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*INTRODUCTION:*
1. *((illus))* I remember hearing the famous country preacher, Vance Havner, say one time that *some Christians live on the right side of Calvary, but on the wrong side of Pentecost*.
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He went on to explain that there were Christians he knew that were certainly believing people, on their way to heaven.
b.
But that some of these people have *no idea* that God has given them *the Holy Spirit to empower them to live their Christian life.*
c. *((illus))* It’s a little bit like what the Associated Press reported happening in Glasgow, Ky.
some time back that *Leslie Puckett*, after struggling to start his car, lifted the hood and discovered that someone had stolen the motor."
i) There are many people “trusting Jesus” but haven’t the foggiest clue about what a spiritual, Spirit filled life is about.
ii) Little wonder that the church struggles to be a good witness and to fulfill the Great Commission.
2. *The early church had none of the things* that we think are so essential for success today—buildings, money, political influence, social status—and yet
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The early church won multitudes to Christ and saw many churches established throughout the pagan Roman world.
b. *Why?*
Because the church had the power of the Holy Spirit energizing its ministry.
c.
They were a people who “were ignited by the Spirit of God.”
i) And it wasn’t something that was scary - out of control.
ii) *((illus))* You can take a tanker truck filled with gasoline and drop a match down it’s opening at the top and watch the horrific explosion or,
iii) you can pour that gasoline into the gas tanks of various cars who are designed to explode the gas in a controlled way and do a lot of good.
3. *THE SAME HOLY SPIRIT IS AVAILABLE TO US TODAY *to enable us to live our Christian lives as we should and to make us healthy Christians with an effective witness for Christ.
a. John 14:17 - */for He dwells with you and will be in you/*.
b. John 16:14 (NIV) */He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you./*
c.
I think that the better we understand His working at Pentecost, *the better we will be able to relate to Him and experience His power in our daily lives*.
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Acts 2:1-13 *(page 922)*
*/1 On the day of Pentecost, seven weeks after Jesus’ resurrection, the believers were meeting together in one place./*
*/2 Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm in the skies above them, and it filled the house where they were meeting./*
*/3 Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them./*
*/4 And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability./*
*/5 Godly Jews from many nations were living in Jerusalem at that time./*
*/6 When they heard this sound, they came running to see what it was all about, and they were bewildered to hear their own languages being spoken by the believers./*
*/7 They were beside themselves with wonder.
“How can this be?” they exclaimed.
“These people are all from Galilee,/*
*/8 and yet we hear them speaking the languages of the lands where we were born!/*
*/9 Here we are—Parthians, Medes, Elamites, people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, the province of Asia,/*
*/10 Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and the areas of Libya toward Cyrene, visitors from Rome (both Jews and converts to Judaism),/*
*/11 Cretans, and Arabians.
And we all hear these people speaking in our own languages about the wonderful things God has done!”/*
*/12 They stood there amazed and perplexed.
“What can this mean?”
they asked each other./*
*/13 But others in the crowd were mocking.
“They’re drunk, that’s all!” they said./*
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4. I’m tempted to go into great detail here.
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There has been so much controversy and fighting in the church over these matters.
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But let’s just understand and be together on the basics.
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We can debate the details, but if we are together on these basics, God will be free to move more effectively among us and through us.
d.
First, we have to *know the basics.*
i) Then believe them
ii) Then *apply them*
e. *((illus))* We don’t want to be like the church in California who invited one if it’s denominational leaders to come and speak .
He arrived for the service and was at first delighted to find a stirring red and orange banner on the wall which read: *"Come Holy Spirit.
Hallelujah!" *
i) The words were printed under a picture of a burning fire.
ii) But then the speaker’s eyes dropped to another sign directly underneath the banner which read: *"Fire extinguisher."*
iii) So much for that parish's commitment to spiritual renewal.
5. We want to be able *“with one accord”* (:1 - “together”) to invited God the Holy Spirit to come and work in our lives and through our lives to the glory of Christ.
6. Acts 2 helps us understand the present ministry of the Holy Spirit in the church by recording *FOUR EXPERIENCES IN THE LIFE OF THESE EARLY BELIEVERS.*
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*LIFE IN HEAVEN FOR LIFE ON EARTH*
*Acts 2*
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*1. **THE BELIEVERS WAITING FOR THE SPIRIT :1*
a. *:1 /On the day of Pentecost, seven weeks after Jesus’ resurrection, the believers were meeting together in one place./*
b. Pentecost means “fiftieth” because this feast was held fifty days after the Feast of Firstfruits (Lev.
23:15–22).
i) The calendar of Jewish feasts in *Leviticus 23* was a *sacred calendar* for the OT believers and provided an outline of the work of Jesus Christ.
ii) *Passover pictures* His death as the Lamb of God (John 1:29; 1 Cor.
5:7),
¨ and the *Feast of Firstfruits* pictures His resurrection from the dead (1 Cor.
15:20–23).
¨ Fifty days after Firstfruits is the *Feast of Pentecost*, which pictures *THE BIRTHDAY OF THE CHURCH*.
¨ In terms of today’s calendar, Sunday, May 30th was Pentecost Sunday.
iii) We talk about this church being 5 years old, but in another sense, this church is over 2,000 years old.
iv) *((illus))* If we wanted to, every Pentecost Sunday, we could sing “Happy Birthday” to the church.
c. *((illus))* On the Feast of Firstfruits, the priest waved a sheaf of grain (the first of the harvest) before the Lord; but on Pentecost, *he presented two loaves of bread*.
Why?
i) Because at Pentecost, the Holy Spirit baptized the believers and united them into one body.
ii) The Jewish believers received this baptism at Pentecost, and the Gentile believers in the home of Cornelius (Acts 10).
This explains the presence of two loaves of bread (see 1 Cor.
10:17).
iii) 1 Corinthians 10:17 (NIV) */Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf./*
d.
The fact that there was *leaven (yeast)* in the loaves indicates the presence of sin in the church on earth.
The church will not be perfect until it gets to heaven.
e. *Jesus predicted this beginning of the church*:
i) Matthew 16:18 - */…and on this rock I will build My church/*
ii) While each of us would want to *fullness of God’s blessing* upon us we *must not conclude* that this ten-day prayer meeting brought about the miracles of Pentecost,
iii) or that we today may pray as they did and experience *“another Pentecost.”*
¨ Like our Lord’s death at *Calvary*, Pentecost was a *once-for-all event* that will not be repeated.
¨ The church may experience new fillings of the Spirit, and certainly patient prayer is an essential element to spiritual power,
¨ but we would not ask for another Pentecost any more than we would ask for another Calvary.
*THE BELIEVERS WAITING FOR THE SPIRIT :1*
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*/2.
/**THE CHURCH WORSHIPPING THE LORD :2-23*
i) As we study the events of Pentecost, it is important that we separate the accidentals from the essentials.
a. *The Spirit Came - :2-4*
ii) */2 Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm in the skies above them, and it filled the house where they were meeting.
3 Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them.
4 And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability./*
iii) The Holy Spirit had been active prior to Pentecost and had worked in Creation (Gen.
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