To the orthodox Jew the Cross made it completely impossible that Jesus could be the Messiah. And so it was that they were to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. But that was not tongues and interpretation, and God was giving a message to the pagan king Belshazzar. But he was addressing the question, "What meaneth this?" They broke bread at home, in contrast with the temple. It is one of the tragedies of the Church that so often the preaching of the resurrection is confined to Easter time. Thirdly, The signal preservation of the Lord's people is here promised (Acts 2:21; Acts 2:21): Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord Jesus (which is the description of a true Christian, 1 Corinthians 1:2) shall be saved, shall escape that judgment which shall be a type and earnest of everlasting salvation. Raised up from his condition of humiliation to the glory which he had with the Father before the world was, John 17:5. There were three great Jewish festivals to which every male Jew living within twenty miles of Jerusalem was legally bound to come--the Passover, Pentecost and the Feast of Tabernacles. Of course we know that they were saved; but this is not what the word in itself means. 2. ), supported by the Vulgate and Aethiopic, omit the word, which was probably suggested byActs 21:17; Acts 21:17, where it falls in as admirably as here it sounds somewhat out of season. It was used to refer to the descendant of David who would be Gods chosen king and saviour, not just for Israel, but for the world. Next followed the breaking of bread, the formal expression of Christian fellowship, and the special outward sign of remembering Him to whose death they owed all. "What does this mean, or what meaneth this?". And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as [the Spirit gave them the ability, or as the Spirit prompted their speech, or as the King James] the Spirit gave them utterance ( Acts 2:1-4 ). But it was also certain that that earthly life and death were not the end and that after them came the resurrection. He was raised from the dead by his power, and borne to heaven, triumphant over all his enemies. Hath shed forth this. (i) It insists that the Cross was no accident. "I, not you, should be hanging there." It was a true word; and it remains true. Two resurrections. "The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his" not "son," but " servant Jesus." And so the day of Pentecost: the feast had come. The Passover fell in the middle of April; therefore Pentecost fell at the beginning of June. (3.) Secondly, The terrible presages of that destruction are here foretold: There shall be wonders in heaven above, the sun turned into darkness and the moon into blood; and signs too in the earth beneath, blood and fire. (v) It was a Church where things happened--signs and wonders were there ( Acts 2:43). https://www.studylight.org/​commentaries/​mhm/​acts-2.html. This is the wonderful way in which God now speaks by the Holy Ghost. And because God predicted it, prophesied it in advance, it had to happen. But Dr. Hammond shows that the Septuagint, and from them the apostle here, uses the word for cords and bands (as Psalms 18:4), to which the metaphor of loosing and being held best agrees. What promise? It was predicted that Jesus would rise, Acts 2:22-31. Man never chooses an apostle; apostles did not, could not, elect an apostle: the Lord alone chose. But then he declares, and this is the central part of his message: Remember, they were looking for someone who could bear witness of the resurrection. 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. When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. His address shows some features of the early apostolic preaching. It was not possible that death could hold Him. Christ rose from the grave to rise higher, and therefore it must be of his resurrection that David spoke, and not his own, in the Psalms 16:1-11; for there was no occasion for him to rise out of his grave who was not to ascend to heaven. The promise of the Holy Ghost This was the promise that he had made to them a little before he suffered, as may be seen in John 14:16, &c., John 16:7, &c., and after he had risen from the dead. . First, The text quoted at large (Acts 2:25-28; Acts 2:25-28), for it was all fulfilled in him, and shows us, 1. Fifth, there was prophesia, the sharing of a word from God be it new revelation or old. We have seen the positive interference of the Spirit of God. He had promised the apostles that "another Comforter" would be given unto them; and here Peter affirmed that the baptism of the apostles in the Holy Spirit, as audibly and visually evidenced by the miraculous demonstration somewhat earlier, had indeed come to pass as Jesus promised. They had broken the law; they had slain the prophets; they had killed the Messiah; and they had always resisted the Holy Ghost. First he quoted from the Old Testament, to show that the Pentecost events fulfilled what the prophets foretold. For David speaking concerning him said, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is at my right hand, that I should not be moved: Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: because you will not leave my soul in hell, neither will you allow the Holy One to see corruption. A guilty conscience betrays its conscious weakness, however wilful. There is no title nor ground so secure for us. And thus, he tells them that, if in church a person speaks in an unknown tongue, that he should pray that they might interpret. That it was the accomplishment of the prophecies of the Old Testament which related to the kingdom of the Messiah, and therefore an evidence that this kingdom is come, and the other predictions of it are fulfilled. If we expect great things from God and attempt great things for God things happen. And wherever the church has denied this message, it has ceased to be a church. One has no thought, I repeat, of implying that it is not well meant. Have you ever had that? For a summary of the views of ultradispensationalists, see Ryrie, Dispensationalism Today, ch. Observe. The apostle simply says, "This is that which was spoken." Thus, God has raised Jesus and has given Him power. "Henry's Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible". The gift of the Holy Ghost was, First, A performance of divine promises already made; here it is called the promise of the Holy Ghost; many exceedingly great and precious promises the divine power has given us, but this is the promise, by way of eminency, as that of the Messiah had been, and this is the promise that includes all the rest; hence God's giving the Holy Spirit to those that ask him (Luke 11:13) is his giving them all good things,Matthew 7:11. This is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel ( Acts 2:16 ); And he began to give them a scriptural basis for the phenomenon they had just observed. But most refer this to the resurrection of Christ's body. And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers. in principle they made the church their world, in which they sought to give the impression of a faith that confided in the Lord absolutely, while at the same time there was a secret reserve for themselves. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance." God had brought out their forefather Abraham, but He never gave him actually to possess this land. (2.) 3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. Men had forbidden this. Having received of the Father. These men all died in faith not having received the promise of God: having reserved a better thing for us that they without us couldn't come into the perfected state. Next he quoted Old Testament Scriptures that Jews in general believed referred to the Messiah. He addresses himself to them with a title of respect, Men and brethren,Acts 2:29; Acts 2:29. 2. So then let all the house of Israel certainly know that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified Lord and Christ.". Our son Jeff, who we were having problems with at that time, who was in high school at that time, I turned to him and said, "Well, son, the Bible says that your sons and daughters shall prophesy. May that be the fate of all man's endeavors and programs so that we can learn to rely upon God and the power of His Holy Spirit to build the church and to do His work. Typical passages are Isaiah 2:12; Isaiah 13:6 ff. (2.) And I think that it is very irresponsible for evangelists, or whoever, to promote spiritual phenomenon without scriptural foundation.So Peter leads them right to the Word of God. I don't know if David was buried there, but at the time that Peter was talking, David's sepulchre was still around. That the soul shall not continue in a state of separation from the body; for, besides that this is some uneasiness to a human soul made for its body, it would be the continuance of death's triumph over him who was in truth a conqueror over death: "Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell" (in hades, in the invisible state, so hades properly signifies); "but, though thou suffer it for a time to remove thither, and to remain there, yet thou wilt remand it; thou wilt not leave it there, as thou dost the souls of other men." (iii) There was paraklesis ( G3874) which literally means exhortation. For another thing, all the leaders of the Church were men of the Spirit. That precisely fits Acts 2:13. How to increase our attendance? this may be, the words were according to God, whether or not fully appreciated by Peter when he uttered them. He showed it to be the fulfilling of the scripture, and, because the scripture had said that he must rise again before he saw corruption, therefore it was impossible that he should be holden by death and the grave; for David speaks of his being raised, so it comes in, Acts 2:25; Acts 2:25. You took me from the sheep coat, from following after sheep. [2.] Here is. And what a beautiful and exhilarating experience it was for her to just speak forth God's word under the anointing of the Spirit. "Oh, times are different." To be sure it is. For these two had qualifications, as far as man knew, suitable to the requirements for an apostle, being the companions of the earthly path of the Lord Jesus. ACTS 2:33-35. Despite the fact of his being in heaven, Jesus was still concerned with earth and the men dwelling upon it. But this is a most serious error; and I doubt much whether all who in appearance and by profession take the place of owning the presence of the Spirit of God have by any means an adequate sense either of the privileges which are theirs or of the gravity of their responsibility. They were all astonished and did not know what to make of it, and they kept on saying to each other, "What can this mean?" 