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 So, this is Stephen Wellham. I think a lot of you have met him before. This is, how many times have you made it to Ireland now? A lot? Six or seven? Eight. Six or seven, wow. Okay. So Stephen has become a dear friend to us and we look forward to his teaching next week. Where's your home? Where do you come from?

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 Well, I live, right? I'm considered home Louisville, Kentucky in the United States. Okay. But I grew up in Canada and I'm now in the United States. Okay. And what do you do? What's your day-to-day work?

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 Day-to-day work is to teach at the seminary, Southern Baptist Seminary. So, teach in the area of theology, so helping students and then also try to get things published. Okay. Some writing.

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 Writing too, yeah. Yeah. And tell us a little bit about your family. Your wife, Karen.

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 Yes.

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 She's coming next year.

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 Yeah, on Saturday. So, my wife, Karen. So, it's our 40th anniversary this year.

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 Congratulations. Wow.

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 And five adult children. So, and then five grandchildren and two more grandchildren coming in July.

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 Wow. So, Karen's coming at the end of the week and you're heading off somewhere?

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 That's right. So, we'll celebrate our 40th by going just over to the UK and doing a little trip. And then I have to be in Glasgow on June 24th to 26th at a conference there.

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 Okay. Well, we're delighted you're here with us today and thank you for being here.

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 Thank you, John.

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 And, yeah, there'll be opportunity to chat with them afterwards over to you and come. Thank you.

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 Well, great to be with you this morning. And Johnny mentioned Acts 2, so you can turn there.

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 If you follow, not that you have to or anything, but if you follow the church calendar.

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 Today, you can probably guess if we're in Acts 2 and it's Pentecost.

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 June 8th is Pentecost Sunday.

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 So, I thought, look, that's a perfect day to spend our time looking at Acts 2, right?

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 So, we'll look at this passage and really we're looking at how this passage demonstrates that Jesus is both Lord and Savior.

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 A lot of times when we think of Pentecost in Acts 2, we just think it's debates over whether we should speak in tongues or not, right?

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 And that's often where it gets reduced to, but that's really not its point.

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 Its point really is a demonstration that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior, right?

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 So, often Pentecost is neglected.

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 Often the ascension of Christ, these two events, Acts 1, records the ascension of Christ, Acts 2, Pentecost.

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 We often forget them that they are part of Christ's work, right?

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 We remember Christmas for all kinds of reasons, but we think of the incarnation.

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 And then we then come to Good Friday and Easter Sunday and we have celebration of the Lord's death and then his resurrection.

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 And then after resurrection Sunday, we generally just go on with our life until Christmas comes around again.

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 And then we have Easter.

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 But, right, Christ's work is not complete in his first coming without these two events, the ascension and Pentecost.

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 Christ's work in his first coming does not end with the resurrection.

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 Ascension is 40 days after Christ's resurrection.

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 And that's what, if you have your Bibles, right, Acts 1 is recounting for us.

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 So, here's the historical account of the ascension where Jesus, from the resurrection to this event for 40 days,

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 appeared and disappeared with his disciples, right?

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 We're told that in 1 Corinthians 15, he appeared during this time to even 500 people at one time.

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 And during this time, he was teaching the disciples about all that had occurred in terms of his death and resurrection,

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 preparing for his departure, which would occur at the ascension,

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 and preparing them for Pentecost, for the coming of the Spirit.

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 So, Acts 1, you have that as Luke begins the book of Acts.

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 So, Luke, Acts go together.

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 He mentions there in the former book, in verse 1 of Acts 1,

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 Theophilus, whoever that is,

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 He's writing to him about all that Jesus began to do and to teach until he was taken up into heaven.

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 After instructions to the Holy Spirit, to the apostles, he has chosen.

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 So, for this period of time, he's meeting with them.

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 After his suffering, he showed himself to these men and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive.

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 He appeared to them for a period of 40 days, spoke about the kingdom of God.

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 And during this time, they then said to him, right, he says to them in verse 4,

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 Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about.

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 Right, so already in his ministry, he mentions here,

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 For John baptized with water, but in a few days you'll be baptized with the Holy Spirit.

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 Right, so all the way back in the Gospels, right, John is the one who is the forerunner of Christ.

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 He announces him, and then he says,

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 Jesus will be the one who will baptize you in the Spirit.

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 And Jesus is then saying, right, I have died, I've been raised, I'm going to ascend.

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 Wait here until that now is going to occur.

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 And he's preparing us for Pentecost.

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 And they are then asking him, even at this time in verse 6,

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 Lord, when are you going to restore the kingdom to Israel?

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 And then he tells them, which is really what unfolds in the book of Acts.

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 He says to them, it's not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set,

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 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you.

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 And of course, that's going to then just take place in 10 days, right?

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 And you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth.

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 Of course, that's the book of Acts, isn't it?

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 They are going to wait.

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 They're going to receive the Spirit.

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 They're going to preach the gospel first in Jerusalem.

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 And then that gospel will then go to Judea.

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 The Gentiles, Cornelius, will be brought in.

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 That's all about Acts 10.

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 All the church will expand.

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 Where does the book of Acts end?

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 Ultimately, it ends in Rome, right?

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 The capital of the world where Paul then takes the gospel there.

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 So Jesus, right, in his life, death, resurrection, his 40 days of appearing,

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 is then reminding them of all that he's done, preparing them for his departure,

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 which then takes place in verse 9 in Acts 1.

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 After this, he was taken up before the very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

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 They're looking at him, wondering all that's gone on.

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 And the angels then appear in verse 10 and say,

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 Why are you looking?

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 Here he has now departed.

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 Don't expect him to show up again like he's been doing for 40 days.

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 He is now seated, and of course the ascension, our focus this morning isn't on that,

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 but the ascension is such an important event where he leaves.

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 He is then seated at God's right hand.

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 He is now ruling over history, orchestrating everything to its final end.

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 And these angels then say, Stop looking up.

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 Get busy.

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 Go and wait for the giving of the Spirit, as he told you.

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 And then ultimately you will take the message of the gospel to the ends of the earth.

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 And he will then come back, just as you saw him depart,

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 he will come back publicly and bring everything to its end.

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 And so here's really the age that we live in, right?

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 All of after his ascension, after we'll see at Pentecost,

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 and now living in this age until he comes again.

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 And then in chapter 1 you have the description there of choosing a new disciple.

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 Judas is deaf.

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 And then chapter 2 opens on this day of Pentecost.

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 We'll come to that just in a moment.

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 Where they're waiting, right?

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 So 10 days after he's departed, they're now waiting in an upper room.

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 And then the great event of Pentecost occurs.

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 So we're going to look at Acts 2, given that it is Pentecost Sunday.

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 And because this event is often neglected, right, we want to see what it teaches us.

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 And first and foremost, how it reveals to us that Jesus Christ truly is Lord, Savior.

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 He has done his work in his first coming.

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 It's complete.

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 And then we now are about the business of seeing the church taken to the ends of the earth,

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 the gospel message, and awaiting his coming.

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 So that brings us to Acts chapter 2.

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 We've already sort of set the context of it.

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 But now we'll look at Acts 2 in terms of its breakdown.

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 In the first 13 verses, you have a description of what occurs on this 50th day after the resurrection.

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 And that's in verses 1 through 13.

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 And then you have the interpretation of it, right, or the explanation of it.

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 So you have an event that occurs.

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 It's not obvious to the people all that's happening.

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 They see it as something perplexing, right?

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 Something strange is occurring here.

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 How do we understand this event?

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 And then in verse 14, we have the first sort of gospel message of Peter, right?

