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Evangelism Acts Appeal
Evangelism acts appeal to the people. Peter said to them, "Each one of you must turn away from his sins and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, so that your sins will be forgiven; and you will receive God's gift, the Holy Spirit.... Peter made his appeal to them and with many other words he urged them."1 Billy Sunday, the great American street preacher, urged his hearers' repentance. Someone once said to him, "Bill, you rub the fur the wrong way!" His reply was, "Let the cats turn round!"
Associate
Peter deliberately builds an association with the people in this evangelism acts appeal. He continues to urge the crowd, "Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, listen to me and let me tell you what this means."2 "My brothers, I must speak to you plainly..."3 Author William Manchester tells of a return visit he made to the site of a battle in Okinawa, Japan where he had fought as a Marine thirty-four years before. "Men. I now knew, do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or any other abstraction," he wrote, "they fight for their friends." Peter cared for his brothers, his fellow Jews, his friends.
1 Acts 2:38,40 2 Acts 2:14 3 Acts 2:29
"Evangelism Acts Appeal."
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