2. Aim
To show what Peter’s
message can teach us today
about how to communicate
good news of Jesus
‘Communicating good news’
3. Then Peter stood up with the Eleven,
raised his voice and addressed the crowd
Acts 2:14a
1. Forget past failures
4. a. Declared his allegiance – Matt 26:31
1. Forget past failures
b. Distanced himself – Matt 26:58
c. Denied Jesus – Matt 26:70, 72, 74
d. Dejection – Matt 26:75
5. Fellow Jews and all of you
who live in Jerusalem
Acts 2:14b
2. Know your audience
6. you who are far from righteousness - Isaiah 46:12
Realising this man’s understanding … ‘You are
not far from the Kingdom of God - Mark 12:34 NLT
…you once were far away from God, now you
have been brought near to Him … - Eph 2:13 NLT
2. Know your audience
7. 2. Know your audience – The Engels Scale
-6 Sceptical, resistant, or spiritually apathetic
-5 Becomes aware of an unmet need/spiritual void in life
-4 Begins looking for answers to questions
-3 Considers differences between themselves & believers
-2 Understands Gospel – why/how to become a Christian
-1 Ready to believe and receive Christ
0 Makes a commitment to Christ
8. let me explain this to you; listen
carefully to what I say. These people
are not drunk, as you suppose.
It’s only nine in the morning!
Acts 2:14b-15
3. Respond to the questions people ask
9. “The Church ... is answering questions
which have not been asked ... doing it
in a language which is not understood
... and it is doing it in places where
nobody is listening”
3. Respond to the questions people ask
10. No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
“In the last days, God says, I will pour out my
Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will
prophesy, your young men will see visions, your
old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants,
both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in
those days, and they will prophesy”
Acts 2:15-18
4. Use Scripture appropriately
11. Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God
to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which
God did among you through him … This man was
handed over to you by God's set purpose 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 …
Acts 2:22-24
5. Focus on the Person of Jesus
12. When the people heard this, they
were cut to the heart and said to
Peter and the other apostles,
"Brothers, what shall we do?"
Acts 2:37
6. Explain how people can respond
13. Repent and be baptised, 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.“
Acts 2:38-39
6. Explain how people can respond
14. With many other words he
warned them … Those who
accepted his message were
baptised, and about 3,000
were added to their number
that day.
Acts 2:40-41
7. Get the baptistery ready!
15. I pray that out of his glorious riches he
may strengthen you with power
through his Spirit in your inner being
Eph 3:16
16. Lord Jesus Christ,
I know I have sinned in my thoughts, words &
actions.
There are so many good things I have not done.
There are so many wrong things I have done.
I am sorry for my sins and turn from everything I
know to be wrong.
17. You gave your life for me on the cross.
Gratefully, I give my life back to You.
Now I ask You to come into my life.
Come in as my Saviour to forgive me.
Come in as my Lord to lead me.
Come in as my Friend to be with me.
Help me to live my life in obedience to You from
this day forward.
18. “We are not going to move this
world by criticism of it or by
conformity to it, but by the
combustion within it of lives
ignited by the Spirit of God”
Vance Havner
