Acts 2:29-47

[clark thompson]

Acts 2:29-47 King James Version (KJV)
29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
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29 Men and brethren, I may boldly speak unto you of the Patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher remaineth with us unto this day.
30 Therefore, seeing he was a Prophet, and knew that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins he would raise up Christ concerning the flesh to set him upon his throne,
31 He knowing this before, spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul should not be left in grave, neither his flesh should see corruption.
32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
33 Since then that he by the right hand of God hath been exalted, and hath received of his Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this which ye now see and hear.
34 For David is not ascended into heaven, but he saith, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand,
35 Until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
36 Therefore, let all the house of Israel know for a surety, that God hath made him both Lord, and Christ, this Jesus, I say, whom ye have crucified.
37 Now when they heard it, they were pricked in their hearts,and said unto Peter and the other Apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
38 Then Peter said unto them, Amend your lives, and be baptized every one of you in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins: and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
39 For the promise is made unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
40 And with many other words he besought, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this froward generation.
41 Then they that gladly received his word, were baptized: and the same day, there were added to the Church about three thousand souls.
42 And they continued in the Apostles' doctrine, and fellowship, and breaking of bread, and prayers.
43 ¶ And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the Apostles.
44 And all that believed, were in one place, and had all things common.
45 And they sold their possessions and goods and parted them to all men, as every one had need.
46 And they continued daily with one accord in the Temple, and breaking bread at home, did eat their meat together with gladness and singleness of heart,
47 Praising God, and had favor with all the people: and the Lord added to the Church from day to day, such as should be saved.
These are my thoughts, please share yours.

29 David was a very important of Jewish history the start of a dynasty of kings it goes to the King Jesus. David died people could go to his tomb where his body was laid to rest. Christ tomb would be left empty because He defeated death.

30 David was not commonly seen as a prophet but many Psalms he wrote speak of Christ before His coming. Jesus was a descendent of David. Jesus would also be born in the birth city of David as well. Christ is the only one who has a right to the throne that was David’s.

31 Death did not defeat Jesus and the grave could not keep Him, at this time Jesus had brought people back from the dead and later by the power of the Holy Spirit believers would raise people from the dead but this is only case of someone being dead for days and just coming back to life, only Christ did this no one else. Christ who did not deserve death died so we could live.

32 At this time there were many people who saw Christ first hand come back, He was on the earth 40 days after His raised from the grave. Today we have to base it of faith and that the Spirit uses us but we can not see Christ rising first hand.

33 Christ left and the Spirit came. The Spirit would be with all believers; Jesus was only at one place at a time.

34 David had and has no throne in heaven but Christ does.

35 Christ will conqueror, when He is ready.

36 If people can not accept who Jesus is than the can not accept God or His will by rejecting who Jesus is you reject God. Jesus is God. The one that had been promised since the time of Abraham had finally come, today we await His return.

37 They had conviction. Conviction is not easy but makes us ready for the Spirit and is part of what the Spirit does while bringing us to Faith.
38 By the Spirit we can turn from our sins. We can not both serve sin and God even though we will always be sinners we are to stop being slaves to sinners and start being servants to Christ. Baptism shows that we come to faith not bring one to salvation. A person can be dunked under water and have no knowledge of Jesus. They were baptized in the name of Jesus, His name has the power. Baptism symbolizes our death and being raised in a new life with Christ and also symbolizes us having our sins wash away.

39 The Lord has to call us for us to be able to come to Faith. God is always apart of people coming to faith, He needs to be there through the whole process.

40 We need to be saved from what this world has for us. We often need to be encouraged to keep following God’s will because often times the world will be pulling us every direction but God’s. Being a Christian is not easy and those who came to faith where would have a very difficult time and would have Saul to deal with, who wanted all Christians dead.

41 3000 men coming to faith, this can only be done by the power of Christ, if one comes to faith it is by the power of Christ. This group would by the Spirit leading them change the world.

42 It is very important to grow and learn from other Christians, we do not know everything at the start and when need others to help with our walk with Christ. Discipleship is often not done as much as it needs to be. The church should keep focus on people even after they come to faith. This was church, Christians spending time together in the name of Jesus is what a church service is all about.

43 They had a respect for the power of God; this only comes truly thru Christ. They were not scared of God. God knew that not all the world would come to faith by the reading of scripture many places would have to see signs before the listened to the Word.

44 This does not mean they agreed on everything in life but that them but all things they would disagree with away. They would not let any thing get in the way of them being together, the strength of the church is coming together, standing united in the name of Jesus.

45 They shared everything, this is something no longer practiced by the church today. No one was left in need, no one had more than others everyone got what they needed.

46 We see that the church met daily, today the church often meets less even though the bible says we should meet more and more. We as believers are the church and should come together as much as we can. We spend our life in a world that hates us; we need to be able to get away to something different the church.

47 we should praise God in all we do and be serving Him in all we do. The church kept growing, this should keep happening today and if it is not we need to ask what is wrong but it is never what God is doing that is wrong.