Sunday Recap - Anointed: Acts Chapter 2:14-41 - Sunsay March 1st 2026

March 1st, 2026
by Ps Jonny Kettle

Anointed: Acts Chapter 2:14-41 - Sunday March 1st 2026

Message Overview:

After The Holy Spirit came, holy chaos breaks out as The Disciples began to speak in tongues of other languages, declaring the wonders of God. People from other nations are now hearing about Jesus and what He has done for them.

The crowd ask a key question ‘What does this mean?’.

Peter, anointed by The Holy Spirit stands up and addresses the crowd. He delivers His address in 3 parts:

1. Explanation
- Peter explains to the crowd that what they are witnessing is a promise which was prophesied 800 years earlier by Joel found in Joel Chapter 2:28-32. God in this moment had poured out His Spirit upon all flesh!
- The world we live in today is changing at a rapid rate and people today are asking a similar question - ‘what does this mean?’. Jonny encouraged us that whilst the world around us is changing, we need to be ready to meet people where they are at and provide explanation to our hope and security found in Jesus who is never changing.

2. Gospel
- Peter then shares The Gospel explaining that Jesus who they crucified was God, He was put to death on the cross for our sins but this all happened according to Gods plan to save and rescue the world from sin!
- Peter then explains that Jesus wasn’t just resurrected but He was also exalted. To be exalted means to be put in a position of high power or authority.
- Jonny encouraged us that Jesus has been given all authority in heaven and on earth and as His sons and daughters we live under that authority. Therefore be bold and confident when you are faced with spiritual challenges as they all come under the dominion of Jesus.

3. Response

- The scripture says that after hearing all of this the people were cut to the heart and ask ‘what shall we do?’.

- Peter gives clear direction on what their next steps should be - repent and be baptised.

- To repent means to change your direction 180 degrees - turn away from doing life your way and instead choose to do life according to the way of Jesus’ Kingdom. This is a decision we make when we first put our trust in Jesus as saviour and lord and a decision we make daily afterwards, empowered by The Holy Spirit.

- Water Baptism is a public declaration of what God has done in your life, a physical sign of a spiritual reality. Your old life which has now been crucified and your new, resurrected life which has began in Christ.

Jonny encouraged the whole church that if you have put your faith in Jesus but haven’t been baptised, our next baptism service will be on Easter Sunday, April 5th. Is there anybody in your small group who can take this next step in their faith and be baptised on Easter Sunday?

Key Scriptures:

Acts 2:14-21
Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. 15 These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning! 16 No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 “‘In the last days, God says,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams.
18 Even on my servants, both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days,
and they will prophesy.
19 I will show wonders in the heavens above
and signs on the earth below,
blood and fire and billows of smoke.
20 The sun will be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood
before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
21 And everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord will be saved.’[a]

1 Peter 3:16
And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it. 16 But do this in a gentle and respectful way

Acts 2:17
Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.

Acts 2:22-36
22 “Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. 23 This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men,[b] put him to death by nailing him to the cross. 24 But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him. 25 David said about him:

“‘I saw the Lord always before me.
Because he is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.
26 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will rest in hope,
27 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
you will not let your holy one see decay.
28 You have made known to me the paths of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence.’[c]
29 “Fellow Israelites, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day. 30 But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne. 31 Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay.32 God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it.33 Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.34 For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said,

“‘The Lord said to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand
35 until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet.”’[d]
36 “Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.”

Romans 3:23-26
For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.24 Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins.25 For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past, 26 for he was looking ahead and including them in what he would do in this present time. God did this to demonstrate his righteousness, for he himself is fair and just, and he makes sinners right in his sight when they believe in Jesus.

John 3:16
“For this is how God loved the world: He gave[a] his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

Acts 2:37-41
37 When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” 38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.” 40 With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.” 41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.

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Group Reflection Questions:

What do you feel God saying to you?
What can you do about it?
What is an actionable plan you can put in place to help yourself respond to God?
Who can keep you accountable?