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MARCH 23, 2022
STUDY NOTES
ACTS 3:22-26
BIBLE TEACHER: CLIFTON JONES
Act 3:22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto
you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto
you.
In the previous verse Peter stated that God had “spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets,”
Act 3:21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath
spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
The word of the “prophet” is a strong point in these last verses of chapter 3 (vs, 18,21,22,23,24,25)
Peter gives us an example of God speaking through a prophet, his name is “Moses”
He is Israel’s great prophet from the past, Peter puts an emphasis upon his words, he “truly said”
Moses spoke the truth, indeed he did, truth that was most important to the nation of Israel
Peter identifies Israel by his terms, “the fathers, you of your brethren, unto you”
The prophet that God will “raise up” will be a Jew born from and among the Jews
The words of Moses were one of many “Messianic Prophecies,”Deu 18:15 The LORD thy God will raise
up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
Israel should have known that Jesus of Nazareth was the “Promised Messiah” that Moses spoke of
There are several NT references showing that Israel could have easily identified Jesus as the Messiah
There is evidence that they were looking for and expecting the Messiah to come
The Jews wanted to know who John the Baptist was, Joh 1:19 And this is the record of John, when the
Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
John the Baptist confirmed that he was not the Christ, Joh 1:20 And he confessed, and denied not; but
confessed, I am not the Christ.
He confirmed that he was not that prophet, Joh 1:21 And they asked him, What then?
Art thou Elias?
And he saith, I am not.
Art thou that prophet?
And he answered, No. (Their mind was upon Deut.
18:15)
John the Baptist assured them that his mission was to announce the arrival of the Messiah, Joh 1:23 He
said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet
Esaias.
Isaiah was one of those “holy prophets” that God spoke through, Isa 40:3 The voice of him that crieth in
the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
The Jews were looking for the prophet that God promised to send, Joh 1:25 And they asked him, and said
unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
John again pointed out that he was not that prophet, the Messiah, Joh 1:27 He it is, who coming after me
is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
The next day John had the opportunity to point out Jesus to them, Joh 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus
coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Joh 1:30
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
The Apostle Philip knew that Jesus was the prophet that Moses spoke of, Joh 1:45 Philip findeth
Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did
write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
Eyewitnesses to the miraculous feeding of 5,000 knew that Jesus was “that prophet,” Joh 6:14 Then
those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should
come into the world.
Many after hearing Jesus speak stated that Jesus was the “Prophet,” Joh 7:40 Many of the people
therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
Even though there was a recognition of Jesus as the Messiah by some, Israel still rejected Jesus
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They did not understand all-of the prophecy referring to the Messiah, especially that of His death
They heard what they wanted to hear, an earthly King who would deliver them from their enemies
Peter quoted from what God had told Moses, Deu 18:18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their
brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall
command him.
Peter said, “A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me”
“Raise up” means “to stand again,” there was a prophet yet to come that would be “like unto” Moses
What does Moses mean when he states that there is a likeness unto the coming Messiah?
The answer to that question varies among Theologians, some take the answer to extremes
It is certain that both were raised up by God to communicate His will to the Jewish people
Jesus often spoke of the words that He communicated from the Father, Joh 8:26 I have many things to
say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have
heard of him.
Joh 8:38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your
father.
Joh 12:49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment,
what I should say, and what I should speak.
Joh 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto
you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
Joh 17:8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and
have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
Jesus spoke the “Word of God,” that is why Peter said, “him shall ye hear in all things”
Moses said, “unto Him you shall hearken, Peter said, “hear whatsoever He shall say unto you”
Not only are we to hear what Jesus says, we are to obey what He has spoken, we are to heed His words
James preached the same message, Jas 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving
your own selves.
Jesus identified the one who obeys His word as a wise man, Mat 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these
sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Obeying God’s Word is a solid foundation for our daily life, Mat 7:25 And the rain descended, and the
floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a
rock.
Anyone who does not heed the Word of God is a fool, Mat 7:26 And every one that heareth these sayings
of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
A fool without a foundation for the storms of life, Mat 7:27 And the rain descended, and the floods came,
and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Peter speaks the same truth that Jesus did--Act 3:23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be
destroyed from among the people.
Peter again takes us back to the words of Moses, Deu 18:19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever
will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
All will stand accountable unto God concerning our response toward His Word
God said to Moses, “I will personally hold “whosoever” responsible, “I will require it of him”
“Peter’s description is, he “shall be destroyed from among the people”
Peter is not only warning the Jews that to reject Jesus is to experience destruction
He warns “every soul,” every person ever born upon this earth, everyone who does not hear Jesus
Paul identifies them, 2Th 1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey
not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: (They don’t know God because they reject the gospel)
People go to Hell because they do not believe in Jesus, Joh 3:18 He that believeth on him is not
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