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 He stands up, proclaims to the people there in Jerusalem what now has occurred on Pentecost,

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 and interprets that event for us.

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 And all of his interpretation we'll be looking at here is this is the fulfillment of the Old Testament.

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 All the Old Testament prophets look forward to this day,

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 and it now has come because Jesus is Lord and Savior, right?

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 He is crucified.

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 He's been risen.

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 He now has ascended.

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 And then he calls them to faith and repentance.

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 So we'll look at sort of three aspects of this passage.

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 First, the description of the event, verses 1 to 13, its explanation in 14 through 36,

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 and then just think of some of its application to us, verses 36 through 41.

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 So if you have your Bibles, I apologize.

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 I've got this old NIV Bible from 1984.

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 And the reason I do that, I know most are reading ESV or something like that,

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 is because I've got too many notes in my Bible, and to change it and all that is just too difficult.

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 So I just follow along.

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 It's very similar to what you will have.

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 So Acts 2, verses 1 to 13, a description of the event.

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 So here they are in the upper room when the day of Pentecost came.

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 They were all together in one place.

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 Suddenly, a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven

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 and filled the whole house where they were sitting.

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 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.

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 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

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 Now there were, staying in Jerusalem, God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.

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 When they heard this sound, the crowd came together in bewilderment,

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 because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

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 Utterly amazed, they asked,

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 Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans?

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 Then how is it that each of us hears them in our own native language?

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 Parthenians, Medes, Balaamites, residents of Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus in Asia,

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 Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and parts of Libya near Cyrene,

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 visitors from Rome, both Jews and converts to Judaism,

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 Cretans and Arabs, we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues.

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 And they asked,

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 Amazed and perplexed, they asked,

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 What does this mean?

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 How should we understand what's going on here?

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 Some, however, made fun of them

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 and said,

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 They've had too much wine.

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 So there's the description of the event, right?

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 And then Peter will stand up and say,

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 They haven't had too much wine.

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 This is the meaning of the event.

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 And we'll come back to that just in a moment.

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 But the description of the event, right?

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 The focus here is on the place, right?

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 They are meeting in this upper room in Jerusalem, right?

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 And the time is so significant, right?

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 Luke tells us this is on the day of Pentecost, right?

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 This was a familiar event from the Old Testament, right?

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 So the Old Testament has all kinds of feasts and events and places of remembrance.

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 And Pentecost was an event that celebrated what was called the Feast of Weeks, right?

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 You'll find that if you were to go back to Leviticus.

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 Leviticus chapter 23 describes this feast.

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 It was 50 days.

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 And it was 50 days.

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 Pentecost is 50 days after the Exodus, right?

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 So it's a very, very important event, right?

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 So in the Exodus in the Old Testament, you had the Passover that brought about the Exodus

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 where Israel then is taken out of Egypt.

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 So this Passover Exodus event.

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 And 50 days later, you then have the celebration of Pentecost.

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 And it also reminded, right, that this is the time where they were taken into the wilderness

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 at Mount Sinai, right?

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 So this is a crucial event in the life of Israel.

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 And what's happening here is this is now being celebrated in Jerusalem, right?

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 And all these Jewish people are gathered, people from all over the world.

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 And now this is when the Spirit of God comes on this day.

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 Now, this very fact that it happens on this day is not accidental, right?

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 So just as, right, if you work through the Bible, right, just as Passover and Exodus brought

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 about Israel's redemption, right?

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 They are delivered from bondage to Egypt.

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 Well, in a far greater way, right, the Old Testament Passover and the Old Testament Exodus

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 in God's plan looked forward to a greater Passover, right?

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 A greater deliverance.

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 And, of course, that gets all picked up in terms of the Gospels, isn't it?

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 On the night Jesus is betrayed, he's celebrating the Passover, right?

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 And in his celebration of that, he says, the Passover now is going to be fulfilled in me, right?

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 I'm the Passover lamb, right?

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 And what does he then do in his death and then ultimately his resurrection?

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 He brings about redemption, right?

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 The very language of redemption is Exodus language, right?

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 And so Jesus then is the great Passover.

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 He's the one who truly delivers us in a far greater way than happened to Israel in Egypt.

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 He delivers us from sin and redeems us from sin.

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 And now, just as Israel celebrated 50 days later after their Exodus, now in the true fulfillment

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 of redemption, the true Passover, now 50 days later, the Spirit of God is poured out.

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 And, of course, that's not insignificant, right?

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 Jesus now is fulfilling all of these events from the Old Testament, right?

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 And that's why this day of Pentecost is such a significant day built off the Old Testament.

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 Now, as Luke describes the event, he describes sort of three features that could be natural,

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 but they're clearly supernatural, right?

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 So, Luke describes that when the Spirit comes, they hear this mighty sound.

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 Right?

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 And we're told that in verse 2.

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 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind, right?

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 So, it seems natural.

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 You hear the wind blow.

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 You can hear the sound of it, right?

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 And that's there.

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 There's something is now happening.

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 And now this sound occurs.

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 And then they have a sight.

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 They see a sight of what seemed to be, right?

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 So, sort of over their heads is like this tongues of fire.

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 They're seeing there.

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 So, they're hearing this sound.

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 They're seeing this sight.

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 And suddenly, as a result of this, they are now able to speak in languages they did not know, right?

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 And these are not unknown languages.

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 Very clearly, as we read this, right?

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 The languages they're speaking in are known languages.

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 And they're reflected by all these people.

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 This crowd is an international crowd.

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 And what's going on here is these are Jewish people.

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 God-fears.

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 God-fears were those who came under Israel, right?

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 They may be Gentiles, but they were those who worshipped the God of the Old Testament.

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 But these are primarily Jewish people that lived outside of Israel, right?

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 Outside of Jerusalem.

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 They were those who then would come to Jerusalem and celebrate the Passover and celebrate the Pentecost.

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 And in their languages, they were spread out all over the world.

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 And you have this description here of verses 9 through 11, all of these nations, right?

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 This is picking up from the Old Testament, very much alluding to Genesis 10.

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 Genesis 10, if you know that passage of Scripture, is the table of nations, right?

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 So Genesis 10 and 11, these two go together.

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 And this is what is taking place here.

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 In chapter 10, you have this table of nations that come out of Noah, all the different nations of the earth.

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 And then you have, in chapter 11, the Tower of Babel, right?

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 Where all the languages are dispersed.

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 Well, this is now, right, a kind of reversal of that.

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 So here you have these Jewish people coming from the nations.

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 And it speaks here of them, every nation under heaven, right?

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 This doesn't mean every single person was from there.

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 It's a representation of them, right?

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 They represented all these places, right?

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 And they're now gathered in Jerusalem.

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 And they see now and they hear of these people speaking their known language.

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 And they're amazed because they say, aren't these just Galileans, right?

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 So we've been talking at the Campbell House about different accents.

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 Well, the Galileans in Israel would have had a very distinct accent.

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 It wouldn't have been same as those in Jerusalem.

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 And then they hear them speaking in languages with perfect accents, right?

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 And they're wondering, what on earth is going here?

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 These men have not known these languages.

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 They're speaking these languages perfectly.

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 And they're speaking of the wonders of God.

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 And they're just now perplexed, right?

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 They're amazed.

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 They're, what is going on here, right?

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 And the whole context here is, again, set within Old Testament understanding, right?

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 The nations are now coming, right?

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 This is what Jesus said in Acts 1.

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 Wait for Jerusalem, and you will see the kingdom of God now come to Jerusalem,

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 to the uttermost parts of the earth.

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 And this is now the beginning of it, right?

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 These nations are coming.

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 These Jewish people, they're now hearing in their own languages the mighty wonders of God.

