ACTS
CHAPTER TWO
OBSERVATION
STAGE
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
The purpose of
the observation stage is to maintain focus on the text at hand within the
normative rules of language, context and logic 
.which largely limits the observer to the
content offered by the books of Luke and Acts. Other passages must have a
relationship with the context at hand, such as a Scriptural quotation or
reference in the passage at hand. This will serve to avoid going on
unnecessary tangents elsewhere; and more importantly, it will provide the
framework for a proper and objective comparison with passages located
elsewhere in Scripture.
Remember that
something elsewhere may be true, but in the text at hand it may not be in
view.
I)
[Acts 2:1-21]:
A)
(2:1-5) WHEN THE DAY OF PENTECOST HAD FULLY COME, THE APOSTLES AND ALL
THE DISCIPLES WERE UNITED IN PURPOSE IN THE UPPER ROOM. SUDDENLY THERE
CAME A SOUND FROM HEAVEN OF A RUSHING MIGHTY WIND, FILLING THE WHOLE
HOUSE, EVIDENTLY ECHOING THROUGHOUT THE STREETS OF JERUSALEM. THEN
DIVIDED TONGUES OF FIRE APPEARED OVER EACH DISCIPLE'S HEAD - THE WIND
AND FIRE: SYMBOLS OF THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, PROOF OF THEIR
BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND ALL THE DISCIPLES (120+) WERE FILLED /
CONTROLLED BY THE INDWELLING HOLY SPIRIT AND BEGAN TO SPEAK IN
HERETOFORE UNKNOWN FOREIGN LANGUAGES OF MANY PEOPLES, THE WORLD OVER, AS
THE SPIRIT GAVE THEM UTTERANCE OVER EACH WORD
****** EXCERPTS
FROM ACTS CHAPTER ONE AND LUKE ******
Or
skip to the next section in Acts chapter 2: 
(Acts
1:1-11) AUTHOR LUKE SENT A SECOND WRITING TO HIS FRIEND, AND FELLOW
BELIEVER THEOPHILUS. THE FIRST WRITING WAS HIS GOSPEL - THE LIFE AND
TEACHINGS OF JESUS UNTIL HIS ASCENSION. THE SECOND WRITING BEGAN
HISTORICALLY WITH THE LORD'S ASCENSION, HIS APPEARANCES TO THE APOSTLES
AND OTHER BELIEVERS - PROOFS OF HIS RESURRECTION AND PURPOSE. AND IT
CONTAINED EVENTS OF THE APOSTLES PERTAINING TO JESUS' TEACHINGS TO THEM
RELATIVE TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD THROUGH THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN
THEM - TO BEGIN WITH THEIR BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT. THEIR COMMISSION
WAS TO BRING TO THE WORLD, THE MESSAGE OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND
ENTRANCE INTO IT; WHICH CONTENT WAS AT FIRST RELATIVE TO REPENTANCE UNTO
FAITH IN CHRIST UNTO ETERNAL LIFE IN THE RESTORATION OF THE KINGDOM OF
GOD TO ISRAEL
[Compare
Acts 1:4-8]:
[Compare
Lk 24:44-53]:
****** END
OF EXCERPTS FROM ACTS CHAPTER ONE AND LUKE ******
(A
cont.) (2:1-5 cont.) WHEN THE DAY OF PENTECOST HAD FULLY COME, THE
APOSTLES AND ALL THE DISCIPLES WERE UNITED IN PURPOSE IN THE UPPER ROOM.
