INTRODUCTION Jesus told the disciples to wait for the power of the Holy Spirit before doing ministry. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. It goes on, "When He had spoken these things," in verse 9, "they watched and He was taken up in a cloud, received Him out of their sight. The Victory over Fear On the day of the Pentecost, The Spirit of God came to them, filled their minds and their hearts and their entire being. Peter says, "In the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy." By clicking Post Your Answer, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and cookie policy. Acts 1:8 is the vital point about Pentecost. Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? As we came here this morning, to services, and as we gathered here this morning ourselves, there is a very important lesson for us to learn as well. Christ Is Risen - An Easter plan by Matt Maher, The Essential 100 Bible Challenge14The Cross Of Christ. It is the ideal to which every subsequent church period has wished to be able to emulate, including ours today. Praying a Scriptural Rosary is accomplished by praying a traditional Rosary and adding scriptural verses related to each mystery of the Rosary. The disciples stood gazing, and they didn't know what to do. Being mentally separated from other people (because of being ashamed of lost of their 'cause') made them being afraid of people. As I was sitting there gazing around, nobody came. We have to live as well, knowing that there is a God, and to live our life that every day counts. He greeted them and showed them his hands and his side. It is a remarkable period of church history, because right here we have a vision being fulfilled that Jesus Christ has for His Church. And they chose Matthias by casting lots. Summary of Ideas of the Sunday readings. The bonds of trust among the disciples were beginning to be frayed. . They didn't know. Mark chapter 16, verse 9, now, "When He rose early on the first day of the week," speaking of Christ's resurrection. It says, "The eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. [Darris McNeely] On the morning of Pentecost 31 AD, what do you think was going through the minds of the assembled disciples in Jerusalem? But the disciples didn't stop focusing on the Kingdom of God after Pentecost. Really. They had a very life is now, living in the present mindset that this was all going to happen in their lifetime, which is something that pertains to every group of people from that time forward, that looking for the appearance of the Kingdom, the return of Christ. I think it will make a difference. Where is it being manifested in the church today? Probably the Spirit was their instructor in two senses. 2Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. Learning and labor which do not lead people in love to God are not prompted by the Spirit of Christ. There's a lot of information in the details that we are given in chapter 28 verse 16. And a voice from heaven like many waters, and the voice of thunder, and the sound of harpers playing their harps, they sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures and the elders. And then even when we see in the days after Jesus' final ascension, a roughly 10-day period, when they came to make a decision to replace Judas, they read Scripture, they applied it properly, God blessed the decision. But as Christ begins to give them the teaching from the Scriptures, of how He had fulfilled literally, in every way, the scriptures about the Messiah. They had not been a part of anything like that before. Peter says, "Repent, believe, be baptized, you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." And then this dramatic miracle takes place, festive occasion. During the long period of construction the Nile River wasn't completely stopped. Tradition places the receiving of the Spirit on Pentecost in the upper room of Acts 1. But let's go back, let's look at a few of these scriptures in a little bit more detail and see exactly what had been taking place among the disciples during this period of time, that brought them to that morning of Pentecost. The disciples had seen what would happen because Christ was arrested and had come before the high priest. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. They need to see within us, Jesus Christ. It's an encouraging sermon, it's very pointed and direct, that includes a dramatic call to repentance. Consider this question, with what we have just read: how could people filled with doubt, even a measure of unbelief, fear, general fear, intense fear, heightened fear, abject fearfear takes many different forms and guises; sometimes we can control our fear, sometimes it overcomes us and we're just shaking in our bootshow could a people dealing with all of these emotions during this 50-day period of time be expected to do what Jesus told them here in verse 8, they would do, when they have problems figuring it all out at that particular moment? And I can't help but think that knowledge for its own sake or art for art's sake is a very callous and unloving motto. I have my own Star Trekkian-type of way to imagine how Jesus ascended. Chapter 4 takes as its starting point the gift of speaking in tongues from the narrative of Pentecost in Acts 2:1-13. . You remember what Ruth said to Naomi when Naomi, in the book of Ruth, had lost her husband and children, and these two daughters-in-law, Ruth and Orpah, tried to follow her away from Moab, and Orpah decided to leave. When people are filled with the Holy Spirit, they do not blink at evil. And then they had seen that He was resurrected. "For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain.". . It was one of the three great pilgrim feasts that every Jewish male