A Model for Preaching
Titus 2:13-15
13 looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke WITH ALL AUTHORITY. Let no man despise thee.
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Bold and Courageous
Acts 2:14
14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven,
lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judæa, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
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Biblical Content
Acts 2:15
15 for these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
16 But THIS IS THAT which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
- Acts 2:17-18 > Joel 2:28-32
- Acts 2:27 > Psalm 16:8-11
- Acts 2:34-35 > Psalm 110:1
Joel 2:28-29
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh;
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams,
your young men shall see visions:
29 and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
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Based On Christ
Acts 2:22
Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
Acts 2:32
This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
Acts 2:36
Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
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Befitting and Convicting
Acts 2:22
22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
Acts 2:23
23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
Acts 2:24
24 whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
Acts 2:37-40
37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
38 Then Peter said unto them, REPENT, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.