WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:15.800 We've been talking about what happened on the day of Pentecost in chapter 2, but up until then, just so you know, the disciples have witnessed the resurrected, the risen Christ, and that he's been interacting with his followers. 00:00:15.800 --> 00:00:28.460 And it's just a good way to start. Like, what does knowing that Christ is alive and he's here right now with us, like what does that do to your soul? 00:00:31.039 --> 00:00:39.840 Like he's here. He's not just like an ancient past figure, like he's present with us and especially among his people. 00:00:40.820 --> 00:00:51.960 He's in this very place. He's not just inside of this book or just, again, something that we read about in ancient history, but he is ever living and present with us. 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:57.280 And that should make you either tremble or rejoice, and maybe even a little bit of both. 00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:08.180 And so, Christ, he lived among them for 40 days and he promised the Holy Spirit would come, the helper, and he commissioned them. 00:01:08.180 --> 00:01:15.000 In chapter 1, you'll be my witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. 00:01:16.660 --> 00:01:22.920 And so, as we're aware of, most of the apostles did not even make it out of Judea. 00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:26.200 But yet, they're commanded here to go to the ends of the earth. 00:01:26.299 --> 00:01:35.540 And so, the obvious implication is that that's meant for those that they would teach, those that they would disciple, to carry on that good work. 00:01:35.540 --> 00:01:38.660 Just an interesting little side note. 00:01:39.500 --> 00:01:40.920 Where he says, you'll be my witnesses. 00:01:41.940 --> 00:01:45.540 The word used for witness there is pretty strong. 00:01:45.740 --> 00:01:46.580 It's martyrs. 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:48.500 It means, you'll be my martyrs. 00:01:49.240 --> 00:01:53.980 It's not just like, you'll stand up and talk about me one day, but you will do this to the point where they put you to death. 00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:55.020 He told them that. 00:01:55.680 --> 00:01:57.040 So, how would you like to hear that? 00:01:57.080 --> 00:02:00.360 You will be my martyrs one day. 00:02:01.179 --> 00:02:04.180 So, all but John, as we know, died, martyred deaths. 00:02:04.819 --> 00:02:09.379 And they even tried to kill John, and he survived somehow and was put on pat moss. 00:02:10.099 --> 00:02:12.360 So, the disciples are watching. 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:14.259 They're on the scene of the risen Son of God. 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:16.159 And they see Him ascending into the sky. 00:02:17.620 --> 00:02:21.560 And He says that He will be with them always, even to the end of the world. 00:02:22.520 --> 00:02:28.280 So, then they go back to the city and they wait for Jesus, as He promised, to send the Holy Spirit. 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:32.199 And that's what we've been talking about, just how the Spirit came at Pentecost. 00:02:32.379 --> 00:02:37.539 And people were filled with speaking the languages of the people around them. 00:02:38.659 --> 00:02:44.780 I was telling my colleagues this a while back, but over the years, the Bible translations are translations in English. 00:02:44.780 --> 00:02:51.840 I think a lot of them still, even the modern translations still use the phrase tongue. 00:02:52.379 --> 00:02:57.199 It's probably because it's just become such a dear word to so many different groups of people. 00:02:57.280 --> 00:02:59.460 But really, it's just old English. 00:02:59.620 --> 00:03:01.780 Like today, I would say, hey, what language do you speak? 00:03:02.159 --> 00:03:04.259 But back then, you would say, what tongue do you speak in? 00:03:04.300 --> 00:03:07.060 So, it's not like a special theological word. 00:03:07.139 --> 00:03:08.780 It just is really implying language. 00:03:08.780 --> 00:03:09.379 Language. 00:03:10.539 --> 00:03:13.939 And so, they were empowered by the Spirit. 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:16.560 And they went and spoke the mighty works of God to the people. 00:03:17.099 --> 00:03:18.960 The people were astonished and amazed. 00:03:19.759 --> 00:03:20.920 And this gathers a crowd. 00:03:21.020 --> 00:03:23.060 This supernatural event gathers a crowd. 00:03:24.479 --> 00:03:26.960 And so, people come together. 00:03:28.060 --> 00:03:31.780 And so, Peter stands up and he gives this really famous sermon. 00:03:31.780 --> 00:03:37.099 This one sermon that is the first in a series of sermons that you see in the book of Acts. 00:03:37.099 --> 00:03:46.659 And just so you know, like the word sermon just really means like a serious speech or discourse on a moral or spiritual subject. 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:48.419 And it calls people to respond to it. 00:03:48.979 --> 00:03:51.340 It's not just a churchy word per se. 00:03:51.539 --> 00:03:53.639 It's, it's, but it's used in that context. 00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:56.019 So, that's what Peter is doing here. 00:03:57.060 --> 00:04:03.319 And so, I'm calling this series within the book of Acts, the next three weeks today included, 00:04:03.319 --> 00:04:07.519 just lifting up Jesus the Messiah. 00:04:07.699 --> 00:04:11.479 Like, that's what this is going to be about the next today and the next two weeks. 00:04:12.359 --> 00:04:17.300 So, it's important just to ask ourselves, like, what, what is Peter doing? 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:20.219 Like, what activity is he engaging in? 00:04:21.060 --> 00:04:22.500 So, that's the first question. 00:04:22.500 --> 00:04:28.879 I have a series of questions, just three questions today to kind of walk through this text with you. 00:04:28.879 --> 00:04:34.939 So, but before we do it, we're going to just start, I thought about reading the whole sermon just for time's sake. 00:04:35.040 --> 00:04:38.779 I'm not, but we'll pick up in chapter 2, verse 12. 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:45.719 After all this happened, and the people were reacting and saying, what does this mean? 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:46.620 So, verse 12. 00:04:46.620 --> 00:04:52.459 And all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, what does this mean? 00:04:53.100 --> 00:04:56.280 But others, mocking, said, they are filled with new wine. 00:04:57.079 --> 00:05:01.800 But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them, 00:05:02.519 --> 00:05:08.639 Men of Judah and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give ear to my words, 00:05:08.899 --> 00:05:16.060 for these people are not drunk as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day, about nine o'clock. 00:05:16.060 --> 00:05:19.000 But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel. 00:05:19.660 --> 00:05:25.920 And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. 00:05:25.959 --> 00:05:28.780 And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy. 00:05:29.579 --> 00:05:32.899 Your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:38.860 Even on my male servants and my female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:40.879 and they shall prophesy. 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:46.899 And I will show wonders in the heavens, above and signs in the earth below, 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:50.159 blood, fire, and vapor of smoke. 00:05:50.699 --> 00:05:54.860 The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, 00:05:55.480 --> 00:06:00.259 before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day. 00:06:00.259 --> 00:06:05.920 And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. 00:06:07.319 --> 00:06:08.259 So that's our... 00:06:09.039 --> 00:06:13.680 We're going to unpack this in three different ways, but this is the first chunk of it. 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:17.879 It's namely almost like the introduction to Peter's sermon. 00:06:18.899 --> 00:06:22.339 So with three questions, we're going to just walk through this. 00:06:22.339 --> 00:06:27.060 Number one, what activity is Peter engaged in? 00:06:27.859 --> 00:06:29.679 What activity is Peter engaged in? 00:06:30.899 --> 00:06:35.039 And namely, he's preaching a sermon. 00:06:35.159 --> 00:06:37.459 He is preaching a sermon. 00:06:38.559 --> 00:06:42.779 The Spirit of God leads Peter to preach the Word of God to this gathered crowd. 00:06:43.479 --> 00:06:46.239 So the main focus was not just the languages coming, 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:49.479 it was to gather people to actually hear the Word of God. 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:52.680 And so he preaches at Pentecost, 00:06:52.780 --> 00:06:55.200 the first in a whole series of sermons that go throughout Acts. 00:06:55.800 --> 00:06:58.360 So it's important for us just to examine, 00:06:58.500 --> 00:07:03.879 like, what is true, godly, Christ-centered, biblical preaching? 00:07:05.060 --> 00:07:08.939 And I just kind of want to clear up a lot of misunderstandings, hopefully, for you. 00:07:09.500 --> 00:07:13.680 But the art of preaching is not an invention by modern-day preaching personalities. 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:16.780 It's not something that was invented by the Puritans. 00:07:16.780 --> 00:07:19.020 It's not something that was invented by the Reformers. 00:07:19.480 --> 00:07:24.520 It's something that has existed since this started, from the beginning. 00:07:25.540 --> 00:07:31.460 And it is founded, defined, and demonstrated in the pages of Scripture. 00:07:33.100 --> 00:07:35.540 So Peter's sermon has three parts to it. 00:07:36.259 --> 00:07:39.400 If you look at just the whole thing, starting in verse 14, 00:07:39.939 --> 00:07:42.700 and going down towards verse 36. 00:07:42.699 --> 00:07:45.800 But at first, there's an introduction. 