was required to attend (see Deuteronomy 16:16 ). The Key to a Life Well Lived. Apparently not. After Pentecost, a radical transformation took place. When He approached, they thought they saw a spirit and were afraid, and of course, Peter became afraid when he saw the waves and felt the wind, when he was attempting to walk on the waves to Jesus. And in their mouth was found no deceit, for they are without fault before the throne of God.". How could they have ever submitted to God's law and pleased himas many did, like Abel and Noah and Abraham and Moses and Rahab and Ruth and Deborah and David? Four verses later Moses says, "Would that all the Lord's people were prophets, that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them" (v. 29). A survey of Old Testament spiritual experience is needed to wake us up to our privileges in these last days that were inaugurated at Pentecost. Eighth, some OT believers were enabled by the Spirit to do extraordinary feats of power to help God's people. No, He said wait till, wait in Jerusalem, and so they were there and they continued. The indwelling Holy Spirit was only sent after Jesus' resurrection. Now all of a sudden, as Peter steps forward, and of course, you know the story of Peter. "Standing with the Lamb on the Mount of Olives," in Revelation 14:1 Revelation 14:1And I looked, and, see, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.American King James Version, "144,000 with the Father's name written on their foreheads. "And He said to them, 'Thus it is written, thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer, to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and the remissions of sins would be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem, and you are witnesses of these things. Peter was quoting Scripture and applying it to something that had happened and that is Jesus, His death and His resurrection. Planned Maintenance scheduled March 2nd, 2023 at 01:00 AM UTC (March 1st, We've added a "Necessary cookies only" option to the cookie consent popup. This is what He does as He moves them through the Law of Moses, the Psalms, and the prophets, and opening their understanding. What did they do during that 10 days? They weren't orphans, and we are not either in our life. In 2 Peter chapter 1, 2 Peter chapter 1, Peter writes, "Grace and peace be multiplied to you and the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. Jesus was crucified during the Passover celebration. This was a healthy fear of respect and awe and wonder at now what had happened. In verse 38, after everyone has calmed down, they realize theyve been involved and they were responsible for the death of Jesus. How was the Holy Spirit being seen (perceived) in Acts 8? And therein, lies a key to the understanding of what had taken place with these individuals here. We are no exception today, as we wait and look for the time when the Kingdom will be restored. Life, that a doubt every once in a while creeps in, sometimes an unbelief, fear, bonds of trust might be tested. What happens?". In the New Testament, Elisabeth, John the Forerunner's mother, was filled with Spirit as she saw the pregnant Virgin, and she prophesied immediately (Luke 1:39-41) and so did the old widow-prophetess Anna at vision of Jesus taken to the temple (Luke 2:36-38); John the Forerunner himself was filled with Holy Spirit from his childhood (Luke 1:15), and of course the apostles, even before the Pentecost, had a degree of presence of Spirit in them (at least no less than John the Forerunner), through which presence they could act miracles; they got even to a greater degree of intensity the gift of the Spirit, when Jesus - before the Pentecost - blew in them the Spirit and added to them (through this new dimension of the presence of Spirit) an ability to forgive sins (John 20:22). 3. And then there came a time, in verse 4, where they were assembled together with Him and He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem but to wait for the promise of the Father, which He said, "You have heard from Me, for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.". They had been told to be there, to wait in Jerusalem until that day. They might have fidgeted a bit and wondered, "Well, should we go fishing?" How could the person in Luke 9:49 cast out demons without Jesus' mandate? We do well to read about these things, and ask ourselves the simple question: if they experienced so much of God's Spirit which was but a trickle of the reservoir, how much more should we enjoy under the dozen turbines of Pentecost? 3They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. That's how we live the Word, that's how we drink in the Word, and it changes our life and it banishes the fear, gives us confidence in who we are and what we are to do. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance" (Acts 2:24). "Whatever you do, do all to the glory of God" (1 Corinthians 10:31). About 10 days earlier, Christ had finally ascended for the final time and they were left alone. Far more people than they could have ever imagined and Peter gets up and gives the sermon of his life. And Numbers 27: 18 says, "And the Lord said to Moses, 'Take Joshua the son of Nun, in whom is the spirit, and lay your hand upon him.'" Matthew records that "when the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. Zechariah 4:6 says, "Not by might nor by power but by my Spirit says the Lord of hosts.". At the end of John, you remember, John says, there were so many other things that He did in his life and no doubt probably part of that 40-day period that it would take volumes to teach it, and to record it during this period. If these latter days are to be days of dreams and visions from the Holy Spirit, we had better pray earnestly for gifted Josephs to arise among us who can discern truth and error in such claims. Such notions have always struck me as profoundly atheistic. Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. But it was a very intense period of time of Jesus appearing to them both in Galilee and Jerusalem, teaching them from the Scriptures, appearing to them in larger groups, perhaps even, more smaller groups, and in some of the ways they're talking like He did to Peter, on the Sea of Galilee, having meals with them. I've got to find out where that next bus leaves, and what time." The elixir, the antidote to our faith, to every one of our problems, if we could see a miracle; and we like signs, but miracles, well, they're a little harder to come up with. Judges 5:14 talks about the tribe of Zebulun either being scribes or having a commander's staff. And we can have the power to believe that, and to grow together and develop together as a bride of Christ, and accomplish His work and His purpose and His will. I was standing there gazing, not quite knowing what to do. Seven weeks later, on the day of Pentecost, the risen Lord Jesus fulfilled the promise he had made in John 15:26namely, that he would send the Holy Spirit. They had a lot of fear. All the gods of doubtand I say gods with a little g, because doubt, and guilt, and fear can really separate us from Godthe gods of doubt, and fear, and unbelief have all been shredded by Jesus Christ. Those in the flesh are devoid of the Spirit and cannot submit to God's law or please God. Jesus was enveloped within a pillar of fire, but was not harmed. Some say apostles got Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. "Also for this very reason, giving all diligence into your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, the divine nature. In Nehemiah 9, Ezra gives thanks to God for all his past benefits to Israel and says in verse 20, "Thou gavest thy good Spirit to instruct them and didst not withhold thy manna from their mouth." Question 8. It had been organized quite well and in that remote backwater of Judea, the Roman government kept things in order. So when I pose myself a question like, "How did believers experience the Holy Spirit before Pentecost?" For example, in the life of Samson we read, "The Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him and he tore the lion asunder as one tears a kid" (Judges 14:6). "And fear came upon every soul," and this was a different type of fear. These are the ones who are not defiled with women, they are virgins, spiritual virgins. Think about that among our own relationships with each other. But if you don't forgive their sins, they will not be forgiven. He quotes Joel, he quotes Psalms and he gives interpretations upon those scriptures, here in chapter 1, no one had ever heard of before. Third, the OT believers enjoyed the constant presence of God's Spirit. Well, that's a sign that I should go here, take this job, do this or do that. But miracles, well, that just takes a little bit more work, but they were here in the midst of a very large miracle. Fourth, OT believers experienced the Spirit of God as their Counselor or Teacher. The same things were going through their minds that go through our minds. It did not become true after Jesus said that. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top, Not the answer you're looking for? Even before the dam was completed and the reservoir was officially unleashed on the day of Pentecost, the OT saints downstream enjoyed stupendous benefits from the river of God's Spirit. If you forgive anyone's sins, they will be forgiven. But the text says that God called Bezalel by name and filled him with his Spirit. 1. But first let me tell you why I think it is so relevant. 20:22), which also tends to disrupt the theology of some! We take that for the story that it is, and the gift of tongues, and the speaking of tongues that the Scriptures talk about but we don't see that as what we need to be doing in practice or in faith, but it is a dramatic story. The last holy day season, the Passover and the Days of Unleavened Bread had seen the death of Jesus Christ, and then three days later He was resurrected and He had appeared to them. And then going on here, in verse 44, "He said to them, 'These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses, and the prophets, and the Psalms concerning Me.' It was the Roman soldiers that had carried out the death of Christ and had sealed the tomb and a Roman guard had been placed there. Finally, the Holy Spirit gave some in the OT a gift of prophecy. They were also filled with fear for their own future. Biblical Hermeneutics Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for professors, theologians, and those interested in exegetical analysis of biblical texts. Well, Pentecost is like the dedicatory opening of the Aswan High Dam. Surely we have need today of men and women filled by the Spirit to expose and denounce evils in our society that are hardly blinked at any more: the exploitation of women's bodies and debasement in advertising, the unconscionable destruction of human life through abortion on demand, the maneuvers of our own country to destabilize other governments, the gross waste and gluttony of American life, the cavalier attitude to divorce and remarriage which God hates, and the multi-million dollar promotion of alcohol and cigarettes as anything less than family-destroyers and body-killers. Now, it was all beginning to come together. It wasn't there and so a lot had happened in that 50-day period that brought them to that morning of Pentecost. Read the Bible, discover plans, and seek God every day. I remember taking my little bag and walking over and kind of looking around, and sitting down on a bench. have had the same God-given talent as the apostles and could learn any new language three days after arriving in the region. Colossians 2:15 Colossians 2:15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.American King James Version, tells us that He disarmed the powers with His death. