159 Peter is trying 00:26:12.159 --> 00:26:13.139 to get his 00:26:13.139 --> 00:26:13.759 audience to 00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.339 see there in 00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:15.039 Jerusalem on 00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.460 the day of 00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:16.059 Pentecost. 00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:17.939 David was 00:26:17.939 --> 00:26:18.480 expressing 00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.279 confidence 00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:20.680 that God 00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:21.720 would raise 00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.579 him from 00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:23.079 the dead. 00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.259 He was 00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.619 saying, 00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:26.720 there is a 00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.180 path to 00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:27.539 life. 00:26:28.139 --> 00:26:28.799 There is a 00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.359 path to 00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:30.399 joy in 00:26:30.399 --> 00:26:30.859 the presence 00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:31.359 of God. 00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.619 There is a 00:26:32.619 --> 00:26:33.379 way to get 00:26:33.379 --> 00:26:33.940 eternal 00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:34.480 pleasures. 00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:36.960 That word 00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.720 eternal is a 00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.319 dead giveaway. 00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:38.980 David is 00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.599 thinking about 00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:40.059 heaven, 00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.559 life after 00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:41.960 death, 00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.879 and he has 00:26:43.879 --> 00:26:44.579 this confidence 00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:45.119 that he 00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:45.779 himself will 00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.639 enjoy good 00:26:46.639 --> 00:26:48.460 things with 00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:49.240 God forever. 00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:52.299 God will 00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:52.859 not allow 00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:53.480 his body 00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.339 to decay, 00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.480 to rot 00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.160 in the 00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:56.519 grave. 00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:56.859 He will 00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:57.619 not leave 00:26:57.619 --> 00:26:58.059 him for 00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:59.500 dead after 00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.139 he dies. 00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.220 Now let's 00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.960 look back to 00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.819 what Peter 00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.319 is saying. 00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:04.660 He is 00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:05.059 quoting 00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:06.339 these words 00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:06.839 of David. 00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:07.839 Let's see 00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.399 how Peter 00:27:08.399 --> 00:27:09.160 applies these 00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:09.740 words to 00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.460 Jesus back 00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:10.859 in Acts 00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.599 chapter 2. 00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:14.819 Peter says, 00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.740 David said 00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:17.259 about Jesus, 00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:19.119 because I 00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:19.759 saw the 00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.539 Lord always 00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.279 before me. 00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:23.039 Because he 00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.559 is at my 00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:24.140 right hand, 00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:24.640 I will not 00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:25.200 be shaken. 00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:26.839 Therefore, 00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.519 my heart is 00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.180 glad and my 00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:29.059 tongue rejoices. 00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:30.119 My body 00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:30.740 also will 00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.400 rest in hope 00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:31.940 because you 00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.359 will not 00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:33.140 abandon me 00:27:33.140 --> 00:27:33.759 to the realm 00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.319 of the dead. 00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.640 You will not 00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:36.160 let your 00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:36.819 Holy One 00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.900 see decay. 00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:39.559 You have 00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.059 made known 00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:40.579 to me the 00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:41.420 paths of 00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:41.799 life. 00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.119 You will 00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:43.819 fill me with 00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:45.180 joy in 00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:45.320 your 00:27:45.320 --> 00:27:45.840 presence. 