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“The Sign for the age to come is the presence of the Holy Spirit.” - F.F. Bruce
Introduction
Signs are given to us to point us to something else.
Stop signs, Speed limit signs, restaurant signs.
Some signs tell us where we are.
You are now entering Texas
Jena city limits
Some signs tell us where we are going
5 miles to the next exit
Alexandria 30 miles ahead
Day of Pentecost was a sign for Israel
The answer to the question asked by the Jews in in verse 12; What does this mean?
A sign that points to the New Covenant empowered by the Spirit.
A sign that tells Israel who they are and what they are for.
Always to bring forth the Messiah.
Always to declare God’s Gospel
A sign that tells them that they are to carry that Gospel to the nations.
Revival of Israel for Spirit empowered mission
The Gospel will go forth, from the Jews, to the Nations
The revival of Israel would come from from a special people by a special sound with a special explanation and a special reaction.
Special People
Go Forth
Acts 5:
Context of significance of the unfolding events.
The message is for the Jews (Israel, God’s chosen people).
The gathering of people about to be encountered by the Spirit is exclusively Jewish.
Not just any Jew, devout Jews.
God - fearing Jews is another way of bringing of the emphasis
This adjective is never applied to gentiles in its usages.
Devoted to the Law
Not just good church attenders, they are devoted members.
This group of Jews are representatives.
They are dwelling(staying) in Jerusalem.
The group includes Jews born in Jerusalem.
But this group extends to those from all nations.
Our attention should focus on those who came from other lands and now reside in Jerusalem.
“From every nation under heaven”
Diaspora Jews
This group will also include the pilgrims who have traveled to the Pentecost Feast.
Largest attended pilgrimage feast.
The weather was good fro traveling.
This was Luke’s way of showing the foundation of the Church was from the Jews.
This is exactly what God had always promised in His covenants.
Abraham- “all the earth will be blessed through the seed”
Noah - “
Moses - “ From God’s chosen nation..”
David- “From the linage of David”
This is the reference Paul was making in .
“Gospel is the power of salvation, to the Jew first...”
Transition: Not only were the Jews in Jerusalem, but they were drawn by the Spirit and what they heard left them in bewilderment.
Special Sound
The sound
The sound they hear is the sound as of a mighty rushing wind.
The Shikanah Glory that filled the upper room has now moved outside.
It was the sound of the Spirit that drew the crowd.
Crowds are drawn, not by persuasive words of men, but by power of the Spirit.
The reaction
They were bewildered.
To cause such astonishment as to dismay; to cause concentration.
They were amazed.
To cause someone to be astonished as to be practically overwhelmed.
They were astonished.
utterly amazed
To be extraordinarily impressed or disturbed by something.
The dismay
Their dismay was because of their ethnic stereotypes.
“ Are not all these speaking Galileans”
Galileans were not known for elegant speech.
This region was known as the back woods, back water, hill billy, country folk of the Jews.
The were not the educated and higher class of the Jews.
That is why Nathaniel said, “can anything good come from Nazareth ( a town in the Galilean region).”
Galileans had a distinct dialect.
alileans had a
Notice that they knew exactly where they were from.
People know we are from the south because of our dialect.
People notice this even more as the travel further south in Louisiana.
This is the dialect noticed by the young girl as Peter tried to deny Christ.
The Reality
God can use everybody, not just the educated upper class.
God can use people who not have elegant speech.
- example: Moses
Transition: Not only are these God Fearing Jews confused about the Galileans, but how they hear them in their native language.
Special Explanation
Acts
Mysterious Question
“How is it each one of us hears in our own native language?”
All these Jews could have spoke Aramaic.
The common language for speaking to foreigners was Greek.
Why did they hear in their own native language?
That the Gospel reaches each of them in a language they can most readily embrace and understand.
God is expressing His ultimate plan to “unite people from every tongue and every nation ().”
Is this not always the case? - Share the gosp
The aim of Christianity is to bridge cultures without eroding the diversity they represent.
Christianity is not about forming a perfect race, it is about all races from all nations sharing the common Spirit.
This is achieved at Pentecost as the Spirit becomes the common link in supplying a special message to each nation.
Mighty Works of God
Wonders of God
Referring to the mighty works of God through Jesus Christ.
These wonders of God are found in Christ.
All the prophecies are fulfilled in the death, burial, resurrection, and the ascension of Christ.
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