00:07:46.019 --> 00:07:48.560 This is what we're doing today, 12 through 21. 00:07:48.759 --> 00:07:50.879 This is where Peter is explaining Pentecost. 00:07:51.819 --> 00:07:52.819 What just happened? 00:07:52.959 --> 00:07:54.259 This is what just happened. 00:07:54.980 --> 00:07:57.579 So this is an introduction, 12 through 21. 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:03.680 The theme of this sermon is seen in verses 22 through 36. 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:07.819 And namely, like, he's lifting up and he's exalting Jesus Christ. 00:08:07.980 --> 00:08:09.780 That's like the goal of all of this. 00:08:10.280 --> 00:08:13.840 That's the main theme, is to present Jesus as the true Messiah. 00:08:14.660 --> 00:08:17.019 That goes from 22 to 36. 00:08:17.759 --> 00:08:21.360 And then lastly, there's like an appeal at the end of it. 00:08:22.139 --> 00:08:23.840 That's in verses 37 through 40. 00:08:23.920 --> 00:08:27.139 He calls people to turn to Christ and be saved. 00:08:27.139 --> 00:08:30.000 So that's namely what he's doing. 00:08:32.259 --> 00:08:33.819 I'll get more into this in just a minute. 00:08:34.419 --> 00:08:40.179 But I also want you to know that, like, as believers, we are all to be preachers of the gospel. 00:08:41.220 --> 00:08:41.439 Okay? 00:08:41.840 --> 00:08:47.159 Now, especially what we do here on Sunday morning, what I'm doing now, and Nathan does, 00:08:47.199 --> 00:08:49.799 and others that come up here, that is preaching. 00:08:49.879 --> 00:08:52.620 And there are men who are gifted at this. 00:08:52.620 --> 00:08:58.320 But that doesn't negate the fact that preaching is also used in a broad sense of what all believers are supposed to be doing. 00:08:59.080 --> 00:09:00.600 And so we're going to unpack that. 00:09:00.700 --> 00:09:03.639 But I want you not just to turn me out and say, or tune me out and say, 00:09:04.279 --> 00:09:08.299 this is for pastors, this is for, you know, the elite in the church to hear. 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:09.700 This is for all of you to hear. 00:09:10.919 --> 00:09:11.139 Okay? 00:09:12.240 --> 00:09:16.299 So, I'll just briefly address what preaching is not. 00:09:16.299 --> 00:09:23.000 But sadly, in our culture, many have used preaching as like a negative secular term for someone annoying, 00:09:23.159 --> 00:09:24.539 telling you something you don't want to hear. 00:09:24.699 --> 00:09:26.539 Stop preaching at me. 00:09:27.219 --> 00:09:28.319 Stop saying this. 00:09:29.939 --> 00:09:34.479 And it's not, but it's not loud, annoying people cramming things down your throat. 00:09:34.719 --> 00:09:36.659 It's not really what it is. 00:09:36.659 --> 00:09:43.480 And so, unfortunately, though, in our evangelism, in our sharing the gospel with people, 00:09:44.419 --> 00:09:47.779 we don't really do what the Bible calls us to do. 00:09:47.899 --> 00:09:53.299 Much of what you see in the church today is what you can sum up as like emotional manipulation. 00:09:54.039 --> 00:09:59.139 They try to trick people with theatrics and fancy speech just to believe in Jesus. 00:09:59.139 --> 00:10:03.019 But it's not empowered by the Word of God or the Spirit of God. 00:10:03.620 --> 00:10:04.639 It's manipulation. 00:10:04.639 --> 00:10:14.039 And so, the truth is that many people, many churches produce false converts as a result of this. 00:10:14.080 --> 00:10:16.059 The people that never really heard the gospel. 00:10:16.319 --> 00:10:21.379 They were just emotionally manipulated into praying a prayer or something. 00:10:21.699 --> 00:10:23.399 So, it's not what it is. 00:10:24.580 --> 00:10:30.700 So, others consider it outdated and they replace it just with music, with drama, with theatrics or liturgy. 00:10:30.700 --> 00:10:38.480 But you should know that preaching will stand forever because it's God's method. 00:10:38.560 --> 00:10:40.500 It's God's method to reach people. 00:10:41.460 --> 00:10:42.680 And that's in the pages of Scripture. 00:10:42.840 --> 00:10:45.960 And I've seen it even played out in just real life. 00:10:46.040 --> 00:10:47.180 It's not just something we read. 00:10:47.240 --> 00:10:48.100 It's something that's real. 00:10:49.180 --> 00:10:50.140 So, what is preaching? 00:10:51.220 --> 00:10:53.080 I can unpack that just for a minute. 00:10:53.080 --> 00:10:59.020 But in the church, a lot of people make preaching synonymous with teaching. 00:11:00.440 --> 00:11:03.120 And so, let me just explain the difference between those two things. 00:11:03.180 --> 00:11:03.860 They are related. 00:11:04.020 --> 00:11:05.680 They're not totally separated. 00:11:06.639 --> 00:11:13.620 But teaching is instructing, clarifying, explaining the Word of God to people. 00:11:13.620 --> 00:11:15.399 All right? 00:11:15.560 --> 00:11:18.740 So, God uses that for building up the church, for maturing the body. 00:11:19.320 --> 00:11:20.220 He uses that. 00:11:20.840 --> 00:11:24.879 So, certainly, like an important part of preaching is teaching and explaining. 00:11:25.019 --> 00:11:30.560 But preaching also carries another element that goes a little beyond just teaching. 00:11:31.960 --> 00:11:39.720 Preaching carries the element of calling people to respond in accordance to what they just heard in the Word of God. 00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:45.660 And it's to herald something, like as if you were representing a king. 00:11:46.960 --> 00:11:50.740 It carries a suggestion of formality and gravity and authority. 00:11:50.879 --> 00:11:53.560 Like, you have to listen to this and you have to respond to this. 00:11:54.700 --> 00:11:58.700 So, rather than just, again, emotionally manipulating people, 00:11:58.840 --> 00:12:03.940 the Scripture says we are to persuade people to follow Christ. 00:12:03.940 --> 00:12:12.940 Throughout Acts, we see men preaching and people were persuaded to come to Christ, persuaded to believe. 00:12:13.620 --> 00:12:18.720 So, preaching is for the sake of persuasion, to convince someone, to change someone's thinking, 00:12:19.320 --> 00:12:25.060 to change someone's disposition of where they were, not to walk away different than when they first came. 00:12:26.020 --> 00:12:27.060 So, one text. 00:12:27.180 --> 00:12:29.580 I only have two places for you to turn to, but hold your hand in Acts. 00:12:29.580 --> 00:12:31.440 But look at Acts 17. 00:12:31.620 --> 00:12:33.840 Just go over a few chapters. 00:12:33.980 --> 00:12:34.740 Acts 17. 00:12:35.940 --> 00:12:37.280 I just want to show you this. 00:12:41.020 --> 00:12:41.900 Acts 17. 00:12:42.040 --> 00:12:44.879 This is when Paul is in Thessalonica. 00:12:45.980 --> 00:12:47.400 And just go to verse 4. 00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:49.160 Or, excuse me, verse 1. 00:12:49.259 --> 00:12:50.200 We'll read through verse 4. 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:52.200 It says, 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:58.060 Now, when they had passed through Amapholis and Apollonia, 00:12:58.320 --> 00:12:59.580 they came to Thessalonica, 00:13:00.540 --> 00:13:02.700 where there was a synagogue of the Jews. 00:13:03.560 --> 00:13:05.780 And Paul went in, and as was his custom, 00:13:06.500 --> 00:13:10.280 and on three Sabbath days, he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:18.040 explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:18.679 and saying, 00:13:19.500 --> 00:13:22.539 This Jesus whom I proclaim to you is the Christ. 00:13:23.579 --> 00:13:24.240 And listen to this. 00:13:24.299 --> 00:13:28.240 And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, 00:13:28.899 --> 00:13:30.759 as did a great many of devout Greeks, 00:13:31.559 --> 00:13:33.159 and not few of the leading women. 00:13:34.039 --> 00:13:35.339 So, look at these words. 00:13:35.899 --> 00:13:36.299 Reasoned. 00:13:37.599 --> 00:13:38.039 Explained. 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:39.639 Proved. 00:13:40.620 --> 00:13:41.059 Persuaded. 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:42.319 Okay? 00:13:42.860 --> 00:13:46.500 Those are words that are all there for us to get a glimpse of. 00:13:46.500 --> 00:13:48.259 This is what we are to be doing. 00:13:50.340 --> 00:13:52.320 So, that's what preaching is. 00:13:52.700 --> 00:13:54.840 It's urging someone to believe in something. 00:13:55.539 --> 00:13:57.960 It's calling them to respond to what they just heard. 00:13:58.019 --> 00:13:59.320 It's not manipulation. 00:13:59.740 --> 00:14:03.779 You can't spiritually trick someone into actually believing in Jesus. 00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:04.440 It's impossible. 00:14:05.059 --> 00:14:05.720 It won't happen. 00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:06.620 It's not real anyway. 00:14:07.779 --> 00:14:09.860 But, going on, 00:14:09.860 --> 00:14:16.220 it's to inform and to call forth an appropriate response to God's Word. 00:14:17.080 --> 00:14:17.320 Okay? 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:19.519 So, it carries that element of emotion. 00:14:19.720 --> 00:14:20.960 Like, you must listen to this. 00:14:21.019 --> 00:14:22.759 It's pleading with people. 00:14:23.820 --> 00:14:24.100 Right? 00:14:24.820 --> 00:14:26.200 It's even calling them out. 00:14:26.299 --> 00:14:27.279 It's challenging them. 00:14:28.139 --> 00:14:30.059 And it's also, it takes time to learn. 00:14:30.179 --> 00:14:34.019 And I think that this is not a problem in our churches and ministries today, 00:14:34.220 --> 00:14:38.100 is we're just so programmed in our culture to learn methods. 00:14:38.100 --> 00:14:40.980 Everything is by the book, step by step. 00:14:41.620 --> 00:14:44.399 Do this, then do this, then do this. 00:14:44.440 --> 00:14:47.440 So, we learn a way to share the gospel with somebody, 00:14:47.680 --> 00:14:50.100 and we try to apply it to every single person we meet. 00:14:51.220 --> 00:14:53.100 And that's just not what we see in the Scripture. 00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:57.379 Have you ever noticed that Jesus never talked to one person the same way? 00:14:58.320 --> 00:14:59.040 You ever notice that? 00:14:59.200 --> 00:15:02.259 He never, like, applies the same method to people. 