LISTEN NOW. (1 Cor., 148 pp., XI, 8-22). Finally, the Holy Spirit gave some in the OT a gift of prophecy. 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. 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. Show them otherwise what had been done, rebuke their unbelief, as it goes along here. He went on to show that, "It's not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father has put in His own authority, but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. When did that become true? It doesn't lie within man's own power to risk his life and stand up for the truth of God and denounce sin. Luke 24:53 says that the disciples stayed continually at the Temple praising God. We've just read it. The ministry has had those two themes for the past two conferences. But we do not debate and discuss biblical topics. Second, the OT believers experienced the new birth and indwelling of the Holy Spirit. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. And continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people, and the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.". But all of this in the midst of a troubled, terrified, frightened mindset that they were having to work through, during these days between the resurrection and Pentecost. Guardians Of Ancora Bible Plan: Ancora Kids See Jesus Alive! But if you don't forgive their sins, they will not be forgiven. He was just [snaps fingers] gone, He was there. 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. Now let me suggest an analogy to illustrate the experience of the Spirit before and after Pentecost. It was true then. They were looking for power from on high. So it's something for us to examine in our own way, see how much of that is being demonstrated in our life. The Day of Pentecost is celebrated 50 days after Easter in Western branches of Christianity. Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. When people are filled with the Holy Spirit, they do not blink at evil. Instead of competing, the disciples were now cooperating. The Disciples' Sprititual Strength. It goes on, "Jesus came and He spoke to them saying, 'All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. The second obvious change in the lives of the disciples was in their spiritual strength. 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 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.' 2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. Fifth, the OT saints believed that craftsmanship and artistic ability in the service of God was a gift of the Holy Spirit. 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. Friday. Having Peter's undivided attention, Jesus spoke of the eventual crossing of Peter's own finish line. The world of the 1st century was very much tied into an awareness that there was a spirit world, and a lot different than even we today, we see a spirit world today in media and entertainment form. And you will be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." As such, it requires a sabbath. 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. He greeted them and showed them his hands and his side. Yes, Peter did preach under the anointing, but the empowerment of the Spirit also brought a unity and a focus of purpose they had not known before. Was Galileo expecting to see so many stars? They had a lot of fear. Did they doubt that it was real? We can internalize that and think that through. 3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. If they got it at Pentecost, with what power then did the twelve these wonders if not with Holy Spirit? Before Pentecost the river of God's Spirit blessed the people of Israel and was their very life. The man with the epileptic son initially brought his son to the disciples to be cured. Not only apostles, but even the prophets of the Old Testament, who are lower than apostles, had a degree of presence of Spirit in themselves, through Whom they prophesied (needn't to give references, for they are so numerous!). The indwelling Holy Spirit was only sent after Jesus' resurrection. I must put my hand where the spear went into his side. Why are you standing around gazing? They were kind of like this, and like this. Joh 1:13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but . There was doubt. Or is it? Stack Exchange network consists of 181 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers. "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. We just get a few snippets from the gospel accounts, at least, of this 40-day period. The hated Samaritans and the occupying Romans were both shown to be within the reach of the grace of God. He also is a residentfaculty member at the Ambassador Bible Center teaching Acts, Fundamentals of Belief and World News and Prophecy. The Jewish authoritiesthe Sanhedrin, the Scribes, the Pharisees, the Sadduceesthat authority was intact in Jerusalem, running the temple, running the religious side of the culture and the social life of Judea under the Roman cap, and it too was a very, very powerful force you didn't run up against. And they're seeing that, and it's the final time. And so it was very key that His final ascension would be from this mountain. And . Fear not" (Haggai 2:5). They sold their possessions, they divided among them, they shared among those who had need. Darris is the Associate Media Producer for the Church. Acts 2 Their disbelief would extend not only to the idea that the dead could come back to life, as He did, but then they doubted the truth of these witnesses. Was the power they received in Matthew 10 different from the one they received in Acts 2? But you are not in the flesh, you are in the Spirit if the Spirit of God really dwells in you." All of our resources exist to guide you toward everlasting joy in Jesus Christ. Two things we can summarize to show what was the key to bring about this scene that we see here at the end of chapter 2 in Acts. I was going to get on a Greyhound bus. 