Come, Holy Spirit
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This is the story of the birth of the Church, without the Spirit, there would be no Church.
This is the story of the birth of the Church, without the Spirit, there would be no Church.
Pentecost is celebrated at the time of the wheat harvest.
Pentecost is celebrated at the time of the wheat harvest.
Pentecost was near the time for wheat harvest.
Pentecost was near the time for wheat harvest.
Not the season for creating new wine
The firstfruits of the harvest were to be dedicated to God.
The firstfruits of the harvest were to be dedicated to God.
John Wesley compared the “Pentecost of Sinai” with the “Pentecost of Jerusalem”
Two Great Manifestations of God: the Legal and the Evangelical, the Terrible and the Merciful
Each one drawing the people of God together with the Promise of God.
They were all gathered together “in the same place”, a “house”
A sound from heaven filled the whole house
A sound from heaven filled the whole house
“Sound from heaven like a blast of mighty wind” - anticipates the cosmic turbulence associated with the impending arrival of the day of the Lord envisioned in Joel’s prophecy as introduced in Peter’s sermon (Joel 2:30).
Heavenly noise (thunder), powerful winds, and fire (lightning) often accompanied manifestations of the Spirit.
Heavenly noise (thunder), powerful winds, and fire (lightning) often accompanied manifestations of the Spirit.
The multitude came together and were confounded
The multitude came together and were confounded
The motions of their minds quick to judgment of various kinds.
The crowds marveled at the noise
The miracle of Galileans speaking foreign languages they did not know.
The miracle of Galileans speaking foreign languages they did not know.
Various kinds of people bore various opinion.
The mockers were natives of Judea, possibly inhabitants of Jerusalem
The mockers were natives of Judea, possibly inhabitants of Jerusalem
Judeans spoke one dialect and the Galileans another (ie. Southern and Northern Kingdoms)
“Natural men are won’t to ascribe supernatural things to mere natural causes.” – J.W.
Many are judged and mocked for doing something strange.
Many are judged and mocked for doing something strange.
We say things like, “what are they drunk” or “high” on drugs.
We might thinking with judgment that others are stupid, crazy, or just plain evil.
All the while not knowing anything about the other person’s character.
It’s easy to judge someone we don’t know.
It’s easy to judge someone we don’t know.
And honestly, sometimes, we just don’t want to know, so that we can leave that door of judgment open.
Jesus calls us to love one another, and with that, we need to suspend our judgment.
The Apostles weren’t prepared for what God was about to do, they just knew that they had to wait.
The Apostles weren’t prepared for what God was about to do, they just knew that they had to wait.
There were many Prophesies of the Messiah who pours out the Spirit
There were many Prophesies of the Messiah who pours out the Spirit
Isaiah’s vision of life under a future Davidic ruler, in which “a spirit from on high is poured out on us” (32:15).
God promises to “put [his] spirit” on the chosen servant (Isa 42:1).
God promises to “pour [his] spirit” on Israel’s descendants (Isa 44:3).
In Ezekiel the promise of restoration is reiterated when God promises not only to give Israel a “new heart” and “new spirit,” but also that “I will put my spirit within you” (Ezekiel 36:26–27).
The earlier promise of John the Baptist that his successor, Jesus, would later baptize “with the Holy Spirit and fire.” reiterated by the risen Lord (v. 5)
The expected result is obedience to God’s statutes and ordinances.
The expected result is obedience to God’s statutes and ordinances.
God undoes at Pentecost what had been done at Babel.
God undoes at Pentecost what had been done at Babel.
The Spirit gave them utterance (made/enabled them speak)
The Spirit gave them utterance (made/enabled them speak)
Moses, like the law, was of a slow tongue. The Gospel speaks with a fiery and flaming one. – J.W.
“flaming tongues,” “tongues as of fire”
“cloven [or divided] tongues,” “distributed among them”
The apostles spoke in the different languages and dialects of the many peoples and countries.
The apostles spoke in the different languages and dialects of the many peoples and countries.
These Galileans could be understood by people from over a dozen different regions of the Mediterranean world.
God calls his people back together from exile, places where they were mocked and judged.
God calls his people back together from exile, places where they were mocked and judged.
Luke envisions the Spirit, being distributed among the twelve apostles, enabling each of them to speak to his assigned people or country in a different language or dialect.
Luke envisions the Spirit, being distributed among the twelve apostles, enabling each of them to speak to his assigned people or country in a different language or dialect.
Instead of God’s people punished with exile, they would be called together, restored, and then set out again, so that they might become part of God’s mission to restore the entire world.
This is what being the firstfruits of the Spirit means.
This is what being the firstfruits of the Spirit means.
In Acts 2, God brings together people from every place under heaven and joins them together by their common comprehension of the gospel.
In Acts 2, God brings together people from every place under heaven and joins them together by their common comprehension of the gospel.
Peter spoke clearly and certainly, but also cheerfully and boldly.
Peter spoke clearly and certainly, but also cheerfully and boldly.
Peter tied the outpouring of the Spirit with the Ascension and Exaltation of Christ.
As Peter preached that day of the prophecy of Joel, the Spirit was poured out upon all flesh.
As Peter preached that day of the prophecy of Joel, the Spirit was poured out upon all flesh.
Young people seeing miraculous visions, and Older people dreaming divine dreams.
Out of this fledgling church, was birthed an enthusiastic and charismatic renewal movement of the Spirit
Out of this fledgling church, was birthed an enthusiastic and charismatic renewal movement of the Spirit
Starting in Jerusalem and moving in waves outwardly across the whole earth.
More fruit was yet to come.
We, the inheritors of the faith, are some of that fruit was yet to come.
We, the inheritors of the faith, are some of that fruit was yet to come.
We acknowledged our condition before God, asking for forgiveness by faith knowing that only God can save us.
Eventually, we come to understand our weakness in the face of sin, and the effectiveness for God to continually renew and empower us by his Spirit to overcome each moment of temptation.
Over time, the Spirit grows within us good fruit, to love God and love others.
Over time, the Spirit grows within us good fruit, to love God and love others.
And that same Spirit overflows with love within us and out to others, that they might know God.
And that same Spirit overflows with love within us and out to others, that they might know God.
That’s why we always pray and sing, “Come, Holy Spirit, Come” and for the Spirit to “breath on us”