SUDDENLY THERE CAME A SOUND FROM HEAVEN OF A RUSHING MIGHTY WIND,
FILLING THE WHOLE HOUSE, EVIDENTLY ECHOING THROUGHOUT THE STREETS OF
JERUSALEM. THEN DIVIDED TONGUES OF FIRE APPEARED OVER EACH DISCIPLE'S
HEAD - THE WIND AND FIRE: SYMBOLS OF THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
PROOF OF THEIR BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND ALL THE DISCIPLES (120+)
WERE FILLED / CONTROLLED BY THE INDWELLING HOLY SPIRIT AND BEGAN TO
SPEAK IN HERETOFORE UNKNOWN FOREIGN LANGUAGES OF MANY PEOPLES, THE WORLD
OVER, AS THE SPIRIT GAVE THEM UTTERANCE OVER EACH WORD, (cont.)]:
1)
[Compare Acts 1:13-14]:
B)
(2:6-13) AT THAT TIME, JEWS FROM EVERY NATION UNDER HEAVEN, DWELLING IN
JERUSALEM PURSUED THE SOURCE OF THE SOUND OF THE RUSHING MIGHTY WIND AND
CAME TOGETHER AT A LOCATION WHERE EACH ONE HEARD THE DISCIPLES SPEAKING
IN THE LANGUAGE OF HIS BIRTH OF THE WONDERFUL WORKS OF GOD - INCLUDING
THE RISEN MESSIAH / SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, THAT THROUGH FAITH IN HIM IS
ETERNAL LIFE IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD. THE JEWS' REACTION TO THE LOCAL
GALILEAN DISCIPLES SPEAKING IN SO MANY FOREIGN LANGUAGES - IN THE
LANGUAGES OF THEIR BIRTH - WAS AMAZEMENT. AUTHOR LUKE GAVE 15 EXAMPLES
OF REGIONS OF THE WORLD FROM ALL POINTS OF THE COMPASS FROM WHICH CAME
THE JEWS AND PROSELYTES WHO DWELT IN OR VISITED JERUSALEM AT THAT
PENTECOST. THE AMAZEMENT AND PERPLEXITY OF THE JEWS CONTINUED. A NUMBER
TURNED TO MOCKERY, ACCUSING THE DISCIPLES OF DRUNKENESS
C)
(2:14-21) PETER, AGAIN TOOK THE ROLE OF LEADER. HE SPOKE OUT IN DEFENSE
OF THE DISCIPLES. HE DECLARED THAT THE DISCIPLES' SPEAKING IN THE
LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD OF THE WONDERFUL WORKS OF GOD WAS TO BE THE
BEGINNING OF THE FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY OF THE RESTORATION OF THE
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN ON EARTH
1)
[Compare Acts 2:33-38]:
D)
(2:14-21 cont.) IN THE DAY OF THE LORD, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY
AND FOREVER, THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL BE POURED OUT UPON ALL MANKIND RIGHT
AFTER THE LORD'S TEMPORAL JUDGMENT UPON THE EARTH. THE PEOPLE OF THE
LORD WILL RECEIVE REVELATION FROM GOD - THEY WILL PROPHESY, DREAM
DREAMS, SEE VISIONS - SERVING AS ORACLES OF GOD AS THEY RULE OVER THE
PEOPLE OF THE EARTH. AND BEFORE THE GREAT AND AWESOME DAY OF THE LORD,
THERE WILL BE WONDERS IN THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. BLOOD AND FIRE,
COLUMNS OF SMOKE. THE SUN WILL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS, THE MOON TO
BLOOD RED RED. AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS THAT WHOEVER CALLS UPON THE
NAME OF THE LORD, I.E., REPENT UNTO FAITH ALONE IN THE LORD ALONE TO
DELIVER ONE UNTO TEMPORAL AND ETERNAL SALVATION IN THE ETERNAL KINGDOM
OF GOD WILL BE SAVED. BUT ONLY THE REMNANT CHOSEN BY THE LORD WILL
CHOOSE TO BELIEVE AND BE SAVED - THE PEOPLE OF THE LORD BEING PRIMARILY
IN VIEW THROUGHOUT THIS PASSAGE
****** EXCERPT FROM JOEL
CHAPTER 2 ******
........................Or
skip to the next section in Acts chapter 2:
(Joel
2:28-32) IN THE DAY OF THE LORD, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY AND
FOREVER, THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL BE POURED OUT UPON ALL MANKIND RIGHT AFTER
THE LORD'S TEMPORAL JUDGMENT UPON THE EARTH. THE PEOPLE OF THE LORD WILL
RECEIVE REVELATION FROM GOD - THEY WILL PROPHESY, DREAM DREAMS, SEE
VISIONS - SERVING AS ORACLES OF GOD AS THEY RULE OVER THE PEOPLE OF THE
EARTH. AND BEFORE THE GREAT AND AWESOME DAY OF THE LORD, THERE WILL BE
WONDERS IN THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. BLOOD AND FIRE, COLUMNS OF SMOKE.
