Peter's Earthly Ministry in Acts: Choosing Matthias and the Power of Prayer
Explore Peter's earthly ministry in the book of Acts, including the selection of Matthias, the significance of prayer, the betrayal of Judas, and the role of Matthias as a witness to Christ's resurrection. Dive into the profound events that shaped early Christianity and the impact of divine intervention on the lives of believers.
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Peters Earthly Ministry | Acts Peter s Earthly Ministry | Acts Choosing Matthias Acts 1:12 Acts 1:12- -26 26
Christian Faith is not a blind leap into the abyss; rather, it s an old old story that expresses the radical change that comes from Divine Intervention into the lives of real men and women eyewitnesses to historical and wonderful events that changed the world!
Then they seized Him [Jesus] and led Him away, bringing Him into the high priest s house, and Peter was following at a distance And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed. And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the saying of the Lord, how He had said to him, Before the rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times. And he went out and wept bitterly. And he went out and wept bitterly. Luke 22:54-62
Prayer | devoted & together (12-14) All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together The group s persistent, united prayer was a foretaste of a crucial aspect of their common life after the Spirit came. Unity and corporate prayer indeed would mark them (2:42, 46; 4:24, 29; 5:12; 6:4; 12:5; 15:25).
Judas | prophecy & judgment (15-19) Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas Judas may not be excused on the ground that what befell him was prophesied, since he fell away not through the compulsion of the prophecy but through the wickedness of his own heart. -John Calvin
Judas | prophecy & judgment (15-19) Peter s messianic application of the Old Testament opens the door for the writers of the New Testament to find fulfillment in Christ. These are heavy statements, but when Peter applies them to the actions of Judas, they take on an even weightier pronouncement of everlasting judgment, bringing to fruition what is intended specifically for him.
Matthias | witness & chosen (20-26) one of these men must become with us a witness to His resurrection. Like most of the other apostles, the new apostle Matthias does not appear again in Acts. Later tradition presents him as a missionary to the Ethiopians. -NIV Application Commentary, by Ajith Fernando
Matthias | witness & chosen (20-26) Casting lots is a utility of the old era. Once the Spirit arrives, God s will is known by means of the Spirit in alignment with the Church. Apostles: These are particularly chosen men by Jesus to preach the Gospel, bringing the Light of Israel to the nations in the giving of the New Covenant by means of the Spirit.
Such a strong eyewitness requirement should further confirm to Luke s inquiring audience and to us that the early church s message can be trusted: it is grounded not in human opinion but in divinely wrought and humanly witnessed salvation-history events.
