Akinde Ayo Ministries

Acts 3: 22-26 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. 23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. 24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days. 25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. 26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities . Peter being a good student of Jesus in his sermon referenced the prophecies of the prophets about Christ. In his admonition for repentance, he try to draw the attention of the people to an already fulfilled prophecy in the pers...

Acts 3: 19 “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord”.  The word repent here is  metanoeo  in the Greek which means  change of mind . Repentance therefore is a function of perception. Peter speaking in his sermon said change your mind. The people he spoke to had something else in mind about the miracle he had just performed at the beautiful gate. Peter before this statement above realized the ignorance there present and he said repent speaking to the people. Acts 3: 12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people,  “Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk? 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to...