For Everyone Everywhere [Part 2]

Pastor author and Bible teacher Alan writing. The treasurer has arrived and is much better than any of us ever imagined the great and terrible wonderful day of the Lord has arrived and the promise of a descendent of David on the throne has been full for your Alan Wright another message of good news that will help you see your life in a whole new light. I'm Daniel Britton excited for you to hear the teaching today. In the series limited as presented at renewal, the church, North Carolina are not able to stay with us throughout the entire to make sure you know how to get our special resource. Right now you can be yours for your donation this month to Alan Wright Ministries as you listen to today's message go deeper as we send you today's special offer.

Contact us at pastoralan.org Pastor Alan.org or call 877-544-4860 that's 877-544-4860. More on this later in the program right now. Let's get started with today's teaching here is Alan Wright fascinating that Peter Peter was the preacher of the Pentecost message. The first Christian sermon, Peter.

I say that because remember, Peter is the one who denied Jesus three times. In fact, the third time that he denied Jesus as we read about Matthew 26 the third time after he denied him. Most scholars think he cursed him after little while the bystanders came up said to Peter, certainly, you are to her. One of them.

Your accent betrays you and then Peter began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, I do not know the man, the language scholar says would be like Peter saying I don't know the blank blank man. When the heat was on Peter was afraid he was a coward.

What had changed was so remarkable that he would be the oldest person in Jerusalem that day.

Remember the love it. And if you're considering Christianity, and wonder how can I ever think that it was historically real. All that would've taken to stifle this movement. All it would've taken to stop Christianity would be to produce the dead body of Jesus, because the entire message was built upon the proclamation of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Boldness had come because Peter knew that Jesus was alive.

And now that the Holy Spirit had come and filled him. He became courageous how words do not propagate the lie that will bring them no benefit. He was full of the Holy Spirit and NH to observe this. This made Peter prodigiously wise. He knew what was happening more than any of the religious leaders more than any of the scholars. He is an uneducated fisherman who is the wisest person because he's seeing into the spirit, the Holy Spirit doesn't detract from your mind. The Holy Spirit heightens the intellect, here's what's fascinating about this first Christian sermon. In addition effect is being preached by Peter himself, who denied Jesus and now so wise this sermon.

The first Christian sermon sales range to say it but it's message about judgment day no one thinks of good news. When I think of Judgment Day. We just think of being being caught in something or feeling ashamed I what I opted for the great. I was always our Lord is the kid who conformed and always tried to make the good grades and be a nice kid.

I was I was that guy was more likely to be the teacher's pet that I was rebellious. Or you could count on me not to to be messing things up, but I had a friend Bruce who he liked to cut out. Not a bad kid but is like cut up and one of the things would happen on last day of school. Elementary school is a people try to hide things in their backpack and do do little pranks and stuff them on on the last day or on the way home and my big my big evil without hidden a squirt gun in my backpack and Bruce who commits me that I blame him. And so we get on the bus and lo and behold the last day of fifth grade and they decided there will search our backpacks make sure we didn't have a pranks in there and so there was a fifth-grade teacher and she opened up and there I had a squirt gun. It was one thing she looked at Bruce's I will expect him that's on but she just looked at me with this look of just terrible disappointment, like like Alan you are the only one that I could count on.

To not do something like this.

And here you are, even you, Alan, and I remember does that look that I think that what that for most my life.

I thought of Judgment Day like that is like okay you can still get on the bus. You will identify okay on you still go to heaven but is low, but this idea that God's going to like open up your backpack and is a look around is going to find more than once work on in their euros for the idea that that all the things you've ever done wrong thought wrong or said rose can be put up on big screen.

Thereby you see it in your fifth-grade teacher will be there and your grandmother and mother and maybe Billy Graham standing there also, but he you be assured of this beloved, be assured of this for the Christian Judgment Day is the best day of your life. This is what John wrote in his little epistle of first John chapter 4. By this, love is perfected with us so that we may listen to this.

Have confidence for the day of judgment. Have confidence. Have confidence.

Have confidence. Why, because as he is. As Jesus is. As Jesus is loved by the father is Jesus is exalted as Jesus is secure in heaven as he is, so also are we in this world. Don't get me wrong for those who reject Christ for those who want to be far away from God.

Judgment Day ultimate judgment day is the day that you get what you want for that's what hell is his ultimate separation from God, but this this that Peter is saying is absolutely revolutionary all about the foretelling of this great day of the Lord, the great day of the Lord spoke about many instances of it in the Old Testament. Let me give you a couple of those first just in Malachi. Here's a forecast of prophecy of the day Lord. The day is coming, burning like an oven.

