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Why use Acts 2 to help us become followers of Jesus?

I've been a little surprised at the different methods people have used to share the message of Jesus. While well-intentioned, they often require the person to go all over the Bible to get what should be a pretty simple message found in one place. Of course, this is exactly what Acts 2 was intended to do. It is the first message the apostles delivered after Jesus had gone back to heaven and poured out the Holy Spirit.

This Spirit-inspired presentation of the Gospel (vs. 1-4, 17, 33) was prophesied in the Old Testament (vs. 16-21) and Jesus had promised it would happen. (Acts 1:7-8; also Luke 24:45-49) The message focuses on how people are saved (vs. 21, 40, 47) and answers the question, “What must we do?” (vs. 37; also Acts 16:25-34) It teaches us how we can be forgiven of our sins (vs. 38) and how we receive the Holy Spirit as a gift. (vs. 38-39) This fulfillment of the Great Commission, (Luke 24:46-48; Matthew 28:18-20) tells how people are added to the family of God (vs. 41, 47)