The Ingredients of a Gospel Meeting

1. The Ingredients of aGospel Meeting Acts 2

3. Why would the Coca-Cola Company go to great lengths to protect their recipe?

4. They understood the value of it! Why would the Coca-Cola Company go to great lengths to protect their recipe?

5. Acts 2 presents an invaluable recipe for a Gospel Meeting.

6. There is much we need to do to make this recipe work.

7. We have prayers that need prayed.

8. We have prayers that need prayed. • We need to pray for the lost.

9. We have prayers that need prayed. • We need to pray for the lost. • “Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved” (Rom 10:1, ESV).

10. We have prayers that need prayed. • We need to pray for the lost. • “Brothers, my heart‘s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved” (Rom 10:1, ESV). • For whom shall you pray this week?

11. We have prayers that need prayed. • We need to pray for the lost. • We need to pray for the speaker.

12. We have prayers that need prayed. • We need to pray for the lost. • We need to pray for the speaker. • “Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison—that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak” (Col 4:2-4, ESV).

13. We have prayers that need prayed. • We need to pray for the lost. • We need to pray for the speaker. • Col 4:2-4. • “Brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you” (2 Thess 3:1, ESV).

14. We need to invite our friends & family to come with us.

15. We need to invite our friends & family to come with us. • “How are they to hear without someone preaching?” (Rom 10:14, ESV).

16. We need to invite our friends & family to come with us. • “How are they to hear without someone preaching?” (Rom 10:14, ESV). • “How are they to hear without someone inviting them?”

17. We have schedules that need to be cleared.

18. “I am an Empty Pew. I vote for the world as against God. I deny the Bible. I mock at the preached Word of God. I rail at Christian brotherhood. I laugh at prayer. I am a witness to solemn vows broken. I advise men to eat drink and be merry, for tomorrow they die. I join my voice with every atheist and rebel against human and divine law. I am an Empty Pew. I am a grave in the midst of the congregation. Read my epitaph and be wise.”

19. Are we prepared for the work ahead of us?

20. If we work diligently, the recipe in Acts 2 will cause a great Gospel Meeting.

21. If we work diligently, the recipe in Acts 2 will cause a great Gospel Meeting. • What is that recipe?

22. If we work diligently, the recipe in Acts 2 will cause a great Gospel Meeting. • What is that recipe? • AN ASSEMBLY • AN ADDRESS • AN ANXIETY • AN ASSURANCE

23. vv 5-13 AN ASSEMBLY

24. “Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language. And they were amazed and astonished, saying, ‘Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians—we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.’ And all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, ‘What does this mean?’ But others mocking said, ‘They are filled with new wine’” (vv 50-13, ESV).

25. When the Holy Spirit fell on the apostles, extraordinary events took place.

26. When the Holy Spirit fell on the apostles, extraordinary events took place. • These extraordinary events caused a great crowd to assemble.

27. When the Holy Spirit fell on the apostles, extraordinary events took place. • These extraordinary events caused a great crowd to assemble. • Luke mentions numerous nationalities that were present.

28. When the Holy Spirit fell on the apostles, extraordinary events took place. • These extraordinary events caused a great crowd to assemble. • Luke mentions numerous nationalities that were present. • Because of this great assembly, Peter was able to proclaim the Word of God.

29. If we are to have a good meeting, a crowd must assemble.

30. If we are to have a good meeting, a crowd must assemble. • The Holy Spirit will not send a great wind & tongues of fire.

31. Therefore, we must work.

32. “Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled” (Lk. 14:23, ESV).

33. Lk. 14:23. • Much evangelism took place in the beginning of John’s Gospel.

34. Lk. 14:23. • Much evangelism took place in the beginning of John’s Gospel. • When Andrew had encountered Jesus, “he first found his own brother Simon and said to him, ‘We have found the Messiah’” (Jn. 1:41, ESV).

35. Lk. 14:23. • Much evangelism took place in the beginning of John’s Gospel. • Jn. 1:41. • “Philip found Nathanael and said to him, ‘We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph’” (Jn. 1:45, ESV).

36. Why not do the same with our friends & family?

38. Every day we step over people who are dying & going to hell!

39. How can we simply step over the dying? Every day we step over people who are dying & going to hell!

40. vv 14-36 An address

41. “But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: ‘Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel: ‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; even on my male servants and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy. And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke; the sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day. And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’

42. “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know— this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. For David says concerning him,

43. “‘I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken; therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; my flesh also will dwell in hope. For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One see corruption. You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’

44. “Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne, he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses. Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing. For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says,

45. “‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.’ Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified” (vv 14-36, ESV).

46. Because they heard the apostles speaking in tongues, the assembly believed that they were drunk.

47. Because they heard the apostles speaking in tongues, the assembly believed that they were drunk. • Peter defends the apostles.

48. Because they heard the apostles speaking in tongues, the assembly believed that they were drunk. • Peter defends the apostles. • Peter goes on to proclaim Jesus’ death & resurrection.

49. Because they heard the apostles speaking in tongues, the assembly believed that they were drunk. • Peter defends the apostles. • Peter goes on to proclaim Jesus’ death & resurrection. • Peter uses Scripture to establish what he proclaimed.

50. Modern preachers must point people to Scripture.