Tag: pentecost
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Christ IS risen, IS with us and will return
Luke-Acts, a Gentile Witness of the Christ What witness of the ascension of the risen Christ shall we share? Our witness of Christ two-thousand and some years after the resurrection and ascension is different than first century believers. Some, but not all, had had encounters with the risen Christ! Many were Jews and some Gentiles,…
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Even unto the end of the world
The Great Commission 16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of…
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The Gospel: Preached by Peter
“Listen carefully, all of you… Acts 2: Peter’s Sermon at Pentecost 14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. 15 For these people are not drunk, as you…
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Fire of the Holy Spirit
Acts 2: When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. (It has been fifty days, nearly two months since the crucifixion and resurrection.) 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. The Apostles are in…
