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Great Invitation
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• 37 When the people heard this, they were cut to
  the heart and said to Peter and the other
  apostles, Brothers, what shall we do?38 Peter
  replied, Repent and be baptized, every one of
  you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the
  forgiveness of your sins

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• And you will receive the gift of the Holy
  Spirit. 39 The promise is for you and your
  children and for all who are far offfor all whom
  the Lord our God will call.
• (Acts 237-39)

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• 17 In the last days, God says, I will pour out
  my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters
  will prophesy, your young men will see visions,
  your old men will dream dreams
• (Acts 217)

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• And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all
  peopleAnd everyone who calls on the name of the
  Lord will be saved for on
• Mt Zion and in Jerusalem there will be
  deliverance.
• (Jl 228-32)

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• 2nd Covenant
• Acts 21-4
• All people can now come close to the presence of
  God,
• The Spirit entered them,
• They were given the empowering Holy Spirit,
• When they gathered in Mt. Zion, they received
  life.

• 1st Covenant
• Exodus 1916-2019
• Israel couldnt come near the presence of God,
• The Spirit did not enter them,
• They were given the Law to follow in their own
  strength,
• If they touched the mountain of God they would
  die.

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• 18You have not come to a physical mountain, to a
  place of flaming fire, darkness, gloom, and
  whirlwind, as the Israelites did at Mount
  Sinai...22 No, you have come to Mount Zion, to
  the city of the living God, the heavenly
  Jerusalem
• (Heb 1218-24)

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• 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not
  accompanied by action, is dead.
• (Jm 217)

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• 18 I will not leave you as orphans I will come
  to you.
• (John 1418)

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• 37 When the people heard this, they were cut to
  the heart and said to Peter and the other
  apostles, Brothers, what shall we do?38 Peter
  replied, Repent and be baptized, every one of
  you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the
  forgiveness of your sins

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• And you will receive the gift of the Holy
  Spirit. 39 The promise is for you and your
  children and for all who are far offfor all whom
  the Lord our God will call.
• (Acts 237-39)

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• 16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not
  gratify the desires of the flesh.
• (Galatians 516)
• 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new
  spirit in you I will remove from you your heart
  of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I
  will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow
  my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
• (Ezek 3626-7)

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• 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the
  Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
• (2 Cor 317)

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• Woman, Jesus replied, believe me, a time is
  coming when you will worship the Father neither
  on this mountain nor in Jerusalem the true
  worshipper will worship the father in Spirit and
  in truth (Jn 421-24)

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