Yesterday was the day that for almost 2,000
years has been known as Pentecost. That
is the day after Jesus moved from earth back to heaven. It is the day when the third person of the
Trinity took residence on earth. The
Holy Spirit was promised by God to be with us on earth.
History
tells us that when the Holy Spirit fell and the apostle Peter began to speak
that thousands of lives were changed that day which began some what of an
epidemic of life change every since.
What began that day is still happening in the lives of people who are
coming to know Jesus as their Savior now.
People
have celebrated Pentecost ever since.
The day of the festival is 50 days after our Easter, and it is a
reminder of how God have kept on influencing humanity since the beginning of
time. God sought to be close to Adam and
Eve, yet with sin came separation of every kind. The connection that Christ brought with the
cross of Calvary continues with the Holy Spirit interacting in our lives and
the world every minute of every day.
On the day
of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place. 2 Suddenly, there was a sound
from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house
where they were sitting. 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… 14 Then Peter stepped forward with the eleven other apostles
and shouted to the crowd, “Listen carefully, all of you, fellow Jews and
residents of Jerusalem! Make no mistake about this. 15 These people are not drunk, as some of you are assuming.
Nine o’clock in the morning is much too early for that… 40 Then Peter continued preaching for a long time, strongly
urging all his listeners, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation!” 41 Those who believed what Peter
said were baptized and added to the church that day—about 3,000 in all.
That
was a day that we cannot and must not forget.
That is the same Holy Spirit that works in and through our lives every
day.
for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but
also in power and in the Holy Spirit
and with full conviction; just
as you know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.
He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have
done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of
regeneration and renewing by the Holy
Spirit,
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom
the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to
your remembrance all that I said to you.
But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own
initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you
what is to come.
If we live
by the Spirit, let us also walk
by the Spirit.
That
is the gift of the Holy Spirit and His work in our lives. Thank God for the celebration of the day of
Pentecost!
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