00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:46.740 Fellow 00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.259 Israelites, 00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.740 I can tell 00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.660 you confidently 00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:50.160 that the 00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:51.120 patriarch David 00:27:51.120 --> 00:27:52.799 died and 00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.360 was buried. 00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:54.880 And his 00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:55.720 tomb is here 00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.560 to this day. 00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:59.460 But he 00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.160 was a 00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:00.500 prophet. 00:28:01.560 --> 00:28:02.480 And he 00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:03.380 knew that 00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:04.000 God had 00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.799 promised him 00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.640 on oath 00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:06.320 that he 00:28:06.320 --> 00:28:06.799 would place 00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.500 one of his 00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.039 descendants 00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:09.680 on his 00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:10.060 throne. 00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.480 Seeing 00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:13.380 what was 00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:13.920 to come, 00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:15.200 he spoke 00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.940 of the 00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.360 resurrection 00:28:16.360 --> 00:28:16.980 of the 00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.440 Messiah. 00:28:18.820 --> 00:28:19.820 That he 00:28:19.820 --> 00:28:20.580 was not 00:28:20.580 --> 00:28:21.200 abandoned to 00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:21.560 the realm 00:28:21.560 --> 00:28:21.860 of the 00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:22.060 dead, 00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:22.460 nor did 00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:23.259 his body 00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:24.019 see decay. 00:28:25.820 --> 00:28:26.700 God has 00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.519 raised this 00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:29.039 Jesus to 00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.500 life, 00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:30.860 and we 00:28:30.860 --> 00:28:31.600 are all 00:28:31.600 --> 00:28:32.360 witnesses 00:28:32.360 --> 00:28:34.360 of it. 00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.900 What is 00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:39.519 Peter saying 00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:39.840 here? 00:28:41.100 --> 00:28:41.860 He's saying 00:28:41.860 --> 00:28:42.320 that David 00:28:42.320 --> 00:28:43.080 was not just 00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:43.720 talking about 00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:45.179 himself and 00:28:45.179 --> 00:28:45.740 the confidence 00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.359 that he 00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:47.399 had that 00:28:47.399 --> 00:28:47.779 God would 00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:48.419 raise him 00:28:48.419 --> 00:28:48.839 from the 00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:49.159 dead. 00:28:49.899 --> 00:28:50.599 He was 00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:51.159 speaking as 00:28:51.159 --> 00:28:51.639 a prophet 00:28:51.639 --> 00:28:52.939 by the 00:28:52.939 --> 00:28:53.439 Spirit of 00:28:53.439 --> 00:28:55.980 God about 00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:56.619 something that 00:28:56.619 --> 00:28:57.240 was to come, 00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:58.220 something he 00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:59.599 saw coming. 00:29:00.179 --> 00:29:00.899 God revealed 00:29:00.899 --> 00:29:01.599 it to him. 00:29:02.899 --> 00:29:03.939 David spoke 00:29:03.939 --> 00:29:05.539 of what he 00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:06.519 saw, and 00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.079 what he saw 00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:07.559 was the 00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:08.119 resurrection 00:29:08.119 --> 00:29:09.379 of the 00:29:09.379 --> 00:29:09.819 Messiah. 00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:12.219 A thousand 00:29:12.219 --> 00:29:13.839 years before 00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:14.439 it happened. 00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:16.000 What he 00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.619 saw was that 00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:16.899 there was 00:29:16.899 --> 00:29:17.559 coming one 00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:17.899 of his 00:29:17.899 --> 00:29:18.339 descendants 00:29:18.339 --> 00:29:19.259 after him 00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.859 who would 00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.599 receive his 00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:20.939 throne, 00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:23.239 who would 00:29:23.239 --> 00:29:23.639 die, 00:29:25.199 --> 00:29:25.579 but who 00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.059 God would 00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.559 raise to 00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:26.899 life, 00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:28.879 whose body 00:29:28.879 --> 00:29:29.739 would not 00:29:29.739 --> 00:29:30.279 be allowed 00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:30.899 even to 00:29:30.899 --> 00:29:31.619 see decay. 