00:15:02.259 --> 00:15:07.019 He preaches the gospel, and he points to himself, but he doesn't use the same method. 00:15:07.980 --> 00:15:13.000 Which means that learning to talk about the gospel, have a discourse about the gospel, 00:15:13.580 --> 00:15:18.019 it's an art that you learn, like fishing or cooking. 00:15:18.179 --> 00:15:19.980 Like, you can't just read a book, and then you're good at it. 00:15:20.019 --> 00:15:21.279 You have to practice it. 00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:25.519 You have to learn the art of Christian persuasion. 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:28.139 And so, this is God's method. 00:15:28.379 --> 00:15:30.379 It's not just one of many means. 00:15:31.039 --> 00:15:36.259 It's the means that God has chosen to build up His church and to reach the lost. 00:15:37.220 --> 00:15:39.679 And we see that starting right here in Acts chapter 2. 00:15:40.659 --> 00:15:45.620 But Paul wrote again, in regard to unbelievers hearing the gospel, 00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:47.899 he wrote in Romans 10, very familiar. 00:15:48.939 --> 00:15:49.259 He says, 00:15:49.259 --> 00:15:52.019 And how are they to believe in Him who they never have heard? 00:15:52.740 --> 00:15:55.439 And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 00:15:56.519 --> 00:15:59.199 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? 00:16:00.019 --> 00:16:03.240 So, faith comes by hearing and hearing in the Word of Christ. 00:16:03.319 --> 00:16:05.419 So, we have to tell people the Word of God. 00:16:05.539 --> 00:16:09.960 So, the Spirit of God then uses that to work in their hearts. 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:14.439 So, getting back to what I said a minute ago. 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:16.799 Forgive me, I'm a little tight this morning. 00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:20.340 My respiratory is a little closed down as I'm trying to push through it. 00:16:20.460 --> 00:16:22.740 So, bear with me if I seem a little winded. 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:27.299 But preaching, again, is not just meant for a few elect men. 00:16:28.100 --> 00:16:29.399 Again, there are men. 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:33.740 The Scripture specifies are gifted at pastoring, at teaching. 00:16:34.340 --> 00:16:36.340 The gifts are real, but at the same time, 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:39.360 this word is used in a broad sense of the church. 00:16:39.460 --> 00:16:42.299 It's not just used for a few, few men. 00:16:42.299 --> 00:16:45.479 All believers are to preach the Gospel. 00:16:46.819 --> 00:16:53.079 Every person that belongs to Christ and is dwelt by the Spirit of God is a bearer of the good news. 00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:59.440 So, I kind of hope, just to say some things that might change your thinking on this, 00:16:59.580 --> 00:17:05.940 but in Acts 8, verse 2, it says that when the believers are persecuted, they scattered, 00:17:06.100 --> 00:17:10.079 and they all went about preaching the Word, preaching the good news. 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:11.859 All right? 00:17:12.099 --> 00:17:18.559 So, just to kind of throw some ideas out there to you that you might not be familiar with, 00:17:18.659 --> 00:17:23.460 but I hope to show you in a little while that even Paul was not that great of a preacher, 00:17:24.299 --> 00:17:25.759 meaning that he was not that eloquent. 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:29.799 We just have Paul as this ultimate Christian guy, 00:17:29.919 --> 00:17:32.659 and it's like he was a man just like me, 00:17:33.339 --> 00:17:35.339 and he was used of God in a powerful way, 00:17:35.339 --> 00:17:40.399 but there's a lot of things in the Scripture that indicate that he was not this massive public speaker. 00:17:41.859 --> 00:17:42.199 Okay? 00:17:43.019 --> 00:17:45.939 So, we'll get to that in just a second. 00:17:46.220 --> 00:17:49.240 But, all of us are ambassadors for Christ. 00:17:49.399 --> 00:17:52.759 All of us are, we are a kingdom of priests to our God. 00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:54.159 All right? 00:17:54.899 --> 00:17:55.939 So, it doesn't matter. 00:17:56.039 --> 00:18:00.279 Like, I've known people that were very shy, very timid, very scared, not that eloquent. 00:18:00.779 --> 00:18:03.859 They just trusted the Lord, shared the Word, 00:18:03.859 --> 00:18:06.039 and someone was literally born again from it. 00:18:06.740 --> 00:18:09.359 It's not about how awesome and powerful and how much you know. 00:18:10.179 --> 00:18:10.779 It's not. 00:18:12.099 --> 00:18:12.500 All right? 00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:17.319 So, people kind of covering this idea of it. 00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:21.519 A lot of people think, if I just live out the Gospel, 00:18:22.779 --> 00:18:24.359 you know, like the implications of the Gospel, 00:18:24.859 --> 00:18:26.419 someone might be saved because of that. 00:18:26.479 --> 00:18:32.059 It kind of echoes what an old saint said in the old church in ancient days. 00:18:32.059 --> 00:18:35.619 It's, preach the Gospel, remember the rest part? 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:37.839 And use words if necessary. 00:18:40.099 --> 00:18:42.179 I know what he's trying to say, but that's not true. 00:18:42.879 --> 00:18:44.039 The Gospel is words. 00:18:44.139 --> 00:18:46.899 It's a message that is communicated to people. 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:50.039 We have to learn how to communicate that message. 00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:51.200 It's a verbal message. 00:18:51.919 --> 00:18:54.619 Words contain ideas and thoughts, 00:18:54.619 --> 00:18:57.919 and at no point is that it. 00:18:58.299 --> 00:19:01.859 The way you live out the Gospel can draw attention to Christ, 00:19:02.539 --> 00:19:04.859 and it adorns the Gospel of Christ, 00:19:04.939 --> 00:19:06.379 but it is not the Gospel message. 00:19:06.879 --> 00:19:09.539 It is a verbal message that we proclaim. 00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:13.399 And we see Peter doing it right here in chapter 2. 00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:18.040 And so, wherever you go, you're to share Christ. 00:19:18.180 --> 00:19:21.360 The goal is to persuade people to believe, 00:19:21.840 --> 00:19:24.840 whether in a pulpit, or a coffee shop, or a restaurant, 00:19:25.080 --> 00:19:27.640 at a park, at a bar, I don't care. 00:19:27.780 --> 00:19:30.400 Like on the Appalachian Trail, city streets, 00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:32.000 wherever you go, that's what you do. 00:19:32.120 --> 00:19:33.400 You preach Christ. 00:19:34.140 --> 00:19:37.280 We're all partners together in this great endeavor. 00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:41.440 So this is a broad thing over what Peter's doing, 00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:44.740 but here's two other elements that you see Peter doing 00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:47.119 that are so important to understanding 00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:48.500 what it means to preach the Gospel. 00:19:50.059 --> 00:19:55.200 One is, all true preaching leans on the authority of Scripture. 00:19:56.319 --> 00:19:59.660 Okay, so even the apostles didn't just create stuff out of thin air. 00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:03.200 They leaned on the Old Testament Scriptures for their authority. 00:20:04.119 --> 00:20:06.099 And they explained, like, all this stuff that's going on, 00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:08.439 this is a fulfillment of this. 00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:13.399 So, Paul says in 2 Timothy 4, 00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:17.159 that all men aspiring to be elders should preach the Word. 00:20:17.899 --> 00:20:20.740 So not a word, or a good word, like the Word, 00:20:20.779 --> 00:20:22.819 like the Word of God. 00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:26.740 And unfortunately, like not clever wit, 00:20:27.919 --> 00:20:29.740 and antidotes, and funny stories, 00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:31.439 those things don't win people to Christ. 00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:33.740 I just sometimes want to slap preachers 00:20:33.740 --> 00:20:35.299 when they're just telling just goofy stories 00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:38.419 for 30 minutes and then talking about Christ for 10 minutes. 00:20:39.099 --> 00:20:40.319 Like, what are you doing? 00:20:40.399 --> 00:20:41.639 Are you trying to make people laugh at you 00:20:41.639 --> 00:20:42.500 and think you're cool? 00:20:43.180 --> 00:20:44.740 Like, what's the point of this? 00:20:45.639 --> 00:20:48.119 We have to lift up Christ, the Word of God. 00:20:48.119 --> 00:20:53.599 So, back in Acts 17, you see clearly that what did he do? 00:20:53.639 --> 00:20:55.739 He reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 00:20:56.639 --> 00:20:58.259 from the Word of God. 00:20:59.219 --> 00:21:02.579 So the true preacher is a herald bringing a message from the king. 00:21:03.459 --> 00:21:06.779 As if King David or Caesar said, 00:21:06.859 --> 00:21:10.000 Hey, go and tell these people this. 00:21:10.819 --> 00:21:12.719 And back then, if you misrepresented the king, 00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:13.599 you'd be killed anyway. 00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:17.819 Like, you needed to give the exact words that the king said to the hearer. 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:21.000 And the response of the hearer wasn't up to you. 00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:22.659 You were just there to communicate the message. 