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 Correct. Peter told them to do
just what Jesus had commanded:
 "And Peter said to them, "Repent, and let each of you be baptized in the name of
Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of
the Holy Spirit.
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"For the promise is for you and your
children, and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God shall call to
Himself." Acts 2:38-39 (NAS)
How did those who received the word respond in
faith?
"And with many other words he solemnly testified and kept on exhorting them,
saying, "Be saved from this perverse generation!"
41
So
then, those who had received his word were baptized; and there were added that
day about three thousand souls.
42
And they were
continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to
the breaking of bread and to prayer." Acts 2:40-42 (NAS)
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Jesus'
Words After He Rose from the Dead
and Before He Ascended to Heaven
Matthew 28:16-20,
Mark 16:15-16, Luke 24:44-49,
John 20:21-23, John 21:15-19, Acts 1:4-9 |
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Jesus' Commands |
Related Promises |
The Disciples' Obedience of Faith |
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Go into all the world, beginning in Jerusalem. Preach the gospel to all creation. Preach about repentance, belief and baptism for the forgiveness of
sins. |
Jesus would be with them always, even until the end of the age. |
The gospel of Jesus Christ (the good news of the death, burial and
resurrection) was first preached in
Jerusalem in Acts 2. About 15
years later in Acts 13:49, it says "...the word of the Lord was being
spread through the whole region." |
Baptizing in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
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Those that believed, repented and were baptized would receive the
forgiveness of sins. |
In Peter's first gospel message, he told those who believed to "repent
and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the
forgiveness of your sins." This same message was
delivered by the other apostles and disciples. |
Teaching them to observe all that Jesus commands.
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Those that believed, repented and were baptized would receive the
forgiveness of sins. |
3,000 people were baptized on the day of Pentecost
(Acts 2:41) and
"they continually devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to
fellowship, to the breaking of bread and prayer." -- Acts 2:42.
The Book of Acts through Romans shows how the disciples continued to teach
the followers. |
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Stay in Jerusalem until they receive the Holy Spirit. |
The Holy Spirit would come upon them in Jerusalem. |
They stayed in Jerusalem until they received the promised Holy Spirit
-- Acts 1:12, Acts 2. |
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Peter to shepherd and feed Jesus' flock. |
Jesus told them the manner in which they would die. |
Peter is the first apostle to begin sharing the word of the gospel with the
Jews in Acts 2 and to tell them what they must do to receive
forgiveness of sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit. See above.
Peter eventually became one of the elders in the congregation of Jesus'
church in Jerusalem, where he was one of the shepherds of the church in
that area. Peter pointed people to Jesus...whom Peter described as
the "Chief Shepherd." See 1 Peter 5:1-4. |
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