00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:35.079 David was 00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:35.559 speaking 00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:36.539 prophetically 00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:37.859 about Jesus 00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:39.219 all those 00:29:39.219 --> 00:29:39.799 years ago, 00:29:39.899 --> 00:29:40.459 says Peter, 00:29:40.679 --> 00:29:41.759 which means 00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.159 that God 00:29:42.159 --> 00:29:43.139 intended and 00:29:43.139 --> 00:29:44.039 planned all 00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.519 of this 00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:46.459 right from 00:29:46.459 --> 00:29:46.979 the start 00:29:46.979 --> 00:29:49.539 to raise 00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:50.539 Jesus, 00:29:50.939 --> 00:29:51.719 the son of 00:29:51.719 --> 00:29:52.059 David, 00:29:52.939 --> 00:29:53.639 back to 00:29:53.639 --> 00:29:53.959 life. 00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:54.839 And I love 00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:55.279 how Peter 00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:56.239 concludes this 00:29:56.239 --> 00:29:57.319 section. 00:29:57.479 --> 00:29:57.819 He just 00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.639 declares it. 00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.819 God has 00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:00.559 raised this 00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.199 Jesus to 00:30:01.199 --> 00:30:01.519 life. 00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:02.199 And we 00:30:02.199 --> 00:30:02.899 are all 00:30:02.899 --> 00:30:03.919 witnesses of 00:30:03.919 --> 00:30:04.079 it. 00:30:06.199 --> 00:30:06.519 Do you 00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:06.879 hear how 00:30:06.879 --> 00:30:07.899 unashamed 00:30:07.899 --> 00:30:09.000 and bold 00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.699 Peter is 00:30:09.699 --> 00:30:10.000 in this 00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.299 moment? 00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:12.979 He puts 00:30:12.979 --> 00:30:13.719 himself and 00:30:13.719 --> 00:30:14.839 others forward 00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:16.639 as eyewitnesses. 00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.799 We've seen 00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:18.699 him alive, 00:30:19.179 --> 00:30:19.899 all of us. 00:30:20.879 --> 00:30:21.399 Let it be 00:30:21.399 --> 00:30:21.639 known, 00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.159 let it be 00:30:22.159 --> 00:30:22.379 heard, 00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:23.059 God really 00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.699 has raised 00:30:23.699 --> 00:30:24.039 him from 00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:24.479 the dead. 00:30:28.419 --> 00:30:29.099 Now at 00:30:29.099 --> 00:30:29.559 this point, 00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.459 perhaps some 00:30:30.459 --> 00:30:31.199 people in 00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.580 the crowd 00:30:31.580 --> 00:30:31.960 that day 00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.460 were wondering, 00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:32.819 well then 00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.319 where is 00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:34.019 Jesus right 00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.319 now? 00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.500 Peter's 00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:39.080 next portion 00:30:39.080 --> 00:30:40.360 here explains 00:30:40.360 --> 00:30:40.880 this a little 00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.180 bit. 00:30:42.840 --> 00:30:43.460 Peter says, 00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.259 exalted to 00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.640 the right 00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:45.100 hand of 00:30:45.100 --> 00:30:45.440 God, 00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:46.779 he has 00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.279 received, 00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:47.580 that's 00:30:47.580 --> 00:30:47.980 Jesus, 00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:49.000 from the 00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.279 Father, 00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:49.880 the promised 00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:50.559 Holy Spirit 00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:50.960 and has 00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.559 poured out 00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:51.880 what you 00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:52.360 now see 00:30:52.360 --> 00:30:52.759 and hear. 00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:54.440 For David 00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:54.840 did not 00:30:54.840 --> 00:30:55.340 ascend to 00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:55.580 heaven, 00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:57.000 and yet he 00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.400 said, 00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:58.680 the Lord 00:30:58.680 --> 00:31:00.100 said to 00:31:00.100 --> 00:31:00.820 my Lord, 00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:02.380 sit at 00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:02.860 my right 00:31:02.860 --> 00:31:04.380 hand until 00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:04.940 I make 00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:05.780 your enemies 00:31:05.780 --> 00:31:06.780 a footstool 00:31:06.780 --> 00:31:07.640 for your 00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:07.920 feet. 00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:09.580 Therefore, 00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.860 let all 00:31:10.860 --> 00:31:11.560 Israel be 00:31:11.560 --> 00:31:12.100 assured of 00:31:12.100 --> 00:31:12.400 this, 00:31:12.780 --> 00:31:13.420 God has 00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:14.140 made this 00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:14.640 Jesus, 00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:15.700 whom you 00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:16.380 crucify, 00:31:16.540 --> 00:31:17.680 both Lord 00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:19.040 and Messiah. 00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:23.720 we're not 00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:23.960 going to 00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.359 dig too 00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:24.659 deeply 00:31:24.659 --> 00:31:25.119 into this 00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:25.639 piece here, 00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.379 but basically 00:31:26.379 --> 00:31:26.899 Peter is 00:31:26.899 --> 00:31:27.339 telling them 00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:28.039 what happened 00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.980 after Jesus' 00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:29.619 resurrection. 