Acts: Istrouma Ascension, January 21, 2024

Istrouma Baptist Church (ASC)
Jan 21, 2024

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The Greatest Day in the History of the Church
Acts 2:1-13

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭1‬-‭13‬‬
When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language. And they were amazed and astonished, saying, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians—we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.” And all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” But others mocking said, “They are filled with new wine.”

1. The occasion

2. The outcome

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭17‬-‭18‬‬
“‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; even on my male servants and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.

‭‭Numbers‬ ‭11‬:‭24‬-‭25‬‬
So Moses went out and told the people the words of the Lord. And he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people and placed them around the tent. Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. And as soon as the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied. But they did not continue doing it.

‭‭Numbers‬ ‭24‬:‭2‬-‭3‬‬
And Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel camping tribe by tribe. And the Spirit of God came upon him, and he took up his discourse and said, “The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,

‭‭2 Samuel‬ ‭2‬:‭3‬‬
And David brought up his men who were with him, everyone with his household, and they lived in the towns of Hebron.

‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭11‬:‭5‬‬
And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and he said to me, “Say, Thus says the Lord: So you think, O house of Israel. For I know the things that come into your mind.

‭‭Luke‬ ‭1‬:‭15‬‬
for he will be great before the Lord. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

‭‭Luke‬ ‭1‬:‭41‬‬
And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,

‭‭Luke‬ ‭1‬:‭67‬-‭68‬‬
And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying, “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people

‭‭Acts‬ ‭4‬:‭8‬‬
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders,

‭‭Acts‬ ‭4‬:‭31‬‬
And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.

‭‭Acts‬ ‭9‬:‭17‬‬
So Ananias departed and entered the house. And laying his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you came has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭9‬:‭20‬‬
And immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is the Son of God.”

3. The impact

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭36‬-‭37‬‬
Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.” Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭41‬‬
So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.