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 But still, they are perplexed, right?

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 You see that in verse 12.

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 Amazed, perplexed.

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 It's not obvious to them why this is occurring, right?

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 They're hearing this.

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 They're seeing this.

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 They're wondering, what on earth is happening?

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 This is not normal.

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 This isn't just sort of a normal phenomenon.

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 Something supernatural is taking place.

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 And then, of course, as you have always in a crowd,

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 you have some who are wondering what's happening,

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 and then you have others who are the skeptics, right?

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 The cynics.

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 And you have that in verse 13.

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 Ha!

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 Some are making fun of them.

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 All they are is drunk, right?

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 Well, of course, being drunk doesn't mean you can speak in tongues.

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 That doesn't explain anything.

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 But you have the diverse interpretations, right?

00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:27.960
 You have some.

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 What is going on?

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 And so they're asking, in some sense,

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 give us an explanation of this event.

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 That's where we move to verses 14 through 36, right?

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 Peter now will stand up,

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 and this will be the first message that he gives,

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 and he's going to interpret this event, right?

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 They're seeing this phenomena.

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 They're wondering what it means.

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 Peter will stand up and say,

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 this is what this event means,

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 and this is why you need to take this very, very seriously, right?

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 And so here we have the explanation of Pentecost.

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 Now, Peter says a lot here.

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 There's a lot in this message that he gives,

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 but there's two main points that just come through very strongly, right?

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 The first point is, he says to this crowd,

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:27.540
 what you're seeing here is the fulfillment of the prophets, right?

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 This is rooted in Old Testament expectation that now is happening, right?

00:23:33.780 --> 00:23:37.840
 What we've longed for for years and years and years

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 now is taking place right before your very eyes, right?

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 And the second point he's going to make, I've already said,

00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:48.980
 is that the reason this is all now happening

00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:58.359
 is because Jesus lived, he died, he was raised,

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 he's ascended to the right hand of God,

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 and he is the one who's poured this out, the spirit out.

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 He's the one, if you want an explanation

00:24:07.659 --> 00:24:09.679
 of why all these people are speaking this way,

00:24:10.099 --> 00:24:13.359
 is because he is the savior of the world,

00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:16.959
 and he is the Lord of all things, right?

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:18.439
 And that's where he's going to go,

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 and then he's going to call them to faith and repentance.

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 So let's look at what he says,

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 first in terms of this fulfillment of the Old Testament,

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 and we primarily have that in verses 14 through 21.

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 So, verse 14, Peter stands up with the eleven,

00:24:37.959 --> 00:24:39.519
 raised his voice and addressed the crowd,

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:42.779
 fellow Jews and all you who live in Jerusalem,

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:44.799
 let me explain this to you,

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 listen carefully to what I say.

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 You're amazed, you're perplexed,

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 some of you are skeptics,

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:52.299
 let me address you, right?

00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:55.400
 Then he says, verse 15, he takes on the skeptic.

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 These men are not drunk, as you suppose,

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 it's only nine in the morning.

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:01.879
 No.

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:05.139
 If you want to know the meaning of this event,

00:25:05.420 --> 00:25:07.879
 you've got to go back to Joel, right?

00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:08.720
 The prophet Joel.

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 This is what was spoken by the prophet Joel.

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 Then he quotes from Joel chapter 2.

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 In the last days.

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 Of course, that's Joel looking to the future, right?

00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:26.960
 God says, I will pour out my spirit on all people.

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 Now that all people is going to be significant.

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 Your sons and daughters will prophesy.

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 Your young men will see visions.

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 Your old men will dream dreams.

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 Even on my servants, both men and women,

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 I will pour out my spirit in those days.

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 They will prophesy.

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 I will show wonders in the heaven above,

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 signs on the earth below,

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 blood and fire and billows of smoke.

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 The sun will be turned to darkness,

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 the moon to blood,

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 before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.

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 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

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 Now he quotes that first to say,

00:26:13.340 --> 00:26:16.200
 this is what is now happening, right?

00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:18.200
 If you want an explanation of the event,

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:22.460
 go back to the Old Testament and he quotes Joel.

00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:26.319
 Now, Peter could have quoted a whole number of things, right?

00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:29.899
 And these messages don't think that that's all he said.

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:32.619
 I don't know how long he spoke,

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:36.919
 but he has put together a whole number of passages here

00:26:36.919 --> 00:26:38.359
 and he's got some other ones as well.

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:40.619
 But in appealing to Joel too,

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:43.039
 appealing to Joel as a prophet,

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:47.700
 he's reminding them about God's promises from the Old Testament.

00:26:47.939 --> 00:26:51.019
 We don't have time to walk through all those promises,

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:54.099
 but in the end, what he's saying here is,

00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:57.940
 if you read the Old Testament all the way back to Genesis,

00:26:58.379 --> 00:27:02.900
 God has been promising a coming of a Redeemer.

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:05.180
 And that Redeemer,

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:08.500
 seed of the woman, he mentions in Genesis 3.15,

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:11.819
 that seed of the woman as you walk through the Old Testament

00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:13.259
 will come through Israel.

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 And he will come as the great Davidic king.

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:22.839
 And he will come and usher in a new covenant, right?

00:27:22.899 --> 00:27:24.299
 All of that is Old Testament.

00:27:24.939 --> 00:27:27.419
 And as you get to the prophets, right?

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:29.759
 You get those major writing prophets,

00:27:29.879 --> 00:27:31.319
 Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel,

00:27:31.399 --> 00:27:33.740
 you get Joel as a minor prophet, right?

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:37.740
 They begin to look to the future of when the Messiah comes,

00:27:38.139 --> 00:27:39.500
 he brings this new covenant.

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:42.159
 Bound up with the new covenant

00:27:42.159 --> 00:27:46.359
 will be the pouring out of the Spirit, right?

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:50.379
 And so all the prophets begin to look to the future and say,

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:52.159
 when this Messiah comes,

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:55.299
 and all the hope of Israel was to see the coming of this Messiah,

00:27:55.419 --> 00:27:56.539
 the Christ, right?

00:27:56.859 --> 00:27:58.859
 And when he brings a new covenant,

00:27:59.259 --> 00:28:01.679
 he will pour out the Spirit.

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:06.459
 He will pour out the Spirit by transforming the people.

00:28:06.639 --> 00:28:10.439
 And I think here of Ezekiel 37 and so on,

00:28:10.479 --> 00:28:13.919
 these passages where in the promise of the coming of the new covenant,

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:18.180
 God says, I will sprinkle water on them and they'll be clean.

00:28:18.560 --> 00:28:20.440
 I'll clean them from their impurities.

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:21.840
 I'll give them a new heart.

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:23.980
 I'll put a new spirit in them.

00:28:24.060 --> 00:28:26.140
 I'll remove their heart of stone.

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:27.519
 I'll give them a heart of flesh.

00:28:27.600 --> 00:28:30.160
 I'll put my spirit in them, right?

00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:34.380
 So this is all part of what Peter is appealing to, right?

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:35.980
 So with the coming of Messiah,

00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:38.380
 which is, of course, where he's going to move with Christ,

00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:40.400
 in the coming of the new covenant,

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:42.759
 God is going to pour out the Spirit.

00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:45.900
 He's going to transform the people, right?

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:48.720
 Joel is picking that up,

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:50.940
 but he's also picking up this theme

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:53.740
 that when the new covenant comes,

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:56.279
 he's not just going to transform the people,

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:58.299
 he's going to gift the people.

00:28:58.460 --> 00:29:00.660
 He's going to empower the people.

00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:03.220
 And that's really the emphasis here in Joel 2.