00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:26.539 To be faithful to the message is how you would be judged. 00:21:27.439 --> 00:21:31.299 So it's important for preachers of the Word 00:21:31.299 --> 00:21:32.819 to understand that their authority 00:21:32.819 --> 00:21:35.659 only extends as far as the Word of God. 00:21:35.719 --> 00:21:36.879 And if they get outside that, 00:21:37.459 --> 00:21:38.699 they have no more authority. 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.699 They're just talking. 00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:44.299 If you venture outside, your authority vanishes. 00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:47.160 So the apostles understood this. 00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:50.940 Peter here, he gives you an exposition on Old Testament passages. 00:21:51.620 --> 00:21:54.680 He uses Joel 2 and Psalm 16 00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:58.100 to show how Christ was the fulfillment of those things. 00:21:58.960 --> 00:22:00.880 And later on, you see Stephen in Acts 7 00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:03.980 before the Sanhedrin walking through the Old Testament 00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:06.920 from Abraham and the prophets all the way to Christ. 00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:09.519 So when someone would stand and say, 00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:10.559 thus says the Lord, 00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:13.059 you better know what the Lord says. 00:22:13.139 --> 00:22:14.359 You can't just make stuff up. 00:22:14.579 --> 00:22:15.879 You're representing the king. 00:22:16.599 --> 00:22:18.180 It's his message and not yours. 00:22:19.420 --> 00:22:19.720 So, 00:22:21.139 --> 00:22:24.900 our Lord expounded the Old Testament as well. 00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:26.160 I don't get the idea that 00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:27.700 it was just the apostles. 00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:28.220 But, 00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:29.180 it is, 00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:31.500 if you don't, 00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:33.240 if a pastor stands up in front of you 00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:35.380 and teaches you something other than the Word of God, 00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:38.259 cool stories or whatever, 00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:40.160 inspirational stories even, 00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:41.940 he is in fact saying, 00:22:42.080 --> 00:22:43.720 I have something better to tell you 00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:45.080 than God does. 00:22:46.080 --> 00:22:47.279 He may not see it that way, 00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:48.080 but that's what he's doing. 00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:49.460 Like, you need to hear this, 00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:50.660 not what I tell you. 00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:52.799 We all need to hear 00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:54.460 the Word of God. 00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:55.680 So, 00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:57.519 all true preaching is founded in Scripture. 00:22:58.519 --> 00:23:00.380 And it's also Spirit-empowered. 00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:01.920 Okay? 00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.380 So, 00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:04.740 preaching is to plead, 00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.660 to convince, 00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:06.880 to persuade people 00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:08.440 to come to Christ 00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:09.640 using the Word of God. 00:23:10.100 --> 00:23:11.440 But there's another detail. 00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:13.579 All of this is done 00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.400 totally 00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:17.319 by the power of the Holy Spirit. 00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:19.679 is founded in the Word of God 00:23:19.679 --> 00:23:21.779 and empowered by the Spirit of God 00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:24.700 who applies the Word of God to our hearts, 00:23:25.659 --> 00:23:27.500 applies the work of Christ to us. 00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:28.779 Ultimately, 00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:30.279 well, 00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.700 I guess, 00:23:30.879 --> 00:23:32.599 it is the Holy Spirit that saves 00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:35.399 and regenerates an unbeliever's heart, 00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:36.559 but He uses us 00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:38.619 as the instruments to do so. 00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:40.859 Us weak and humble, 00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:42.480 our broken people, 00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:43.000 right? 00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:45.299 To speak His Word to people. 00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:46.599 So, 00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.639 the goal is to preach, 00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.379 to persuade, 00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:50.799 not in our own power and wisdom, 00:23:50.919 --> 00:23:51.139 okay? 00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:51.500 Like, 00:23:51.899 --> 00:23:53.319 it's not about how much you know. 00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.099 I can't. 00:23:54.659 --> 00:23:55.200 The other day, 00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:55.859 I stumbled through 00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:57.440 the most sloppy gospel presentation 00:23:57.440 --> 00:23:58.480 with a group of unbelievers, 00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:58.899 and I thought, 00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.220 man, 00:23:59.279 --> 00:23:59.980 this was terrible. 00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:01.940 This was the most terrible presentation 00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:02.899 the gospel ever heard. 00:24:03.619 --> 00:24:04.859 And one of my friends was with me. 00:24:04.919 --> 00:24:05.019 He said, 00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.799 it wasn't that bad, 00:24:05.879 --> 00:24:06.519 but I was like, 00:24:06.879 --> 00:24:08.519 I'm glad God is sovereign over this, 00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:09.559 because if there's salvation 00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:10.259 hung in the balance, 00:24:10.419 --> 00:24:10.460 like, 00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:11.819 it was up to me, 00:24:11.919 --> 00:24:12.039 like, 00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.419 it's over. 00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:12.879 Like, 00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.619 they didn't get it. 00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:14.599 Like, 00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:16.639 get it totally by the power 00:24:16.639 --> 00:24:17.579 and the Spirit of God. 00:24:18.359 --> 00:24:19.659 God is sovereign over this, 00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:21.339 but He works through us, 00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:23.079 through His people, 00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:25.839 as instruments in His hand, 00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:26.719 as vessels, 00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:29.000 as channels of His grace, 00:24:29.879 --> 00:24:30.199 right? 00:24:30.379 --> 00:24:31.759 He's given us that privilege 00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:33.339 to do that. 00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:37.459 Turn to 1 Corinthians 2. 00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:40.319 I just want to show you something. 00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:45.480 back to what I was telling you about Paul. 00:24:46.679 --> 00:24:46.899 So, 00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.619 he went to Athens, 00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:49.679 and he spoke to all the wise philosophers, 00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.480 and he tried to, 00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:51.619 like, 00:24:51.659 --> 00:24:52.379 get on their level 00:24:52.379 --> 00:24:53.439 and speak their lingo. 00:24:54.399 --> 00:24:55.619 It didn't go real well. 00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:58.399 Athens wasn't that successful. 00:24:59.439 --> 00:25:01.500 But then he went on south to Corinth, 00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:04.079 and I think he went there a little broken, 00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:05.259 a little humbled. 00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:07.559 And so when he got there, 00:25:07.619 --> 00:25:08.140 he understood 00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:10.640 that the Corinthians treasured, 00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:10.980 like, 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:12.500 eloquence and oratory. 