00:20my dear brothers and sisters we were
00:22having the bible study on acts of
00:27and we had completed the acts of the
00:29puzzles the first chapter 2
00:33and now let us continue the second part
00:37that is the peter seen peter addressing
00:42so i hope you remember what we have
00:46and it is very important passage that we
00:50that is the coming the descent of the
00:52disciple holy spirit upon the disciples
00:56all of them were receiving
00:58they received the gift of tongue gift of
01:03then everybody heard in their own
01:10peter they were praying many things and
01:12they heard in their own languages
01:15and now after all those things all those
01:18miracles that happened that supernatural
01:22miracle happened now suddenly this is
01:24what happened peter standing with the
01:30so peter standing with the leaven raised
01:33his voice and addressed them
01:36so he raised his voice and addressed
01:41this is something very important who is
01:45some days ago almost
01:51denied jesus in front of a servant girl
01:55because he was so afraid of going to the
01:58he was afraid of persecution he was
02:00afraid of torture from the authorities
02:04just 53 days ago he denied jesus
02:10just to protect himself
02:13peter in front of thousands of people
02:17even in jerusalem in the middle of the
02:21he is standing with the other 11
02:24disciples none of them are scared none
02:27of them are frightened and peter is
02:30standing in the middle and he is
02:32standing there and he is raising his
02:36he was so afraid to speak
02:3853 days ago he was so afraid to speak
02:42but now he's raised his voice and
02:45what made them this change
02:48not only that it is not only the 53 days
02:53just one day ago the previous day they
02:56were hiding in a closed room
02:59just before this pentecost they were
03:01hiding in a closed room now
03:17you will available the power
03:22we we studied the word that is used for
03:25power is dunamis or dunamin or dynamin
03:29from that word the dynamite comes so
03:32jesus said you will receive
03:35you will receive the
03:39marvelous force from inside within
03:42ourselves and you will be a witnesses
03:45you will be my witness you will
03:48it's not that you will try to witness me
03:50but the lord says you will be my
03:54and now peter is preaching so powerfully
03:57this is what happens when the holy
03:59spirit comes your life will be totally
04:02changed from the fearful person you will
04:05become a fearless person from a
04:08powerless person you will become a
04:12you will you will be totally changed
04:15that is the power of the holy spirit let
04:19and he he got up and he raised his voice
04:22and addressed the men of judea and all
04:25who live in jerusalem
04:27let this be known to you and listen to
04:29what i say now he is addressing the word
04:33of god addressing the preaching he's
04:35addressing not only to the jewish
04:37community but all the people from all
04:40over the world who have come to
04:41jerusalem for the festival of pentecost
04:44he is addressing all of them
04:46he is addressing all of them he is not
04:48scared he is not worried about the
04:50consequence he is not worried about what
04:53is going to happen now if you listen to
04:55this preaching in the in the history of
04:57the church this is the first
05:00sermon spoken by any disciple of jesus
05:03the first christian sermon written in
05:06the history of christian christianity is
05:11and why did saint peter got up why not
05:14other disciples because saint peter has
05:17got a primacy supremacy among all the 12
05:20apostles which jesus has given him in
05:23two ways first one jesus told peter
05:26peter you are the rock on this rock i
05:28will build to the church
05:29and second one after the resurrection
05:32jesus called peter and said feed my
05:36feed my sheep three times jesus told
05:38peter this special faculty was given
05:42and that is why peter is considered as
05:45the head of the community head of these
05:4712 apostles and that is why as a
05:50tradition as a successor of anyone who
05:53sits on the same office of peter
05:56has the authority of the supremacy of
05:58the whole church and that is how we have
06:02the supreme authority of the
06:04church and he is in rome because that is
06:07where the sea of peter
06:10peter died in rome and he was the bishop
06:13of rome and the first bishop of rome is
06:17and now the president bishop of rome is
06:19pope francis anybody who becomes the
06:22bishop of rome becomes the pope
