Acts of the Apostles

Chapter 2
ACTS of the Apostles

3 Sections

The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost

v1-13
Peter Addresses the Crowd v14-42
Life Among the Early Believers v43-
47
The Holy Spirit Comes at
Pentecost v1-13

When day of Pentecost

Who all the believers

Where gathered together in

one place
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What happened
- Noise from the sky sounded
like strong wind blowing

- Filled the whole house

- Saw what looked like

tongues of fire spread out
and touched each person
there
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Effect
- All the believers were filled
with the Holy Spirit
- Began to talk in other
languages, as the Spirit
enabled them to speak

Audience
- Jews living in Jerusalem
- Religious men from every
country in the world
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- Gathered together as a
large crowd
- All excited each believer
talking in his own language
- Amazed and wonder
Galileans speaking in the
different languages from
the many countries
represented there
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- Amazed and confused -kept
asking each other what it
meant
- others made fun of the
believers accusing them of
being drunk
Peter Addresses the Crowd
v14-42
Peter
- stood up with the eleven
apostles
- spoke to the crowd in a loud
voice
- told the crowd
- - what happened was the
fulfilment of the prophet
Joels prophecy
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Joels prophecy
- God would pour out His Holy Spirit
upon everyone in the last days
- Would proclaim His message, see
visions and dream dreams
- God would perform miraculous
signs in the sky above and earth
below
- Whoever calls on His name would
be saved before the Day of the
Lord comes
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Peter
- Proclaimed that Jesus of Nazareth
whose divine authority they had
witnessed was put to death by
sinful men according to Gods
plan
- God raised him from death and
exalted him to Gods right hand
- Already prophesied by King David
in his psalms- God would make
one of his descendants the
Messiah whose body would not
decay
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Peter
- Argued that this had been
fulfilled in the person of
Jesus of Nazareth
- Jesus whom they crucified
had been made Lord and
Messiah by God
- Jesus had received from
God the Holy Spirit as
promised and it was this gidt
that Jesus had poured on
them
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Crowds response
- Deeply troubled
- Asked what they should do

Peters reply
- Must turn away form their sins
- Be baptised in the name of
Jesus Christ
- Receive forgiveness for their
sins and the gift of the Holy
Spirit
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Peters reply
- Gods promise was made to
them and their children and to
those far away whom the Lord
calls to Himself
- Urged them to save
themselves from the
judgement that would come on
this wicked people
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Crowds decision
- Many believed Peters
message
- 3000 were added to their group
that day
- Spent their time learning from
the apostles
- Taking part in the fellowship
- Sharing in the fellowship
meals and prayers
Life Among the Early Believers
v43-47
Apostles performed many miracles
and wonders
Everyone filled with awe

The believers
- Continued together in close
fellowship,
- Shared their possessions
- Distribute the money among all
according to what each one
needed
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The believers
- Met daily as a group in the
Temple
- Shared their meals together
in their homes
- Did all these with glad and
humble hearts
- Praising God
- Enjoying the good will of all
the peopl
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Result from such living

- God convicted people
and every day, people
were saved and joined
the group