THE SUN WILL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS, THE MOON TO BLOOD RED RED. AND IT
SHALL COME TO PASS THAT WHOEVER CALLS UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD, I.E.,
REPENT UNTO FAITH ALONE IN THE LORD ALONE TO DELIVER ONE UNTO TEMPORAL
AND ETERNAL SALVATION IN THE ETERNAL KINGDOM OF GOD WILL BE SAVED. BUT
ONLY THE REMNANT CHOSEN BY THE LORD WILL CHOOSE TO BELIEVE AND BE SAVED
- THE PEOPLE OF THE LORD BEING PRIMARILY IN VIEW THROUGHOUT THIS PASSAGE
[Compare
Joel 2:10-11]:
****** END
OF EXCERPT FROM JOEL CHAPTER 2 ******
II)
[Acts 2:22-37]:
A)
(2:22-24) AFTER DECLARING TO THE CROWD OF ISRAELITES IN JERUSALEM THE
IMMINENT ARRIVAL OF THE ETERNAL KINGDOM OF GOD SHOULD EVERYONE IN ISRAEL
CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD FOR TEMPORAL AND ETERNAL SALVATION; PETER
ADDRESSED THE REASON WHY ONE COULD CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD TO BE
SAVED: JESUS THE NAZARENE, A MAN DESIGNATED AS APPROVED BY GOD TO BE THE
MESSIAH OF ISRAEL AND OF THE WHOLE WORLD AS EVIDENCED BY THE MIRACLES
THAT GOD DID THROUGH HIM. AND BY THE DETERMINATE COUNSEL AND
FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD, JESUS WAS TAKEN BY LAWLESS HANDS AND CRUCIFIED AND
THEN RESURRECTED BY GOD. WHEREBY HE BECAME THE ATONING SACRIFICE FOR THE
SINS OF THE WORLD - THE ONE TO TRUST IN FOR SALVATION UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
IN THE ETERNAL KINGDOM OF GOD FOR HIS PEOPLE ISRAEL AND FOR THE WHOLE
WORLD!
B)
(2:25-31) PETER PROVIDED SCRIPTURAL CORROBORATION FROM PSALM 16 TO THE
CROWD OF JEWS IN JERUSALEM THAT JESUS WAS THEIR MESSIAH / SAVIOR. SINCE
DAVID RESTED ON THE SURE HOPE OF GOD'S DELIVERANCE FROM TEMPORAL
DIFFICULTIES AND UNTO ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH THE MESSIAH / SAVIOR - THE
HOLY ONE OF GOD; SO GOD WOULD NOT ALLOW HIS HOLY ONE TO SEE PHYSICAL
CORRUPTION IN THE GRAVE, BUT HE WOULD BE RESURRECTED FROM THE DEAD AND
WOULD RULE ON THE THRONE OF DAVID FOREVER
1)
[Compare Psalm 16:1-11 Masoretic Text translation vs Peter's quotation
of the Septuagint in Acts 2:25-28]:
a)
David Prayed And Trusted In God for Temporal And Eternal Salvation,
Declaring That There Was Nothing In Life That Was Good Apart From The
LORD. He Delighted In Fellowship With Fellow Saints; And Rejected Those
Who Hastened After Other gods. The LORD Was His Inheritance, Hence He
was Incomparably And Pleasantly Blessed! Hence David Blessed The LORD
Who Gave Him Counsel Day and Night
b)
David Declared That He Had Set The LORD Always Before Him And Because
The LORD Would Always Be At His Right Hand, David Would Not Be Moved
From His Godly Walk. Therefore David's Heart Was Glad, The Glory Of His
