Scripture to Read: Acts 2:25–36
God loves to reveal to His children how His Word is one continuous story about Him as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. As we continue to walk through Acts 2, we’ll focus on the rest of the sermon God had Peter preach to the people in Jerusalem. In Acts 2:25–36, God had Peter quote from Psalms 16:8–11, knowing that Psalm 16 was a prophecy about our Lord Jesus Christ. God had Peter point to the fact that Psalm 16 could not be speaking of David because David was dead and buried. God had Peter tell the people that even David knew he was writing about his Messiah in Psalms 16. We read in Acts 2:31, he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that He was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh suffer decay. David was the one “looking ahead” and also the one who spoke about Christ’s resurrection. Then, God the Holy Spirit had Peter tell the crowd what God the Father had done through Christ in Acts 2:32–35. God the Father raised Christ from the dead, exalted Christ to His right hand, and, as God had promised, gave Christ the Holy Spirit to pour out upon all mankind. But don’t miss how God had Peter end Acts 2:33, by sharing with the crowd that what they saw through all of the disciples was the presence of the Holy Spirit being poured out. God had Peter end his sermon by reminding the people that God the Father made Jesus both Messiah and Lord.
Challenge & Application
• What did God teach you today through the prophecy God had David write and the sermon God had Peter preach?
• How is God using you in the same way He used Peter to point people to follow Jesus?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!