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:05.839
 I will pour out my spirit on all people,

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:09.460
 sons, daughters, young men, old men.

00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:11.299
 I will pour out my spirit.

00:29:11.399 --> 00:29:12.259
 They will prophesy.

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:15.559
 Now, anybody reading this from Joel

00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:21.359
 would also think of earlier stories in the Old Testament, right?

00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:24.479
 In the Old Testament, often the Spirit of God

00:29:24.479 --> 00:29:28.339
 came upon various leaders of Israel, right?

00:29:28.479 --> 00:29:30.859
 Prophets and priests and kings, right?

00:29:31.139 --> 00:29:33.959
 We see this particularly in Numbers 11.

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:35.659
 Numbers 11 in the Old Testament

00:29:35.659 --> 00:29:37.419
 is when Moses needs some help

00:29:37.419 --> 00:29:39.119
 governing the nation of Israel,

00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:42.359
 and so 70 elders are set aside,

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:46.579
 and the evidence that they are empowered by the Spirit

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:49.799
 is that they then are given the Spirit

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:50.759
 and they prophesy.

00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:54.159
 And that's this notion here that Joel's picking up.

00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:57.719
 But that only happened to a few people, right?

00:29:58.740 --> 00:30:02.039
 Moses, even in Numbers 11, will say,

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:05.240
 I wish that all of God's people

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:08.719
 would have the Spirit who would empower them

00:30:08.719 --> 00:30:09.779
 and gift them,

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:11.939
 and that they would all prophesy.

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:15.379
 Well, later on in Old Testament, Joel says,

00:30:15.899 --> 00:30:17.099
 well, coming in the future,

00:30:17.159 --> 00:30:18.779
 that's going to exactly happen, right?

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:21.579
 All people, and here the all people

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:23.220
 is referring to the covenant people,

00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:25.279
 and it's not referring to everybody out there.

00:30:25.639 --> 00:30:26.799
 All those in the covenant,

00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:28.480
 not just prophets, priests, and kings,

00:30:29.139 --> 00:30:31.960
 but all the people will not just be transformed,

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:34.200
 but they will be empowered.

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:35.440
 They will be gifted.

00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:37.639
 They will prophesy,

00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:39.480
 which is another way of saying

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:41.220
 they will have the Spirit, right?

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:43.299
 And Joel looks to the future

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:44.759
 and says,

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:46.460
 that is going to happen,

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:49.259
 and Peter is saying,

00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:50.900
 it now has happened.

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:53.380
 What you now see and hear

00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:55.000
 is precisely what

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:58.059
 all of us have been looking forward to,

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:59.180
 anticipating.

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:01.460
 The Old Testament promises

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:03.180
 are now coming to pass.

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:05.220
 What Joel anticipated is now here.

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:09.140
 The new covenant has now dawned, right?

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:11.279
 The Spirit has now been poured out,

00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:12.319
 and so on.

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:14.559
 Now, as he gives that,

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:16.539
 he then moves to this area here,

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.980
 then in verse 22 and following,

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:20.079
 of tying it to Christ.

00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:23.420
 This fulfillment of the Old Testament

00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:24.900
 didn't happen accidentally.

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:28.720
 It happened because of Jesus.

00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:34.100
 It happened because Jesus is the Messiah.

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:36.679
 Jesus is the one who,

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.659
 and then this is where,

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:39.059
 in verse 22 and following,

00:31:39.199 --> 00:31:42.000
 he just basically walks through

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:44.559
 the life and ministry,

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:47.759
 death and resurrection of Christ,

00:31:48.139 --> 00:31:51.019
 and arguing here that it's Jesus

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:52.399
 who lived, who died,

00:31:52.459 --> 00:31:53.179
 who's been raised,

00:31:53.619 --> 00:31:54.639
 who's ascended,

00:31:55.459 --> 00:31:57.399
 has now poured out the Spirit.

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:58.879
 So what you're seeing here

00:31:58.879 --> 00:32:00.959
 is the fulfillment of the Old Testament

00:32:00.959 --> 00:32:02.039
 because Jesus

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:04.500
 is the King of Kings.

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.559
 He is the Savior.

00:32:05.879 --> 00:32:06.799
 He is the Lord.

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:08.639
 The one you crucified

00:32:08.639 --> 00:32:10.920
 is now the one

00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:13.319
 who is sitting at God's right hand,

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:14.879
 who's poured out the Spirit,

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:15.420
 and of course,

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:16.339
 then he's going to call them

00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:17.119
 to faith and repentance.

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:18.500
 So in verse 22,

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:21.159
 you can see how this is going to work here.

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:21.940
 He says,

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.579
 men of Israel,

00:32:22.879 --> 00:32:24.480
 so he quotes Joel 2,

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:26.539
 the fulfillment of the Old Testament

00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:27.180
 is now occurring.

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:28.639
 It's occurring because

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:30.220
 of Jesus.

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:30.980
 Men of Israel,

00:32:31.060 --> 00:32:31.400
 he says,

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:32.140
 listen to this,

00:32:32.520 --> 00:32:33.640
 Jesus of Nazareth

00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:35.460
 was a man accredited by God to you

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:36.720
 by miracles,

00:32:37.040 --> 00:32:37.340
 wonders,

00:32:37.520 --> 00:32:38.120
 and signs.

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.880
 You know that.

00:32:39.280 --> 00:32:40.880
 He was among us for three years

00:32:40.880 --> 00:32:41.560
 doing ministry,

00:32:41.560 --> 00:32:42.980
 and you saw all those things,

00:32:43.120 --> 00:32:43.320
 right?

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.700
 God did among you.

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:45.880
 You yourselves know.

00:32:46.600 --> 00:32:47.280
 This man,

00:32:47.360 --> 00:32:47.560
 though,

00:32:47.600 --> 00:32:49.800
 was handed over to you

00:32:49.800 --> 00:32:51.660
 by God's set purpose

00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:52.400
 and foreknowledge,

00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:53.780
 and you,

00:32:54.620 --> 00:32:56.480
 with the help of wicked men,

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:58.060
 put him to death

00:32:58.060 --> 00:32:59.540
 by nailing him to the cross,

00:32:59.780 --> 00:33:00.000
 right?

00:33:00.060 --> 00:33:00.800
 So here he is.

00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:02.660
 He did his ministry among you,

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:05.160
 but you crucified him.

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:05.320
 Now,

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:05.680
 of course,

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:07.140
 eventually,

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:07.720
 they're going to say,

00:33:07.780 --> 00:33:08.040
 oh,

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:10.759
 we have done a wicked thing,

00:33:10.860 --> 00:33:11.060
 right?

00:33:11.100 --> 00:33:11.500
 And of course,

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.320
 he tells them that.

00:33:12.820 --> 00:33:14.380
 God raised him from the dead,

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:14.600
 though,

00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:14.840
 right?

00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:16.140
 You crucified him,

00:33:16.300 --> 00:33:17.380
 you wicked men,

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:19.800
 but God raised him from the dead,

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:21.380
 freeing him from the agony of death

00:33:21.380 --> 00:33:23.140
 because it's impossible for death

00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:24.380
 to keep a hold on him.

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:26.380
 And then he quotes

00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:27.480
 what we read earlier

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:29.140
 in the service,

00:33:29.280 --> 00:33:30.020
 Psalm 16,

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.340
 right?

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:31.380
 David said of him,

00:33:31.660 --> 00:33:32.800
 and you have that quotation

00:33:32.800 --> 00:33:33.800
 from Psalm 16,

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.200
 right?

