The text of this lesson is drawn from the first sermon presenting Jesus as the Christ that was ever preached in this world. On the day of Pentecost, Peter, standing up with the eleven, proclaimed to a vast audience assembled in the city of Jerusalem salvation through Jesus Christ. When he had set forth the life of Jesus and the mighty works of God through Him, and told the story of His death and resurrection, he concluded the main arguments in the sermon by saying, “Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified both Lord and Christ” (Acts 2:26). What a fitting text for this sermon!
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