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. And not for the reality that the 1st century world would have known and experienced, that other dimension. When I got off the bus from my hometown, I was in this large room, this large terminal, it was as larger, even larger than this room here, which for me, from my small town was a pretty big thing to walk into, and I did, first time I had ever traveled. Just think, if Jews returning from God's judgment in Babylonian exile can take heart that God's Spirit will protect them, how much more fearless should we be who have the overwhelming assurance of God's love and power in Jesus' death and resurrection! And they did, and thousands were added to the Church that day. Every minister's dream, to give one sermon and thousands of people get baptized and join the Church in one day, every minister's fantasy. Centering layers in OpenLayers v4 after layer loading. John 7:37 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. I hope you share this world view with the OT saints: namely, that your conception as a person in your mother's womb was a sovereign act of creation by God's Spirit and that every breath you take now and every chemical transaction in the cells of your body is sustained every moment by work of the Holy Spirit. Not many days, we would look at it roughly 10 days from that 40-day period. Jesus was enveloped within a pillar of fire, but was not harmed. Put your hand into my side. We have to live as well, knowing that there is a God, and to live our life that every day counts. 7:50; 19:9). 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. And it brings it down to the end of the chapter. And so Christ gives them teaching and He gives them understanding. At what point of what we watch as the MCU movies the branching started? It's always fun to try to imagine how this happened. A week later the disciples were together again. Those in the Spirit are indwelt by the Spirit and are enabled by him to fulfill the just requirement of the law. Thomas replied, You are my Lord and my God! 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. So here's my answer to why the experience of the Old Testament saints is valuable for us today. We live in the days that Isaiah (44:3) and Ezekiel (11:19; 36:26f. Of course, on the day that He died there had been an earthquake, the sun had turned to dark at midday, people had come out of their graves and it had set Jerusalem all abuzz. Thus, the Pentecost is the culmination, the ultimate gift of Spirit, when the apostles get Him to such an extent and intensity that they can already be emboldened by Him to preach to all corners of the world, withstanding all calamities and opposing powers. He understood that, and again, He is just laying it out that they were troubled and there was doubt. Surely for a Christian all study and all creative work must justify itself in terms of love. Now all of a sudden, as Peter steps forward, and of course, you know the story of Peter. That's what this day is all about as a firstfruit. Labor in the Word, meaning to read the Word, and to learn it, and to soak it in and drink it in; and to live the Word, this past year. It was celebrated 50 days after Passover and was marked by pilgrims coming to Jerusalem from all over the world to celebrate the event. So, as Jesus Christ was teaching His disciples to focus on the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God during the time between His resurrection and Pentecost, we can be focusing on that now too. Probably the Spirit was their instructor in two senses. The disciples stood gazing, and they didn't know what to do. Does anybody care? All of these qualities are to the divine nature, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness, love. Being mentally separated from other people (because of being ashamed of lost of their 'cause') made them being afraid of people. The same Jesus who's been taken up will come in a like manner as you saw Him go into heaven." Suddenly, Jesus appeared in the middle of the group. And we must live knowing that way. Best Answer. So they told him, We have seen the Lord! Again, the answer is yes. 145 views, 2 likes, 6 loves, 16 comments, 1 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Crossroads Baptist Church: Crossroads Baptist Church Live 02/05/2023 And that is of people led by the Holy Spirit, knit together, everyone providing that which they can toward a community of faith, power, and love, sharing, looking out after one another and caring for one another. If you go back to Matthew chapter 28, chapter 28 and verse 16, let's just read a few of the accounts of that period following the resurrection, that the Gospel accounts tell us and there's more there. "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 I didn't know how to make a connection. God not only designed how he wanted his tabernacle built, he also equipped the craftsmen to do it. Week 8 to Pentecost. The Word of God. In verse 14, it says, "Then later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table and He rebuked them, rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen." A Church that was grounded in the Word of God. They have two sons, who are both married, and four grandchildren. 