06:25so there is no special
06:27ceremony to become a pope the moment you
06:30are appointed as the bishop of the rom
06:32you are automatically the pope
06:34because peter was the bishop of the rome
06:37and anyone who sits on the same office
06:42praise the lord so because that is how
06:45the church is and peter had the
06:47supremacy the primacy and that is why
06:50peter got up out of 11 and all the
06:53others are keeping quiet no one has any
06:57and then they raise he raised his voice
06:59and addressed them men of judea and all
07:02who live in jerusalem let these be known
07:05to you and listen to what i say and
07:09indeed and now he's preaching as i told
07:12you this is the first written sermon
07:17the sermon which is announced which is
07:19written in the history the first written
07:21sermon in the history though peter
07:24preached without right reading it
07:26peter was just off and he was preaching
07:29it often but it is very systematic
07:33it says who they are why they are
07:35preaching and what they are preaching
07:38what is the intention and what they are
07:40not and what they are not going to do
07:43all these details in one stretch he
07:46preached and if you read this whole
07:48sermon you understand how systematically
07:51arranged this sermon because it is not
07:54peter who was preaching through him it
07:57was holy spirit who was speaking to
07:59through him that is why jesus said when
08:01you are presented in front of the
08:02authorities don't worry about what to
08:05say what to preach what to say but the
08:07holy spirit will tell you and put you in
08:10put it in your mouth and so that you
08:12will be able to speak this is what bible
08:14says now peter said indeed these are not
08:22for it is only nine o'clock in the
08:30none of these people are drunk because
08:32they look very drunk that is why some
08:35people said they are they are drunk with
08:38wine that is why they are preaching they
08:40are praying in some other languages
08:42you know they have they manifested two
08:45types of gifts one is gift of language
08:47and gift of tongue both they manifested
08:49that is why when they saw the gift of
08:53no they didn't understand people did not
08:54understand what exactly they were
08:56speaking because gift of tongue need to
08:58be interpreted gift of language need not
09:01be interpreted because everyone
09:02understands in their own languages
09:05therefore since they see this gift of
09:07tongue they thought they are drunk
09:10and therefore saint peter says this is
09:13only nine o'clock in the morning that
09:17you know according to jewish religion
09:19the day starts on the six o'clock
09:22and seven o'clock is one hour
09:25eight o'clock in second hour
09:28and nine o'clock is third hour
09:3212 o'clock is the sixth hour three
09:36o'clock is the ninth hour
09:38that is why jesus died on the ninth hour
09:41means is three o'clock
09:44so we can read these uh the calculation
09:47of this hour uh according to the jewish
09:50understanding we can see it in the bible
09:53now they said it is only nine o'clock in
09:56the morning that means
09:57according to jewish understanding from
09:59six o'clock to nine o'clock is the time
10:02of their preparation morning prayer
10:04morning preparation they are not
10:06supposed to eat until then only after
10:08nine they have even breakfast and nobody
10:11drinks wine in the morning so there are
10:13so many books even or the secular books
10:16written who drinks his wine in the
10:17morning this you know this question is a
10:20very common question which many of the
10:24the literary books in the literary books
10:27you can see these kind of questions
10:29nobody drinks wine in the morning so
10:32therefore saint peter is saying it's
10:34only nine o'clock who drinks wine in the
10:36morning so these are not drunk with wine
10:40so these are they are drunk with the
10:43we we read in the bible ephesians 5 18
10:48we read like this do not get drunk with
10:52for that is debauchery but be filled
10:54with the holy spirit
10:56we should be drunk not with wine but be
10:58with the holy spirit
11:01filled with the holy spirit once you are
11:03filled with the holy spirit the way you
11:05move looks like you are drunk that is
11:07why saint paul says do not get drunk
11:09with wine but be filled with the holy
11:13now indeed acts of apostle chapter 2
11:15verse 15 indeed these are not wrong as
11:17you suppose but it is only nine o'clock
11:19in the morning verse 16.
