- Chapters: - [[Luke 24]] - [[Acts 2]]:22-41 All headers and divisions are my own, but otherwise this is my best effort transcription of the sermon # Cabbie's Comments - [[Rico Tice]] was late on time for a speaking event, on how to communicate on the [[Christian]] faith - His taxi driver said: - "I'm not sure people want to have faith cause the world is such a mess!" - "I'm a bit of a science man myself" - => A bit condescending, like our faith is something make believe - What's the appropriate response? - The news that [[Jesus]] has risen from the dead, was greeted by the [[Apostle]]s with similar disbelief! "But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense." ([[Luke 24]]:11) > [!NOTE] [[Peter]]'s Certainty > - [[Peter]] in the [[Luke 24]]:12 went running looking for evidence, "wondering to himself what had happened" > - Later in [[Acts 2]]:23-24: [[Peter]] is now certain and convicted in his message > - He said [[David]] was the same way: "...and we are all witnesses of it!" (v. 31-32) > - Verse 22 talks about the life of [[Jesus]], in a way that's supportable by extra-biblical sources and his audience, discussing the miracles He performed - "Doctor [[Bible/Characters/New Testament/Luke|Luke]]": In [[Luke 1]]:1-4, he is depicted as an inquisitive and skeptical fellow - Cabbie responds with story of his daughter who is a doctor, who had a heart attack at a marathon, and only survived because the paramedics were close by. "Made him think". But alas, the cab ride ended # What does this mean? - [[Acts 2]]:36: "Therefore let all [[Israel]] be assured of this: God has made this [[Jesus]], whom you crucified, both [[Lord]] and [[Messiah]]." - The [[Crucification]] is quite key -- the crowd realizes by listening to [[Peter]] that this [[Jesus]] who they all dismissed, has been raised by the dead and is now the [[Messiah]] - They saw that they had now been fighting against [[God]], and with their voices had rejected His Son - This leads to conviction, and conviction leads to fear ("cut to the heart" v. 37) - This all leads to the main point in verse 38: "Repent and be baptized, for the forgiveness of your sins" - All the crowd are guilty of a terrible crime, having murdered His Son - Yet the [[Bible]] insists that the death of [[Jesus]] is special, that His life is a ransom for many # The Moral Magnifying Glass - A magnifying glass can be used not just the look closer, but to magnify light to the point of burning intensity - Imagine a moral magnifying glass that has the same effect on us, with view of the way we treated [[Jesus]] -- ignoring Him, rejecting Him, selfishness, lies, deceit, etc - Now imagine that glass focusing everything down on one man: [[Jesus]]! He endured our debts and our penalties # Heart transplant - Being a Christian and receiving the [[Holy Spirit]] is like receiving a heart transplant -- sins that we do start being repulsive to us, because we know it is repulsive to [[Jesus]] whom we know and love - We need to stop going our own way, and come under the authority of our [[Lord]] [[Jesus]] - Becoming a [[Christian]] is putting [[Jesus]] in charge, and asking Him to forgive us > Lord [[God]], I'm so sorry that I've failed to treat your son, [[Jesus]] as [[Lord]] and [[Messiah]]. Thank you that you sent [[Jesus]] to die, so that I can be forgiven. Please forgive me and please send your [[Holy Spirit]] to help me live with [[Jesus]] as my Lord and Master. Amen