When all the arrogant all the evildoers will be stubble. That day is coming today. That is, shall set them ablaze. Notice the fire imagery but for you who fear my name the Sun of righteousness shall arise with healing in its wings.

You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall but hold.

I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. That's an example for Malachi Ellis go over to Joel because this is an elitist right into the text that Peter repeats in his first sermon for the Christian church, the Pentecost sermon is built from this prophecy from Joe which we pick up ring at verse one blower trumpet in Zion, sound an alarm on my holy mountain.

Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble for the day of the Lord is coming, so Joel is saying in chapter 2. I'm describing here the day of the Lord, the day Lord's coming a day of darkness and gloom.

A day of clouds and thick darkness fire there's image of fire again dividers before them, and behind them a flame burns continues to give the imagery of the flaming presence of God.

And then we pick up reading at verse 10 the earthquakes. There's a image of shaking earthquakes before them, the heavens tremble, the sun, the moon are dark and the stars withdraw their shining.

The Lord utters his voice before his army for his camp is exceedingly great.

He who executes his word is powerful for the day of the Lord is great and very awesome who can endure it challenge right will have more teaching moment from today's important series at Arlington ready for a new year and this is the year you start planning on dreaming for a great new year right ministries has produced a beautiful, inspiring love calendar which is each month not only depicts the Montana heart starting image also includes a special blessing for the mind explains in his new book, the power to which releases February is available from Amazon for peeler now blessing faith vision the left then told them to be fruitful or not isn't the reward for your productivity. The fuel for 2021 blessing while calendar gives you space to write down all your important appointments and make plans for a wonderful new year. And most importantly, each time you see your heart will be strengthened empowering this year. Don't just organize your life for the 2021 calendar is our gift to you.

When you make a donation is not right ministries. Contact us today and start your year out right by the power of blessing. Call us at 877-544-4860 877-544-4861 come to our website pastor and got away teaching you once again is 140 at verse 28 and this is what Peter quotes and it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh.

Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams and your young men shall see visions, we pause here to say the promise of the day of the Lord from Joel includes the promise that not only is there judgment against wickedness, but there's a great flourishing for the people of God.

The sun shall be turned to darkness the moon to blood before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes and even on the male and female servants those days I'll put my spirit and I will show wonders in the heavens and the earth and blood and fire and columns of smoke.

The sun shall be turned to darkness the moon to blood before the great and awesome day of the Lord. So there's essentials of the day of the Lord.

They the day the Lord is a day in which you can think of images of wind and fire and shaking and that evil is judged and overthrown decisively that God is exalted on high and the people of God flourishing Anna in whole new way. That's that's what was anticipated on the day of the Lord. So what happened at Pentecost would have been a Pentecost is there with wind and fire and shaking, but in a different way and sin and wickedness were judgment in a much greater way. It wasn't just that God came and and judged Caesar or Herod.

Note God had judged all of sin at the cross to everything that makes a good news good is it for anyone who believes in trust and the saving work of Jesus. Your sin has already been judged and the judgment fell on the son of God by his own set purpose and plan. He took that penalty for you so judgment has come, and what it means is that justice has arrived and justice when you trust in Christ is now on your side because the merits of Christ have been credited to you. It means that the devil was exposed and judged and condemned and defeated. It means that God is holy and just and righteous in blessing your life.

It means that that is not only it's not only something that God can do it something that God is righteous in doing and blessing your life.

It means that everyone everywhere who accepts the free gift of Christ will be given the gift of the Holy Spirit. It means this beloved. It means that the day of the Lord has come that God is now in charge. There's no more waiting for some future time for the kingdom to come.

The kingdom has arrived and the people of God. Don't just have an assurance of forgiveness.

But now are connected with God intimate with God empowered by God indwelt by God being used by God I'm saying is that the long expected day of the Lord has arrived. There will be another day of the Lord in the future. A final consummation of the work of Christ, but the decisive day of judgment. The decisive day of the exaltation of of Christ. The decisive day of the infilling of the people of God.

What Peter realized is this, is that of which Joel spoke. This is that very thing. And what he realized, therefore, is that the promise that we had is being fulfilled in a bigger way.

And part of the bigness of that fulfillment of the promise was that the promise that David's descendent would be on the throne and also come to past me to get back to second Samuel seven second Samuel seven where God makes this promise to David and said I will raise up your offspring after you and I will establish his kingdom. I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. My steadfast love will not depart from him your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever. The promise to David and so what Peter says in his sermon back to acts chapter 2 is that this is been fulfilled.

He says in verse 22 Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst.

This Jesus delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. God raised him up, loosing the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be held by for David says concerning him, you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your holy one see corruption.

People would always follow.

