You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.’
Peter tells them the covenant made with their fathers belongs to them by God's deliberate purpose, not by chance. To believe steadfastly, we must know that God directs His promise to us by certain counsel, not scattered voices hanging in the air; this application gives us firm ground to embrace Christ.
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When Peter saw the crowd moved by the miracle and ready to worship him and John, he cut them off at once and turned all honor to Christ alone. A wise minister uses the broken and prepared ground of the people's wonder to sow the gospel seed.
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Commenting on Acts 3:12-26
You are heirs of the prophecies and promises concerning the Messiah given to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. In Christ all the chosen of God, whether Jews or Gentiles of every nation and kindred, are blessed with spiritual blessings: peace, pardon, righteousness, redemption, and salvation.
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