00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:31.940 He's 00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.500 explaining, 00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.339 Jesus was 00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:33.819 exalted, 00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.220 he was 00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.879 lifted up, 00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:35.579 he ascended 00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:36.819 to heaven, 00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:37.559 to the 00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:38.000 right hand 00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.519 of God. 00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:40.700 He's 00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:41.180 telling them 00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:42.180 that his 00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:42.920 ascension is 00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:43.740 proof that he 00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.259 is greater 00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:44.759 than King 00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:45.500 David was. 00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:47.079 It's 00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.619 proof that 00:31:47.619 --> 00:31:48.639 this descendant 00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:49.160 of David, 00:31:49.320 --> 00:31:49.600 Jesus, 00:31:49.840 --> 00:31:50.300 is in 00:31:50.300 --> 00:31:50.800 fact the 00:31:50.800 --> 00:31:51.960 Lord of 00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:52.360 David. 00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:54.460 The one 00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:55.000 whom God 00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.480 will allow 00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:56.020 to sit 00:31:56.020 --> 00:31:56.380 at his 00:31:56.380 --> 00:31:57.020 right hand 00:31:57.020 --> 00:31:57.560 until he 00:31:57.560 --> 00:31:58.180 has fully 00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.980 established 00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.960 his kingdom. 00:32:01.880 --> 00:32:02.480 Peter's 00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:03.540 saying that 00:32:03.540 --> 00:32:04.320 God himself 00:32:04.320 --> 00:32:05.259 has already 00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:05.940 installed 00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:07.140 Jesus on 00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:07.640 the throne, 00:32:07.860 --> 00:32:08.420 in heaven, 00:32:08.560 --> 00:32:08.960 at his 00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.560 right hand. 00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.220 He has 00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:10.740 made him 00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.040 king, 00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:11.540 he's made 00:32:11.540 --> 00:32:12.180 him Messiah 00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:12.820 and Lord 00:32:12.820 --> 00:32:13.400 over all. 00:32:16.520 --> 00:32:17.080 Well, 00:32:17.120 --> 00:32:17.500 how do the 00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:18.160 people respond 00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:18.640 to this? 00:32:20.340 --> 00:32:21.100 It seems 00:32:21.100 --> 00:32:21.460 that God 00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:21.740 had been 00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:22.200 working in 00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:22.700 their hearts 00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:23.300 already, 00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.480 even as 00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:24.700 they were 00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:25.240 listening to 00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.540 this. 00:32:25.840 --> 00:32:26.340 They don't 00:32:26.340 --> 00:32:26.920 laugh at 00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:27.140 Peter, 00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:27.580 they don't 00:32:27.580 --> 00:32:28.019 think that 00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:28.800 he's crazy. 00:32:29.840 --> 00:32:30.259 This is 00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:30.960 their response. 00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:33.240 Verse 37, 00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:33.860 when the 00:32:33.860 --> 00:32:34.440 people heard 00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:34.800 this, 00:32:35.800 --> 00:32:36.120 they were 00:32:36.120 --> 00:32:36.540 cut to 00:32:36.540 --> 00:32:36.980 the heart 00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:38.759 and said 00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.259 to Peter 00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:39.900 and the 00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:40.160 other 00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:40.640 apostles, 00:32:41.600 --> 00:32:42.000 brothers, 00:32:42.600 --> 00:32:43.120 what shall 00:32:43.120 --> 00:32:43.600 we do? 00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:45.599 Peter replied, 00:32:46.699 --> 00:32:48.219 repent and 00:32:48.219 --> 00:32:49.139 be baptized, 00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:50.500 every one 00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:50.859 of you, 00:32:51.199 --> 00:32:52.039 in the name 00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.879 of Jesus 00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:53.539 Christ for 00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:54.219 the forgiveness 00:32:54.219 --> 00:32:55.119 of your 00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:55.500 sins. 00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:57.199 And you 00:32:57.199 --> 00:32:57.799 will receive 00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.259 the gift 00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.559 of the 00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:59.240 Holy Spirit. 