11:22now this is what was spoken through the
11:24prophet john now he is going back to the
11:28now he's starting from the old testament
11:30every time any preaching is done he
11:33should start from the old testament and
11:35to the new testament this comparison
11:37study of the old testament new testament
11:39is a must for any christian preaching
11:43in order to understand jesus christ and
11:45who jesus is we need to have this
11:47comparison study that is why even in the
11:50holy masses every holy mass especially
11:52especially the solemn holy masses and
11:54sunday mass and feast day mass we have
11:57readings from the old testament and new
11:59testament and the gospel
12:01because that is how it should be and the
12:04preacher is supposed to touch the old
12:06testament and new testament together
12:08otherwise it is not a proper preaching
12:11because it has to be like this the first
12:13preaching was like this and even when
12:15jesus came to preach to the mouse
12:17disciples he preached about everything
12:20that is written about him in the old
12:22testament to the new testament so this
12:25is that is why the church has given us
12:27both old testament and new testament in
12:31in fact christianity is in the only new
12:33testament why the old testament is given
12:35to us because these are all connected
12:40saint peter is speaking
12:42he is quoting from the book of joel what
12:45happened what is the he said
12:47what you are seeing right now
12:50you can see the all their porcels are
12:52full of they looks like fully drunk
12:55they are with they are prophesying they
12:57are praying in tongues and you can see
13:00there is fire coming down the windstorm
13:03and lightning thunder the clouds
13:05surrounding you can see all these things
13:07whatever that you are seeing right now
13:10is already prophesied in the bible where
13:12is it prophesied in the book of joel
13:15chapter 2 verse 28 onwards we read like
13:18this book of joy joel prophesied like
13:21this what did he prophesy he said then
13:25i will pour out my spirit on all flesh
13:30i will pour out on my spirit on flesh
13:32all flesh you know why did joel say this
13:36because in the old testament the holy
13:38spirit is not given to everybody
13:40the holy spirit if you calculate all the
13:43people who have given the holy spirit it
13:45will be less than 30 or 40 members less
13:48than 30 people were received the holy
13:50spirit in the old testament the whole
13:53book of old testament if you take less
13:55than 20 or 30 people who are filled with
13:59and that is also not all throughout
14:01their life in between their lives
14:03for example samson was one of them
14:06daniel was one of them david was one of
14:08them the prophets were one of
14:13they they got the holy spirit for a
14:15certain time and certain mission for a
14:19that is how they got the holy spirit in
14:23but in the new testament jesus the
14:26prophet joel says those days afterward
14:29in those days i will pour out my spirit
14:32on all flesh everybody
14:35not only the prophets not only the kings
14:37but but also everybody's sons and
14:40daughters shall prophesy your old men
14:43shall dream dreams your young men shall
14:45see visions even on the male and female
14:48slaves even the servants in the home
14:50will get the anointing
14:52even the servants in the home will get
14:54the holy spirit in those days i will
14:56pour out my spirit upon them
14:59it's a prophecy and jesus saint peter
15:02says now what you are seeing right now
15:04look at these 120 people who are praying
15:06in tongues and preaching in the gift of
15:09language and filled with the power of
15:10the holy spirit this is a sign that the
15:13fulfillment of the prophet joyal he is
15:17and that is what he said
15:19no this is what was spoken through the
15:21prophet joel he said
15:23my dear brothers and sisters let's
15:25continue reading verse 2017 in the last
15:28days it will be now saint peter is
15:31quoting from the book of joel and he
15:33said in the last two days it will be god
15:36declares in the last days what is it
15:38what is this last days
15:40and what is this new day and last day
15:43many times even jesus said the time has
15:46the kingdom of god is attained the time
15:49is fulfilled many times even jesus said
15:52time is fulfilled now the kingdom of god
15:57peter is saying in the last days
16:00what what is this last day
16:02there is a difference that teaching the
16:05bible scholars say these last days means
16:08there is the the world the history of
16:11the world is divided into two
16:14we know even in the secular history the
16:17world is divided into two b c and a d
16:21before christ and uh
16:23in the year of christ
16:25bc means before christ a.d means ano
16:28domini that means that the the year year
16:37bc and ac bc means before christ ac
16:44there was subjections because there is
16:46no after christ because jesus is alive
16:48now so we can't say after christ so
16:51therefore year of christ that means from
16:54jesus death and resurrection onwards it
16:56is the years of jesus christ years of
16:59christ and that is why a.d came i know
17:02dominique euros you're of christ so
17:05the whole secular history is divided
17:08into two like bc and a d
17:11the same way the bible also divides the
17:14whole human history into two one is
17:17mosaic era the second one is messiah
17:20messianic era what is mosaic era means
17:25the as the leader of moses the time of
17:28moses that means everyone who follows
17:32until jesus christ is called mosaikira
17:36from jesus christ everyone is in the new
17:38law the law of jesus that is why
17:41messianic here messiah messianic era so
17:45jesus says the mersaid is finished the