David was speaking there in that song about himself that you won't let me that that's not what he was saying all is said you saying you have made known to me the passive life you will make me full of gladness. We are presently speaking here. Prophetically Jesus brothers I may say to you with confidence. This is Peter about the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried in his tomb is with us this day knowing that God had sworn an oath to him that he would set one of his descendents on the throne. He foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. This Jesus God raised up, and of that we are all witnesses being therefore exalted at the right hand of God in heaven received from the Father the promise, the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing. Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ. This Jesus whom you crucified to what Peter is saying is that the day of the Lord is here and the descendent of David is on the throne. He's Jesus. He is the son of David. He is enthroned on high is not arraigned that adjustment for Jerusalem is not arraigned this just for Judea or Israel.

Anyone anywhere can be part of this kingdom is to appear saying he saying the treasurer has arrived and is much better than any of us ever imagined the great terrible wonderful day of the Lord has arrived and the promise of a descendent of David on the throne has been fulfilled. It's bigger it's better it's more wonderful and awesome than we've ever trumped up and with joy and passion and love possibly cheers, Peter exclaims the this is the gospel there on that Pentecost day and the people are just quickened by the Spirit, and they say, what shall we do verse 37 of acts chapter 2.

They were they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, brothers, what shall we do, and they were looking for one of the new rules. What is a new religion. What is the way that were supposed to to act now how do we had what we do.

That's what religion always wants to know what do I have to do but Peter answer them in verse 38 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. They wanted to know what do we have to do and what Peter told them is that you simply need to repent and be baptized, repent, and is a beautiful word matter. No AO is how we transliterate that from the Greek into English and it comes from the, the prefix meadow, which means change or beyond and do switches the Greek word for mind so literally repent means to change your mind what we do with this change your way of thinking. Quit thinking that the day of the Lord's in the distance. Quit thinking that God is just gonna limit his rule to do a descendent of David on a physical throne in Jerusalem.

Expand your mind, change your way of thinking and then he says to be baptized to be baptized is not a a legalistic law. It is a picture of being immersed. It is a picture of of being submerged into the grace of God to be baptized is to say, I cannot wash myself, but I'm going allow myself to be so thoroughly identified with Christ in his death and resurrection that it will be symbolized in the washing of the water and the going underwater and coming. That's the picture of the of the water. It's not something you do to yourself.

Instead, it is an immersion in to the love of God, what shall we do with this incredible information that the day the Lord has come, and that this descendent of David is on his throne.

What shall we do, just change your way of thinking. Quit postponing all of the richness of the glory of God to some future time and welcome him here now and be immersed, identified with Christ. And when you do, Peter said, you will be filled with the Holy Spirit acts chapter 2, verse 39 some of the greatest news the world has ever heard for the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.

Where is God's will is not missing Peter saying he's here, he's moving in these people. Young, the old, the rich, the poor people of every different kind of language and color of skin, where all here assembled in his name we have come to discover the day of the Lord in the exaltation of Jesus Christ.

If you've never said yes to the saving work of Jesus. I can give you this promise. There's nothing in your life that excludes anyone anywhere can be saved and the infilling of the Spirit of God is for everyone, everywhere, for the power of God has come at Pentecost the Holy Spirit.

The spirit of Jesus present with us here now where's God he's in the heart of every single believer that the gospel Allen right. Today's good news for everyone, everywhere. Literally it from the series unlimited investor Allen is back with us in the studio for our parting good news thought today is coming in just a moment early, then ready for a new year and this is thing here as you start planning on dreaming friend breaking here if we want to write ministries has produced a beautiful, inspiring love calendar with you in mind each month not only depicts the Montana heart starting image that also includes especially common blessing for my friend Pastor Alan explains in his new book, the power to blast which releases February 2 is available from Amazon for preorder now blessing faith vision (any then told them to be fruitful in the present isn't the reward for your productivity.

The fuel for the 2021 blessing while calendar gives you space to write down all your important appointments and make plans for a wonderful new year. And most importantly, each time you see the beautiful image for them on your heart will be strengthened empowering this year. Don't just organize your life for the 2021 blessing calendar is our gift to you. When you make a donation this month to write ministries. Contact us today and start your year out right by the power of blessing, six 877-544-4860 877-544-4861 come to our website Pastor out.org Pastor out in the studio and the kingdom is at hand. There is hope and certainly good news here that outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Daniel proves that Jesus is all that he said was that he is at the right hand of God that sin has been paid for the tyranny of the devil has ended and that we who are in Christ are assured that we are going to God forever. So in that sense Peter was saying is the day of the Lord, is to be another day of the Lord when Jesus comes in absolutely don't postpone everything as if all this is weight and get snatched out here when they just know right now here now you can know for sure. We reigned with Christ. One day rain with full glory in a new heaven. Today's good news message is a listener supported production Allen write ministries