00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.579 The promise 00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:01.319 is for you 00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:03.039 and for 00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:03.639 your children 00:33:03.639 --> 00:33:05.240 and for 00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:06.119 all who 00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:06.579 are far 00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:07.039 off, 00:33:07.679 --> 00:33:08.439 for all 00:33:08.439 --> 00:33:08.859 whom the 00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.119 Lord, 00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:09.679 our God, 00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:10.199 will call. 00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:12.700 with many 00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:13.360 other words 00:33:13.360 --> 00:33:13.860 he warned 00:33:13.860 --> 00:33:15.160 them and 00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:15.620 he pleaded 00:33:15.620 --> 00:33:16.100 with them, 00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.880 save yourselves 00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.380 from this 00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:18.680 corrupt 00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.340 generation. 00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.440 Those who 00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:22.120 accepted his 00:33:22.120 --> 00:33:23.360 message were 00:33:23.360 --> 00:33:24.940 baptized and 00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:26.100 about 3,000 00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:28.100 were added to 00:33:28.100 --> 00:33:28.680 their number 00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:29.940 that day. 00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:32.120 So many 00:33:32.120 --> 00:33:32.720 listened to 00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.660 Peter and 00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:34.160 believed. 00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:35.720 They were 00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.620 cut to the 00:33:36.620 --> 00:33:36.860 heart, 00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:37.360 it says. 00:33:38.120 --> 00:33:39.100 The message 00:33:39.100 --> 00:33:39.700 of Peter 00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:40.799 struck a 00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:41.340 chord deep 00:33:41.340 --> 00:33:41.840 within them. 00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:42.580 They realized 00:33:42.580 --> 00:33:43.000 that what 00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.500 Peter was 00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:44.740 saying was 00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.160 true. 00:33:45.860 --> 00:33:46.640 That yes, 00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.200 they had 00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:47.559 done a 00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:48.160 wicked thing. 00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:49.680 They had 00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:50.180 killed the 00:33:50.180 --> 00:33:50.640 Messiah, 00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:51.940 the one 00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:52.440 that God 00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:52.980 had sent. 00:33:53.840 --> 00:33:54.160 And in 00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:54.640 this moment 00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:55.180 they're somewhat 00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:56.019 at a loss 00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.539 for what to 00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:57.059 do next. 00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:57.620 Brothers, 00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:59.160 what shall 00:33:59.160 --> 00:33:59.620 we do? 00:34:02.340 --> 00:34:02.900 Amazingly, 00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:04.600 God's 00:34:04.600 --> 00:34:05.960 mercy and 00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.420 forgiveness 00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:07.759 is so 00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:09.280 great that 00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:09.760 yes, 00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:11.560 these Jews 00:34:11.560 --> 00:34:12.460 who had 00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:13.160 participated 00:34:13.160 --> 00:34:13.860 in the 00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:14.540 murder of 00:34:14.540 --> 00:34:15.040 his son, 00:34:16.680 --> 00:34:17.240 God is 00:34:17.240 --> 00:34:18.380 willing to 00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:18.940 forgive them. 00:34:21.600 --> 00:34:22.460 What must 00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:22.920 they do? 00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.560 Repent, 00:34:25.240 --> 00:34:25.980 says Peter. 00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:28.220 Turn to 00:34:28.220 --> 00:34:29.480 God with a 00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.300 contrite heart, 00:34:31.720 --> 00:34:32.560 confess your 00:34:32.560 --> 00:34:33.320 sin to him, 00:34:34.160 --> 00:34:35.400 and ask for 00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:36.100 his forgiveness. 00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:36.820 That's what 00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:37.660 repent means. 00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:40.679 repent, 00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:40.719 repent, 00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:43.059 and be 00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:44.440 baptized in 00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:45.079 the name of 00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:46.019 Jesus Christ. 00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:47.960 Baptism is 00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.619 the outward, 00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:50.159 tangible act 00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:51.239 that Jesus 00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:51.759 gave his 00:34:51.759 --> 00:34:52.379 followers to 00:34:52.379 --> 00:34:52.779 do, which 00:34:52.779 --> 00:34:53.619 marks their 00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:54.699 repentance and 00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:55.339 their belief 00:34:55.339 --> 00:34:55.920 in him. 00:34:57.299 --> 00:34:58.099 And the 00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:58.619 call is to 00:34:58.619 --> 00:34:59.480 everyone, 00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:00.920 every person in 00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.359 the crowd, 00:35:01.759 --> 00:35:02.559 every single 00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:03.199 one of you, 00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:05.599 do this, 00:35:05.779 --> 00:35:06.139 repent, 00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:06.199 repent, 00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.579 and be 00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:08.400 baptized in 00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:08.879 the name of 00:35:08.879 --> 00:35:09.639 Jesus Christ 00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:10.379 for the 00:35:10.379 --> 00:35:11.279 forgiveness of 00:35:11.279 --> 00:35:12.019 your sins. 00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.719 And not 00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:16.199 only that, 00:35:16.319 --> 00:35:16.980 but you too 00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.819 will receive 00:35:17.819 --> 00:35:19.059 the gift of 00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:19.799 the Holy Spirit. 