Godly Personal Honor Rejoiced, His Tongue Rejoiced In The LORD, And His
Body Rested In The Sure Hope Of Temporal and Eternal Salvation. David
Declared That The LORD Would Never Leave His Disembodied Soul In Sheol;
Nor Would He Allow His Holy One - The Messiah - To See Corruption In The
Grave Implying Resurrection. Finally, David Declared That The LORD Would
Show Him The Path Of Life, And In The LORD's Presence There Would Be
Fullness Of Joy And Pleasures Forevermore, Implying Eternal Life In The
Eternal Kingdom Of God
C)
(2:32-33) PETER CONTINUED TO ADDRESS THE CROWD AND DECLARED, "THIS
JESUS GOD HAS RAISED UP OF WHICH WE ARE ALL WITNESSES." PETER
DECLARED THAT HE WAS EXALTED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD THE FATHER. AND AS
PROMISED BY THE FATHER, JESUS RECEIVED THE HOLY SPIRIT WHOM PETER
DECLARED JESUS HAD "POURED OUT [THE SPIRIT] AND WHOSE WORK YOU NOW
SEE AND HEAR IN THE DISCIPLES' SPEAKING IN THE TONGUES OF THE WORLD OF
THE MARVELOUS WORKS OF GOD TO ALL THE JEWS PRESENT FROM ALL OVER THE
WORLD - ESPECIALLY OF JESUS CHRIST AND HIM CRUCIFIED, RESURRECTED AND
ASCENDED TO THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER
D)
(2:34-37) THEN PETER PROVIDED MORE EVIDENCE FROM SCRIPTURE BY READING
AND INTERPRETING PSALMS 110:1:' ''FOR DAVID DID NOT ASCEND INTO THE
HEAVENS, BUT HE SAYS HIMSELF: "THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, 'SIT AT MY
RIGHT HAND, UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET.' "
''' PETER DECLARED THAT IT WAS NOT DAVID WHO ASCENDED INTO THE HEAVENS,
BUT IT WAS THIS JESUS WHOM THEY CRUCIFIED WHO WAS BOTH LORD - MEANING
GOD - AND CHRIST MEANING THEIR MESSIAH / SAVIOR. AND THE JEWS WERE "PRICKED
TO THE HEART." THEY EVIDENTLY RECOGNIZED THAT JESUS WAS THEIR
MESSIAH WHOM THEY HAD CRUCIFIED, BUT THEY HAD NOT YET REPENTED /
BELIEVED IN HIM FOR FORGIVENESS OF SINS. THEY SAID TO PETER AND THE REST
OF THE APOSTLES, "WHAT SHALL WE DO, MEN, BRETHREN?" NOTE THAT
THE WORD BRETHREN REFERRED TO BEING FELLOW JEWS, NOT FELLOW BELIEVERS
1)
[Compare Ps 110:1]:
III)
[Acts 2:38]:
A)
(Acts 2:38) THE GREEK WORDS METANOEO (VERB) AND METANOIA (NOUN) RENDERED
"TO REPENT" AND "REPENTANCE" MEAN A CHANGE OF THE
MIND. THEY DO NOT INCLUDE OTHER SPHERES OF ACTIVITY OUTSIDE OF THE MIND,
SUCH AS A CHANGE OF BEHAVIOR, WITHOUT OTHER WORDS PRESENT IN THE TEXT AT
HAND TO DESIGNATE THIS
1)
[Compare 2 Tim 2:24-25]:
B)
(Acts 2:38) REPENTANCE RELATIVE TO FORGIVENESS OF SINS UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
IN THE ETERNAL KINGDOM OF GOD MEANS TO CHANGE THE MIND - TO TURN FROM A
BELIEF SYSTEM WHICH IS NOT SOLELY IN CHRIST ALONE TO ONE WHICH IS.