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. Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by deeds of power and wonders and signs, which God, among you, did through him, as you yourselves know this man, delivered up by the fore-ordained knowledge and counsel of God, you took and crucified by the hand of wicked men. The Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions, leave out the word "now": and the Syriac, in the room of it, reads, "behold". We've all seen it; we've all seen Him. Dr. Lightfoot gives another sense of these presages: The blood of the Son of God, the fire of the Holy Ghost now appearing, the vapour of the smoke in which Christ ascended, the sun darkened, and the moon made blood, at the time of Christ's passion, were all loud warnings given to that unbelieving people to prepare for the judgments coming upon them. It was the more important to state this great truth, because He had said a short time before "Receive ye the Holy Ghost;" and the ignorance that is natural to us might have used the words in John 20:1-31 to deny the further power and privilege that was about to be conferred in the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven. And then as the fruit of it, and specially connected, there was "the fellowship" of which we next read. The first is kerugma, which means proclamation of the clear facts of the Christian message. This speech is an excellent example of forensic rhetoric, the rhetoric of defense and attack. It is not, I admit, according to the spirit of the age to deal with us after the same sort; but there is no real change for the better in the world to hinder the outbreak of its violence at any time. Thus these two features were seen to meet together in the Pentecostal church the retaining of Jewish religious habits in going up to the temple for prayer, and at the same time the observance of that which was properly Christian the breaking of bread at home. Psalms that are not apt to catch your attention, and yet he is quoting from them, putting them together, making sense out of them. He knew that God had promised that the Messiah would come through him. There is not, and there never was, the smallest pretence of divine authority for their insertion. and having received of the Father the promise ( Acts 2:33 ), "And it shall come to pass in those days, saith the Lord, I will pour out my Spirit." for they had refused Him; and they might have supposed that the loss was irretrievable. He goes back, he gives scriptural basis, and he's talking about the resurrection and shows that it is a Biblical concept. 3. "But ye shall receive power" (for the two words are different), "after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me." Because whenever you get into the area of spiritual phenomenon, people are going to ask questions. He attests the truth of his resurrection (Acts 2:32; Acts 2:32): God hath raised him up, whereof we all are witnesses--we apostles, and others our companions, that were intimately acquainted with him before his death, were intimately conversant with him after his resurrection, did eat and drink with him. The baptism with the Holy Spirit may be defined as that event on the Day of Pentecost by which the risen Christ gave the Holy Spirit to his disciples as he had promised and, in so doing, united them into one body, the church (Acts 2:33; Acts 11:15-16; 1 Corinthians 12:13; 1 Corinthians 12:13). Before man ever sinned, God had in mind to send His Son to redeem man from his sin, and thus to manifest God's love for sinning man. And so, may God bless you as you go forth, to bear witness of Jesus Christ. All this prepares the reader for Peters sermon, which is the initial proclamation of the gospel message to a prepared people." You can get professionals to come in and do all of these studies and, for a fee, they will go ahead and develop your whole program. There are other professionals who'll come in and set up a whole financial program for us, and they will, for ten percent of the take, will set up the whole program of how to take you. [3.] It was gradually brought out; and the more that man's unbelief grew, so much the more God's maintenance of the Lord's glory was manifested. They knew how they had treated Jesus of Nazareth. I think a lot of the things that the church does today are extraneous and supercilious, and we'd do well to let them die a natural death instead of trying to keep them alive by artificial means. EXEGESIS: THE CONTEXT: For an introduction to Acts 2, . To the Jew the idea of a crucified Messiah was incredible. Daily the Lord added to them those who were being saved. 