Charles Spurgeon Commentary Acts 2:39

"For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, [even] as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him." — Acts 2:39 (ASV)

For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

This is a most blessed verse. The promise is to us and to our descendants: not merely to our children, but also to our grandchildren, yes, and to our posterity as far as it may yet run. The next clause, and to all that are afar off, proves that the promise is made to those who are far off as well as to our children, with only this limitation: even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

What promise did Peter mean? It was that promise in the 21st verse: Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved (Acts 2:21). That promise is also given to you, my hearers, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even in the most distant heathen land, for the "whosoever" in the promise applies to every one who "shall call on the name of the Lord." Do not therefore shut yourselves out, or try to shut others out, but believe the promise, call upon God, and you shall be saved.