March 5, 2006, Acts 1-2, Selected

GO FISH!
The Promise Is For You!

*** Acts 2:39 "This promise is for you and your children. It is for everyone our Lord God will choose, no matter where they live." [Contemporary English Version]

*** Galatians 3:24a "Let me put it another way. The law was our guardian and teacher to lead us until Christ came." [New Living Translation]

*** Acts 1:4-5 "On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. [5] For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit." [New International Version]

1. God's Person!

*** Acts 2:22 "Men of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know." [NIV]

*** Acts 4:12 "Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved." [NIV]

2. God's Plan!

*** Acts 2:23 "This man was handed over to you by God's set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross." [NIV]

*** Isaiah 59:2a "But there is a problem - your sins have cut you off from God." [NLT]

*** 2 Cor. 5:21 "For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ." [NLT]

3. God's Proof!

*** Acts 2:24 "God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him." [NIV]

*** Acts 2:31-32 "Seeing what was ahead, he spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to the grave, nor did his body see decay. God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of the fact." [NIV]

*** Acts 2:36 "Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ." [NIV]

4. God's Promise!

*** Acts 2:37-39 "When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?" Peter replied, "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. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off--for all whom the Lord our God will call." [NIV]

*** Acts 2:40-41 "With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, "Save yourselves from this corrupt generation." Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day." [NIV]

You Can Follow The Crowd - OR You Can Follow The Christ! But There Is Only One Way That Will Lead You To Heaven!