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). How can I explain to my manager that a project he wishes to undertake cannot be performed by the team? That's what the gift of the Holy Spirit is for us. There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 20:22), which also tends to disrupt the theology of some! And it is also the mission of the Church, we see right here, it has begun. And when they saw Him they worshiped him. I wonder if more people came to Jerusalem for Pentecost in that year because of what had happened 50 days earlier, plus three, and they had heard about that. So there is going to be a gap. Joh 1:11 He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. And so they had become a part of something that again, they were still trying to understand. After Jesus had greeted them again, he said, I am sending you, just as the Father has sent me. Then he breathed on them and said, Receive the Holy Spirit. We get on to verse 40, the wrap-up: "With many other words, he testified and exhorted them saying, Be saved from this perverse generation, that those who were, who gladly received his word were baptized; about 3,000 souls were added to them. Where do we go from here? Before that the Holy Spirit came on people for specific gifts and purposes. And it is in that, we reach the real nexus, the real critical point of our life before God, where we recognize that, with the Holy Spirit, we are taking on the very nature of God, the divine nature. Acts 1:8 is the vital point about Pentecost. The vision of the Church was coming together and the mission of the Church was being accomplished. This means that the disciples could not have Christ in them, as we born again believers have, until the day of Pentecost. 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. Now the Spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD tormented him. They were alone. More likely, the believers assembled in one . They were with Him and they asked Him in verse 6, "Lord, will You at this time restore the Kingdom to Israel?" He said He wouldn't and He didn't, even though there was a moment in time when they thought that they were orphaned, as they stood gazing up and looking and wondering, "What do we do next. They had not been a part of anything like that before. Whoever believes in Jesus has everlasting life. Signs and wonders followed their ministration, and they were continually filled with [] At least part of the answer to that is found in the teaching on spiritual gifts in 1 Corinthians 1214, which we will soon begin to study in an evening series. Doubt, some of them doubt, what did they doubt? . It was one of the three great pilgrim feasts that every Jewish male was required to attend (see Deuteronomy 16:16 ). 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. 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. The goal is that the addition of scriptural verses will assist you in meditating on the Mysteries of the Rosary as you pray. That He had to rebuke them and teach them. '", And so Luke's account gives us a very specific instruction, how He told them, You wait in Jerusalem and then you will receive the power from on high. And that is what they were doing as they waited for that period of time to come about. And there was fear of the unknown, of what was going to take place, fear of the future. So He begins to teach them from the Scriptures that they might understand, and that they might comprehend what He was and how He had fulfilled everything that they would have understood to one degree, and then even more they had begun to develop a fuller understanding of the prophecies of Isaiah, or Joel, or Jeremiah, or Ezekiel, the statements about the Messiah. 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. The country folk downstream depended on it. Mark chapter 16, verse 9, now, "When He rose early on the first day of the week," speaking of Christ's resurrection. So at 9:00 on Pentecost morning, while the disciples were praying, "a sound came from heaven like a rush of mighty wind . Answer: In Luke 10:17, when the seventy came back from visiting the towns in Israel, they said, " Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name. And God will expose sin, ours to ourselves, sometimes to others. 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. What was possibly on the disciples' mind the morning of Pentecost? Read the Bible, discover plans, and seek God every day. Any Israelite who has ever been saved had to be born again by God's Spirit. 3. Because they were seeing Christ risen and they saw Him in a bodily form, but then they were attributing something different to that. That's the famous road to Emmaus experienced from the book of Luke, "and they went and told it to the rest, but they did not believe them either." So that when they came to that morning of Pentecost and this mighty event takes place, they were ready then to move into the experience provided, and that extra dimension of power that the Spirit of God would give them and did give to them, and Peter takes the lead to give the sermon of his life. Maybe they had their hands in their pockets kind of like this, thinking, "Wow, that was neat. I've got to find out where that next bus leaves, and what time." Some say that they wound up in the temple precincts; could very well be. 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. How can I recognize one? This is what He does as He moves them through the Law of Moses, the Psalms, and the prophets, and opening their understanding. What was on their mind? Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience. Thanks for contributing an answer to Biblical Hermeneutics Stack Exchange! rev2023.3.1.43269. "Let all that you do be done in love" (1 Corinthians 16:13). These significant events from the life of Jesus are made easier to comprehend and better-illustrated thanks to the passages . And over a three and a half year period they had had their lives transformed and then they'd watched Him die. 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. And to live with the reality that there is a God who judges, who sees, and who knows. 