00:33:34.620 --> 00:33:36.020
 I saw the Lord before me,

00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:36.840
 verse 26,

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:37.960
 my heart is glad

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:40.300
 because you've not left

00:33:40.300 --> 00:33:42.300
 your Holy One to decay,

00:33:42.620 --> 00:33:42.880
 right?

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:44.060
 And then in verse 29,

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:45.780
 he comments on that passage,

00:33:46.100 --> 00:33:46.420
 brothers,

00:33:46.520 --> 00:33:47.560
 I can tell you confidently,

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:49.320
 because that was a Psalm of David,

00:33:49.840 --> 00:33:51.240
 that David died

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.839
 and was buried.

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:52.700
 Obviously,

00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:53.720
 he's seen decay,

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:54.279
 right?

00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:55.559
 He is in the tomb,

00:33:55.859 --> 00:33:56.059
 right?

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:57.880
 But he was a prophet,

00:33:58.559 --> 00:34:00.000
 and he knew that God

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:01.279
 had promised him on oath

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:02.180
 that he would place

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:03.000
 one of his descendants

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.480
 on his throne.

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:04.359
 So he's appealing back

00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:05.579
 to the whole promises

00:34:05.579 --> 00:34:06.400
 of the Old Testament.

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:08.360
 Seeing what was ahead,

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:10.320
 he spoke of the resurrection

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:11.099
 of Christ,

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.920
 that he was not abandoned

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.659
 to the grave,

00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:15.000
 nor did his body see decay.

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:17.360
 God raised this,

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:17.840
 Jesus,

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:18.480
 to life,

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:19.519
 and we are witnesses

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:19.900
 of it,

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:20.079
 right?

00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:20.880
 So again,

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.639
 what is he doing here?

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:23.239
 He's walking through

00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:25.179
 life and ministry,

00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:26.440
 his death and resurrection

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:27.159
 of Christ,

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:28.199
 and of course,

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:30.259
 the explanation of Pentecost

00:34:30.259 --> 00:34:32.579
 is because of who Jesus is,

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:32.860
 right?

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:34.500
 And then he mentions here

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:35.119
 the resurrection.

00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:36.480
 Verse 33,

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:38.599
 he mentions ascension,

00:34:39.259 --> 00:34:40.300
 which is chapter 1,

00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:41.980
 exalted to the right hand

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.420
 of God,

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:44.519
 he has received

00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:46.480
 received from the Father

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:50.340
 the promised Holy Spirit

00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:52.320
 and has poured out

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:53.340
 what you now see and hear.

00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:53.880
 So here's,

00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:54.559
 right,

00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:55.259
 they're asking,

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:57.199
 what's the meaning

00:34:57.199 --> 00:34:57.880
 of this event?

00:34:58.139 --> 00:34:59.400
 What's happening here?

00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:00.579
 And he says,

00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:01.099
 I'll tell you

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.900
 what's happening here.

00:35:02.699 --> 00:35:04.259
 Jesus is the one

00:35:04.259 --> 00:35:06.179
 who in his life,

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:06.820
 death,

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:07.539
 resurrection,

00:35:08.259 --> 00:35:09.500
 his exaltation,

00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:10.780
 sitting at God's right hand,

00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:12.000
 has now,

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:14.300
 from that position

00:35:14.300 --> 00:35:15.160
 of authority,

00:35:16.040 --> 00:35:16.800
 he now,

00:35:17.060 --> 00:35:17.980
 from the Father,

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:19.860
 has poured out

00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:21.500
 the Holy Spirit,

00:35:21.620 --> 00:35:22.920
 what you now see and hear.

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:23.600
 So you want to know

00:35:23.600 --> 00:35:24.280
 why they're speaking

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:24.940
 the way they are?

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:26.380
 You want to know

00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:27.780
 why the Joel 2

00:35:27.780 --> 00:35:28.700
 is now being fulfilled?

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:30.200
 It's because Jesus

00:35:30.200 --> 00:35:31.300
 is now seated

00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:32.400
 at God's right hand.

00:35:32.600 --> 00:35:33.519
 By his life,

00:35:33.640 --> 00:35:33.800
 death,

00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:34.360
 and resurrection,

00:35:34.580 --> 00:35:35.660
 he has accomplished

00:35:35.660 --> 00:35:37.100
 our salvation,

00:35:37.100 --> 00:35:38.600
 and he now,

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:40.340
 from that position

00:35:40.340 --> 00:35:41.200
 of authority,

00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:42.980
 has poured out

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.620
 the Spirit,

00:35:44.200 --> 00:35:45.320
 so that what you see

00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:47.039
 is because Jesus is,

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:47.460
 and of course,

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:48.620
 this is where he moves,

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:50.260
 in verse 36,

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:51.400
 therefore,

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:52.440
 let Israel be assured

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:52.840
 of this,

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:54.160
 God made this Jesus

00:35:54.160 --> 00:35:55.039
 whom you crucified,

00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:56.600
 both Lord and Christ.

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.980
 It's because Jesus

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:59.360
 is the Lord,

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:01.260
 and he is the Savior,

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.440
 he is the Christ,

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:03.920
 that everything

00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:04.920
 that you see

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:05.760
 around you

00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:06.920
 is now happening.

00:36:07.140 --> 00:36:07.280
 Right?

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:08.140
 And even then,

00:36:08.200 --> 00:36:08.760
 he quotes

00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:10.100
 another passage,

00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:10.799
 Psalm 110,

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:11.380
 right?

00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:12.099
 The Lord says

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.679
 to my Lord,

00:36:12.799 --> 00:36:13.839
 sit at my right hand

00:36:13.839 --> 00:36:15.139
 until I make

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:15.619
 your enemies

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:16.179
 a footstool

00:36:16.179 --> 00:36:16.880
 for your feet.

00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:17.199
 Right?

00:36:17.759 --> 00:36:19.699
 So here is his point,

00:36:19.839 --> 00:36:20.079
 right?

00:36:20.759 --> 00:36:21.400
 Pentecost

00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:22.380
 isn't some

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:23.880
 just strange event.

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:25.839
 It is,

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:27.059
 in some sense,

00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:29.860
 the last great event

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:31.500
 of Christ's first coming.

00:36:31.860 --> 00:36:32.000
 Right?

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:33.619
 It's evidence

00:36:33.619 --> 00:36:35.059
 that Jesus

00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:36.639
 did a work,

00:36:37.279 --> 00:36:37.559
 life,

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:37.759
 death,

00:36:37.779 --> 00:36:38.119
 and resurrection.

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:38.279
 resurrection.

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:40.299
 He's now ascended

00:36:40.299 --> 00:36:41.400
 to God's right hand.

00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:43.019
 He is the ruler

00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:44.059
 of all things.

00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:45.359
 He has brought salvation,

00:36:45.359 --> 00:36:46.400
 and now

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:48.319
 he has finished

00:36:48.319 --> 00:36:49.799
 that first coming work

00:36:49.799 --> 00:36:51.819
 by pouring out

00:36:51.819 --> 00:36:52.359
 the Spirit

00:36:52.359 --> 00:36:54.659
 so that what the prophets

00:36:54.659 --> 00:36:55.920
 looked forward to,

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:57.559
 the giving of the Spirit,

00:36:57.759 --> 00:36:58.579
 the coming of the

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:59.539
 new covenant age,

00:36:59.619 --> 00:37:01.739
 is now here.

00:37:02.099 --> 00:37:02.299
 Right?

00:37:02.759 --> 00:37:04.339
 Jesus is Lord

00:37:04.339 --> 00:37:05.359
 and Savior.

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:06.339
 He is King.

00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:08.480
 That's the explanation

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:10.300
 for all of what

00:37:10.300 --> 00:37:11.600
 has transpired

00:37:11.600 --> 00:37:12.300
 and what

00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:13.700
 has occurred.

