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That was beautiful.

Thank you so much.

Leave for singing that for us.

Very, very touching and Pat.

Thank you for being here and sharing with us all that God is doing at options Women's Center and I do encourage all of you to stop back with Pat after the service, she'll be at the guest service and when she has a lot of information to pass out and if you have any questions, she wants to be able to be available for you.

Well, I am excited that I am able to have the opportunity to share God's word from Acts chapter 2 today with you.

And I have to tell you that when Pastor Mike told me that I was going to be sharing from X2 that I began jumping up and down and clapping.

Okay, only on the inside but that counts.

Right?

But no, we are going to continue our study and acts here in Chapter 2, but briefly I want to talk about Pastor Mike's message.

Last week.

It was a very, very helpful message.

He laid the groundwork for us, reminding him reminding us of the importance of Acts and that Luke had written acts and other two.

I believe two main points that I took away from his message and we were reminded that our mission is to be Christ Witnesses, who make disciples that grow in obedience to him.

And we also learned that one of the early church is primary methods for carrying out.

This mission was prayer.

And specifically corporate prayer, right?

And when they pray together, it created Unity within the body.

well, today and asked to will be recognizing the god-given means given to carry out his mission through the giving of the Holy Spirit and the birth of the church,

We will also identify another key method used to carry out God's Mission through the proclamation of the Gospel.

So we have the means and we have the method.

Taking these things into account, our time together will be focused on answering three questions.

First to be reminded of who we are as Spirit-filled members of Christ's body.

And then we will focus on what we are to be and do as the church based on this model that we see in Acts chapter 2. And finally, we will explore how to functionally live out the essential attributes of the early Church in the present day in the here.

And now you and me Evangelical Free bible church.

So we're aiming to answer three questions, who are we What are we to be in do, and how do we do it?

Like Ice.

Let's begin.

Please turn the Acts.

Chapter 2 and I'll begin reading and verse 1.

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.

Suddenly a sound, like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house, where they were sitting.

They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the spirit.

Enable them I believe it is worthwhile.

Noting, the incredible significance of this Festival known as Pentecost.

The word Pentecost in the Greek, it means 50th.

And on the 50th day, following the Passover celebration, the Jewish feast of Pentecost, also known as the Festival of first fruits was observed and it was observed as a means for them to give, thanks for the first fruits of the wheat Harvest For That season.

So in order for us to really appreciate Pentecost, I think we need to trace God's timeline together so Jesus died on a Friday during the Passover, right?

Danny Rose to life three days later and then Jesus spent 40 days as the resurrected Christ with his disciples and then he gave them this command.

For one occasion while he was eating with them, he gave him his command, do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift.

My father promised, which you have heard me speak about for John, baptized with water but in a few days, you will baptize with the Holy Spirit.

And after Jesus said those he ascended into heaven.

2. Simple math tells us that Jesus spent three days in the Tomb, 40 days with the disciples, which means he spent seven days as the resurrected Lord, and he ascended to heaven to his right hand of the father that equals 50 days.

And on that particular 50th day of Pentecost.

The Holy Spirit was poured out on the disciples.

Another major spiritual Milestone and this is recognized as the first fruits of all the spiritual riches that Believers will have one day when we were with the Lord.

The Apostle Paul would later say it this way, not only.

So, but we ourselves to have the first fruits of the spirit groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship the Redemption of our bodies.

I'm just completely blown away by the Lord's.

Perfect timing.

And this is one of those times where I'm floored.

God does not do things haphazardly.

His ways are not random.

Instead, the Lord's ways are calculated exactly.

According to his will, This was the perfect time according to God's plan and purpose to fulfill his promise to send the Holy Spirit.

All the disciples gathered together in one place.

Each one receive the Holy Spirit.

They were immersed, or baptized with the spirit.

and from this point in time, on every person who believes in Jesus Christ, as their own personal, Lord and savior, Is gifted the Holy Spirit.

And the spirit confident, Wells that person and this happens only once at the time of conversion.

And you also were included in Christ.

When you heard the message of Truth, The Gospel of your salvation when you believed you were marked in him with a seal the promise.

Holy Spirit.

And when the scriptures talk about being filled with the spirit in the New Testament, apart from this particular text here and asked you, for it means, a Believer has yielded to submit it to the spirit and therefore, they are led by controlled by the spirit.

Their hearts Allegiance is to him alone.

The Apostle Paul wrote.

Do not get drunk on wine which leads to debauchery, instead, be filled with the spirit.

See, we're not to drink too much and be controlled by alcohol.

Instead we are to yield too and be controlled by the Holy Spirit.

We are given the gift of the Holy Spirit.

The moment we believe in Jesus as our own personal Lord and Savior, the spirit that dwells us and remains with us.

Right, we did not lose the spirit.

We don't need to be refilled.

With the Holy Spirit.

Now, we continue being filled rolled by the spirit as we trust and Obey in him day by day.

What's pick up reading here, again, in Acts 25.

Now, there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.

When they heard the sound a crowd came together and bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken, utterly amazed they asked aren't all these who are speaking galileans.

Then how is it that each of us hears them in our own native language?

Parthians Mead, elamites residents of Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia of pontus and Asia by Gia and pamphylia, Egypt, and the parts of Libya near Cyrene.

Visitors from Rome both Jews and convert to Judaism cretans and Arabs, we hear them declaring the wonders of God.

In our own tongue amazed and perplexed.

They asked one another.

What does this mean?

Somehow ever made fun of them and said, they have had too much wine.

Now, the disciples filled with and enabled by the Holy Spirit, were given the means to carry out the mission.

They began speaking in all the different languages represented on this map.

Now, I don't know if you all can see the lines that are converging to Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is just a bunch of deer and I hope you can see that because it's really amazing.

He's at this time Jerusalem in Jerusalem, there were God-fearing Jews from every nation, attend Pentecost.

again, we recognize God's calculated and perfect timing here by looking at this map, Look at all the people groups that were present at Pentecost.

Look at how far the gospel would reach.

Through the got through, God's means of sending the Holy Spirit.

Then Peter stood up with the 11 raised, his voice and address the crowd.

Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem.

Let me explain this to you.

Listen carefully to what I'm about to say.

These people are not drunk as you suppose.

It's only 9 in the morning.