00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.519 He's not just 00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:21.099 for us, 00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:21.739 says Peter, 00:35:21.819 --> 00:35:22.239 he's for 00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:22.859 everyone, 00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:24.099 for all who 00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:24.480 God will 00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:24.759 call, 00:35:24.859 --> 00:35:25.400 for all who 00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:25.920 will believe. 00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:27.799 And Peter 00:35:27.799 --> 00:35:28.500 tells us that 00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:29.719 3,000 people 00:35:29.719 --> 00:35:31.500 accepted his 00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:32.099 message and 00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:32.619 were baptized 00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.339 that day. 00:35:33.340 --> 00:35:36.160 or Luke, 00:35:36.240 --> 00:35:36.660 I should say 00:35:36.660 --> 00:35:37.000 rather. 00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:38.200 I love this 00:35:38.200 --> 00:35:38.539 story. 00:35:39.740 --> 00:35:40.300 Yes, it had 00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:41.240 been 50 days 00:35:41.240 --> 00:35:41.860 already since 00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:42.480 the first day 00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:42.860 of the week 00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:43.340 when Jesus 00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:43.900 had risen, 00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:45.059 but it's 00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.500 this day 00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:45.860 where we 00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:46.320 start to 00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:46.740 see the 00:35:46.740 --> 00:35:47.579 impact of 00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:48.340 this glorious 00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:49.860 reality going 00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:50.940 public and 00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:51.380 spreading. 00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:53.000 No more 00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.620 was this just 00:35:53.620 --> 00:35:54.220 a wonderful, 00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:55.440 cherished reality 00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:57.000 that his 00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:58.200 faithful followers 00:35:58.200 --> 00:35:59.260 kept to 00:35:59.260 --> 00:36:00.160 themselves behind 00:36:00.160 --> 00:36:00.920 closed doors. 00:36:01.100 --> 00:36:01.640 Jesus is 00:36:01.640 --> 00:36:02.200 alive. 00:36:02.199 --> 00:36:03.460 now they 00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:03.980 began to 00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:05.039 declare what 00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:05.419 they had 00:36:05.419 --> 00:36:06.319 witnessed to 00:36:06.319 --> 00:36:06.839 the world. 00:36:07.879 --> 00:36:08.939 God has 00:36:08.939 --> 00:36:09.919 raised this 00:36:09.919 --> 00:36:10.759 Jesus to 00:36:10.759 --> 00:36:12.319 life and 00:36:12.319 --> 00:36:13.039 we are all 00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:13.799 witnesses of 00:36:13.799 --> 00:36:13.960 it. 00:36:14.939 --> 00:36:15.539 This is 00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:16.219 precisely what 00:36:16.219 --> 00:36:16.939 we're celebrating 00:36:16.939 --> 00:36:19.379 today, over 00:36:19.379 --> 00:36:20.299 2,000 years 00:36:20.299 --> 00:36:20.699 later. 00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:22.619 Our Lord 00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:24.039 Jesus died, 00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:26.779 yes, to 00:36:26.779 --> 00:36:27.460 atone for 00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:28.039 our sins, 00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:29.839 but God 00:36:29.839 --> 00:36:31.000 raised him 00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.559 from the 00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:31.839 dead. 00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:34.539 God set 00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:35.000 him free 00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:35.419 from the 00:36:35.419 --> 00:36:36.019 clutches of 00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.339 death. 00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:37.399 It was 00:36:37.399 --> 00:36:38.879 impossible for 00:36:38.879 --> 00:36:39.639 death to 00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:40.079 keep its 00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:40.500 hold on 00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:41.659 him because 00:36:41.659 --> 00:36:42.539 Jesus is 00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:43.379 the Son of 00:36:43.379 --> 00:36:43.679 God. 00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:45.719 He is 00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:47.319 the Messiah. 00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:48.980 He is the 00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:49.399 King of 00:36:49.399 --> 00:36:50.039 Kings and 00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:50.579 the Lord of 00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:50.899 Lords. 