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*Utterly Amazed* May 31, 2009
Acts 2:1-41
Pastor Chet Klope
*Introduction: Susan Boyle Video “Britain’s Got Talent”*
* *
*Video*
The first time I saw this video I was overwhelmed
I have always been a fan of Les Miserables
I have mentioned that before
I find the Music and the Music moving
The Book is an even more powerful story of faith
But this video…its more than the well sung song
It is the whole story around it
Forget what Simon Cowell said…
*/“No one expected to hear what they heard”…NO ONE/*
This Frumpy woman doesn’t look anything like an American Idol
But the voice
People were shocked
People were utterly amazed
I have watched this video…perhaps a dozen times
It still has impact on me
*/There is something about it that captures me/*
*/ I am over whelmed by it/*
*No One Expected…*
* Something so special to come out of her mouth*
* She was written off, before she started*
*Yet when they heard her…that all changed *
* People were listening*
* People were paying attention*
* **They were “Utterly Amazed”*
\\ *(Sermon Title Slide)*
*/Watching Susan Boyle sing may not be a perfect analogy, but today I would like to talk about something that was most definitely/*
*/“Utterly Amazing”/*
*/ /*
Jewish People…gathering for the festival of Pentecost
A celebration of the Barley harvest
*/Came expecting one thing/*
*/ Were suddenly...Utterly Amazed by something else/*
I would like us to open the Bible today and see what that was
*Acts 2:1-41 (pew Rack 1168)*
*Prayer*
As we prepare to do that…Would you please join me in prayer
*/Lord God.
Amaze us today.
Amaze us with both the power and practicality of your Word to us, the Bible.
Holy Spirit, prepare our hearts and minds to be amazed and responsive to what you reveal to us today.
/*
*/Lord, guide my words that they would be completely appropriate for what we need to hear today.
And may you be exalted in all we do and think.
AMEN/*
This passage of scripture is very significant to Christians
Some refer to it as the birth of the Church
That is the birth of the community of followers of Christ
Many books have been written about this passage
And certainly it implications for us
*Today I would like us to look at *
Just a couple aspects of this powerful account
Of this Utterly Amazing account
\\ First, I would like to look at How Amazed People
were by the Spectacle of the day
*1.
Amazed By The Spectacle*
The scripture doesn’t give us a lot of detail about what actually went on here
*What We Know & What We Don’t Know*
*V1 “All Together”-* not sure how many
Maybe the 120 mentioned in Acts 1:15
*V2 “House”-* big or small
Who owned it?
* “Sound like a Violent Wind”*
* *We know what it sounded like…but what did it look like?
Were there physical things going on in the room?
Shaking, etc.
*V3 “Tongues of Fire”*
Fire has in the past been connected with a visitation from God
Moses and the burning bush
The Pillar of Fire that guided Israel in the wilderness
* *It’s possible that these individual tongues of fire
Whatever they looked like
Were highlighting the new work God was doing
Placing His Spirit into individuals
and guiding them individually
But whatever this phenomenon…
Something significant happened
*V4* */The people in this house were filled with the Holy Spirit/*
*/ And began speaking in “other tongues”/*
*/ “As the spirit enabled them.”/*
*/Now…While all this is going on/* inside this house
What ever its size, ownership or location
*/It is clear that its impact was intended for far more people/*
*V-5 Tells us there were **Jews from all over** in Jerusalem for Pentecost*
And even though they were not in the house
They also heard the sounds coming from this house.
*/Again, we don’t know exactly what it sounded like…/*
*/ /*but whatever it was people heard it…
This was not some quiet little…
*/ “I feel like God is saying something to me” /*
*/ kind of moment/*
* *
*V-6 “When they heard this sound…”*
* *Scripture tells us* **/A Crowd Formed/*…people started gathering
Taking it all in…and…
They were */bewildered/* or */confounded/*
They had so many thoughts running through their heads
They can make any sense out of it
The Jewish people, from various backgrounds and languages
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