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:14.079
 Right?

00:37:14.240 --> 00:37:14.400
 Now,

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:16.280
 as they hear this,

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:19.320
 they get the

00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:20.500
 implication of this.

00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:21.120
 Right?

00:37:21.220 --> 00:37:22.340
 So we read in verse

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:22.940
 36

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:24.160
 where he says,

00:37:24.620 --> 00:37:25.260
 he made him

00:37:25.260 --> 00:37:26.740
 Lord and Christ.

00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:27.940
 But you remember

00:37:27.940 --> 00:37:28.940
 he's speaking to

00:37:28.940 --> 00:37:29.980
 many of them

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:31.640
 who are the ones

00:37:31.640 --> 00:37:32.120
 who said,

00:37:32.260 --> 00:37:33.059
 crucify him.

00:37:33.059 --> 00:37:35.420
 We don't want him.

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.920
 He has nothing

00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:38.000
 to do with us.

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:38.519
 Right?

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:38.699
 Well,

00:37:38.739 --> 00:37:39.420
 now they've just

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:39.880
 discovered

00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:42.039
 they were quite wrong

00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:42.699
 in their assessment

00:37:42.699 --> 00:37:43.159
 of Jesus.

00:37:43.380 --> 00:37:43.579
 Right?

00:37:43.739 --> 00:37:44.900
 He's the King of Kings.

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:46.079
 He's the Lord of Lords.

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:46.920
 He's the one

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.960
 who's now

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.759
 at the right hand

00:37:48.759 --> 00:37:49.239
 of God.

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:50.099
 He is the one

00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:51.440
 who is the judge

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:52.179
 of all the earth.

00:37:52.299 --> 00:37:52.840
 He is the one

00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:53.400
 who rules

00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:53.960
 and governs

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:54.739
 their lives.

00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:56.460
 And so,

00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:57.840
 verse 37,

00:37:58.199 --> 00:37:59.139
 when the people

00:37:59.139 --> 00:38:00.039
 heard this,

00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:01.599
 they were cut

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.259
 to the heart.

00:38:02.380 --> 00:38:02.500
 Yeah,

00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:03.319
 I guess they would be.

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:05.599
 We have,

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:07.440
 we're the wicked ones

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:09.759
 that have stood

00:38:09.759 --> 00:38:10.860
 opposed to God.

00:38:11.039 --> 00:38:11.880
 We have the ones

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:12.559
 who've denied

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:13.239
 the Christ.

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:14.619
 We're the ones

00:38:14.619 --> 00:38:15.839
 who now judgment

00:38:15.839 --> 00:38:16.940
 will fall on us.

00:38:17.279 --> 00:38:18.440
 What are we to do,

00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:18.759
 Peter?

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:20.099
 We have done

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:20.739
 what's wrong.

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:22.440
 We were misguided

00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:24.119
 in our understanding

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:24.659
 of Jesus.

00:38:24.839 --> 00:38:25.759
 They're cut to the heart

00:38:25.759 --> 00:38:27.019
 and they say,

00:38:27.259 --> 00:38:29.420
 what shall we do?

00:38:29.420 --> 00:38:31.700
 And Peter then

00:38:31.700 --> 00:38:33.780
 gives them good news,

00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:34.240
 doesn't he?

00:38:34.619 --> 00:38:34.780
 Right?

00:38:35.099 --> 00:38:36.320
 Peter doesn't just say,

00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:37.260
 you're in trouble,

00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:38.039
 you're done.

00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:38.880
 Right?

00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:40.440
 He says,

00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:41.240
 repent,

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:43.300
 be baptized,

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:44.320
 another way of saying,

00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:44.680
 repent,

00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:46.079
 believe,

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:47.860
 come under the rule

00:38:47.860 --> 00:38:49.559
 and reign of Christ.

00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:50.180
 Repent,

00:38:50.260 --> 00:38:50.680
 be baptized,

00:38:50.780 --> 00:38:51.460
 every one of you

00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:52.280
 in the name

00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:53.800
 of Jesus the Messiah

00:38:53.800 --> 00:38:55.280
 for the forgiveness

00:38:55.280 --> 00:38:56.240
 of your sins.

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:56.780
 Right?

00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:57.260
 Of course,

00:38:57.300 --> 00:38:58.360
 the promise of the new covenant

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:59.500
 is the forgiveness of sins.

00:38:59.840 --> 00:39:00.720
 And he says,

00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:02.440
 you can now experience

00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:04.380
 the forgiveness of sins.

00:39:04.720 --> 00:39:05.200
 Repent,

00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:06.840
 turn from your ways,

00:39:07.900 --> 00:39:09.420
 come to faith in him,

00:39:10.180 --> 00:39:10.640
 believe,

00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:11.920
 trust in him,

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:13.640
 and you will receive

00:39:13.640 --> 00:39:15.780
 the gift of the Holy Spirit.

00:39:15.780 --> 00:39:16.780
 What Joel anticipated

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:19.000
 of the new covenant

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:19.780
 people of God

00:39:19.780 --> 00:39:20.579
 that they would not only

00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:21.720
 have a transformed heart,

00:39:21.820 --> 00:39:22.740
 but they would be empowered

00:39:22.740 --> 00:39:23.300
 by the Spirit

00:39:23.300 --> 00:39:24.420
 can be true of you.

00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:24.900
 Right?

00:39:25.019 --> 00:39:26.280
 Which is so gracious

00:39:26.280 --> 00:39:27.720
 for these people

00:39:27.720 --> 00:39:28.420
 who are rebels,

00:39:28.700 --> 00:39:29.519
 you can now

00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:31.060
 put down your rebellion.

00:39:31.220 --> 00:39:31.920
 You can come

00:39:31.920 --> 00:39:33.000
 to be part of

00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:34.400
 his covenant family.

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 The promise is for you

00:39:36.540 --> 00:39:38.640
 from Old Testament promises

00:39:38.640 --> 00:39:39.680
 and to your children

00:39:39.680 --> 00:39:41.460
 and for all those

00:39:41.460 --> 00:39:42.140
 who are far off.

00:39:42.220 --> 00:39:42.340
 Right?

00:39:42.380 --> 00:39:43.420
 Anyone who repents

00:39:43.420 --> 00:39:44.060
 and believes

00:39:44.060 --> 00:39:45.360
 now can come under

00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:46.560
 the rule and reign

00:39:46.560 --> 00:39:47.480
 of King Jesus

00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:49.580
 and not experience

00:39:49.580 --> 00:39:50.280
 judgment.

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:50.620
 Right?

00:39:50.680 --> 00:39:51.340
 That's the message

00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:51.760
 he gives.

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 And with many other words

00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:54.660
 in verse 40,

00:39:54.740 --> 00:39:55.520
 he warned them,

00:39:55.580 --> 00:39:56.680
 he pleaded with them,

00:39:57.080 --> 00:39:57.920
 save yourselves

00:39:57.920 --> 00:39:59.100
 from this corrupt generation.

00:39:59.820 --> 00:40:01.220
 Those who accepted

00:40:01.220 --> 00:40:02.040
 his message.

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:02.640
 Right?

00:40:02.940 --> 00:40:03.760
 There were those

00:40:03.760 --> 00:40:04.820
 the Lord opened their heart

00:40:04.820 --> 00:40:05.220
 and says,

00:40:05.300 --> 00:40:05.600
 yes,

00:40:05.880 --> 00:40:07.860
 we repent of our sins.

00:40:07.860 --> 00:40:09.080
 We believe in the Lord

00:40:09.080 --> 00:40:09.700
 Jesus Christ.

