Pentecost, Breaking Barriers (Acts 2:1-22)
Gary McManus, 06/08/2014Part of the Life With Jesus is Better series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
The Holy Spirit came upon the disciples with signs
—signs of the manifestation of God. . .the same ones
the prophets talked about.
The people saw this and said:
“we hear them declaring the wonders of God. . .”
The disciples are empowered to DO what the Lord
TOLD them to do. They were empowered to
declare the WORD of God.
God does need to REVEAL to us.
There is a book in the Bible entitled Revelation.
But all of the Bible IS a revelation.
God spoke His Word We wrote God’s words down
eventually. That is how we have Bibles.
The Holy Spirit inspires the disciples to proclaim:
Acts 2:11: KJV, ESV, NIV, LB, CEV, GNT
“mighty acts of God. . .”
(See Luke 19:37)
The “mighty acts” accompany the Messiah / Jesus ! (Acts 2:22)
In this MIRACLE. . .this sign. . .Jesus’ word is
PROVEN. . .in the coming of the Holy Spirit and this event
itself is the INITIATION of the church. . .
John who baptized declared. . .
(Matthew 3:11, Mark 1:8, Luke 3:16, John 1:33)
In Jerusalem, the Holy Spirit was not given to
ONE person.. . a group experience. . .
It UNIFIES.. .the HS breaks down barriers. . .
The HS overcomes the language barrier. . .
The HS is a gift. It can’t be owned or controlled.
It is the church’s desire to BE controlled by the Holy Spirit.
(1 Corinthians 1:10, 2:16, Romans 15:6, Ephesians 4:3)
It was Jesus’ OWN prayer that you and I have the
Holy Spirit control us in UNITY! John 17:20-23
How are groups united? U.S.? Sports teams?
Schools? Shared interests? Goals?
The church is united by the Holy Spirit.
What separates is of the devil. (Revelation 12:9,
Acts 13, esp. 13:10)
Pentecost=the Lord’s INITIATION of the
Holy Spirit led church of Jesus Christ.
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