00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.400 Here, 00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:14.079 they treasured, 00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:14.200 like, 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:15.740 really big public speakers. 00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.359 And he was like, 00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:19.420 I'm not going to do it. 00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:19.740 Like, 00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.940 I'm not going to play their game. 00:25:21.660 --> 00:25:22.259 I can't. 00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:23.980 I can't measure up to their eloquence 00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:26.660 or their ability to persuade 00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:27.379 and lure people 00:25:27.379 --> 00:25:28.379 by their own speech. 00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:30.220 So, 00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:31.740 1 Corinthians chapter 2, 00:25:31.820 --> 00:25:32.640 look at verse 1. 00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.340 He says, 00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:35.760 And I, 00:25:35.840 --> 00:25:36.720 when I came to you, 00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.260 brothers, 00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:39.560 did not come proclaiming to you 00:25:39.560 --> 00:25:40.880 the testimony of God 00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:42.720 with lofty speech 00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.520 or wisdom. 00:25:44.520 --> 00:25:45.560 For I decided to know 00:25:45.560 --> 00:25:46.520 nothing among you 00:25:46.520 --> 00:25:47.760 except Jesus Christ 00:25:47.760 --> 00:25:48.580 and Him crucified. 00:25:49.800 --> 00:25:50.860 And I was with you 00:25:50.860 --> 00:25:51.380 in weakness 00:25:51.380 --> 00:25:52.200 and in fear 00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:52.960 and much trembling. 00:25:53.860 --> 00:25:54.620 And my speech 00:25:54.620 --> 00:25:55.380 and my message, 00:25:55.520 --> 00:25:55.940 listen to this, 00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:57.400 were not with plausible words, 00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:58.700 with wisdom, 00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:00.519 but in a demonstration 00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:01.400 of the Spirit 00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:02.860 and of power, 00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:04.860 so that your faith 00:26:04.860 --> 00:26:05.759 might not rest 00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:07.040 in the wisdom of men 00:26:07.040 --> 00:26:09.240 but in the power of God. 00:26:10.840 --> 00:26:11.240 Man, 00:26:11.280 --> 00:26:11.920 isn't that crazy? 00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.440 He was like, 00:26:12.780 --> 00:26:13.500 at the end of the day, 00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:14.720 I want you to be able to say 00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.560 that I was converted 00:26:15.560 --> 00:26:17.180 not by how cool 00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:18.500 and eloquent this guy was, 00:26:18.540 --> 00:26:19.300 but it was a demonstration 00:26:19.300 --> 00:26:20.660 of the Spirit of God. 00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.740 So they have no other choice. 00:26:22.840 --> 00:26:24.019 It had to be that 00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:25.380 that saved. 00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:27.520 And earlier on 00:26:27.520 --> 00:26:28.300 in chapter 1 00:26:28.300 --> 00:26:29.800 of 1 Corinthians, 00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:30.440 he says, 00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:32.260 Paul says, 00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:34.780 For Christ did not send me 00:26:34.780 --> 00:26:35.600 to baptize, 00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:36.920 but to preach the gospel. 00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:38.240 Listen to this, 00:26:38.260 --> 00:26:38.640 he says, 00:26:38.760 --> 00:26:39.840 And not with words 00:26:39.840 --> 00:26:40.920 of eloquent wisdom, 00:26:41.600 --> 00:26:42.920 lest the cross of Christ 00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:44.140 be emptied of its power. 00:26:45.020 --> 00:26:45.760 He understood 00:26:45.760 --> 00:26:47.580 that it was the power of God 00:26:47.580 --> 00:26:49.540 using the Word of God 00:26:49.540 --> 00:26:51.300 to work in the hearts of men. 00:26:51.300 --> 00:26:52.180 Not how clever 00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:53.500 and eloquent he was. 00:26:54.600 --> 00:26:54.940 He says, 00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.700 I was fear, 00:26:55.840 --> 00:26:56.320 I trembled, 00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:56.940 I came to you, 00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.460 and the only thing 00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.140 I was going to do 00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:59.680 was just talk about Jesus. 00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:01.220 That's all. 00:27:01.340 --> 00:27:02.080 Just lift up Jesus 00:27:02.080 --> 00:27:03.240 and let God do the work. 00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:05.580 So we are all 00:27:05.580 --> 00:27:08.060 to be preachers 00:27:08.060 --> 00:27:09.259 and bearers 00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:10.299 of the good news. 00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.720 All of us. 00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.299 So that is 00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:14.720 Spirit-empowered preaching. 00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.019 Okay, 00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:17.340 we are vessels of this. 00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:19.039 On your bulletin, 00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:20.980 if you have one, 00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:23.500 I put a quote out 00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:24.919 by Martin Lloyd-Jones. 00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:27.759 We all read a book together 00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.319 in the apprenticeship 00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:30.000 called Preaching and Preachers 00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:30.519 that he wrote. 00:27:31.959 --> 00:27:32.919 But it says this, 00:27:32.959 --> 00:27:33.619 What is preaching? 00:27:34.639 --> 00:27:35.879 Logic on fire. 00:27:36.919 --> 00:27:37.819 Eloquent reason. 00:27:38.919 --> 00:27:39.939 What is the chief end 00:27:39.939 --> 00:27:40.339 of preaching? 00:27:41.179 --> 00:27:42.179 I like to think 00:27:42.179 --> 00:27:42.799 it is this. 00:27:43.639 --> 00:27:44.699 It is to give men 00:27:44.699 --> 00:27:45.159 and women 00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:46.480 a sense of God 00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:47.380 in His presence. 00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:49.560 As long as the preacher 00:27:49.560 --> 00:27:51.580 gives me a sense of God, 00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:53.240 if he gives me 00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:54.500 something for my soul, 00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:57.180 though he is inadequate himself, 00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:59.220 he is handling something 00:27:59.220 --> 00:28:00.400 which is very great 00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:01.380 and very glorious. 00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:03.060 If he gives me 00:28:03.060 --> 00:28:04.019 a dim glimpse 00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.820 of the majesty 00:28:04.820 --> 00:28:06.779 and the glory of God, 00:28:07.320 --> 00:28:08.980 the love of Christ my Savior, 00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.779 and the magnificence 00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.420 of the gospel, 00:28:12.140 --> 00:28:13.259 if he does that, 00:28:13.320 --> 00:28:14.140 I am his debtor, 00:28:14.140 --> 00:28:15.740 and I am profoundly 00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.720 grateful to him. 00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.259 That's the goal 00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:18.900 is to give people 00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:20.480 a sense of the presence 00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:21.020 of God, 00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:22.720 to lift up Christ. 00:28:23.580 --> 00:28:24.400 That's the goal. 00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:25.860 So, 00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:29.340 this brings us 00:28:29.340 --> 00:28:30.360 to the second question. 00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:31.440 Okay, that was the first question. 00:28:31.580 --> 00:28:32.280 That was the introduction 00:28:32.280 --> 00:28:33.960 to what Peter is doing. 00:28:34.040 --> 00:28:34.759 He's expounding 00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.700 the Word of God. 00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:38.080 He's trying to persuade 00:28:38.080 --> 00:28:38.840 and he's relying 00:28:38.840 --> 00:28:39.880 on the power of the Spirit 00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.700 to do so. 00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:42.820 So, back to Acts 2. 