Context of Acts 2 Peter is preaching a message in light of the events that took place earlier the Holy Ghost coming down.
In a nutshell: Peter preaches to the Jews saying, This Jesus of whom your patriarch David spoke of was your Messiah and look what you did you murdered him. The Jews got convicted and said, What must we do? Notice they didnt say, What must we do to be saved? Like the jailer asked later in Acts 16:30. The didnt asked what to do to be saved because they were not hearing a message about salvation at that time for Peter did not even know about Christ dying for sins at that time. The Jews at Pentecost asked, What must we do in light of us murdering our messiah? Peter answers:
Repent not of your sins but of murder and of their rejection of God the Father in the OT and of Jesus in the gospels!
And be baptized according to Johns baptism - Now, why did John baptize? Look at John 1:31 - And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
The message during Johns time was, (my paraphrase) Believe that Jesus was the messiah and to show you believe get baptized. The issue was were they going to believe that Jesus was their messiah for if not they would die in their sins - John 8:24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
The message wasnt the message we preach today (I Cor. 15:1-5). The message was, Believe Jesus is your messiah and get baptized.
in the name of Jesus Christ see above the issue was believing that Jesus was the messiah not believing Jesus was your saviour as today.
for the remission of sins notice Peter used the word remission not forgiveness. Israel would not be forgiven till the second advent (Acts 3:19,20).
and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. self-explanatory.
The tongues were there as a sign of judgment to the unbelieving Jews that were there (I Cor. 1:22; 14:22).
Dont want to start another thread here but the reason the signs and gifts are gone today is because God is not dealing with Israel as a nation so the signs left off the scene. When God dealt with unbelieving Jews he always used signs. The tongues were a sign of their rejection of their messiah. Remember tongues are for a sign not to believers but for unbelievers. A little different from how people use tongues today.
That is enough for now but that is what I believe Acts 2:38 is it is not a salvation message today whatsoever.
In a nutshell: Peter preaches to the Jews saying, This Jesus of whom your patriarch David spoke of was your Messiah and look what you did you murdered him. The Jews got convicted and said, What must we do? Notice they didnt say, What must we do to be saved? Like the jailer asked later in Acts 16:30. The didnt asked what to do to be saved because they were not hearing a message about salvation at that time for Peter did not even know about Christ dying for sins at that time. The Jews at Pentecost asked, What must we do in light of us murdering our messiah? Peter answers:
Repent not of your sins but of murder and of their rejection of God the Father in the OT and of Jesus in the gospels!
And be baptized according to Johns baptism - Now, why did John baptize? Look at John 1:31 - And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
The message during Johns time was, (my paraphrase) Believe that Jesus was the messiah and to show you believe get baptized. The issue was were they going to believe that Jesus was their messiah for if not they would die in their sins - John 8:24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
The message wasnt the message we preach today (I Cor. 15:1-5). The message was, Believe Jesus is your messiah and get baptized.
in the name of Jesus Christ see above the issue was believing that Jesus was the messiah not believing Jesus was your saviour as today.
for the remission of sins notice Peter used the word remission not forgiveness. Israel would not be forgiven till the second advent (Acts 3:19,20).
and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. self-explanatory.
The tongues were there as a sign of judgment to the unbelieving Jews that were there (I Cor. 1:22; 14:22).
Dont want to start another thread here but the reason the signs and gifts are gone today is because God is not dealing with Israel as a nation so the signs left off the scene. When God dealt with unbelieving Jews he always used signs. The tongues were a sign of their rejection of their messiah. Remember tongues are for a sign not to believers but for unbelievers. A little different from how people use tongues today.
That is enough for now but that is what I believe Acts 2:38 is it is not a salvation message today whatsoever.
