Peter and John healed a man in the name of Jesus. They used this miraculous occurrence as an opportunity to proclaim the truth of the Gospel.
I want you to see that all of the parts of the Gospel are in this passage. Paul is very specific; he tells them that they killed Jesus. Peter also says that God raised Jesus from the dead. In verses 18-19 Peter says, “But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled. Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out.”
Peter defends his statements using the Old Testament, showing that Jesus fulfills the Old Testament. He then calls for the people to repent (turn from their sin and turn to Jesus). If they do this their sin will be forgiven; their sin will be blotted out.
Peter says this to the people responsible for the death of Jesus. How great is the grace and mercy of God that even those people were offered forgiveness!
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