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind and it filled the whole house where they were sitting, and it appeared to them, divided tongues as of fire. And then the 50th day came, the morning of Pentecost, and they were gathered together. Luke chapter 24. and the preacher says, "So what?" I must put my hand where the spear went into his side. That is what caused people to see something in those disciples and to want to be a part of it. 7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to Gods law; indeed, it cannot. But the Christian ought to see the creative, imaginative work of God's Spirit. This makes it seem that the Disciples were astonished, but those who followed behind them were afraid. And God will expose sin, ours to ourselves, sometimes to others. That is what caused them to banish their fear, trouble, doubt, and unbelief: Christ in them through the Holy Spirit. We've just read it. Although Thomas the Twin was one of the twelve disciples, he wasn't with the others when Jesus appeared to them. "And they looked steadfastly in toward heaven," verse 10, "as He went up, and behold two men stood by them in white apparel." I like that phrase. We sometimes just kind of tail off when we get to the end of one of the Gospels and we know the events, Christ was crucified, Christ was risen, and we don't look at some of the details there. Well, the real answer is for you and I, the same things that are going through your mind right now, and my mind. Is lock-free synchronization always superior to synchronization using locks? The world sees a mechanical process of evolution and natural selection. But that was a life lesson that I had to learn. Luke 2:25-27. Has 90% of ice around Antarctica disappeared in less than a decade? Acts 2 What was on their mind? What are examples of software that may be seriously affected by a time jump? Fifth, the OT saints believed that craftsmanship and artistic ability in the service of God was a gift of the Holy Spirit. They had hoped He would overcome the power of the Roman government and establish a new kingdom, and now their hopes of this vanished. Best Answer. When did that become true? Whoever believes in Jesus has everlasting life. Today the Spirit still instructs us by the Word of Scripture and we ought to pray earnestly for an outpouring of God's enlightening Spirit so that the Scriptures really live for us and become intensely personal. Historically, Pentecost ( Shavout) is a Jewish feast celebrating the giving of the Torah and the summer wheat harvest. They were looking for power from on high. " They were able to do the things Jesus gave them authority to do and they found it amazing. And had they seen anything near that type of an ecstatic demonstration, it might have been in a form by someone doing something by their form of religion that they didn't identify with. More likely, the believers assembled in one . They came together, in verse 1 of chapter 2, "On the day of Pentecost when it was fully come, they were with one accord in one place. He was just [snaps fingers] gone, He was there. If we can learn to take on the divine nature and drink that in, in our lives, then we can banish doubt, uncertainty, and fear, unbelief, that will creep in at various times as we go through our lives, and stages in the developments of life. What was the doubt that was nagging away at them even as they saw Him, and even worshiped Him, knowing that they as they did know that He had died, and yet there was doubt? The OT believers were saved the same way we are: they were born of the Spirit, they trusted in God's promises, and they followed his commandments in the obedience of faith. Articles that are published in our magazine or scripting for our television programs goes through a very, very thorough review process. This time, Thomas was with them. The answer is not Pentecost. He is author of. United Church of Godis a501(c)3organization. 19952023 All correspondence and questions should be sent to info@ucg.org. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. And so it was very key that His final ascension would be from this mountain. This then begins to be the anchor and the soil into which they can anchor a life of faith that they were to have and to develop. Not many days, we would look at it roughly 10 days from that 40-day period. "Let all that you do be done in love" (1 Corinthians 16:13). And it is also the mission of the Church, we see right here, it has begun. Is the promise of "power" in Acts 1:8 only for the apostles or for Christians in all ages? A: Yes, repeatedly Jesus assured them that although He would be put to death by His enemies, He would come back to life by the power of God. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have." So it was a bodily appearance that He made completely to them, and He showed them His hands and His feet. When you look and you understand what was taking place, here are people who've been terrified, they had been doubtful, unbelieving to one degree or the other during this previous 50-day period. And you will be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." Did they doubt themselves? No longer did they flee like sheep without a shepherd. And I didn't know how to make a connection. None of the benefits enjoyed in the pre-Pentecostal days were taken away. And there wasn't a Jew in Jerusalem, not a rabbi, not a priest who'd ever understood Joel or the Psalms in that way, nor would they have ever dreamed of applying it to what had happened just weeks earlier, with the arrest, crucifixion, and death of this Man called Jesus of Nazareth. Pre-Feast of the Origin of the Fair Trees of the Life-Creating Cross of the Lord. 3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. And again, He gives, through Mark's account here, He gives the same commission to go. It was by God's Spirit that the prophets spoke to the people God's Word (Nehemiah 9:30), and it was by the Spirit that the people were enabled to grasp and apply the Word. The appearance of Jesus' face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning. Then Peter preached a sermon and said, "This is what was spoken by the prophet Joel, 'And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions and your old men shall dream dreams'" (Acts 2:1617). If we begin to look at one another as less than trustworthy, then that has other consequences in relationships, and that's taking place among the disciples here at this moment. Did they experience fear, doubt, and disbelief as we sometimes do? Copy. Paul says in Romans 8:79, "The mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law, indeed, it cannot; and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. And it is Christ in us that is that hope of glory. Any Israelite who has ever been saved had to be born again by God's Spirit. She went and told those who had been with Him as they mourned and wept." They'd likely not seen it. Jesus took all believers out of Hades ten days before Pentecost, when He ascended into the third heaven. They turned the world upside down because they fully understood two simple . They were going up against a lot, just as we go up against our world today, and ourselves, and what Satan might throw at us. Site design / logo 2023 Stack Exchange Inc; user contributions licensed under CC BY-SA. This means that the disciples could not have Christ in them, as we born again believers have, until the day of Pentecost. They thought that Jesus Himself didn't actually know that asleep people wake up? And you have to understand that and realize that, that's what they were doing during that period of time as well. So Jesus had to rebuke them. Number one was the Roman Empire. Or: "The Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him and the ropes which were on his arms became as flax" (15:14). 2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. Hadn't He told them that He'd come back to life again? If these saints experienced privileges and powers in the Holy Spirit before the dam was opened, how much more should we in these billion kilowatt days experience these things or more. When I was 15 years old, I got on a bus from my little hometown of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. I won't believe unless I do this! What's the next step?" But they were frightened and they thought that they had seen a spirit. A halo was seen glowing brightly above Jesus' head. Go, therefore, make disciples of nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded, and lo, I am with you, always, even to the end of the age.'" Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. So it's something for us to examine in our own way, see how much of that is being demonstrated in our life. It is I. Don't be afraid.'" And in the book of Revelation, John reports an experience similar to Daniel's. This is it. That is how the mission of the Church is done and that is how then that vision of a community, of a Church, of a people who are rooted in the Word of God, who actually do care for one another, is accomplished; by no other means, by no other means. Again, what they thought that they were becoming a part of was a movement that was noble, that was good, there had been many movements of other Messiah-type figures at this period of time in Judea. etc.'. And Peter thence begins to quote Scripture. Yet until the spirit was poured out at Pentecost, the disciples were a homogenous bunch. When they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe. An eyewitness account, there was a lack of belief that put them in the situation here that they did not understand and didn't believe that had actually happened. And then it came to an end, it came to a close. And what happened? Look at John 3:16. 2. He had a lot to come back, he was at the back of the pack. Thanks for contributing an answer to Biblical Hermeneutics Stack Exchange! And you can begin to imagine how this dynamic begins to must have been being set up within the disciples, because when you begin to doubt one another, you begin to lose trust. Again Jesus in John 15 talks about Spirit that he will send it, does this mean they yet had no Spirit upon them? For example, when Moses gathered with the seventy elders of Israel at the tabernacle, it says in Numbers 11:25, "The Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him and took some of the Spirit that was upon him and put it upon the seventy elders; and when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. Jentezen Franklin preached a sermon about scribes. And because both were working together, the mission and the vision, there was a remarkable picture being described here by Luke, of the Church at peace. And we can be about the work that we see that the Church did then and has always done, of taking the message of salvation and of repentance to life, to people who need that message. What is the difference between "receiving the Holy Spirit" (Acts 8:14-20; 19:1-7) and "being filled with the Holy Spirit" (Acts 9:17; 4:31)? Means that the disciples to wait for the final time and they.... Scriptural verses related to each mystery of the Holy Spirit. Spirit upon?. 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