00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:45.539 We'll stay in here now. 00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:47.279 The second thing is, 00:28:47.399 --> 00:28:48.500 how does Peter begin 00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:49.079 the sermon? 00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:49.899 Like, what does he do? 00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.700 How does he begin it? 00:28:51.399 --> 00:28:52.000 Well, first, 00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.500 he begins 00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.799 a refutation 00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:55.619 and then, secondly, 00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.379 an explanation. 00:28:57.419 --> 00:28:58.759 So, 12 through 15, 00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:00.659 he's simply just 00:29:00.659 --> 00:29:01.159 telling them 00:29:01.159 --> 00:29:01.679 that they're wrong. 00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:02.240 Like, this isn't, 00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:02.960 these guys just 00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.759 aren't crazy. 00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:05.339 He addresses 00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:05.960 what actually 00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.639 is going on. 00:29:07.419 --> 00:29:08.299 He came to them, 00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:09.359 it says there, 00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:11.219 and he showed them 00:29:11.219 --> 00:29:11.859 just how foolish 00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:12.639 their remarks were. 00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:12.919 He's like, 00:29:12.979 --> 00:29:13.579 look, not even 00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:14.719 the drunkards 00:29:14.719 --> 00:29:15.579 are drunk right now. 00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:17.459 This isn't what's going on. 00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:19.279 Just to kind of show them. 00:29:20.179 --> 00:29:20.439 He said, 00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.079 men of Judah 00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:21.740 and all who dwell 00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.359 in Jerusalem, 00:29:22.659 --> 00:29:23.859 let this be known to you 00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:25.519 and give ear to my words. 00:29:25.619 --> 00:29:27.059 These people are not drunk 00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:27.919 as you suppose. 00:29:28.479 --> 00:29:29.579 It's only the third hour 00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:30.059 of the day. 00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:31.819 So, very quickly, 00:29:31.879 --> 00:29:32.559 he just kind of said, 00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:33.659 that's not what's going on. 00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.359 This is what's going on. 00:29:35.379 --> 00:29:36.079 Then he moves to 00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:36.699 explaining 00:29:36.699 --> 00:29:38.039 what actually is happening. 00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:39.700 So, he gives you 00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.299 an explanation. 00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:43.740 16 through 21, 00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.720 he just quotes 00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.940 and cites 00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:46.799 the prophet Joel. 00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:48.180 Like, 00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:49.000 this prophecy 00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:50.579 that Joel gave 00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:51.779 long ago, 00:29:51.879 --> 00:29:53.000 this is the fulfillment 00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.440 of it. 00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:55.259 This is what is happening. 00:29:55.899 --> 00:29:56.720 The Spirit of God 00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.259 has come. 00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.879 The people are speaking 00:29:58.879 --> 00:29:59.680 of the mighty works 00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:00.079 of God 00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:01.059 in various languages 00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:01.859 at Pentecost. 00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.579 And he's trying 00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:04.099 to tell them 00:30:04.099 --> 00:30:05.299 this is a glimpse, 00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:06.659 a taste 00:30:06.659 --> 00:30:08.000 of what is 00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.420 to come 00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:09.940 when the fullness 00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:10.500 of the kingdom 00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:11.460 comes one day. 00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:12.880 But if you look 00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:14.099 in verse 17, 00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.759 he uses the term 00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.700 the last days. 00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:18.759 So, just to unpack 00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.559 that just briefly, 00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.740 like the last days 00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:22.240 is an error 00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:22.920 of time 00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:24.160 and redemptive history 00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:25.539 or the divine 00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:26.279 time clock, 00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:26.779 however you want 00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.500 to say it, 00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:29.759 that is inaugurated 00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.380 by the coming 00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:31.019 of Christ, 00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:32.220 the coming 00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:32.799 of the Spirit, 00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:34.839 and it's the season 00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:35.779 we live in right now. 00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:36.759 These are the last days. 00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.299 It will end 00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:38.099 when Christ comes 00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:38.480 back, 00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.720 when He returns 00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:40.559 for His people 00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:42.099 and to bring judgment 00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:43.299 on those who have 00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:44.180 rejected Him. 00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:46.140 It is right now. 00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.960 It was foretold 00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.680 by the prophets 00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:50.039 that this would come, 00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:50.940 a Messiah would come, 00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.460 and He would usher 00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:52.359 in a new age 00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:54.259 and the story 00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:54.920 of salvation 00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:55.819 to Adam's 00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:56.680 fallen race. 00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.379 Christ's life 00:30:58.379 --> 00:30:58.920 and death 00:30:58.920 --> 00:30:59.500 and His erection 00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:00.279 has been accomplished. 00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:01.819 So right now, 00:31:01.899 --> 00:31:02.279 you and I 00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:03.379 are in the last days. 00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:05.000 It's this season 00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:06.099 where God is offering 00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:07.059 grace to sinners. 00:31:07.859 --> 00:31:09.119 Here's my peace terms. 00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:11.019 Come to me 00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.940 through my Son. 00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:13.059 Come on my terms, 00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.319 not yours. 00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:16.399 I will be your Father. 00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:18.000 I will love you. 00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:18.819 I will forgive you 00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:19.779 on my terms. 00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.319 But on your terms, 00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:22.119 we remain enemies. 