00:36:51.379 --> 00:36:52.119 Right now 00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:52.960 he's seated 00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:53.639 on heaven's 00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:54.939 throne at 00:36:54.939 --> 00:36:55.279 the right 00:36:55.279 --> 00:36:55.679 hand of 00:36:55.679 --> 00:36:56.299 God waiting 00:36:56.299 --> 00:36:56.719 for his 00:36:56.719 --> 00:36:57.279 enemies to 00:36:57.279 --> 00:36:57.779 be made a 00:36:57.779 --> 00:36:58.399 footstool for 00:36:58.399 --> 00:36:58.899 his feet. 00:36:58.900 --> 00:36:59.900 It's as 00:36:59.900 --> 00:37:01.240 true today 00:37:01.240 --> 00:37:02.619 as it was 00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:03.559 back then. 00:37:04.720 --> 00:37:05.420 And through 00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:06.180 Jesus Christ 00:37:06.180 --> 00:37:06.900 we too 00:37:06.900 --> 00:37:08.460 can say 00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:09.900 with David 00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:11.579 in confidence 00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:13.280 therefore 00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:14.099 my heart 00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:14.760 is glad 00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:16.519 and my 00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:16.760 tongue 00:37:16.760 --> 00:37:17.420 rejoices. 00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:18.280 My body 00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:19.099 also will 00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:19.820 rest secure 00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:20.680 because you 00:37:20.680 --> 00:37:21.079 will not 00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:21.559 abandon 00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:23.059 me to 00:37:23.059 --> 00:37:23.480 the realm 00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:23.800 of the 00:37:23.800 --> 00:37:24.079 dead. 00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:24.980 nor will 00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:25.360 you let 00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:25.940 your faithful 00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:26.579 one see 00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:27.119 decay. 00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:28.039 You make 00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:28.480 known to 00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:29.599 me the 00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:30.119 path of 00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:30.500 life. 00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.340 You will 00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:32.079 fill me 00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:33.239 with joy 00:37:33.239 --> 00:37:33.659 in your 00:37:33.659 --> 00:37:34.159 presence 00:37:34.159 --> 00:37:35.139 with eternal 00:37:35.139 --> 00:37:35.699 pleasures 00:37:35.699 --> 00:37:37.239 at your 00:37:37.239 --> 00:37:37.819 right hand. 00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:40.099 The 00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:40.460 resurrection 00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:41.119 of Jesus 00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:41.819 is wonderful 00:37:41.819 --> 00:37:42.319 all by 00:37:42.319 --> 00:37:42.799 itself 00:37:42.799 --> 00:37:44.299 but it's 00:37:44.299 --> 00:37:45.059 also wonderful 00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:45.559 in that it 00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:46.119 opens the 00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:47.319 way for 00:37:47.319 --> 00:37:47.719 our 00:37:47.719 --> 00:37:48.519 resurrection 00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:49.619 from the 00:37:49.619 --> 00:37:49.900 dead. 00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:51.719 Listen 00:37:51.719 --> 00:37:52.119 one more 00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:52.559 time to 00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:52.960 the words 00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:53.500 of Jesus. 00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:54.639 This is 00:37:54.639 --> 00:37:54.920 what he 00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:55.360 said on 00:37:55.360 --> 00:37:55.960 one occasion 00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.659 John 6 00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:57.239 verse 40 00:37:57.239 --> 00:37:58.880 he said 00:37:58.880 --> 00:37:59.239 for my 00:37:59.239 --> 00:37:59.759 father's 00:37:59.759 --> 00:38:00.000 will 00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:01.420 is that 00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:01.840 everyone 00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:02.539 who looks 00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:02.920 to the 00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:03.199 son 00:38:03.199 --> 00:38:05.179 and believes 00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:05.739 in him 00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:07.159 shall have 00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:07.719 eternal 00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:08.639 life 00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:09.860 and I 00:38:09.860 --> 00:38:10.480 will 00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:11.480 raise them 00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:11.779 up 00:38:11.779 --> 00:38:12.900 at the 00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:13.519 last day. 00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:15.819 Have you 00:38:15.819 --> 00:38:16.259 believed 00:38:16.259 --> 00:38:16.819 this good 00:38:16.819 --> 00:38:17.199 news 00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:18.699 for yourself? 00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:21.440 It's only 00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:21.940 those who 00:38:21.940 --> 00:38:22.420 believe in 00:38:22.420 --> 00:38:22.639 him 00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:23.319 that 00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:23.980 receive 00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.680 this 00:38:24.680 --> 00:38:25.039 eternal 00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:25.440 life. 00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:27.039 It's 00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:27.300 only 00:38:27.300 --> 00:38:27.600 those 00:38:27.600 --> 00:38:27.760 who 00:38:27.760 --> 00:38:28.080 believe 00:38:28.080 --> 00:38:28.280 in 00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:28.480 him 00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:28.680 that 00:38:28.680 --> 00:38:28.880 will 00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:29.580 enjoy 00:38:29.580 --> 00:38:29.900 these 00:38:29.900 --> 00:38:30.300 eternal 00:38:30.300 --> 00:38:30.760 pleasures 00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:31.140 at the 00:38:31.140 --> 00:38:31.700 right hand 00:38:31.700 --> 00:38:32.120 of God 00:38:32.120 --> 00:38:32.580 forever. 