17:48time is fulfilled now the kingdom of god
17:51is coming that my kingdom the kingdom of
17:53heaven is coming to this earth and that
17:56is why jesus preached and that is why
17:58saint peter says in the last days of
18:01masaikira in the last days of
18:04the time of moses is finished now the
18:08holy spirit is coming upon you the
18:10messianic era is starting now so that is
18:13what saying peter is speaking now
18:15through these words of god in the last
18:17days it will be god declares that i will
18:20pour out my spirit upon all flesh and
18:23your sons and your daughters shall
18:25prophesy and your young men shall see
18:27visions okay we read it let's continue
18:33and i will show portents in the heaven
18:35above and signs on the earth below blood
18:38and fire and smoky mist
18:40this is a figurative speech this is this
18:44uh you know figurative symbolic speech
18:48because it is there is some kind of
18:51message here and what does it mean it
18:54means there is a new everything will be
18:56created new everything will be fresh
18:59everything will be starting from
19:00beginning so this is what in in short
19:04through these words of god the lord
19:06wanted to tell us and verse 20 we read
19:09like this the sun shall be turned into
19:11darkness and the moon to blood before
19:14the coming of the lord's great and
19:18so this is something about apocalyptic
19:20message which we will be dealing in a
19:23detailed way when we study the
19:25revelation book of revelation
19:27now let's read verse 21
19:29then everyone who calls on the name of
19:32the lord shall be saved
19:34so before the final apocalyptic days
19:38anyone everyone who calls the name of
19:42if you really want to be saved then you
19:44have to accept jesus as the lord and
19:46savior and call the name of jesus only
19:49then you will be saved and therefore
19:52before the end of the earth before the
19:54end of the world before the apocalyptic
19:56era the saint peter says everyone who
19:59calls the name of the lord shall be
20:03you that are israelites now he's
20:06speaking addressing only to the
20:09israel has listened what i have to say
20:11now he's speaking to israelis who are
20:13living there first he spoke to all the
20:16people who have come from all over the
20:17world now he's speaking only to the
20:19israelites in jerusalem and he said
20:22jesus of nazareth a man attested to you
20:26by god with deeds of power and wonders
20:29and signs that god did through him among
20:32you as you yourselves know now he is
20:34convicting those people who lived in
20:36jerusalem who witnessed the miracles and
20:39wonders and powers of signs of god that
20:42jesus performed in front of them he is
20:44convicting them and he said verse 10 23
20:49whom who is that jesus handed over to
20:53this man is handed over to you
20:55to the definite plan and for knowledge
20:59don't ever think that you killed jesus
21:03he is handed over to you by the plan of
21:06god this is planned by god this is not a
21:10mistake this is not a coincidence this
21:12is not just happened by mistake it is a
21:17if god had not planned none of you will
21:19be able to catch jesus none of you will
21:21be able to kill him it's only because he
21:24permitted it to happen he allowed
21:27himself to be caught by you this is what
21:29saint peter says publicly in fact he was
21:32threatening all the authorities and he
21:34is in fact humiliating all the authority
21:37saying you have no power over him he you
21:40caught him and you killed him because he
21:42allowed it to happen he allowed you to
21:45catch him so he said this man handed
21:48over to you according to the definite
21:51plan and for knowledge of god and you
21:54crucified and killed by the hands of
21:57those outside the law outside the law
22:00means romans romans are not jewish
22:02people you allowed him to be killed by
22:05romans the gentiles who are outside the
22:10but god raised him up but you thought
22:13you destroyed him you thought you
22:16covered him you thought you have
22:18eliminated him but peter said but god
22:22god raised him up that is the conviction
22:25he has the peter is so powerful now he
22:27is no more the scared person who denied
22:29jesus three three times in front of the
22:31servant girl he is no more that same
22:33person he is a man of power now because
22:36he is so convinced that god raised jesus
22:39up and he said having freed him from
22:42death because it was impossible for him
22:45to be held in its power the death cannot
22:47hold him anymore death cannot hold him
22:50because it is impossible for the dead to
22:52hold him it has no power to hold the
22:56power the the lord of the dead and
22:58therefore he says it is impossible for
23:01him to be held and verse 25
23:04for david says concerning him there is a
23:06prophecy in the old testament now saint
23:08peter is quoting bible left and right
23:11from the old testament who is he he is
23:13not a bible scholar he is just a
23:15fisherman he is just a fisherman but he
23:18is getting the word of god in between
23:21exact word of god god is giving him that
23:24is why jesus said when you stand in
23:26front of the authorities don't worry
23:28what to say the holy spirit will tell
23:30you everything that you need to say he
23:32will put the word in your mouth and you
23:35will be able to speak here peter he is
23:37quoting the bible left and right he is
23:39quoting from the psalms chapter 16 verse
23:438 onwards psalm chapter 16 verse 8
23:47i keep the lord always before me because
23:49he is at my right hand i shall not be
23:51moved continue reading i therefore my
23:54heart is glad and my soul rejoices my
23:56body also rests secure and verse 10 let
24:00us read this word of god
