The lecture pauses at Peter’s words about David and his prophecy: David died and was buried and his tomb is with us, and Peter said that David prophesied the resurrection of Christ saying “You will not abandon my soul to Hades nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption,” so God raised Jesus and we are witnesses to that.

On the phrase “made him Lord and Christ”

The speaker explains that the phrase “made him Lord and Christ” does not mean that Christ was not Lord or Christ before that, but relates to the acceptance of people and their proclamation in the history of salvation: God was Lord from eternity, yet by people’s acceptance and faith he became practically and manifestly “their Lord.”

Distinguishing the human nature from the divine nature

He emphasizes that Peter here speaks about Jesus the man with respect to his humanity — “whom you crucified” — not about the essence of divinity which does not die; Christ died in the body but his divinity does not perish.

The practical proof: the resurrection and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit

The interpretation that people were made to confess him as Lord and Christ is connected to the evidences of the resurrection and miracles, and especially to his ascension to the right hand of God and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, which showed the people that this is the God who gives the Spirit.

Biblical examples and patristic clarifications

The speaker cites Old Testament models (Ezekiel, Genesis, Revelation) to show that phrases like “to be God to them” or “to make them a God” express acceptance and declaration by humans rather than the origination of deity itself, and gives the example of Isaac’s blessing to explain “made him a lord” as an announcement not a creation.

Spiritual and practical conclusion

The conclusion is that Christ was Lord and Christ from eternity, but the announcement of this to people occurred by God’s work in history (resurrection and miracles), so they believed and confessed, and thus the public confession of him became a “making” of him Lord and Christ in the experience of the people.

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