REPENTANT BEHAVIOR RATHER THAN A REPENTANCE = CHANGE OF MIND FROM NOT
BELIEVING TO BELIEVING IS NEVER STIPULATED IN SCRIPTURE AS RESULTING IN
SINS BEING FORGIVEN UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
1)
The Old Testament Prophets, John The Baptist And His Disciples, And The
LORD Jesus Christ And His Disciples Before His Ascension Preached To
Israel, "Repent For The Kingdom Of God Is At Hand" - In The
Sense Of Believing In The Coming Messiah / Savior In Order For Them To
Receive Forgiveness Of Sins Unto Eternal Life In The Eternal Kingdom Of
God, Which Would Commence Should All Israel Believe. The Context Of This
Repentance Unto Forgiveness Of Sins Did Not Include Producing Fruit,
I.E., Doing Godly Works, Such As Water Baptism; Nor Did It Include A
Committment To Do Godly Works, As Some Contend
a)
[Compare Mk 1:14-15]:
b)
[Compare Ex 30:17-21]:
c)
[Compare Dt 21:1-9]:
d)
[Compare Heb 9:9-10]:
e)
[Compare Mt 3:1-8]:
f)
[Compare Acts 19:4]:
g)
[Compare Jn 1:29-31]:
h)
[Compare Mk 1:4, 14-15]:
i)
[Compare Mt 4:12, 17]:
2)
In The Case Of The Message Of The Gospel After Christ's Ascension,
Beginning With The Apostle Peter, The Greek Word "Metanoeo" ("Metanoesate")
Rendered "Repent" Continued To Signify A Change From Not
Believing To Believing Alone In Jesus Christ (Now Having Been Revealed
In His Resurrected Humanity To The World) As LORD And Christ / The
Messiah For Forgiveness Of Sins Unto Eternal Life In The Eternal Kingdom
Of God; Which Kingdom Would Commence Should All Of That Generation Of
Israel Believe. Plus In This Time There Was Begun The Reception Of The
Gift Of The Indwelling Holy Spirit In All Who Believed - Jew And Gentile
Alike. But Sometime After His Address To The Jews In Acts Chapter 2,
Peter Indicated That Heaven Must Receive Jesus Christ, The Holy One,
Until The Times Of Restoration Of All Things, I.E., Until A Future Time
When The Eternal Kingdom Of God Would Commence Upon All Of A Future
Generation Of Israel Repenting / Believing In Christ
a)
[Compare Acts 2:36-38]:
i)
Peter's Answer To The Jews' Question Of What They Should Do Relative To
Jesus Christ Being Their LORD And Christ, Their Messiah / Savior, Was To
Repent In The Sense Of Changing Their Minds To Believe In Him For
Forgiveness Of Sins Unto Eternal Life In The Eternal Kingdom Of God;
Which Kingdom Would Commence Should All Of That Generation Of Israel
Believe; And For The Gift Of The Holy Spirit. Whereupon They Were To Be
Water Baptized Symbolizing This. Absent Is Any Exhortation To Behave
Better Or Feel Remorse Or Commit To A Holy Lifestyle
i_a)
[Compare Acts 3:11-21]:
i_b)
[Compare Acts 2:41-44]:
i_c)
[Compare Acts 19:4]:
ii)
Peter's Answer To The Jews' Question Of What They Should Do Relative To
Jesus Christ Being Their LORD And Christ, Their Messiah / Savior,
Included Being Water Baptized - But To Symbolize And Not To Be Part Of
Repentance As Some Contend; Nor To Be Causative Of Being Forgiven Of
Ones Sins Unto Eternal Life In The Eternal Kingdom Of God; Nor To Be
Causative Of Receiving The Gift Of The Indwelling Holy Spirit
