TEXTS FROM ACTS AND PSALMS

In bringing these readings together, the lectionary focuses our attention on making our vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people. The psalm meditates on fulfilling such a vow as an act of thanksgiving for all God's bountiful provisions for us, and the account from Acts shows us certain penitent persons at Pentecost publicly professing repentance and being baptized in the name of Jesus Christ in reaction to Peter's proclamation, "God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified."

Acts 2:14 a, 36-41 - "The Full Experience of Salvation"
Setting.  The reader can consult the section on "Setting" of last week's lesson for full information about the context of this passage from  Acts 2.  For this week's lesson it is helpful to notice the …