00:40:09.820 --> 00:40:10.740
 They heard the message.

00:40:10.860 --> 00:40:11.680
 They were baptized.

00:40:11.940 --> 00:40:13.080
 About 3,000

00:40:13.080 --> 00:40:14.640
 were added.

00:40:14.760 --> 00:40:15.040
 And of course,

00:40:15.120 --> 00:40:15.700
 this is now

00:40:15.700 --> 00:40:16.260
 the beginning

00:40:16.260 --> 00:40:17.920
 of the church.

00:40:18.260 --> 00:40:18.300
 Right?

00:40:18.440 --> 00:40:18.640
 Well,

00:40:18.720 --> 00:40:19.940
 here is Pentecost.

00:40:20.100 --> 00:40:20.200
 Right?

00:40:20.199 --> 00:40:22.079
 What's the point

00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:22.879
 of Pentecost?

00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:23.119
 Well,

00:40:23.159 --> 00:40:23.659
 it's not,

00:40:24.079 --> 00:40:25.279
 which we've turned

00:40:25.279 --> 00:40:25.679
 it into.

00:40:25.779 --> 00:40:25.960
 Right?

00:40:26.119 --> 00:40:27.000
 Let's just debate

00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:27.719
 over whether tongues

00:40:27.719 --> 00:40:28.119
 continue.

00:40:28.819 --> 00:40:29.599
 Let's debate

00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:30.639
 over charismatic.

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 That's not what

00:40:31.419 --> 00:40:31.819
 this is about.

00:40:32.019 --> 00:40:32.119
 Right?

00:40:32.679 --> 00:40:34.379
 Pentecost is,

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 in many ways,

00:40:35.759 --> 00:40:37.379
 probably the greatest

00:40:37.379 --> 00:40:40.219
 proof that Jesus

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 is Lord and Savior.

00:40:42.259 --> 00:40:42.439
 Right?

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 We could look at

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 his Lord and Savior

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 work in terms

00:40:46.699 --> 00:40:47.739
 of his resurrection.

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 Often we appeal there.

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 And of course,

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 that's crucial.

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 He's raised

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 from the dead.

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 But his work

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 would be incomplete.

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 From the Old Testament

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:56.080
 perspective,

00:40:56.160 --> 00:40:57.140
 it would be incomplete.

00:40:57.620 --> 00:40:59.260
 Unless he not only

00:40:59.260 --> 00:41:00.039
 was raised,

00:41:00.560 --> 00:41:01.840
 but he is seated

00:41:01.840 --> 00:41:02.920
 at God's right hand

00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:06.100
 and he pours out

00:41:06.100 --> 00:41:06.840
 the Spirit

00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:09.200
 just like the Old Testament

00:41:09.200 --> 00:41:10.019
 promised.

00:41:10.280 --> 00:41:10.420
 Right?

00:41:10.880 --> 00:41:11.760
 And now that

00:41:11.760 --> 00:41:12.720
 that occurs,

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 right,

00:41:13.980 --> 00:41:15.460
 this is now evidence.

00:41:16.060 --> 00:41:17.580
 Jesus truly is Savior.

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 He truly has fulfilled

00:41:20.099 --> 00:41:21.019
 all those promises.

00:41:21.579 --> 00:41:23.019
 He truly has brought

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:24.239
 the New Covenant age.

00:41:24.759 --> 00:41:25.480
 The evidence of it

00:41:25.480 --> 00:41:26.239
 is Pentecost.

00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:26.659
 Right?

00:41:26.980 --> 00:41:28.079
 And he now

00:41:28.079 --> 00:41:29.539
 is not just Savior.

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 He's the King of Kings

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 and the Lord of Lords.

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 He's the one who sits

00:41:33.019 --> 00:41:33.960
 at God's right hand.

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 And of course,

00:41:34.840 --> 00:41:36.559
 its application to us

00:41:36.559 --> 00:41:37.539
 is the same

00:41:37.539 --> 00:41:39.319
 as it is to them.

00:41:39.319 --> 00:41:39.900
 Isn't it?

00:41:39.980 --> 00:41:40.099
 Right?

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:41.559
 This is telling us,

00:41:41.679 --> 00:41:42.659
 Pentecost is telling us

00:41:42.659 --> 00:41:43.400
 everything about

00:41:43.400 --> 00:41:44.079
 who Jesus is.

00:41:44.079 --> 00:41:45.980
 A lot of confusion

00:41:45.980 --> 00:41:47.179
 regarding who Jesus is.

00:41:47.259 --> 00:41:47.380
 Well,

00:41:47.440 --> 00:41:48.360
 this makes it very clear.

00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:49.779
 He's not just some

00:41:49.779 --> 00:41:51.199
 mere remiss figure.

00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:54.259
 Jesus is the Savior.

00:41:54.639 --> 00:41:54.739
 Right?

00:41:54.799 --> 00:41:56.199
 Jesus is the Lord.

00:41:56.319 --> 00:41:56.960
 He is the King.

00:41:57.039 --> 00:41:57.539
 He is the one

00:41:57.539 --> 00:41:58.420
 who now rules

00:41:58.420 --> 00:41:59.420
 over all things.

00:41:59.920 --> 00:42:00.460
 And of course,

00:42:00.579 --> 00:42:02.039
 just as he calls them

00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:03.319
 to faith and repentance,

00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:06.199
 so he calls us

00:42:06.199 --> 00:42:08.119
 to faith and repentance.

00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:10.059
 Our views and ideas

00:42:10.059 --> 00:42:10.599
 of Jesus,

00:42:10.779 --> 00:42:11.119
 right,

00:42:11.759 --> 00:42:12.579
 have to be

00:42:12.579 --> 00:42:13.559
 according to Scripture.

00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:15.099
 He alone is Lord.

00:42:15.219 --> 00:42:16.480
 He alone is Savior.

00:42:17.119 --> 00:42:18.539
 He reminds then

00:42:18.539 --> 00:42:19.079
 these people

00:42:19.079 --> 00:42:20.099
 who do come under

00:42:20.099 --> 00:42:21.599
 his saving work

00:42:21.599 --> 00:42:23.139
 that he is the one

00:42:23.139 --> 00:42:24.460
 who has brought

00:42:24.460 --> 00:42:25.400
 all of God's promise

00:42:25.400 --> 00:42:25.699
 to pass.

00:42:25.779 --> 00:42:26.259
 What encouragement

00:42:26.259 --> 00:42:26.820
 that would be

00:42:26.820 --> 00:42:28.219
 as they come to salvation

00:42:28.219 --> 00:42:28.639
 in him.

00:42:29.039 --> 00:42:29.940
 In Christ,

00:42:30.099 --> 00:42:31.400
 God has kept his promises.

00:42:31.699 --> 00:42:32.599
 He has fulfilled

00:42:32.599 --> 00:42:33.539
 all that he's done.

00:42:34.059 --> 00:42:35.019
 We now are part

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:35.480
 of his family.

00:42:35.559 --> 00:42:35.799
 That would be

00:42:35.799 --> 00:42:36.599
 a great encouragement

00:42:36.599 --> 00:42:37.039
 to them.

