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Prelude to Pentecost
by Jerry Vines
The opening twelve verses of this chapter give us the account of the last days of our Lord with the disciples. He then gathers them on the Mount of Olives and the Bible says He ascended back to heaven. The Lord Jesus Christ came to this earth, and for a period of 33 1/2 years worked and ministered and served, died on a cross, shed His blood for the sins of the whole world, was buried and resurrected, went back home. As they looked at the Lord Jesus ascending back to heave, two men in white apparel had said to them: ''Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven, shall...
Pentecost: The Arrival of the Holy Spirit (3 of 3)
by Scott Maze
This morning I want to conclude a short series on the Holy Spirit by looking at what the Spirit does to transform us. Today, we are looking at a famous account inside the New Testament, called Pentecost. Let me set up our story for those of you who may have missed earlier messages. The miracle of ''speaking in tongues'' had worked liked shooting a flare up into the air. Now, a large crowd had gathered around the disciples and there's all this confusion because of the incredible phenomenon. It is still the Feast of Pentecost and Peter explains why everyone has heard people speak in foreign languages that had not previously learned...
What Really Happened on the Day of Pentecost?
by Dr. J. Vernon McGee
There is a great confusion and diversification of opinions when it comes to discussing the events that took place on the Day of Pentecost. What exactly did happen? In order to get the correct answer, let us look very carefully at the only record we are given of what actually occurred on that day. It will be necessary for us to move back and see the preparation that was made for the Day of Pentecost, because in God's plan and program, it was vitally important. The Word of God is filled with paradoxes, and I believe we can gain a great deal of enlightenment on this particular subject by considering one of these seeming contradictions...
Pentecost--History's Greatest Miracle (1 Of 11)
by Jim Henry
It was about 1966 when this first came to my attention. I was at a Southern Baptist Convention, and a friend of mine said, "I have a friend who says he's had an experience with the Holy Spirit, and he wants you to come and be with some other friends. I had been hearing about some different things, about tongues, and baptizing in the Holy Spirit, and all of that--and I went with him. I went to an office building in Miami. A couple of other men were there, and we sat and talked for a while. They were wonderful men of God. After awhile, they began to talk about the filling and baptism of the Holy...
The Feast of Pentecost (4 of 7)
by Ernest Easley
Join me tonight in the Old Testament book of Leviticus chapter 23. Prior to entering the Promised Land ... God designated seven special holidays for the children of Israel to observe once they arrived in the land. We read in Lev 23.1 that these seven feasts were ''His Days.'' We read in verse 1, ''... The feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My feasts.'' Now if they were His feasts .. why would God instruct the children of Israel to observe them? So that they would look back thanking God for his provision and to look forward trusting God for his provision. Thanking Him and Trusting Him. But not only...
The Permanence of Pentecost: Why We Fail to Grow
by Ron Dunn
The book of Acts is similar to the first two chapters of Genesis in one way. The first two chapters of Genesis reveal to us what God intended the world should be like before sin entered. And the first few chapters of the book of Acts, I think, or most of the book of Acts, or most of the N.T. reveal to us what God intended the N.T. church to be like before it apostatized. And what I am doing in the next - this morning, and tonight and next Sunday, and for a few Sundays - is preaching of those things that I think distinguish the N.T. church. This morning I preached on what I consider to be one of the distinguishing characteristics of the N. T. church...
Pentecost Devotional (1 of 35)
by Christopher Harbin
‘‘So she named the LORD who spoke to her, ‘You are El-roi’; for she said, ‘Have I really seen God and remained alive after seeing him?’’’ Genesis 16:13 Hagar was not the first outsider to be accepted into the circle of Yahweh’s people, but we find her here in the wilderness as an escaped slave girl fleeing the abuse of Sarai who had forced her to become a concubine to Abraham. She was a slave, a foreigner, a woman suffering abuse, and now a runaway slave in danger of dying of thirst, hunger, and exposure. She had no standing in society. Her owners were nomads, and though wealthy, they had no title to the land in which they sojourned.
Seven Characteristics of A2 Church Builders (3 of 6)
by Frank Damazio
Introduction: The first century church, or what we are calling the A2 church, yields many important insights for the church today. We are gleaning principles, insights, and New Testament patterns from the first church at Jerusalem as seen in Acts 1-7. Here we see the activities and involvements of the first church and, therefore, some of the purest set of objectives for the church today. You and I are involved in the greatest plan on earth, the church. Ephesians 2:19-22 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation...
Acts - The Acts of the Holy Spirit through the First Century Church (5 of 32)
by Stan Coffey
INTRODUCTION: The writer of Acts was Luke who wrote the Gospel by that name. The book has the same introductory address as his gospel and resumes the history where that document leaves off. Actually the book describes not the ''acts of the Apostles,''' for only a few of them are given any degree of prominence, but the acts of the risen and ascended Lord through the Holy Spirit. - Luke used a number of sources for his information and some of his facts are firsthand. The ''we'' sections of the book (16:10-17; 20:5-15; 21:1-18; 27:1 - 28:16) indicate that he was often in the company of the Apostle Paul. THEME: The Book of Acts...
Series: The End of the Beginning (4 of 6)
by Stuart Briscoe
The dramatic day of Pentecost so drastically changed the disciples' lives that they were never the same. The contemporary church needs to carefully address the significance of Pentecost rather than treating it as a controversial battleground.The events of Pentecost and the following days show that the Christian church moved in the power of the Spirit. There was a touch of the supernatural about their lives and ministry. The same Spirit is resident in the modern church but His presence and fullness need to be understood and experienced.What Does It Mean to Be Filled with the Spirit? A. Don't get drunk. B. Do be filled. C. Do you have...
