Scriptural Preaching
Matthew 7:28-29
28And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
29For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
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The SOURCE of Authoritative Preaching.
Acts 2:15
15For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
Proverbs 23:29-30
Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has babblings? Who has wound without a cause? They that tarry long at the wine they that seek mixed drinks.
Proverbs 23:21
“For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Proverbs 23:33
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
Ephesians 5:18-20 AMP
18And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but ever be filled and stimulated with the [Holy] Spirit.
19Speak out to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, offering praise with voices [and instruments] and making melody with all your heart to the Lord,
20At all times and for everything giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father.
The STANDARD for AUTHORITATIVE Preaching.
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Peter’s Sermon was VERIFIED in Scripture
Acts 2:16a
But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
Acts 2:17
17And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: 18And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
Peter’s Sermon IDENTIFIED SIN According to Scripture
Acts 2:22-26
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: 23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
Acts 7:51-52
51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
Peter’s Sermon is CLARIFIED by Scripture
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.
25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
26 therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
27 because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Acts 2:31-32
31He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. 32This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
Scriptural Preaching GLORIFIES Christ
Acts 2:24
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
Acts 2:36
Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
The SUBJECT of AUTHORITATIVE Preaching.
Acts 2:21
21And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved
Acts 4:12
10 be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.