00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:35.180 Have you 00:38:35.180 --> 00:38:35.580 been cut 00:38:35.580 --> 00:38:35.900 to the 00:38:35.900 --> 00:38:36.200 heart 00:38:36.200 --> 00:38:38.460 because of 00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:39.120 your sins 00:38:39.120 --> 00:38:40.160 against 00:38:40.160 --> 00:38:40.559 God? 00:38:41.660 --> 00:38:42.440 Have you 00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:42.920 repented? 00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:45.800 Have you 00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:46.500 received the 00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:47.039 wonderful 00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:47.880 forgiveness 00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:47.940 forgiveness 00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:48.619 of God 00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:50.140 for your 00:38:50.140 --> 00:38:50.519 sins? 00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:53.240 Do you 00:38:53.240 --> 00:38:53.720 believe 00:38:53.720 --> 00:38:54.619 that God 00:38:54.619 --> 00:38:55.440 raised Jesus 00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:56.340 from the 00:38:56.340 --> 00:38:56.619 dead? 00:38:58.340 --> 00:38:59.340 If not, 00:38:59.420 --> 00:38:59.860 I want to 00:38:59.860 --> 00:39:00.440 extend these 00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:01.099 words to you 00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:01.539 today. 00:39:02.820 --> 00:39:03.480 Repent 00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:05.200 and be 00:39:05.200 --> 00:39:05.820 baptized, 00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:07.140 every one 00:39:07.140 --> 00:39:07.480 of you, 00:39:07.860 --> 00:39:08.320 in the name 00:39:08.320 --> 00:39:08.800 of Jesus 00:39:08.800 --> 00:39:09.460 Christ for 00:39:09.460 --> 00:39:10.099 the forgiveness 00:39:10.099 --> 00:39:11.260 of your 00:39:11.260 --> 00:39:11.660 sins. 00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:14.339 And if 00:39:14.339 --> 00:39:14.679 you've done 00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:15.259 this already, 00:39:15.399 --> 00:39:15.960 then today 00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:17.259 is all 00:39:17.259 --> 00:39:18.099 for rejoicing. 00:39:19.019 --> 00:39:19.500 Our 00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:20.460 Savior and 00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:20.980 our King 00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:21.960 was raised 00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:22.480 to life 00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:24.119 and when 00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:24.659 he comes, 00:39:25.779 --> 00:39:26.159 you and 00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:26.699 I will be 00:39:26.699 --> 00:39:26.940 too. 00:39:28.619 --> 00:39:29.199 Let's 00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:29.420 pray. 00:39:34.679 --> 00:39:35.239 Father 00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:35.559 in heaven, 00:39:35.659 --> 00:39:36.059 we thank 00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:36.500 you that 00:39:36.500 --> 00:39:39.219 even 00:39:39.219 --> 00:39:40.119 death 00:39:40.119 --> 00:39:41.159 could not 00:39:41.159 --> 00:39:41.719 stop your 00:39:41.719 --> 00:39:42.079 plan, 00:39:42.739 --> 00:39:44.339 that you 00:39:44.339 --> 00:39:44.879 are greater, 00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:45.319 that you 00:39:45.319 --> 00:39:45.940 are stronger, 00:39:46.739 --> 00:39:47.139 that you 00:39:47.139 --> 00:39:47.480 are the 00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:48.679 author and 00:39:48.679 --> 00:39:49.279 giver of 00:39:49.279 --> 00:39:49.719 life. 00:39:52.480 --> 00:39:53.039 Lord, 00:39:53.079 --> 00:39:53.679 it's wonderful 00:39:53.679 --> 00:39:54.179 to think 00:39:54.179 --> 00:39:56.980 that Jesus' 00:39:57.179 --> 00:39:57.659 body was 00:39:57.659 --> 00:39:58.219 lying there 00:39:58.219 --> 00:39:58.879 lifeless 00:39:58.879 --> 00:40:01.339 and then 00:40:01.339 --> 00:40:01.739 all of a 00:40:01.739 --> 00:40:02.000 sudden, 00:40:02.719 --> 00:40:03.219 his heart 00:40:03.219 --> 00:40:03.799 began to 00:40:03.799 --> 00:40:05.899 beat and 00:40:05.899 --> 00:40:07.319 you pulled 00:40:07.319 --> 00:40:08.039 him out 00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:08.539 of death 00:40:08.539 --> 00:40:09.960 back to 00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:10.299 life. 00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:12.539 God 00:40:12.539 --> 00:40:12.859 and it's 00:40:12.859 --> 00:40:13.460 awesome to 00:40:13.460 --> 00:40:13.879 think that 00:40:13.879 --> 00:40:14.420 one day 00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:15.339 when he 00:40:15.339 --> 00:40:15.879 returns, 00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:17.239 the same 00:40:17.239 --> 00:40:17.719 thing will 00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:18.739 happen for 00:40:18.739 --> 00:40:19.339 each one of 00:40:19.339 --> 00:40:19.679 us who 00:40:19.679 --> 00:40:20.119 believes 00:40:20.119 --> 00:40:22.259 and that 00:40:22.259 --> 00:40:22.659 we will 00:40:22.659 --> 00:40:23.460 live with 00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:24.399 you forever 00:40:24.399 --> 00:40:25.440 in your 00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:25.819 kingdom, 00:40:26.039 --> 00:40:26.420 your good 00:40:26.420 --> 00:40:26.779 kingdom. 00:40:27.859 --> 00:40:28.659 Thank you 00:40:28.659 --> 00:40:29.579 for the 00:40:29.579 --> 00:40:30.079 gift of 00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:30.420 Jesus 00:40:30.420 --> 00:40:32.219 and thank 00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:32.639 you that 00:40:32.639 --> 00:40:33.819 you love 00:40:33.819 --> 00:40:34.179 us and 00:40:34.179 --> 00:40:34.799 forgive us 00:40:34.799 --> 00:40:35.219 even though 00:40:35.219 --> 00:40:35.579 we don't 00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:36.219 deserve it 00:40:36.219 --> 00:40:37.799 enough to 00:40:37.799 --> 00:40:38.139 give us 00:40:38.139 --> 00:40:38.619 all this. 00:40:39.799 --> 00:40:40.379 We just 00:40:40.379 --> 00:40:40.699 give you 00:40:40.699 --> 00:40:43.099 praise and 00:40:43.099 --> 00:40:43.460 we do it 00:40:43.460 --> 00:40:43.859 in the name 00:40:43.859 --> 00:40:44.379 of Jesus. 00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:45.859 Amen. 00:40:45.859 --> 00:40:45.940 Amen. 00:40:45.940 --> 00:40:46.039 Amen. 00:40:46.519 --> 00:40:46.799 Amen. 00:40:46.799 --> 00:40:46.900 Amen. 00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:47.900 Amen.