00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:23.359 That's what's going on 00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:23.779 right now. 00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:24.899 It's a season 00:31:24.899 --> 00:31:25.799 where God listens 00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.339 to sinners 00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:27.059 who come to Him 00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.700 and repent. 00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.240 But that time 00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.839 will end. 00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:31.439 And when Christ returns. 00:31:32.199 --> 00:31:32.839 That's what the rest 00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:33.299 of this kind of 00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:34.039 goes on to say. 00:31:34.939 --> 00:31:35.539 But at the beginning 00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:36.639 of the Gospel of Mark, 00:31:37.419 --> 00:31:38.240 Jesus Himself 00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:39.619 calls people to this. 00:31:39.679 --> 00:31:40.099 He says 00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:41.319 in chapter 1, 00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:41.919 verse 15, 00:31:42.679 --> 00:31:43.899 the time is fulfilled. 00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:46.119 The last days 00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:46.519 are here. 00:31:47.359 --> 00:31:48.279 The kingdom of God 00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.839 is at hand. 00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:50.119 Repent and believe 00:31:50.119 --> 00:31:50.740 in the Gospel. 00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:51.500 That's what He says. 00:31:52.679 --> 00:31:53.000 Right? 00:31:53.639 --> 00:31:54.619 So furthermore, 00:31:54.679 --> 00:31:55.399 in the last days, 00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:56.099 God promised 00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:56.619 through the prophets 00:31:56.619 --> 00:31:57.839 to pour out His Spirit, 00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:59.379 His Holy Spirit, 00:31:59.380 --> 00:32:00.000 on people. 00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.800 It says on all flesh. 00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:03.280 Not literally 00:32:03.280 --> 00:32:03.840 in the sense 00:32:03.840 --> 00:32:04.620 of every single 00:32:04.620 --> 00:32:05.480 human being 00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:07.000 that walks the earth, 00:32:07.040 --> 00:32:08.220 but rather all types 00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:08.720 of people. 00:32:09.580 --> 00:32:10.020 Jews, 00:32:10.360 --> 00:32:10.980 Gentiles. 00:32:11.620 --> 00:32:12.460 See the phrases there? 00:32:12.580 --> 00:32:12.900 Sons, 00:32:13.060 --> 00:32:13.440 daughters, 00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:14.740 young men, 00:32:14.820 --> 00:32:15.380 old men, 00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.860 male and female 00:32:16.860 --> 00:32:17.500 servants. 00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:18.819 all are going 00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.920 to possess the Spirit. 00:32:21.099 --> 00:32:21.720 And all shall 00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.259 prophesy. 00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:23.019 They will tell 00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:24.279 the truth about God. 00:32:24.359 --> 00:32:24.859 They will speak 00:32:24.859 --> 00:32:25.880 the Word of God 00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:27.099 to the ends 00:32:27.099 --> 00:32:27.640 of the earth. 00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:28.940 Namely, 00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.859 to preach and to tell 00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:31.299 the mighty works 00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:31.759 of God. 00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.640 That's what it is. 00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.279 That's what we see 00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:34.859 happening. 00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:36.380 And so, 00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:37.119 then He finishes 00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:38.619 by including 00:32:38.619 --> 00:32:39.700 the rest of the prophecy 00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:40.779 that actually 00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.880 hasn't happened yet, 00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.339 but will. 00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.019 He quotes 00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:45.160 from Joel 00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:46.220 and He explains 00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:46.839 that these days 00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:47.819 will come to an end. 00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:49.440 These last days 00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:50.119 will end 00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:52.079 when Christ returns 00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:53.799 to judge 00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.639 and to make war. 00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.619 And He gives you 00:32:56.619 --> 00:32:59.200 these scary images 00:32:59.200 --> 00:33:00.220 of final judgment. 00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:01.619 Blood, 00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:02.139 fire, 00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:03.180 vapor of smoke, 00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:04.759 the sun turned 00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.359 to darkness, 00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:06.480 the moon to blood 00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:07.619 before the day 00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:08.700 of the Lord comes. 00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:10.039 The great 00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:10.940 and magnificent 00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:12.299 day. 00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:14.059 But, 00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:15.119 instead of leading 00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:15.599 them like 00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:16.659 right there, 00:33:16.839 --> 00:33:17.559 He goes on. 00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:18.759 He's like, 00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:20.579 this is the time 00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:21.839 where those 00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:22.879 who call upon 00:33:22.879 --> 00:33:24.240 the name of the Lord 00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:25.099 will be saved. 00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:27.139 Come to Christ. 00:33:27.379 --> 00:33:28.039 Be saved. 00:33:28.879 --> 00:33:29.519 Be delivered. 00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.480 Those who 00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:32.440 come to Jesus, 00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.139 the Messiah, 00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:34.079 for salvation, 00:33:34.879 --> 00:33:35.359 turn away 00:33:35.359 --> 00:33:36.139 from their sins 00:33:36.139 --> 00:33:36.960 and follow Him 00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.599 and love Him 00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:38.899 with all their heart, 00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:40.339 they will be delivered 00:33:40.339 --> 00:33:41.619 from this final judgment 00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:43.199 that He's explaining here. 00:33:44.679 --> 00:33:44.919 So, 00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.679 life is short 00:33:45.679 --> 00:33:47.759 and life is fleeting. 00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:49.399 Are you ready 00:33:49.399 --> 00:33:50.359 to really breathe 00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:50.939 your laughs? 00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:51.119 Like, 00:33:51.139 --> 00:33:52.000 are you ready for that? 00:33:52.679 --> 00:33:53.439 Are you really ready 00:33:53.439 --> 00:33:54.339 to meet God? 00:33:56.159 --> 00:33:56.519 Have you made 00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:57.500 the most of your life 00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:59.199 here for yourself 00:33:59.199 --> 00:34:00.119 or for the glory 00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:00.619 of God? 00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:02.599 Are you ready 00:34:02.599 --> 00:34:03.439 to meet your God? 00:34:04.939 --> 00:34:05.759 We all 00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.839 will face this. 00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:08.599 You can joke about it. 00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:09.480 You can go home 00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:10.279 and numb yourself 00:34:10.279 --> 00:34:11.440 with internet 00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:12.119 and TV. 00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:13.460 You can act like 00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:14.339 it's not going to happen. 