The Acts of the ApostlesActs 3:19-4:4

• Acts 3:17-18 "And now, brethren, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your rulers did also. 18 "But the things which God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.

• 19 "Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;

• Ezekiel 14:6 "Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Repent and turn away from your idols and turn your faces away from all your abominations.

• Ezekiel 14:6 "Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Repent and turn away from your idols and turn your faces away from all your abominations.

• Matthew 3:1-2 Now in those days John the Baptist *came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying, 2 "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

• Matthew 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

• Matthew 21:28-31 "But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, 'Son, go work today in the vineyard.' 29 "And he answered, 'I will not'; but afterward he regretted it and went. 30 "The man came to the second and said the same thing; and he answered, 'I will, sir'; but he did not go. 31 "Which of the two did the will of his father?" They *said, "The first."

• Luke 1:16 "And he will turn many of the sons of Israel back to the Lord their God.

• Luke 1:16 "And he will turn many of the sons of Israel back to the Lord their God.

• 1 Thessalonians 1:9 For they themselves report about us what kind of a reception we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God,

• Isaiah 43:25 "I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins.

• Isaiah 43:25 "I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins.

• Acts 5:31 "He is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

• Colossians 2:13-14 When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, 14 having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.

• Psalms 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

• Psalms 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

• Acts 1:7 He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority;

• Ezekiel 34:26 "I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. And I will cause showers to come down in their season; they will be showers of blessing.

• Luke 19:41-44 When He approached Jerusalem,He saw the city and wept over it, 42 saying, "If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes. 43 "For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, and surround you and hem you in on every side, 44 and they will level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation."

• 20 and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you, 21 whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.

• 20 and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you, 21 whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.

• 22 "Moses said, 'THE LORD GOD WILL RAISE UP FOR YOU A PROPHET LIKE ME FROM YOUR BRETHREN; TO HIM YOU SHALL GIVE HEED to everything He says to you.

• “As was the former redeemer so shall the latter redeemer be. While of the former it is said (Ex. 4:20) “And Moses took his wife and his sons and set them upon an ass,” so of the latter: for it says (Zech. 9:9) “He is lowly and riding on an ass.” And while the former redeemer brought down manna (Ex. 16:4) “Behold I will rain bread from heaven for you,” so the latter redeemer shall bring down manna.”

• John 7:37-40 Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. 38 "He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, 'From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.'" 39 But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. 40 Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, "This certainly is the Prophet."

• 23 'And it will be that every soul that does not heed that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.'

• 23 'And it will be that every soul that does not heed that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.'

• 24 "And likewise, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and his successors onward, also announced these days.

• Luke 24:25-27 And He said to them, "O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! 26 "Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?" 27 Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

• 25 "It is you who are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'AND IN YOUR SEED ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED.' 26 "For you first, God raised up His Servant and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways."

• Romans 9:3-5 For I could wish that I myself were accursed, separated from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh, 4 who are Israelites, to whom belongs the adoption as sons, and the glory and the covenants and the giving of the Law and the temple service and the promises, 5 whose are the fathers, and from whom is the Christ according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

• Romans 11:2 God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew.

• Romans 11:2 God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew.

• Luke 24:47 and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

• Romans 11:2 God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew.

• Luke 24:47 and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

• Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

• 4:1 As they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them, 2 being greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3 And they laid hands on them and put them in jail until the next day, for it was already evening. 4 But many of those who had heard the message believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

• John 15:18-20 "If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. 19 "If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you. 20 "Remember the word that I said to you, 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.

• 2 Timothy 3:12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

• “Instead of threatening the body, Satan’s persecutions today aim at the ego. They threaten our selfish pride, need for acceptance, or status. Satan has largely destroyed the spiritual effectiveness of the church without having to kill the individual believers in it. In fact, letting believers live self-centered, complacent, indolent, worldly lives is more effective in keeping people from being attracted to the Christian faith than killing them. Martyrs are respected for the strength of their character; compromisers are despised.” John MacArthur

• “The religion of the Sadducees was largely one of social custom. They believed only the written law (Torah), rejecting the oral tradition so vital to the Pharisees. They did not believe in the resurrection of the body, or in any future rewards or punishments. In contrast to the Pharisees, they denied the existence of angels and the spirit world (Acts 23:8). Finally, they rejected predestination and the sovereignty of God, believing man to be the master of his own destiny. These theological liberals were the first to persecute the church.” John MacArthur

• 1. Repent and God will forgive you.

• 1. Repent and God will forgive you.

• 2. Christ must return to the earth for the Millennial Kingdom to start.

• 1. Repent and God will forgive you.

• 2. Christ must return to the earth for the Millennial Kingdom to start.

• 3. All of the prophets spoke of the Kingdom.

• 4. Moses prophesied that there will be another prophet like him.

• 4. Moses prophesied that there will be another prophet like him.

• 5. Disobeying that prophet brings damnation.

• 4. Moses prophesied that there will be another prophet like him.

• 5. Disobeying that prophet brings damnation.

• 6. The Jews were given the first opportunity to accept Christ.