Peter did not begin with an opinion he had instead he began with scripture. If you want to sober people up to the reality of God you have to show them your experience is found in scripture. So how does Peter go about addressing the questions people had? First of all he pointed people away from making fun of them and to scripture. Left to themselves they may not get the answers they are looking for.

Question one is V12 'Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, 'what does this mean?' and Question two found in v37 'when the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles 'Brothers what shall we do?' What does this mean and what must we do! People are looking for meaning and purpose in their lives. The entire sermon is Peter responding to two questions. It really is just as much a Q&A session as it is a sermon. But a better heading might be this 'Peter address the crowd's questions'. If you have chapter or section headings in your Bible then you may see that the heading for Acts Chapter 2:12-41 is more than likely 'Peter address the crowd'. We really only become a voice of clarity when we speak to the questions people are really asking.Let me explain what I mean. We need to be a voice of clarity rather than a voice of confusion. Its no use being an unclear voice for God. Clarity means the quality of being clear. As we shall see from our text for today its important that when we raise our voice we speak with a voice of clarity. If you are to be a voice for God there has to come a day when you stand up, raise your voice and address the crowd. Series: Being a voice (a study of Acts chapters 1-4)

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