Pentecost | 50 Days Week 2

The arrival of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost brought with it the launching of the Jesus movement and the creation of the Church! Adam Barnett concludes our 50 Days series by exploring the implications of Pentecost.

Pentecost

50 Days | Week 2

April 15, 2018 | Adam Barnett

Rejoice in the Resurrection
Remember our Baptism
Return to Habits of Spiritual Formation
Reflect on the Birth of the Church
Receive Gifts of the Spirit

Maundy Thursday

Last Supper with Jesus and the Apostles [Mark 14:1]

Good Friday

Passover and Jesus’ Crucifixion [John 28:28]

Easter Sunday

Resurrection! [Luke 24:7]

40-Day Period

Multiple appearances and preaching [Acts 1:3]

Ascension

Mount of Olives, Jesus carried up into heaven. [Luke 24:51]

Pentecost

Descent of the Holy Spirit [Acts 2:1-4]

Acts 1:3-5 (NIV)

After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."

Acts 1:9 (NIV)

After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

Acts 2:1-4 (NIV)

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

PRAISE

John 4:24 (NIV)

God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.

POWER

Romans 8:2 (NIV)

And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of the sin that leads to death

PROCLAMATION

Acts 2:12-18 (NIV)

Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?” Some, however, made fun of them and said, “They have had too much wine.” Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice & addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning! No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.

Acts 1:8 (NIV)

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

PENTECOST

When the story of Jesus became the story of the Jesus movement!

PURPOSE

1 Corinthians 12:7-11 (NIV)

Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.