What is Acts 2:22-23 an example of?
Acts 2:22-23 serves as a perfect example of God's sovereignty operating alongside the seemingly free will of men and nations, showing that everything comes to pass exactly as God originally foreordained it. It demonstrates that human decisions do not thwart God's predetermined plan, and nothing is ever a day late.
Les teaches that Acts 2:22-23 is a perfect example of how everything falls under the sovereignty of God without taking away the seemingly free will of men and nations. He explains that everything comes to pass as God originally foreordained it, and nothing is ever a day late. He notes he has used this passage increasingly in his teaching, and he points to periods in human history—especially World War II—as times when God's sovereign will comes through even while generals, admirals, presidents, and dictators seemingly make decisions of their own free will.
Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
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What is the determining council in Acts 2:23?
The 'determining council' is exactly what the triune God did in eternity past: they came together before creation to plan the ages.
Does Acts 2:22 address Gentiles?
Acts 2:22 addresses only 'ye men of Israel' and does not include a single Gentile, contrary to the common assumption that it should say 'and all you Gentiles.'