Pentecost -The Operation of The Holy Spirit

The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen, to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me; for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”

Two little girls, playmates, who were counting over their pennies, because they were on there way to the store to get candy. One said, “I have five pennies.” The other said, “I have ten.” "No,” said the first little girl, “You have just five cents, the same as I.” "But,” the second child quickly replied, “my father said that when he came home tonight, he would give me five cents, and so I have ten cents.” The child’s faith gave her proof of that which she did not as yet see, and she counted it as being already hers, because it had been already promised by her father.

What Luke does is bridges the Gospel and the Book of Acts. Many Bible scholars attribute the writing of Acts to Luke. What Luke does with Acts is shares that God’s Promise has come Pass.

When God makes a promise, you and I as believers can be rest assured that the promise will come to pass. The promise of the Holy Spirit which is the third person of the Trinity as given by the prophets and also by Christ. We believe in God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. Three person, One God.

Luke deals with the time between

The Life, The Death, The Resurrection & The Ascension He even deals with the 50 days from Passover to Pentecost

Jesus Operated in the Spirit! vs.2

His Mother Mary gave birth because of the Spirit

He was baptized in the Spirit

He tempted Led by the Spirit

He did Miracles in the Spirit

He was full of Joy through the Spirit

He taught in Spirit

2. The Spirit Operated in Jesus!

I’m Still alive

Infallible Proof

Empty Tomb

Post-Resurrection Appearance

1 Cor.

1 Corinthians 15:6 NKJV

After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep.

3. The Testimony of Women

Mary Magdelgen

4. The Transformed Lives of the Disciple

5. The fact that we have Church and there are churches all over the World lets us know That he Rose.

6. James his half brother, became a believer after he Got up!

7. Saul on the Damascus Road who was changed from Hater to Helper

Two of the Worlds Greats Legal Minds

3. The Holy Spirit is About to Operate in You

John 14:15-18

John 14:15–18 NKJV

“If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.

John 20:21–22 NKJV

So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

John

Psalm 51:11 NKJV

Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

Ps. 51:11

The Bible says You Shall receive Power When the Holy Spirit has Come upon you!

Where you would have to take every thing out if you made a mistake the red nose would light up and it would go buzz

Power---Dynamis Gk. ----manifesting influence over reality in a supernatural manner.

The Holy Spirit will Give you Kingdom Power

To operate on behalf of the King

You have the Power as an Ambassador for the King.

Power to be witness!

God want his Spirit to Operate in you so that you can be the best witness for him!

To be a witness means a person who sees or otherwise has personal knowledge of something

a person who gives testimony in court

a person who gives evidence of proof

Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer !

The Promise of the Holy Spirit is found through out the New Testament

John Said in at his Baptism

Matthew 3:11 NKJV

I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

In the Gospels the Son of Man offered his life; in Acts the Son of God offered his power. The Gospels model the Christian life as lived by the perfect Man; Acts models it as lived out by imperfect men.

Architect,

The Gospels model the Christian life as lived by the perfect Man; Acts models it as lived out by imperfect men.

Hughes, R. K. (1996). Acts: the church afire (p. 13). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.

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