Jesus is Lord and Messiah - Mitch Levingston

Acts 2:22-41 “Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross. But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him. David said about him: “‘I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest in hope, because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, you will not let your holy one see decay. You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.’ “Fellow Israelites, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day. But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne. Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay. God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it. Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said, “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’ “Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.” When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” Peter replied, “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. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.” With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.” Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. _____ To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural Welcome to The Centre! We're a Church in Dural, Sydney who want to Make Jesus The Centre of our lives, community, and world. Join us for a time of worship, community and teaching. Remember to stay in contact with the church, especially if you or anyone you know is in need. Get Connected: https://www.thecentredural.org.au/church/new/ Prayer Requests: https://www.thecentredural.org.au/church/prayer/ Tithing Information: https://www.thecentredural.org.au/church/giving/ Follow "BANTER"; the podcast where we unpack each week's sermon with the pastoral team: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ReaCaCb6U7r4EjdJQdajy?si=11f44dcd078e4707 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-centre-dural-podcast/id1035454799 _____ TRANSCRIPT Hey, welcome to The Centre podcast. We're a church based in Dural, Sydney, who loves Jesus. And so want to make him the center of our lives, community and world. We pray that you, blessed by this word and that it reveals God's love for you in a new way. Oh, good morning again, everybody. Morning. How are we this morning? Well called. Yes. Yes. Well So we're in the final, week of our preparing for Pentecost series. And so I was spent the last seven weeks looking at different moments of, the spirit in both the old and the New Testament. And so just to kind of recap the last two weeks, we've been looking at Peter's Pentecost sermon and, last week, if you weren't here or don't remember, which is where we looked at how Peter used the prophet Joel and, Joel's, prophecy that in the last days that the spirit we pulled out and everyone pay thy young man will drain drains. Oh, man will have visions. And and we also looked at how Peter's sermon was actually based upon a lot of it on Joel's prophecy. And so one of the things to really take away when reading the New Testament is that when it uses the Old Testaments like a kaleidoscope, you got lots of light coming through and it makes this just beautiful rainbow. And so that's sort of one aspect of what Peter's doing is taking the prophet Joel. But today we're going to look at how he used the words from Psalm 16 and Psalm 110 to point to how Jesus is both Lord and Messiah. Now, the last two weeks, I sort of managed to tie things up to the book of Revelation, which I think, you know, excited some people. And this week I was like, nope, there is ...