The Day Of Pentecost
by Stuart Briscoe
The Old Testament deals with the Father, the Gospels with the Son, Acts and the Epistles with the Spirit. Christmas terminates the first age, Easter the second, and Pentecost introduces the third, which will terminate at Christ's return. Pentecost therefore needs to be understood.I. The Forty Days-The Final Details. A. Christ gave His disciples proof. v. 3 1. The evidences. 2. The consequences. a. The Emmaus Road. Luke 24:13 35 b. The Upper Room. Luke 24:36 49 3. The significance. a. The reality of His life. b. The clarity of His intentions. B. Christ gave His disciples instructions. v. 21. The instruction to wait. v. 4 2. The instruction...
The Gifts of the Spirit
by Tony Nester
The wind that blew upon the disciples on the Day of Pentecost was no mild breeze. The Scripture describes it as ''the rush of a violent wind'' and suggests that it shook the rafters of the house which the disciples had occupied. One preacher I know describes the Day of Pentecost as a ''holy hurricane.'' (1). That's a great description. Why did the Holy Spirit come with such force? I believe the answer is that God was changing his people and changing people is never easy. Sometimes changing people takes a holy hurricane. A few years ago I attended a mental health conference at which the featured speaker was Joel Slack who...
Feasting on the Feasts: The Feast of Pentecost
by Ernest Easley
We are continuing our study tonight on the seven feasts of Israel. These seven special feasts are found in the Old Testament book of Leviticus. So lets begin there ... Leviticus .. the 23rd chapter. Now for a few weeks now we have been ''Feasting on the Feasts.'' And let me remind you that these feasts were a shadow of things to come. Now .. they were literal feasts. But God gave them these seven feasts as a way of pointing to the real thing. I am so glad that today .. we have more than the shadow! We have the real thing! Now the world wants to tell you that Coke is the real thing. Folks .. coke is not the real thing ... Jesus is the real thing. And...
Giving Pentecost the Attention it Deserves
by Tim Melton
What day is Christmas? December 25th. When is Easter? Sometime in the spring, late March or April. We read in the book of Acts that the Holy Spirit first came to dwell with man at Pentecost. When is Pentecost? . . . Silence. . . It is interesting how we believe in the trinity and we celebrate Christmas, the coming of the Son of God to earth, but we do not celebrate or even know when Pentecost is. It would be good if we regained balance in this area and came to appreciate both the Son and the Spirit for the huge role they both play in our Christian lives. Let's take some time to become more familiar with the Spirit's coming at Pentecost.
The Season of Pentecost -- Choices Then and Now (1 of 8)
by M. Jolaine Szymkowiak
The season of Pentecost is one season within the Church that though it is the longest it is possibly the most exciting season within the Church and almost no one realizes that fact. Advent and the Christmas story, Lent and Easter have finished. The summer season has now begun and now what! The excitement has gone out of church, we are looking forward to vacations, outside activities, and we don't feel like church attendance is of such importance as it is for Christmas and Easter. Years ago, I had a pastor (I worshiped in that church) and a priest (I was secretary...
The Truth About Tongues at Pentecost (2 of 2)
by David Davis
Examine the Record Acts. 2:1-4 It is important to look at the account of Pentecost from the Bible to get a true picture of how tongues came to play a part in the Pentecostal experience. The Bible is clear in the first four verses of Acts 2. 1. The Setting The Feast of Weeks represented the gathering of all kinds of people from all over the world. 2. The Coming There was a noise like the sound of a might wind. 3. The Filling They were all filled with the Holy Spirit. 4. The Speaking They began speaking as the Spirit gave them enablement and they all heard in their own language. II. Examine the Response How did the...
Signs of Pentecost (3 of 34)
by Robert Dawson
On the way to the men's conference last weekend the driver of the van, who shall remain nameless but stands before you this morning, took a wrong turn because the person sitting in the navigator's seat, who shall also remain nameless but is married to Kristi Combass and is a deacon in our faith family, failed to do his job. In reality it was only a one lane mistake. If said driver would have shifted just one lane to the left and the navigator, who, I am convinced, was really at fault, would have kept his eye on the road signs trouble would have been avoided. Because we were distracted and lost sight of the road signs we found...
The Pentecostal Blessing
by George H. Morrison
Let us reverently try to understand what happened on that day of Pentecost. It is rightly called the birthday of the Church. Ten days before, the Savior had ascended. He had passed into the presence of the Father. He had left His little band of faithful followers to be witnesses for Him. And yet the strange thing is that though they trusted Him and were perfectly convinced that He was risen, they were not ready yet to be His witness-bearers. All of them believed in Jesus, but for witness-bearing something more was needed: some new power and fullness in their lives that would carry conviction to the world. And that is what the disciples got...
Convincing Proof!
by William Wyne
On July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart and her flight companion, Lieutenant Commander Fred Noonan, vanished near Howland Island in the South Pacific. They were attempting a round the world flight in a twin-engine Lockheed aircraft. In her last radio contact with a United States naval vessel, Miss Earhart transmitted this terse message: ''Position Doubtful.'' She was not sure where they were, and when you are not sure where you are, it's hard to get to where you want to go or need to go. On that Friday afternoon, and all day Saturday and part of Sunday morning after what was not a Good Friday then, but a bad Friday. Remember...
Ministering in the Power of the Holy Spirit
by David Cawston
Jesus was refocusing His disciples attention. - He was focusing them to the task that they had accomplish before His return. - He challenged them in parables by saying "Occupy till I come". - He told them of the Holy Spirit that would come upon them and baptize them and as a result of that, they would become witnesses to Him around the world. The Spirit filled believer has not received the Holy Spirit to be focused upon his life only. He has received the Holy Spirit for the purpose of ministry and witness. To be a spiritual person that walks in the Spirit of God, it is important that we get our eyes off of ourselves. There are so many things about...