ii_a)
[Compare Heb 9:9-10]:
ii_b)
[Compare Acts 2:38 Interlinear]:
ii_c)
[Compare Acts 2:41-44]:
ii_d)
[Compare Acts 3:11-21]:
ii_e)
[Compare Acts 5:30-32]:
ii_f)
[Compare Acts 10:34-47]:
ii_g)
[Compare Acts 13:13-39]:
ii_h)
[Compare Acts 26:12-18]:
C)
(Acts 2:38) THE RECEPTION OF THE GIFT / THE BAPTISM - THE PERMANENT
INDWELLING - OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS TO EMPOWER THE DISCIPLES AND ALL
BELIEVERS TO BE WITNESSESS TO JESUS CHRIST TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH - TO
BE WITNESSES OF HIS PROVISION THROUGH A MOMENT OF FAITH ALONE IN HIM
ALONE FOR ETERNAL LIFE IN THE ETERNAL KINGDOM OF GOD. THIS HOLY SPIRIT
BAPTISM WAS SOLELY A RESULT OF A MOMENT OF FAITH ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE
FOR FORGIVENESS OF SINS UNTO ETERNAL LIFE IN THE ETERNAL KINGDOM OF GOD:
****** EXCERPT FROM ACTS CHAPTER
ONE RELATIVE TO THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ******
Or
skip to the next section in Acts chapter 2:
(Acts
1:1-11) AUTHOR LUKE SENT A SECOND WRITING TO HIS FRIEND, AND FELLOW
BELIEVER THEOPHILUS. THE FIRST WRITING WAS HIS GOSPEL - THE LIFE AND
TEACHINGS OF JESUS UNTIL HIS ASCENSION. THE SECOND WRITING - EVENTUALLY
ENTITLED THE BOOK OF ACTS - BEGAN HISTORICALLY WITH THE LORD'S
ASCENSION, HIS APPEARANCES TO THE APOSTLES AND OTHER BELIEVERS - PROOFS
OF HIS RESURRECTION AND PURPOSE. AND IT CONTAINED EVENTS OF THE APOSTLES
PERTAINING TO JESUS' TEACHINGS TO THEM RELATIVE TO THE ETERNAL KINGDOM
OF GOD THROUGH THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THEM - TO BEGIN WITH THEIR
BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT. THEIR COMMISSION WAS TO BRING TO THE WORLD
THE MESSAGE OF THE ETERNAL KINGDOM OF GOD AND ENTRANCE INTO IT; WHICH
CONTENT WAS AT FIRST RELATIVE TO REPENTANCE UNTO FAITH IN CHRIST UNTO
ETERNAL LIFE IN THE RESTORATION OF THE ETERNAL KINGDOM OF GOD TO ISRAEL.
THE DOCTRINES UNIQUE TO THE CHURCH HAVE NOT YET BEEN IN VIEW
[Compare
Lk 24:44-49]:
****** END OF EXCERPT FROM ACTS
CHAPTER ONE ******
1)
[Compare Acts 2:38-39]:
2)
[Compare Acts 10:43-47]:
D)
(Acts 2:38) PETER'S ANSWER TO THE JEWS' QUESTION OF WHAT THEY SHOULD DO
RELATIVE TO JESUS CHRIST BEING THEIR LORD AND CHRIST, THEIR MESSIAH /
SAVIOR, INCLUDED BEING WATER BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST - BUT
TO SYMBOLIZE AND NOT TO BE PART OF REPENTANCE AS SOME CONTEND; NOR TO BE
CAUSATIVE OF BEING FORGIVEN OF ONES SINS UNTO ETERNAL LIFE IN THE
ETERNAL KINGDOM OF GOD; NOR TO BE CAUSATIVE OF RECEIVING THE GIFT OF THE
INDWELLING HOLY SPIRIT
1)
[Compare Heb 9:9-10]:
2)
[Compare Acts 2:38 Interlinear]:
3)
[Compare Acts 2:41-44]:
4)
[Compare Acts 3:11-21]:
5)
[Compare Acts 5:30-32]:
6)
[Compare Acts 10:34-47]:
7)
[Compare Acts 13:13-39]:
8)
[Compare Acts 26:12-18]:
E)
ACTS 2:38 DOES NOT COMMAND JEWS WHO, IT IS MAINTAINED, WERE ALREADY
SAVED "BRETHREN," TO REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED IN ORDER TO
ADDRESS THEIR COMPLICITY AS A NATION IN CRUCIFYING JESUS CHRIST AS SOME
CONTEND