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. Ninth, the Spirit enabled some OT believers to interpret God's revelation in dreams. Again Jesus in John 15 talks about Spirit that he will send it, does this mean they yet had no Spirit upon them? So the Word of God is what Jesus took and explained, it is what the Church went to, to explain what was happening, and then, it is the Spirit of God. People should see God in us. But on the morning that those disciples were gathered there, before it happened, you have to imagine that they had no idea that, that would be what would take place. But they did so no more." 3They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. That power would come in the form of the Holy Spirit. Pentecost (also called Whit Sunday, Whitsunday or Whitsun) is a Christian holiday which takes place on the 50th day (the seventh Sunday) after Easter Sunday. It's an encouraging sermon, it's very pointed and direct, that includes a dramatic call to repentance. 3 days by their calendar. 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 allows us to then grow, because the next few verses here of 2 Peter speaks to a process of spiritual empowerment and growth and development. And so I made a certain few inquiries, I got on the bus, didn't miss it. 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." Some say apostles got Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. First few verses of Acts chapter 1, beginning in verse 3, Luke in his prologue to the account as he writes to this man named Theophilus, about all that had been done by Jesus until the day in which He was taken up through the Holy Spirit and had given commandments to the apostles, whom He had chosen, to whom He also presented himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during 40 days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God., So Luke gives us an explicit reference point that this went on. Did they doubt what they were seeing? But Thomas said, First, I must see the nail scars in his hands and touch them with my finger. It wasn't a common manifestation of the Spirit, but it was real then and it is today. Pentecost was a Jewish festival fifty days after the Passover. And it was the high priest and those people who had engineered His death, and they knew the power that they did have. Sixth, OT believers experienced the filling of the Holy Spirit as a power to be bold in denouncing evil and declaring righteousness. I was standing there gazing, not quite knowing what to do. Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. 2. He was the one who was the leader of that doubt and fear and terrified approach, because he denied Christ three times, and he had to be pointedly taught by Jesus. 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. We often think a miracle would be just what we need. Copy. Those in the flesh are devoid of the Spirit and cannot submit to God's law or please God. And as we've seen, even when they were confronted with the miracle of Christ's resurrection, and they recognized that they still had to deal with the hostility of the world around them, in a kind of a two-pronged government called the Roman Empire and the Jewish society, plus their own human nature, and themselves. To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers. He had a lot to come back, he was at the back of the pack. And He opened their understanding that they might comprehend the Scriptures.". And this dramatic miracle took place, of wind, and fire, and language, and hearing, and people took notice. 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. Judges 5:14 talks about the tribe of Zebulun either being scribes or having a commander's staff. The indwelling Spirit permanently dwells in the believer. Really. 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 He leaves them on the Mount of Olives, which is a very, very significant geographic feature there on the east of Jerusalem across from the city, and through the Kidron Valley and up on this Mount called Olives. PrivacyPolicyTerms ofUse. And then the 50th day came, the morning of Pentecost, and they were gathered together. Synopsis: When Jesus walked on the water to join the disciples in their boat, the Gospel mentioned that they were afraid - twice. Go you therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: And 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. And then this dramatic miracle takes place, festive occasion. 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. 2. That's been the hallmark of our feature. That is what caused them to banish their fear, trouble, doubt, and unbelief: Christ in them through the Holy Spirit. But when was it first true? So when I pose myself a question like, "How did believers experience the Holy Spirit before Pentecost?" As I was sitting there gazing around, nobody came. 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. You ever been in that type of situation where you don't know what to do next? 1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 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. By clicking Accept all cookies, you agree Stack Exchange can store cookies on your device and disclose information in accordance with our Cookie Policy. 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." Christ did not leave His disciples as orphans. So Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you! I think it will make a difference. There are no more decisive turning points in redemptive history that must happen before Jesus returns to establish his kingdom. 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. Prior to Pentecost, the Apostles, though often zealous and willing to make sacrifices to follow Jesus, were also slow to understand and often confused. 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). There are two groups of humans: those in the flesh (born of the flesh) and those in the Spirit (born again of the Spirit). But she said, "Go ahead Ruth, you go home too," and Ruth says, "Your God will be my God, wherever you go, I will go." We will handle them by the Word of God and the Spirit of God. Our sins will find us out. It was a mighty, powerful machine, the most powerful that the world in that day had ever seen. It wasn't there and so a lot had happened in that 50-day period that brought them to that morning of Pentecost. 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