24:03for you do not give up
24:07or let your faithful one see the pit you
24:10did not allow me to go to trio you did
24:13not allow my body to be decayed that is
24:15what he says verse 11. you you show me
24:19the path of life in your presence there
24:21is fullness of joy in your right hand a
24:23pleasure forevermore now this is the
24:26same quotation saying peter is quoting
24:28from psalm let's read from acts of the
24:30puzzle for david says concerning him i
24:33saw the lord always before me
24:35for his right he is at my right hand so
24:38that i will not be shaken
24:41david said like these verse 26
24:44therefore my heart was glad my tongue
24:46rejoiced moreover my flesh will live in
24:50david saw jesus face to face in the
24:53vision as he was prophesying and then he
24:57wrote it down in the psalms and verse 27
24:59we read for you will not abandon my soul
25:04or let your holy one experience
25:08so for you will not abandon my soul into
25:11or let your holy one experience the
25:18held by the death he raised so that
25:21prophecy is there in the in the psalm
25:24and now saint peter is quoting that
25:26bible prophecy praise the lord let us
25:28continue reading let us continue reading
25:31and you have made note to me the ways of
25:33life you will okay let's 29 let's read
25:40praise jesus let's read
25:43fellow israelites i may say to you
25:46confidently of our ancestor david that
25:48he both died and was buried and his tomb
25:51is with us to this day remember
25:54saint peter is saying
25:56david is quoting this bible not for
26:00because if it was himself david would
26:02have been resurrected but we know
26:05david's tomb is still there with us
26:07so what does it mean he was not talking
26:09about himself he is prophesying about
26:12somebody in the future so saint peter is
26:14quoting that bible and said see david's
26:16body is still there in the tomb that
26:19means he's not resurrected
26:21so then whose body is not going to be
26:23not to be corrected so who is that going
26:26to be lifted up and that is jesus christ
26:29saint peter is quoting david and said
26:32and proved it and verse 30 we read like
26:38since he was a prophet he knew that god
26:40had sworn with an oath to him that he
26:43would put one of his descendants on his
26:46throne since david is a prophet he knew
26:49god is going to put somebody on his
26:52someone one of his descendants who is
26:55going to sit on the throne of david
26:58he knew it already was 31 let's read
27:02for seeing this david spoke of the
27:05resurrection of the messiah
27:07for seeing this david spoke of the
27:09resurrection of the messiah saying he
27:12was not abandoned to hades nor did his
27:15flesh experience corruption
27:18he was not abandoned to the 80s hades
27:20means the land of death
27:22land of dead people he is not abandoned
27:25there but he and his flesh did not
27:27experience corruption
27:29his body was not decayed
27:32who said david said and now peter is
27:45and of that all of us are witnesses we
27:47are all here witnesses of this
27:50we are all here witnesses of this verse
27:54being therefore exalted at the right
27:56hand of god and having received from the
27:59father the promise of the holy spirit he
28:02has poured out his that you both see and
28:04hear now you all are hearing seeing this
28:08we have received this power from above
28:10praise the lord and he is sitting at the
28:12right side of the father
28:14and he is has promised us the holy
28:17spirit now he has poured the holy spirit
28:20so all whatever that experience they're
28:22just publicly announcing it continue
28:25verse 34 for david did not ascend into
28:28heavens but he himself says the lord
28:30said to my lord sit at my right hand
28:33until i make your enemies your footstool
28:35my lord said to my lord let's read verse
28:40david said the lord said to my lord
28:45saint peter is saying the lord first
28:47lord is the heavenly father
28:49the second lord is jesus christ
28:52the lord said to my lord
28:55sit at my right hand
28:57so that is why peter says now jesus is
29:00sitting at the right hand
29:02of the heavenly father
29:03until i make your enemies your footstool
29:05means until the second coming and
29:07establishing of the kingdom of god here
29:11until i make your enemies your footstool
29:14sit at my right hand that is why even in
29:16the hebrews it is written jesus christ
29:19sitting at the right side of the
29:20heavenly father and he's interceding for
29:23us always interceding for us now david
29:26has prophesied it the lord said to my
29:30lord sit at my right hand until i make
29:33your enemies your footstool and now
29:35saint peter is preaching this he is
29:37interpreting the old testament very
29:39clearly to his disciple to the people
29:44we read therefore let the entire house
29:46of israel know with certainty that god
29:50has made him both lord and messiah
29:53now now very clearly saint peter says
29:58this messiah is not only just a messiah
30:05he is giving the divinity of jesus
30:07christ is assuring with certainty he is
30:10clearing clarifying it to everyone he is
30:13just not on the messiah he is the lord
30:15both lord and messiah this jesus whom
30:20he says whom you crucified god made him
30:24and raised him up and he's not just a
30:26messiah he's both lord and messiah
30:30verse 37 anybody who has got a doubt
30:32whether jesus is just a prophet just a
30:34messiah whether he's a divine god
30:37himself there is a clarity about this
30:40with certainty saint peter announced it
30:45now when they heard these they were cut
30:47to the heart and said to peter and to
30:48the other apostles brothers what should
30:52let's conclude these we will discuss it
30:55tomorrow what should we do
