Acts 2:14-41 - The Story of Scriptures

Last Sunday afternoon, we thought about how Peter used, read, and understood the Bible from Acts 2:14-41 together. In particular, we saw that Peter kept quoting and alluding to the Old Testament. This reminds us that the story of the Bible does not start in Matthew. In fact, to rightly understand the New Testament, it really helps to understand the Old Testament. We also saw that Peter treated the Bible as God’s authoritative word. Peter recognized God as the ultimate author of Scripture; therefore, Scripture speaks with the full authority of God. Finally, we looked at the way that Peter understood the message of specific Old Testament passages, and we saw that the Old Testament is ultimately pointing forward to Jesus Christ. The Bible really is an incredible gift—it is God’s authoritative word that tells us about Jesus our Savior.  Since all of this is true, what is one specific step you can take to read and know God’s Word even more this week?