Acts 2:22-36 In Light of the Resurrection, How Should We Live?

 “Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know—  this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death. But God raised Him up again, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power.  For David says of Him,

‘I saw the Lord always in my presence;
For He is at my right hand, so that I will not be shaken.
 ‘Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue exulted;
Moreover my flesh also will live in hope;
 Because You will not abandon my soul to Hades,
Nor allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.
 ‘You have made known to me the ways of life;
You will make me full of gladness with Your presence.’

 “Brethren, I may confidently say to you regarding the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.  And so, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne,  he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that He was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh suffer decay. This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses.  Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear.  For it was not David who ascended into heaven, but he himself says:

‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
 Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’

 Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ—this Jesus whom you crucified.”

The greatest king in Israel was King David.  Peter reminds his brethren of the covenant God made with 

David that from his seed, the Savior would emerge.  He also reminds them that David prophesied about this Son and that this Son was indeed the Son of God for whom David spoke.  He convicted his countrymen and reminded them that it was this predicted son of David whom they crucified.  So what can they do now?  Repent and turn from their ways and place their hope in the resurrected Son of God so that they can be saved.

Daily Prayer:  Lord Jesus, call us to a life of faith.  Lead us by still waters so that though we walk through the Valley of Death, we will not fear, because You are with us.  Amen.