2. In John 14:16, Jesus says, "And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever." Jesus' 120 followers in Jerusalem have just received the Holy Spirit this morning (Acts 2:1-4). Compare J. L. Moshemii de rebus Christianorum ante Const. 138.]. My tongue was glad. And with many other words he did testify and exhort, saying, Save yourself from this untoward generation. We shall find a little later, yet before Paul appears, that "the twelve" are recognised. Thus in the present instance Ananias and Sapphira sell some of their property, but keep back part of the price; and this was done deliberately by concert for the purpose of gaining the character of devotedness without its cost. Before that he served as director and teacher at Calvary Chapel Bible College, Germany, following more than 20 years of pastoral ministry. "Come down from that Cross, Son of God," he cried. On such occasions even those who profess most are apt to speak together, as if there were no God, or as if He did not hear them saying, "What shall we do to these men? It's all part of God's predetermined plan, His foreknowledge.Peter isn't really laying the blame on them. [Note: Tannehill, 2:34. The same psalm affords the clearest proof that the Messiah (and no Jew could doubt that the Messiah was in question there) would be characterised by the most absolute trust in God through an His life; that he was to lay down His life with trust in God just as unbroken and perfect in death as in life; and finally that He would stand in resurrection. Both John the Baptist and Jesus had foretold the outpouring of the Holy Spirit described by Luke, referring to it as a baptism (Matthew 3:11; Acts 1:4-5). Furthermore, whereas it is said that he obtained it of the Father, it is to be applied to the person of the Mediator. 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. 92. First of all, the apostles' doctrine: the study of the Word of God. God has accomplished His word by Moses the prophet; for Moses in no way took the place of being the deliverer of Israel, but only a witness of it, a partial exemplification of God's power then, but looking onward to the great Prophet and Deliverer that was coming. Thus, after being brought into the new association, there arose a need of instruction; and the apostles were pre-eminently those that God vouchsafed in the infant days of His assembly. Or, it may be applied, and very fitly, to the previous judgments themselves by which that desolation was brought on. We can feel readily, therefore, that there would be a real and strong family feeling, but I doubt whether their mutual affections then rose higher than the sense of their being God's family. (a) The Cross is not a kind of emergency measure flung out by God when everything else had failed. And the answer is. "What meaneth this?" All this is preserved in the written word for our instruction and guidance now. (37-41) The piety and affection of the disciples. We find the religious life, so to speak, expressed in their going up to the temple, and in their breaking bread at home. 28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. But in referring to the cross, he is talking about it as God's predetermined counsel and foreknowledge. That the Spirit should be in them a Spirit of prophecy; by the Spirit they should be enabled to foretel things to come, and to preach the gospel to every creature. Therefore, he comes back now to the resurrection. He currently serves now as the senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Santa Barbara. And it is wrong to try to put limitations upon the experience of being empowered by the Spirit of God.Several years ago our older daughter came home from a prayer meeting, and we were sitting and sharing with her. Such is the basis of Christianity. By the law sin was measured in Israel; but it is not so for the Christian. This draws out the opposition of the leaders of the Jews, who "were not able to resist the spirit and the wisdom with which he spake. The Lord ascends to heaven, but not with whirlwind nor with chariot of fire. Why wasn't it possible? "Ye shall receive power when the Holy Spirit is come upon you and you'll become a witness." We receive the gift of the Holy Spirit and in that power we can win battles we never thought to win and resist things which by ourselves we would have been powerless to resist. "To be"by the right hand"is often used to indicate power (Psalms 17:7; Psalms 18:35). Tying the wheat and the sheaves, bringing them in and offering them before the Lord as a wave offering, as the priest would take the sheaves and wave them before the Lord and offer them before the Lord as the first fruits unto God. ". Pentecost means "The Fiftieth," and another name for Pentecost was "The Feast of Weeks." 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