00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:15.179 We all are going 00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:16.119 to meet God one day. 00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.900 And those who 00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:19.519 belong to Christ 00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:20.960 will be spared 00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.500 His wrath 00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:22.119 and will be welcomed 00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:23.519 forever into His love 00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:24.159 and His kingdom. 00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:26.119 Those who reject 00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:27.579 remain under it. 00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.299 So, 00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:30.119 this closing, 00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.900 the third question 00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:32.380 shortly 00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:33.920 is, 00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:34.880 what is the goal 00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.759 of Peter's sermon? 00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:36.000 Like, 00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:36.599 what is he trying 00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:38.059 to do in this? 00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:38.839 What is the goal? 00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.699 And it really is 00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:41.019 the goal 00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.960 of all preaching. 00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.519 But jump down 00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:44.400 to verse 22, 00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:46.759 22 in chapter 2. 00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:48.219 He says, 00:34:49.339 --> 00:34:50.099 Men of Israel, 00:34:50.319 --> 00:34:51.279 hear these words. 00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:53.539 Jesus of Nazareth, 00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:54.799 a man attested 00:34:54.799 --> 00:34:55.360 to you 00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:56.779 by God. 00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.860 Then he goes on. 00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:00.400 This is what 00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:00.759 the goal 00:35:00.759 --> 00:35:01.599 of the sermon is. 00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:03.480 To hold up 00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:04.400 Jesus Christ. 00:35:05.819 --> 00:35:06.219 He's like, 00:35:06.219 --> 00:35:06.779 Listen to me 00:35:06.779 --> 00:35:07.299 carefully. 00:35:08.279 --> 00:35:09.179 Pay close attention, 00:35:09.299 --> 00:35:09.919 men of Israel. 00:35:11.339 --> 00:35:12.419 Jesus of Nazareth, 00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.219 a man attested 00:35:13.219 --> 00:35:14.139 to you by God. 00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:15.639 The word attested 00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:16.279 here is a really 00:35:16.279 --> 00:35:16.839 cool word. 00:35:16.959 --> 00:35:17.639 It means 00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:19.239 putting something 00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:19.879 on exhibit, 00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:21.159 putting something 00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.980 on display. 00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.959 It's also used 00:35:23.959 --> 00:35:24.839 in another sense 00:35:24.839 --> 00:35:26.739 of proving something 00:35:26.739 --> 00:35:27.759 and bringing evidence 00:35:27.759 --> 00:35:28.559 to prove something. 00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:31.000 And likewise, 00:35:31.339 --> 00:35:32.579 it's also used 00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:34.439 for proclaiming. 00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:35.780 And all these 00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:36.679 are true about Jesus, 00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:37.119 no matter how 00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:38.039 you look at that word. 00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:39.860 Jesus was a man 00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.880 that God put on 00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.740 exhibition, 00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.220 like, 00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:43.500 look at him. 00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:45.300 He held Jesus up. 00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:46.960 And he brought 00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:48.380 plenty of evidence 00:35:48.380 --> 00:35:49.360 to prove that Jesus 00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:50.220 was the Messiah, 00:35:51.220 --> 00:35:51.780 which is what he 00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:52.260 goes into. 00:35:53.220 --> 00:35:54.280 And then likewise, 00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:55.300 he was the one 00:35:55.300 --> 00:35:56.200 that God proclaimed 00:35:56.200 --> 00:35:56.780 truth through. 00:35:57.260 --> 00:35:58.360 He came to show us 00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:59.280 who the Father was. 00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:01.099 He's the only one 00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:01.659 that's come from 00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:02.119 the Father, 00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:02.739 and he's the only 00:36:02.739 --> 00:36:03.259 one that has gone 00:36:03.259 --> 00:36:04.039 back to the Father. 00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.559 And he has come 00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:06.239 to show us 00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:07.319 the Father. 00:36:08.279 --> 00:36:08.799 So all these 00:36:08.799 --> 00:36:09.460 are true of Jesus. 00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:10.059 His birth, 00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:10.619 his life, 00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:11.079 his death, 00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:11.699 his resurrection, 00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:13.199 all of that 00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:14.099 validated him 00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:15.059 as the true Messiah. 00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:16.940 So the result 00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:17.900 was to Peter's 00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:18.420 faithfulness 00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:19.420 to declare Christ 00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:20.380 and to teach 00:36:20.380 --> 00:36:21.019 the word of God 00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:22.079 was 3,000 people 00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:22.639 were delivered 00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:23.159 that day. 00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:24.299 They were persuaded 00:36:24.299 --> 00:36:25.539 to throw their 00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:26.139 whole lives 00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:26.920 into Jesus, 00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:27.599 the Messiah. 00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:30.339 So for the next 00:36:30.339 --> 00:36:30.819 two weeks, 00:36:30.860 --> 00:36:31.059 we're going to 00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:31.739 unpack that. 00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:33.619 Like Christ's life, 00:36:33.719 --> 00:36:34.119 his death, 00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:34.799 his resurrection, 00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:35.619 all of that, 00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:36.319 his second coming, 00:36:36.839 --> 00:36:37.880 is all in the 00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:38.659 coming verses. 00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:40.059 So that's going 00:36:40.059 --> 00:36:40.519 to be the goal 00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:41.360 is to lift up 00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:42.420 Jesus, 00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:43.059 the Messiah. 00:36:44.339 --> 00:36:45.659 So Jesus said 00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:46.860 in John, 00:36:46.940 --> 00:36:47.980 if I be lifted up, 00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:48.559 I will draw 00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:49.739 all men to me. 00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:50.960 So when you're 00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:51.380 with people, 00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:52.039 that's the goal. 00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:52.900 Through your words, 00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:54.719 especially your words, 00:36:54.799 --> 00:36:55.779 but also in your life 00:36:55.779 --> 00:36:56.480 and how you live, 00:36:56.480 --> 00:36:57.599 to lift up Christ 00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:59.059 and allow God 00:36:59.059 --> 00:36:59.960 to use that 00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:01.079 to bring people 00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:01.719 to salvation.