HELP!

DEGREES

48% OF AMERICANS HAVE AN ASSOCIATE OR HIGHER

ALL OF US WITH A PHONE HAVE BEEN TO “YOUTUBE UNIVERSITY”

WE DO THIS OUT OF NEED, BUT WE RARELY SEEK HELP.

TRANSITION: HAVE YOU GOT YOURSELF IN TROUBLE WITH DIY?

YOU HAVE THE NEED, YOU HAVE THE DESIRE, BUT YOU LACK THE ABILITY.

FAITH OFTEN GETS TREATED THIS WAY. WE NEED HELP!

SLIDE: WHAT IS PENTECOST?

READ: LEVITICUS 23:16-17

English Standard Version Chapter 23

16 You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath. Then you shall present a grain offering of new grain to the LORD. 17 You shall bring from your dwelling places two loaves of bread to be waved, made of two tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour, and they shall be baked with leaven, as firstfruits to the LORD.

7 SABBATHS PLUS 1 = 50

ROUGHLY THE TIME LEAVING EGYPT TO SINAI

2 LOAFS OF BREAD = 2 STONE TABLETS

YEAR AFTER YEAR EVEN DURING THE TIME OF JESUS WALKING THE EARTH WE HAD THE LAW BUT WERE THEY ABLE TO KEEP IT? NO

AFTER THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FIRST TEMPLE, THEY CREATED RULES FOR EVERYDAY LIFE FOR HOW TO KEEP THE LAW. THE ORAL TORAH. BUT THEY COULDN’T KEEP THAT EITHER.

WE BELIEVE IF GOD WOULD DO A BETTER JOB WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB

PLASTER THE 10 COMMANDMENTS EVERYWHERE

THE DISCIPLES WALKED WITH JESUS AND STILL GOT IT WRONG

WHAT MAKES US BELIEVE THAT WE COULD DO BETTER TODAY?

WE NEED HELP!

WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ACTS 2?

IF PENTECOST HAD BEEN A FEAST TO REMEMBER THE GIVING OF THE LAW, WHAT DID IT MEAN NOW THAT THE SPIRIT HAD BEEN GIVEN?

READ: JOHN 14:23-27 [ESV]

REMEMBERENCE

WE KNOW THIS WORD

JESUS IS AT THE PASSOVER MEAL WHEN HE USES THIS WORD, BUT HE’S CONNECTING IT TO WHEN THE SPIRIT IS GIVEN AND TO THE LORDS SUPPER.

THE PROMISE OF PENTECOST

READ: ROMANS 8:1-3 [ESV]

English Standard Version Chapter 8

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. 3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do.

WE REMEMBER TODAY THAT BECAUSE OF PENTECOST WHAT WE ARE POWERLESS TO DO GOD HAS DONE.

SLIDE: WHAT MUST I DO?

REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED

REPENT = DIE TO YOUR WAY AND RECEIVE THE WAY THROUGH JESUS CHRIST’S FINISHED WORK.

LET THE HOLY SPIRIT GUIDE YOU

REMEMBRANCE NOT REMEMBER

IT’S ACTIVE NOT PASSIVE

WE ARE WELCOMED IN TO GO AND TELL OTHERS WHAT GOD HAS DONE

WE REMEMBER AS WE GO

COMMUNION

Luke 22:14–20 ESV

And when the hour came, he reclined at table, and the apostles with him. And he said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he said, “Take this, and divide it among yourselves. For I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.” And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.