Tag: pentecost
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a brief Epistle from Paul to Ephesus
ACTS 20 – a farewell meeting We have recently been reading some of Paul’s early letters to churches. Now the Apostle sends a brief Epistle to Ephesus to set up a parting embrace with the leaders of the Ephesian Church before the apostles sail toward home. Previously we learned that an epistle is not simply…
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The Heart-piercing POWER of the HOLY SPIRIT!
The POWER of the Holy Spirit in ACTS What have we observed most in Luke’s early accounts of Acts? Clearly, the further power of the Holy Spirit, which Luke also notes in his Gospel as having descended on Jesus. And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a…
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Miracles, Wonders & Signs: Peter’s Amazing Answer
Peter’s Answer to the Acts of Pentecost How does the anointed follower of Jesus Christ answer the unanswerable questions from the multitudes? Luke records not only the truly awesome events of Pentecost and bewilderment by the crowds, but also the Apostle Simon Peter’s amazing answer to thousands gathered in Jerusalem. Acts 2: And suddenly there…
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Pentecost – a narrative of the fifty days fulfilled
And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place Acts 2:1 YLT 50 days later: Pentecost Please discard your New Testament notions of Pentecost for a moment and allow me to narrate what has just taken place for the Apostles in first century Jerusalem which…
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The Paraclete of Pentecost – Christ our Advocate
I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper [paraclete], so that He may be with you forever.. John 14:16 NASB20 Pentecost WE, as Christians, tend to compartmentalize the tenants of our faith. FATHER, that is GOD of the Old Testament. And then the SON, Jesus born, crucified buried, resurrected in body…
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What’s the occasion? Festival of Weeks + Pentecost
When the day of Pentecost [was being fulfilled] had come, they were all together in one place. “Observe the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest.. Exodus 34:18a From a Festival of Weeks to Pentecost How is Pentecost the firstfruits of these last days? Have you ever thought about it? Followers of…
