THE CROWED ASKED PETER: WHAT SHALL WE DO?
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. The Crowd Asked Peter
a) After Peter preached on the Day of Pentecost, the crowd asked the apostles, 'Brethren, What shall we do?'
Acts 2:37-40
37 Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brethren, what shall we do?” 38 Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.” 40 And with many other words he solemnly testified and kept on exhorting them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation!”
2. What Shall We do?
Acts 2:37
37 Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brethren, what shall we do?”
a) Those listening to Peter’s message were "cut to the heart" (Acts 2:37). Did they listen to the message, think about it, realize its truth, and wish to act upon it? If so, they contributed to their salvation.
b) What if they hadn't asked the question? What if they hadn't cared? What if they'd all mocked and said, "These men are drunk?" (Acts 2:13). But they did inquire; they did care; they didn't mock; they believed. Didn't that contribute to their salvation?
c) We have no doubt that it was the word of the Holy Spirit that convicted them. But did the message cut them to the heart because they examined the truth and desired to be saved and didn't mock?
d) Was this a case of “seek and you shall find” or was it a case of “you will be saved only if the Spirit chooses of his own accord to convict you, not by any quality in you.”
The End ...
1. The Crowd Asked Petera) After Peter preached on the Day of Pentecost, the crowd asked the apostles, 'Brethren, What shall we do?'
Acts 2:37-40
37 Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brethren, what shall we do?” 38 Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.” 40 And with many other words he solemnly testified and kept on exhorting them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation!”
2. What Shall We do?
Acts 2:37
37 Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brethren, what shall we do?”
a) Those listening to Peter’s message were "cut to the heart" (Acts 2:37). Did they listen to the message, think about it, realize its truth, and wish to act upon it? If so, they contributed to their salvation.
b) What if they hadn't asked the question? What if they hadn't cared? What if they'd all mocked and said, "These men are drunk?" (Acts 2:13). But they did inquire; they did care; they didn't mock; they believed. Didn't that contribute to their salvation?
c) We have no doubt that it was the word of the Holy Spirit that convicted them. But did the message cut them to the heart because they examined the truth and desired to be saved and didn't mock?
d) Was this a case of “seek and you shall find” or was it a case of “you will be saved only if the Spirit chooses of his own accord to convict you, not by any quality in you.”
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