Everybody Needs This
Acts 2:37-41
Acts 2:37-41 (ESV)
“Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?" And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.” So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.”
Acts 2:37 (ESV)
“Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"”
1. Everyone needs to repent
Acts 2:38-39 (ESV)
“And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins”
Matthew 4:17 (ESV)
“From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."”
Luke 24:47 (ESV)
“repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.”
2 Corinthians 7:10 (NIV)
"Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death"
2. Everyone needs to walk in obedience
Acts 2:38 (ESV)
Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins,”
Matthew 28:19 (ESV)
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”
1st Baptism does not save you it follows salvation.
Acts 22:16b (ESV)
“Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.”
Acts 2:38 (ESV)
"Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins”
Mark 16:16 (ESV)
"Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.”
Romans 10:9-10 (ESV)
“if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.”
Ephesians 2:8-9 (ESV)
“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”
Acts 3:19 (ESV)
“Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,”
1 Corinthians 1:14, 16 (ESV)
“I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.)”
2nd Baptism is critically important in the life of the believer
Matthew 28:19 (ESV)
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,”
Acts 2:41 (NLT)
“Those who believed what Peter said were baptized and added to the church that day—about 3,000 in all.”
Mark 1:10-11 (NLT)
“As Jesus came up out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting apart and the Holy Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice from heaven said, “You are my dearly loved Son, and you bring me great joy.”
3. Everyone needs the Holy Spirit.
Acts 2:38-39 (ESV)
“And Peter said to them, "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. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself."
Romans 8:9b (NLT)
“those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to him at all.”
1 Corinthians 6:19 (NLT)
“Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you”
Acts 1:8 (ESV)
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses
Acts 2:38b-39a, (ESV)
“you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off”
Acts 2:40-41, (ESV)
And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.” So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.
