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walked as a Man among men (of Nazareth), is an establishing of His Person, His character,
and His kingly office as the authoritative grounds for extending healing grace. The use of
another person’s name to declare legal rights is called “the power of attorney.” This is a
privileged power that Jesus has delegated to us in confronting the retreating rule that
sickness and Satan seek to sustain over mankind.

Act 3:17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.

After hearing Peter’s sermon, the crowd is no longer ignorant.

THE MESSIAH HAS COME

Peter now exhorts the people to stop looking for the Messiah because He has already come. He
then calls them to repentance and conversion which will open the doors to the infilling of the
Holy Spirit and brings “times of refreshing.” Peter encourages the crowd to take heed to what
Moses had spoken concerning Jesus.

Act 3:18 But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that
Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

All of the prophets spoke by the mouth of the Holy Spirit (2 Peter 1:21). Peter is exhorting them
to stop looking for the Messiah. Peter is saying “The Messiah has come!” This crowd had been
a witness to the fulfillment of a major portion of the Old Testament and now they would be held
accountable.

A CALL TO REPENTANCE

Act 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;

Repent (mataneo) ye therefore (turn from something), and be converted (turn toward
something), that (for) your sins may be blotted out, when (opos: so that) the times of refreshing
shall come from the presence of the Lord;

The new birth -- repentance, conversion and blotting out of sins -- are the door to the infilling of
the Holy Spirit. This also reveals that the new birth is not the infilling. The infilling of the Holy
Spirit is called the “times of refreshing.” This is also the description Isaiah gave (Isaiah 28: 11-
12). Times of refreshing and the blotting out of sins both come from the presence of the Father.
This is the gift of the Father which was “shed forth” from His presence (Acts 2:33).

The new birth is also the guarantee of participating in the resurrection of the saints and being a
part of the millennial kingdom which was prophesied to them (20-21).