The gift of the promised Spirit

Introduction

The Reading plan

The Mission - “We are a community of Christ-centered disciples who Love God, Love Others, and Make Disciples of Jesus Christ.”

The Pathway (Gather, Grow, Give, Go)

Today

gather/go

Acts 2:1-13

descriptive vs prescriptive (Biblical Narrative)

v. 1

“Pentecost”

word means “50th”

Exodus 20 - the giving of the law

“feast of weeks” (Harvest feast)

Three solemn feast - all Jewish males were required to travel to Jerusalem to attend (7 Jewish feast total)

feast of Passover

Gift of the passover lamb

feast of Shavuot (weeks)

gift of the law

feast of tabernacles

gift of Jesus’ presence

“together”

v. 2

“wind” (like a)

John 3:8 “8 “The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit.””

Acts 17:24–25 “24 “The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands; 25 nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things;”

“filled”

v. 3

“Tongues as of fire”

Exodus 3:1–4 “1 Now Moses was pasturing the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 The angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not consumed. 3 So Moses said, “I must turn aside now and see this marvelous sight, why the bush is not burned up.” 4 When the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.””

Exodus 13:17–22 “17 Now when Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, even though it was near; for God said, “The people might change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt.” 18 Hence God led the people around by the way of the wilderness to the Red Sea; and the sons of Israel went up in martial array from the land of Egypt. 19 Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the sons of Israel solemnly swear, saying, “God will surely take care of you, and you shall carry my bones from here with you.” 20 Then they set out from Succoth and camped in Etham on the edge of the wilderness. 21 The Lord was going before them in a pillar of cloud by day to lead them on the way, and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night. 22 He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.”

Exodus 19:18 “18 Now Mount Sinai was all in smoke because the Lord descended upon it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.”

Exodus 40:34–38 “34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35 Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 36 Throughout all their journeys whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the sons of Israel would set out; 37 but if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out until the day when it was taken up. 38 For throughout all their journeys, the cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel.”

“distributing themselves” - divide or seperate

“rested on” - sit or sit down

v. 4

“filled”

Acts 1:5; 8

Ephesians 5:15–21 “15 Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, 16 making the most of your time, because the days are evil. 17 So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, 19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; 20 always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; 21 and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.”

“tongues”

Glōssa (Gul o sa)

Glossary - an alphabetical list of terms or words found in or relating to a specific subject, text, or dialect, with explanations; a brief dictionary.

“utterance” - speak out/declare

v. 5

“Jews living in Jerusalem”

‘every nation” (list in v 9-11)

v. 6

“sound occurred” - wind or voices?

“hearing them speak in his own language”

“language” - dialektos (de A leck tos)

language vs dialect - The word language is more general, while the word dialect is used to refer specifically to a particular variant of one language.

v. 7

“amazed and astonished”

“Galileans” (accent)

v. 8 (reference back to v. 6)

vv. 9-11

nations/languages represented (reference v. 5)

Conclusion

More to come on tongues...

Jeremiah 31:31–33 (NASB95): Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,

32 not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares the Lord.

33 “But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the Lord, “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

Things we know…

Gift of The Spirit

Was an intelligible dialect or language

It was used to advance the Gospel.

Two responses to The Spirit.

v. 12 - “amazement and perplexity”

v. 13 - “mocking”