1)
There Is Nothing Stipulated Prior To Verse 38 That Definitively
Indicates That Any One In The Crowd Had Become A Believer
2)
The Question That Was Asked In Verse 37 By A Number Of Jews In The Crowd
Cannot Be Dogmatically Viewed As Representative Of The Mindset Of 100%
Of The Thousands Who Were Present At Peter's Sermon
3)
Peter's Answer In Verse 38 Which Told Those In The Crowd How To Receive
Forgiveness Of Sins And The Holy Spirit Implied That Many If Not All Of
Them Had Not Yet Received Forgiveness Of Sins Or The Gift Of The Holy
Spirit
4)
There Was No Manifest Evidence Given That Anyone In The Crowd Believed
In Jesus For Forgiveness Of Sins And Received The Indwelling Holy Spirit
Before The Timeframe Of Verse 38, Such As Speaking In The Many Native
Tongues As The Disciples Had - Or Other Wonders And Signs, (Acts 2:43)
5)
Since Peter Repeatedly Addressed The Crowd Relative To Their Being Jews
- Even Using The Word Rendered "Brethren" In That Context,
Then the Word Rendered "Brethren" in Verse 37 Must Refer To
Fellow Jews, And Not To New Fellow Believers As Some Contend
6)
The Phrase Rendered "Forgiveness Of You Sins" In Acts 2:38 Is
Plural, Hence Forgiveness Of The One Sin Of Crucifying/ Rejecting Christ
Is Not In View
7)
The Proposal By Some Of The Reception Of The Indwelling Holy Spirit As A
Result Of Water Baptism Is Not Supported In Scripture
8)
Since Verse 39 Includes Gentiles In The Forgiveness Of Sins And
Reception Of The Holy Spirit, Then A Special Forgiveness Of Israel For
The Sin Of Rejecting and Crucifying Christ Cannot Be In View In Verse 38
a)
[Compare Acts 2:39 cf. Acts 10:34-47
]:
9)
A Requirement For All Of A Generation Of Israelites To Repent And Be
Bapized To Be Specifically Forgiven Of The Sin Of Rejecting Christ Is
Not Supported Anywhere In Scripture To Corroborate What Some Contend Is
The Message Of Acts 2:38 - Especially Since Many Jews Were Not Present
In The Jerusalem Area At The Time Leading Up To And Including Christ's
Rejection And Crucifixion
IV)
[Acts 2:39-47]:
A)
(2:39-47) PETER DECLARED THAT THE PROMISE OF FORGIVENESS OF SINS UNTO
ETERNAL LIFE IN THE ETERNAL KINGDOM OF GOD WAS TO JEW AND GENTILE ALIKE
- AS MANY AS THE LORD WILL CALL TO BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST. PETER
EXHORTED THOSE TO WHOM HE PREACHED TO BE SAVED "FROM THIS PERVERSE
GENERATION." THREE THOUSAND SOULS WERE ADDED TO THE BODY OF
BELIEVERS THAT DAY; AND THEY CONTINUED STEADFASTLY TO BE TAUGHT BY THE
APOSTLES, REMAINING IN FELLOWSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER AND IN PRAYER. THERE
WERE MANY SIGNS AND WONDERS DONE THROUGH THE APOSTLES. AND THE BELIEVERS
REMAINED TOGETHER, SELLING AND SHARING POSSESSIONS ACCORDING TO THEIR
NEEDS. DAILY, MORE WERE ADDED TO THEIR NUMBERS
1)
[Compare Acts 10:34-35]:
V)
IT IS NOT CONCLUSIVE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE TIMEFRAME OF ACTS CHAPTERS
1 & 2 HAVE IN VIEW THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CHURCH
A)
[Compare Mt 16:13-18]:
B)
[Compare Acts 3:19-21]:
Acts
chapter 2
