Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter, ‘Men and brethren, what shall we do?’ Then Peter said to them, ‘Repent and let everyone of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” (Acts 2:37-38)
To model the Model Church we find in Acts 2 we must be committed to Jesus’ Great Commission to be His witness to everyone, be filled with the Holy Spirit, believe in the Latter Day outpouring of the Spirit with signs following, and preach Jesus Christ and the gospel of His death, burial, resurrection, exaltation and consequent baptism with the Spirit. And the fact that the gospel demands a public response. Any church that is a Bible church must call for a response to the word preached. What is the proper God-ordained public response to the gospel? This is crucial. To be saved we must respond to the gospel in the way God says to respond.
The first response to the gospel is the cutting of the heart. When you really hear the gospel it will produce what the old-timers used to call conviction of sin. That’s exactly what is going on in this passage. They heard Peter preach the gospel and “they were cut to the heart” and wanted to know what they should do. Has the gospel ever cut you to the heart? Salvation is a matter of the heart. The gospel must penetrate your heart in order to provoke a response of unconditional surrender, such as is voiced in this question, “What shall we do?” You tell me and whatever it is, I will do it. That’s unconditional surrender to do whatever the preacher of the gospel calls for.
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