Sermon Tone Analysis

Seen HS in OT and Life of Jesus.

Seen HS in OT and Life of Jesus.

Tap into the power of God

HS is with us at every stage in our lives.

A) The Preparation for the Outpouring.

Jesus knew how important the HS was so after His resurrection -

Luke 24.

John 20.

then we get into the book of Acts.

Acts 1.1-

JC had given them commands through the HS

ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem

wait for the promise of the Father

You will be baptized with the HS

You will receive the power when the HS has come on you

The apostles then obeyed Jesus.

Returned to Jerusalem from Mt. Olives, went to the Upper Room

Prayer - If we want to receive what God has for us, we must wait on Him in prayer.

Prayer prepares us for the Holy Spirit.

Prayer keeps us in the Spirit.

If we desire the Holy Spirit and more of the Holy Spirit, then we must spend time with God in prayer.

A Church Friday night prayer meeting may seem redundant, obsolete, unnecessary, unimportant to you but the way the church is energized, empowered and taps into the power and presence of God is by the saints gathering together for prayer, making a sacrifice to call upon the God of heaven to come down.

When prayer meetings die, the church should ready to be buried.

Finances are important but finances won’t keep the church alive.

When you gather in small groups, pray.

B) The Experience of Outpouring.

The day finally came!

They were all in one accord - all together, in one place

those who stay away from church will miss the special times

A sound from heaven.

We have enough sounds from earth.

We need a sound from heaven.

tongues of fire

sat upon each of them.

they were all soaked in prayer, prepared for God

all filled

began to speak with other tongues.

That’s how we know they were filled.

Today we have many who are critical of tongues

Quench not the Spirit

Forbid not to speak in tongues

Interesting that the churches that have no tongues have little or no manifestation of the Spirit of God.

C) The Reaction to the Outpouring.

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Amazement/astonishment

- perplexed and confused.

Amazed, Astonished

-WOW

Astonished

-How are these people speaking our language?

God is able to do a work that will leave many bewildered.

“We thought religion was dead.

We thought the church was dying.”

God is getting ready to a work that will leave many in amazement and astonishment.

“Jaw-dropping” Jesus encounters with the Holy Spirit of God.

Bewilderment /perplexity

Bewildered / Perplexed

Bewildered : perplexed and confused.

Perplexed: completely baffled, puzzled.

Confusion.

I don’t know.

What does this mean?

God is on the move!

And another -

Mockery

Mockery

And another -

Same group of people, same experience, different, even opposite reactions.

What’s cool depends upon who’s speaking!

If we live to please men, we can forget about pleasing God, making progress with God.

They mocked then, they will mock now.

There are

Richard Dawkins at a Reason Rally called on atheists and agnostics to "ridicule and show contempt" for the religious and their doctrines.

It’s not going to get easier.

The atheist, agnostic, unbelieving crowd will be increasingly vicious in their attacks.

It will take increasing guts, strength to live for God.

: 1-3

But when we have phenomenon that is new, unique, novel, it begs not just for reactions for an explanation.

D) The Explanation of the Outpouring.

Peter stands up to speak, the one who denied Jesus three times.

This is a fulfillment of Joel’s prophecy.

and he turns to preach Jesus

acts 2.22-

This legitimizes the claims of Christ.

It is proof that Jesus is Lord and Christ.

His ministry was powerful.

His death was predicted

His resurrection was unprecedented.

Now the HS has been out-poured as the final proof to His Lordship.

The Response to the Outpouring

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