The Power of God on Display Message 3
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Upon this Rock
The First Days of the Church
Message 3
The Power of God on Display
The Power of God on Display
Acts 2:1-4
Me:
I’m never going to...
I’m never going to...
a. Fill in the blank
i. Never what?
ii. Never go to church
iii. Never give one dime
iv. Never join a church
v. Never give my heart to the Lord – get saved
vi. Never what?
b. I love to motivate people
i. I love to watch as people grow and mature
It has been a wonderful thing to see some of your “never” become realities
It has been a wonderful thing to see some of your “never” become realities
iii. Listen carful to what I am about to say:
“I knew you had in you!”.
“I knew you had in you!”.
We:
Think and Grow Rich
Think and Grow Rich
a. Stop and think
i. Are you rich?
ii. Quote:
“You have the power within your reach to create what you desire.”
“You have the power within your reach to create what you desire.”
1. Popular self-help book “Think Great Be Great”
b. Google the top ten self-help books
i. I’m unable to quote most of those titles
c. We all have the desire to better ourselves
i. Not only self-help but diets, home improvement, fitness
ii. They have one thing in common and it’s their fatal flaw
iii. They all require us to find our inner strength, self, motivation
iv. Let me show you something
v. Look what God says
God:
The Power of God on Display
The Power of God on Display
It’s the day of Pentecost
It’s the day of Pentecost
i. One of three festivals or feasts that required all Jewish men to come to Jerusalem
ii. Imagine the scene
iii. Jerusalem would have been full of people
iv. Luke takes the time to list many of them in vs: 9&10
v. All the disciples were gathered in one place
vi. Then something happens
A Power from the outside
A Power from the outside
1 On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place.
2 Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting.
3 Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them.
4 And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.
ii. They were filled with the power of God
iii. The tongues of Fire?
iv. God always presented himself in fire
The first sermon
The first sermon
The people where so overjoyed by the Power of God they appeared drunk
They are not drunk
17 ‘In the last days,’ God says, ‘I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.
18 In those days I will pour out my Spirit even on my servants—men and women alike— and they will prophesy.
iii. They are filled with the power of God
A Power from the outside
A Power from the outside
41 Those who believed what Peter said were baptized and added to the church that day—about 3,000 in all.
You:
It’s a Power from the Outside
It’s a Power from the Outside
a. Counter to our cultural
i. Our society says you have what it takes to be great
ii. God says I will give you the power to make me great
iii. Our goodness doesn’t come from within us, it come from outside of us
iv. As a believer you have what it takes to do great things
1. The Power of God that he fills you with
v. They were so overjoyed they appeared drunk
18 Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit,
We:
I knew you had it in you
I knew you had it in you
That wasn’t it
That wasn’t it
i. Sorry but you get zero credit
It was a power greater than yourself
It was a power greater than yourself
It was a power outside of you.
It was a power outside of you.
You will never what?
You will never what?
1. Go ahead tell the Lord
When that power grips you all things are possible
Father and son walking down the street
Father and son walking down the street