(Acts 2: 38,39) - I WILL REPENT THEM OF THEIR SINS, AND BE BAPTIZED.
And Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost;
For the promise is concerning you, and your children, and all that are afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.
(Acts 2: 38-39)
Dear brothers and sisters, we are studying the Gospel of the Lord Jesus, and the Gospel of the LORD JESUS IS MADE OF PEOPLE, and one of those people who held the highest position of the Gospel is the Apostle Peter, that JESUS SAID: YOU ARE PETER AND ABOUT THIS STONE I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH.
And Peter, assuming this responsibility on the day of Pentecost, began to make his own speech. And Peter giving sequence in the speech he says what is necessary to receive the ETERNAL LIFE.
We are here in verse 38 and 39, Peter begins by saying thus: "REPENT, EVERYONE OF YOU, AND ALL BE BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS, AND I WILL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, FOR THIS IS A PROMISE, AND THE PROMISE IS NOT FOR I ONLY PEDRO, BUT THE PROMISE IS FOR EVERYONE, OURSELVES AND OUR CHILDREN, AND THOSE WHO ARE AWAY, AND THOSE WHO ARE CLOSE, AND AS MANY AS THE LORD GOD CALLS. "
See how this speech of Peter, it is well defined, very clear, and very comprehensive. He begins by saying that the need for repentance. Then he says that after repentance, it is necessary to be baptized.
These two acts, repentance and baptism, produce a very important effect that is the forgiveness of sins, and when we receive the forgiveness of sins, comes a complement that is the gift of the HOLY SPIRIT. And when we receive the gift of the HOLY SPIRIT, we receive the forgiveness of sins, which brings us ETERNAL LIFE.
And all this, we have by promise of the LORD JESUS, we can only accomplish all this in our life. Because He gave us this right, because if we did not have this passport that is granted by the LORD JESUS, we would not repent. Nor to baptize us.
Because it would make no sense. But here at the end, he says that all this happens, because who calls us is GOD, it is he who calls each one by his name. He says thus: "JOSEPH COME TO WHAT IT IS ON YOUR TIME, HE INSISTS THAT EACH ONE TAKES ATTITUDE TO BEGIN, TO BE BAPTIZED AND TO RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT."
All these factors are fundamental to acquire ETERNAL LIFE.
AMEN
GLORY TO GOD
