Empowered by the Spirit: Peter's Bold Proclamation
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "We are just as guilty of rejecting Jesus as Lord and rejecting Jesus as Christ as they were. And we reject Jesus as Lord when we substitute other authorities as being the ultimate authority in our lives. When we choose to be the ultimate authority in our lives, we reject Jesus as Lord. When we trust something else as a source of power, of security, we are trusting that thing as Lord." [47:56]
2. "If I look at money as this is the ultimate expression of power, this is the way that I can get what I want. This is the way that I want out of life. Then what are the false saviors that are going to come out of that? Well, I got sticky fingers and I can just take what I need. I can cheat people. I can go and I can win the lottery. The lottery is going to save me. When we think about it that way, we're looking at the lottery as a Messiah, as a savior." [49:43]
3. "Maybe that ultimate authority, that false lord in our lives is ourselves. I got to get what I want. And we recognize that that is not a good thing when we see it in a spoiled little kid, right? Always used to always getting what they want. But we see the same thing in adults as well, when they're willing to trample the people around them to get what they want. All of these things are false lords, these false saviors." [51:26]
4. "Money and wealth gets burned up. Pleasure stops being pleasurable. Ourselves are unsatisfied with the things that we get. But what happened to Jesus when he was destroyed? What happened? Did he stay dead? No. By submitting himself to death and to destruction and overcoming it in his resurrection, Jesus has proved that he is the Savior, that he is the Messiah, that he is the Lord that we need." [53:13]
5. "There is no other Lord who can save us from our sin. There is no other God who can save us from death itself. All of the other gods calling for your attention are incapable of saving you. All of the other saviors who tell you to trust in them, that they will take care of you, they cannot, because you can rip them up and throw them on the floor and they cannot do anything about it. But when all the powers of darkness conspired to destroy Jesus, he rose again on the third day." [53:59]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Peter is making the case here that Jesus is the Messiah that Israel has been waiting for. He goes back and he says, you saw the signs and the wonders and the miracles. You saw the wonderful things that Jesus did. And all of those miracles were God testifying about who Jesus was, testifying that he was the Messiah, testifying that he was God's chosen one. But yet human hands, the Romans, the Jewish religious leaders, they judged him wickedly and condemned him to death." [24:36]
2. "Peter says David couldn't have been talking about himself, in this moment, right? David couldn't have been talking about himself. And he says, because his tomb's right over there. You all know where it is. You've all visited it, right? It would have been a landmark, an attraction. Well, we're in Jerusalem. Let's go see the tomb of David. He says, David couldn't have been talking about himself because he died, but rather he was talking about the Messiah who was to come, one of his descendants, who would fulfill what he was speaking of." [28:04]
3. "Peter is saying that even David recognized that there would one day come somebody who had greater power and greater authority than he did and Peter is saying that that is who Jesus is and he is now sitting in power at the right hand of God reigning with absolute power and authority over all of creation including over Caesar." [31:09]
4. "Peter says, you think they're drunk. That's not what's going on here. But rather what has happened is this is the fulfillment of these Old Testament prophecies. And he says, you know what it says, right? He knows, and they know, and he knows that they know, what it is that Joel was talking about here. And so what he had talked about in verses 17 and 18, where your sons and daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams. This is going on right here, right now. This is what is happening." [22:27]
5. "Peter says, repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For this promise is for you and for your children, and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord God calls to himself. And with many other words, he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, save yourselves from this crooked generation." [36:49]
6. "Peter says, you need a savior. And I will send you a savior. I will give you a savior. They despised him. They rejected him. They killed him. They had set themselves up in opposition to the Lord God. They had said, we are willing to go to war over this. How's that going to go for them? Verse 35 says that the enemies of Christ will one day be made his footstool. They will be trodden under his feet." [34:58]
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1. "We are just as guilty of rejecting Jesus as Lord and rejecting Jesus as Christ as they were. And we reject Jesus as Lord when we substitute other authorities as being the ultimate authority in our lives. When we choose to be the ultimate authority in our lives, we reject Jesus as Lord. When we trust something else as a source of power, of security, we are trusting that thing as Lord." [47:56]
2. "If I look at money as this is the ultimate expression of power, this is the way that I can get what I want. This is the way that I want out of life. Then what are the false saviors that are going to come out of that? Well, I got sticky fingers and I can just take what I need. I can cheat people. I can go and I can win the lottery. The lottery is going to save me. When we think about it that way, we're looking at the lottery as a Messiah, as a savior." [49:43]
3. "Maybe that ultimate authority, that false lord in our lives is ourselves. I got to get what I want. And we recognize that that is not a good thing when we see it in a spoiled little kid, right? Always used to always getting what they want. But we see the same thing in adults as well, when they're willing to trample the people around them to get what they want. All of these things are false lords, these false saviors." [51:26]
4. "Money and wealth gets burned up. Pleasure stops being pleasurable. Ourselves are unsatisfied with the things that we get. But what happened to Jesus when he was destroyed? What happened? Did he stay dead? No. By submitting himself to death and to destruction and overcoming it in his resurrection, Jesus has proved that he is the Savior, that he is the Messiah, that he is the Lord that we need." [53:13]
5. "There is no other Lord who can save us from our sin. There is no other God who can save us from death itself. All of the other gods calling for your attention are incapable of saving you. All of the other saviors who tell you to trust in them, that they will take care of you, they cannot, because you can rip them up and throw them on the floor and they cannot do anything about it. But when all the powers of darkness conspired to destroy Jesus, he rose again on the third day." [53:59]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Peter is making the case here that Jesus is the Messiah that Israel has been waiting for. He goes back and he says, you saw the signs and the wonders and the miracles. You saw the wonderful things that Jesus did. And all of those miracles were God testifying about who Jesus was, testifying that he was the Messiah, testifying that he was God's chosen one. But yet human hands, the Romans, the Jewish religious leaders, they judged him wickedly and condemned him to death." [24:36]
2. "Peter says David couldn't have been talking about himself, in this moment, right? David couldn't have been talking about himself. And he says, because his tomb's right over there. You all know where it is. You've all visited it, right? It would have been a landmark, an attraction. Well, we're in Jerusalem. Let's go see the tomb of David. He says, David couldn't have been talking about himself because he died, but rather he was talking about the Messiah who was to come, one of his descendants, who would fulfill what he was speaking of." [28:04]
3. "Peter is saying that even David recognized that there would one day come somebody who had greater power and greater authority than he did and Peter is saying that that is who Jesus is and he is now sitting in power at the right hand of God reigning with absolute power and authority over all of creation including over Caesar." [31:09]
4. "Peter says, you think they're drunk. That's not what's going on here. But rather what has happened is this is the fulfillment of these Old Testament prophecies. And he says, you know what it says, right? He knows, and they know, and he knows that they know, what it is that Joel was talking about here. And so what he had talked about in verses 17 and 18, where your sons and daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams. This is going on right here, right now. This is what is happening." [22:27]
5. "Peter says, repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For this promise is for you and for your children, and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord God calls to himself. And with many other words, he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, save yourselves from this crooked generation." [36:49]
6. "Peter says, you need a savior. And I will send you a savior. I will give you a savior. They despised him. They rejected him. They killed him. They had set themselves up in opposition to the Lord God. They had said, we are willing to go to war over this. How's that going to go for them? Verse 35 says that the enemies of Christ will one day be made his footstool. They will be trodden under his feet." [34:58]
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