00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:38.380
 And the response

00:42:38.380 --> 00:42:39.259
 that they are to have,

00:42:39.299 --> 00:42:39.539
 right,

00:42:39.599 --> 00:42:41.679
 is to come under

00:42:41.679 --> 00:42:42.599
 his saving reign,

00:42:42.599 --> 00:42:44.199
 be part of the church,

00:42:44.239 --> 00:42:44.519
 and then,

00:42:44.619 --> 00:42:44.799
 of course,

00:42:44.839 --> 00:42:46.719
 be part of that ministry

00:42:46.719 --> 00:42:48.059
 until he comes again

00:42:48.059 --> 00:42:49.619
 where the gospel

00:42:49.619 --> 00:42:50.480
 is then taken,

00:42:51.460 --> 00:42:51.679
 right,

00:42:51.839 --> 00:42:52.380
 Jerusalem,

00:42:52.719 --> 00:42:53.139
 Judea,

00:42:53.259 --> 00:42:53.699
 Samaria,

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:54.819
 to the uttermost parts,

00:42:54.900 --> 00:42:55.339
 and we're now

00:42:55.339 --> 00:42:55.940
 the uttermost,

00:42:56.099 --> 00:42:56.380
 right,

00:42:56.639 --> 00:42:57.440
 parts of the earth

00:42:57.440 --> 00:42:58.099
 where the gospel

00:42:58.099 --> 00:42:59.059
 then continues

00:42:59.059 --> 00:43:00.539
 until Christ comes again

00:43:00.539 --> 00:43:02.719
 to then expand

00:43:02.719 --> 00:43:03.500
 and grow.

00:43:04.019 --> 00:43:05.279
 It's taken to every tribe,

00:43:05.380 --> 00:43:05.599
 nation,

00:43:05.719 --> 00:43:05.940
 people,

00:43:06.059 --> 00:43:06.480
 and tongue

00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:08.420
 because Jesus

00:43:08.420 --> 00:43:09.760
 is now orchestrating

00:43:09.760 --> 00:43:10.219
 history.

00:43:10.400 --> 00:43:11.940
 He's governing his church.

00:43:12.340 --> 00:43:13.579
 He's sending his church

00:43:13.579 --> 00:43:14.820
 into the world

00:43:14.820 --> 00:43:16.159
 so that we see

00:43:16.159 --> 00:43:16.780
 the multiplication

00:43:16.780 --> 00:43:17.679
 of that church

00:43:17.679 --> 00:43:18.960
 which we are a part of.

00:43:19.240 --> 00:43:20.119
 All of that

00:43:20.119 --> 00:43:21.000
 we're a part of

00:43:21.000 --> 00:43:22.860
 because Jesus

00:43:22.860 --> 00:43:23.679
 poured out the Spirit,

00:43:23.820 --> 00:43:24.059
 right?

00:43:24.119 --> 00:43:24.800
 He came,

00:43:24.900 --> 00:43:25.280
 he lived,

00:43:25.340 --> 00:43:25.740
 he died.

00:43:26.199 --> 00:43:27.300
 He is now Savior

00:43:27.300 --> 00:43:27.920
 and Lord.

00:43:28.039 --> 00:43:29.460
 That's what Pentecost Sunday

00:43:29.460 --> 00:43:30.199
 is all about,

00:43:30.420 --> 00:43:30.639
 right?

00:43:31.280 --> 00:43:32.920
 So the great event

00:43:32.920 --> 00:43:33.780
 of ascension

00:43:33.780 --> 00:43:34.219
 and Pentecost,

00:43:34.300 --> 00:43:34.840
 don't forget them,

00:43:34.840 --> 00:43:35.059
 right?

00:43:35.120 --> 00:43:35.640
 And particularly

00:43:35.640 --> 00:43:36.900
 don't forget Pentecost.

00:43:37.620 --> 00:43:38.340
 Great event,

00:43:38.720 --> 00:43:40.100
 that is a demonstration

00:43:40.100 --> 00:43:42.300
 Jesus Christ

00:43:42.300 --> 00:43:43.260
 is Lord.

00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:44.200
 He is Savior,

00:43:44.360 --> 00:43:44.579
 right?

00:43:44.660 --> 00:43:45.860
 And he must then

00:43:45.860 --> 00:43:48.360
 be our Lord

00:43:48.360 --> 00:43:48.940
 and Savior,

00:43:49.200 --> 00:43:49.380
 right?

00:43:49.440 --> 00:43:50.920
 We cannot neglect him

00:43:50.920 --> 00:43:52.019
 and we are then

00:43:52.019 --> 00:43:53.539
 part of his people

00:43:53.539 --> 00:43:55.240
 that have a work to do,

00:43:55.340 --> 00:43:56.400
 a ministry to bring about

00:43:56.400 --> 00:43:57.840
 and he is the one

00:43:57.840 --> 00:43:58.680
 that we can trust

00:43:58.680 --> 00:43:59.460
 to bring that about

00:43:59.460 --> 00:44:00.420
 because he has already

00:44:00.420 --> 00:44:01.460
 brought about

00:44:01.460 --> 00:44:02.160
 God's promises

00:44:02.160 --> 00:44:03.380
 and he will fulfill

00:44:03.380 --> 00:44:04.519
 that completely

00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:05.739
 in the end.

00:44:05.880 --> 00:44:06.019
 Well,

00:44:06.619 --> 00:44:07.860
 that's Pentecost Sunday,

00:44:08.300 --> 00:44:08.940
 Acts 2,

00:44:09.880 --> 00:44:10.860
 glorious passage

00:44:10.860 --> 00:44:12.019
 made and give you

00:44:12.019 --> 00:44:12.699
 encouragement

00:44:12.699 --> 00:44:14.300
 even this morning.

00:44:14.659 --> 00:44:14.820
 All right,

00:44:14.840 --> 00:44:15.259
 let's pray.

00:44:15.460 --> 00:44:16.099
 Heavenly Father,

00:44:16.239 --> 00:44:16.719
 thank you

00:44:16.719 --> 00:44:18.380
 for Pentecost.

00:44:18.860 --> 00:44:19.579
 Thank you that

00:44:19.579 --> 00:44:20.659
 it's a demonstration

00:44:20.659 --> 00:44:22.739
 that Jesus Christ

00:44:22.739 --> 00:44:23.619
 is indeed

00:44:23.619 --> 00:44:24.900
 the Savior of the world.

00:44:25.619 --> 00:44:26.179
 He indeed

00:44:26.179 --> 00:44:27.380
 is the Lord,

00:44:27.519 --> 00:44:28.380
 the King of Kings.

00:44:28.659 --> 00:44:28.880
 Oh,

00:44:29.000 --> 00:44:30.679
 may even as we

00:44:30.679 --> 00:44:31.659
 reflect upon

00:44:31.659 --> 00:44:32.599
 Pentecost Sunday,

00:44:32.599 --> 00:44:34.079
 may it encourage us,

00:44:34.299 --> 00:44:34.940
 strengthen us,

00:44:35.380 --> 00:44:36.579
 may we find in Christ

00:44:36.579 --> 00:44:38.019
 our hope and salvation,

00:44:38.239 --> 00:44:39.099
 may we be part

00:44:39.099 --> 00:44:40.139
 of his people

00:44:40.139 --> 00:44:41.460
 that our desires

00:44:41.460 --> 00:44:42.639
 to see his name

00:44:42.639 --> 00:44:44.699
 adored and glorified,

00:44:44.860 --> 00:44:45.819
 the gospel taken

00:44:45.819 --> 00:44:46.559
 to the ends

00:44:46.559 --> 00:44:47.099
 of the earth

00:44:47.099 --> 00:44:49.819
 for his sake

00:44:49.819 --> 00:44:51.219
 and for the good

00:44:51.219 --> 00:44:52.279
 of your people.

00:44:52.480 --> 00:44:53.440
 And it's in Jesus' name

00:44:53.440 --> 00:44:54.420
 we ask these things.

00:44:54.759 --> 00:44:55.079
 Amen.

00:44:55.079 --> 00:44:55.239
 Amen.

00:44:55.239 --> 00:44:55.279
 Amen.

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