The Promise Is For You

Acts 2:1-4 English Standard Version

Acts 2:1 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place.

Acts 2:2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.

Acts 2:3 And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them.

Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Acts 2:38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 2:39 For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”

The Promise is For You.

It’s a promise of power (Acts 1:4, Luke 24:49; Acts 1:5; Acts 1:8).

Acts 1:4 And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me;

Luke 24:49 And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

Acts 1:5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

The Promise is For You.

Objection #1: It’s not for today.

1. Acts 2:39 For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”

2. Acts 2:21 (c.f. Joel 2:32) And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’

Objection #2: It’s not for me.

1. All flesh (Acts 2:17)

a. Acts 2:17 “ ‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;

2. Young & old(Acts 2:17)

a. Acts 2:17 “ ‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;

3. Male & female(sons & daughters) (Acts 2:17-18; Acts 1:12-15)

a. Acts 2:17 “ ‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sonsand your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;

b. Acts 2:18 even on my male servants and femaleservants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.

c. Acts 1:12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.

d. Acts 1:13 And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James.

e. Acts 1:14 All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

f. Acts 1:15 In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (the company of persons was in all about 120) and said,

4. Each of them (Acts 2:3)

a. Acts 2:3 And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them.

5. All (Acts 2:4)

a. Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Acts 2:39 For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”

Isaiah 59:21 “And as for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your offspring, or out of the mouth of your children’s offspring,” says the Lord, “from this time forth and forevermore.”

Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Acts 2:39 For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”

Acts 2:21 And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’