F O O T H O L D
READING
67 PETER SPEAKS OUT
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PRAY Lord, help me to keep
your laws and walk in your ways.
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READ Acts 2:22-42.
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THINK What, in a nutshell
was Peter's main point?
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FOCUS THE PERSON PROCLAIMED
(22-28). Peter points his hearers away from
the strange things that were
happening, to the One who was the
real reason for the events.
He sums up the story of Jesus (22-
24).
A PSALM EXPLAINED (29-31).
Peter quoted (verses 25-28) a psalm of
David written many centuries
before. In it David speaks of
someone who is not abandoned
in Hades, the place of the departed
dead, and whose body does
not decay. Who was this 'someone'? Not
David, for he had died and
his grave was known. It was Jesus
Christ, and David's psalm
was a prophecy which came true in him.
A PROOF PRESENTED (32) 'We
all are witnesses' (see 1:8). The
resurrection of Jesus did
not happen in an obscure corner, hidden
from view. As Peter said
these words, the disciples around him
would have nodded in
agreement. Christ's death had been a public
event, and they had all seen
him after he had risen.
A PLAN COMPLETED (33-36).
The resurrection was not the end. The
final act in God's plan to
save people too place when Christ
ascended into God's
presence, making it possible for us to enter
also. It also made it
possible for him to pour out the Holy
Spirit, and so reach all men
everywhere with the good news, God's
final Word.
Notice the response of the
people to Peter's preaching. 'We are
all witnesses' (32). For the
Pentecost crowd the events of the
cross were recent and
reasonably local. For us and our
neighbours, these events may
seem remote. Yet in another sense we
can still be witnesses. How?
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PRAY Pray that the Holy
Spirit will give you more courage and
conviction as you tell
others about Jesus Christ.
