This Sunday AM

I hope everyone is having a great week! Please remember Josh and the Hyde Park mission team in Sudan this week as they are living the activities we will read about in Acts 2 this Sunday. Of course, we all should be living it here, but I think a trip to Sudan is much more focused and obvious!

We will be in Acts Chapter 2 this week, so please read the whole thing with a particlar emphasis in verses 14-41, if you will. As you read, ask yourself the following questions:

1. In verses 14-41, we see Peter as the main orator, basically giving a sermon. Compare and contrast (is this high school english class?) Peter in this passage versus how he acts in Luke 22:50 (cuts off an ear), Luke 22:55-62 (Peter denies Christ), and Luke 24:14. Is there a difference and if so...why?

2. When Peter quotes the prophet Joel in verses 16-21, how does Joel's prophecy relate to what was happening at that moment? Does the OT prophecy have implications beyond what was happening in Acts 2?

EXTRA CREDIT (we must be in high school again)...

Have you ever wondered why God chose the particular time, place, and people he did to reveal Christ and His holy spirit? Why didn't he reveal Jesus much earlier?

love you guys...see you Sunday!

-casey