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Have you ever found a product you really liked and that really worked for you and you try to recruit people to use it?
Jessica and I have really liked the baby carrier we got for Lizzy.
And so we have told people about it and talked up the good points it has and things like that.
There have been several products that have really benefited us over the years that we have gotten other people to purchase.
I think most people are like that.
When we have something we like and it works well, we tell others about it.
Why is it that we are willing to speak passionately about our favorite dish soap, bathroom cleaner, tool, or nail product, but so hesitant to share Christ?
If you and I had the supernatural ability to speak other languages, would we use it to share the gospel?
We may think the answer would be yes.
But the reality is that if we are not sharing the gospel now, nothing would change if we were suddenly able to speak any language.
My desire in this message is to awaken in us a passion for the lost of every nation.
We need a sense of urgency in preaching the gospel!
Why is it that we are willing to speak passionately about our favorite dish soap, bathroom cleaner, tool, or nail product, but so hesitant to share Christ?
If you and I had the supernatural ability to speak other languages, would we use it to share the gospel?
We may think the answer would be yes.
But the reality is that if we are not sharing the gospel now, nothing would change if we were suddenly able to speak any language.
Today is part three of the message “The wonderful works of God”.
We are spending extra time in this section to lay a firm foundation of solid Biblical interpretation before we move on in the book.
The topic of tongues will come up several more times as we go through the book of Acts and we need to have a good grasp of what Scripture teaches on this topic.
In (which we have been considering) we have the coming of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost.
As we have previously noted this marks the birth of the church.
Since the Holy Spirit is the one who places us into the body of Christ at Salvation, their can be no church apart from His indwelling.
The disciples of Jesus were all gathered in one place, they heard the sound of a rushing mighty wind, balls of fire that resembled tongues came and hovered over them and they spoke in languages they had never studied.
The sound of their speaking attracted a crowd.
At some point they moved out of the upper room and it is believed by many that they entered the temple courtyard.
We don’t know for certain but it would make sense.
The crowd that gathered is astonished because everyone hears these Galileans proclaiming the wonderful works of God in their own birth dialect.
That is as far as we got last time we were together.
The crowd that gathered is astonished because everyone hears these Galileans proclaiming the wonderful works of God in their own birth dialect.
Though I have made this point in both previous messages, it is a vital point so please bear with me as I make it again.
In many ways Acts chapter 2 is a theologically charged passage.
Because that is true, and because we will be dealing with many of those theological issues, there is a danger of losing sight of the big picture.
The point of this passage is not tongues, spiritual gifts, or spirit filling.
The point of this passage is the coming of the Holy Spirit Who then enables the disciples to preach the gospel!
The point of this passage is the birth of the Church through the coming of the Holy Spirit.
In our outline of the book of have titled chapter 2 as…
According to dictionary.com “enable” means “to make able; give power, means, competence, or ability to; authorize.”
Acts chapter 2 is all about the enabling of the disciples to preach.
Our passage today deals with them being enabled by the Holy Spirit.
They needed enabling.
They needed the ability given by the Holy Spirit to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Last time we were together we looked at the first four verses.
In the first four verses of the event that ch. 1 anticipates and builds toward finally takes place!
The disciples are together in unity when the Holy Spirit comes and they are baptized and filled with just as Christ had promised.
There was a sound as of a rushing mighty wind, tongues like fire appeared, and they spoke in other languages through the power of the Holy Spirit.
In many ways Acts chapter 2 is a theologically charged passage.
Because that is true, and because we will be dealing with many of those theological issues, there is a danger of losing sight of the big picture.
The point of this passage is not tongues, spiritual gifts, or spirit filling.
The point of this passage is the coming of the Holy Spirit Who then enables the disciples to preach the gospel!
The point of this passage is the birth of the Church through the coming of the Holy Spirit.
In our outline of the book of have titled chapter 2 as…
The Enabling Of The Disciples To Preach Ch. 2 The outline shows that there are three ways the disciples are enabled to preach in this chapter.
Here in the first thirteen verses we find that they are…
Enabled By The Holy Spirit 2:1-13
I have two desires that I hope to accomplish in the message this morning.
First, we need to understand the miracle that takes place here.
We need to understand what the miracle is and why it is performed.
Secondly, we need to be reminded of the message we proclaim.
What is preached by the disciples on the day of Pentecost is the same message we preach today.
As we understand the miracle and are reminded of the message we too will be enabled and empowered to preach.
As we discuss how the disciples are enabled by the Holy Spirit, we find that the Holy Spirit’s enabling takes two forms in this passage.
We have seen the first, which is…
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In these verses Luke reports who was present and what was said.
He is demonstrating that when he says every nation, this is what he means.
And so we have Luke Reporting the nations represented in vv.
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Parthians.
Medes.
Elamites.
Mesopotamia.
Judea.
Cappadocia.
Pontus.
Asia.
Phrygia.
Pamphylia.
Egypt.
Libya by Cyrene.
Rome - visitors who are Jews and proselytes.
People who have converted from another religion.
Cretans.
Arabs.
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15 different nations or geographical locations.
The reason for stating these is that each person heard their language being spoken.
We have at least 15 languages but probably more because there would have been various dialects which would be the language of someone’s birth.
I believe that when Peter preaches later, the various disciples translated his words.
God does not do things by half measures.
What a coincidence that all these people, from all these various nations, just happened to be present when the Holy Spirit comes and the disciples preach the gospel.
I trust you are picking up on the sarcasm.
This is no accident!
This is a divine appointment!
God is orchestrating events so that thousands of people are miraculously exposed to the gospel of Jesus Christ!
That is what they are proclaiming.
How do we know?
Luke tells.
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