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(KJV) Acts 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / ACTS 2:4
What is the significance, or meaning, of the first “outpouring” of the Holy Spirit (when God generously sent His Spirit to fill, empower and work through His followers) at Pentecost?
- It meant the beginning of the fulfillment of God’s promise is Joel 2:28-29 to pour out His Spirit on all His people in the end times (Acts 1:4-5; Matthew 3:11; Luke 24:49; John 1:33).
- Since that period in church history marked the beginning of the last days (Acts 2:17; Hebrews 1:2; 1 Peter 1:20), everyone was now confronted with the decision to turn from their own sinful, rebellious ways and surrender their lives to Christ by faith (Acts 2:17; 3:19; Matthew 3:2; Luke 13:3).
- The disciples were “clothed with power form on high” (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:8), making them able to communicate with boldness and authority the message and truth of Christ. They became people the Spirit could use to convince others of their lost spiritual condition, their accountability to God and their need for a right relationship with Him that is only possible through faith in Christ (Acts 1:8; 4:13, 33; 6:8; Romans 15:19; John 16:8).
- The Holy Spirit revealed His nature and character as one who deeply desires and strives for the spiritual salvation of people of every nation. Those who received the baptism in the Holy Spirit were filled with the same strong desire for the salvation of the human race (Acts 2:38-40; 4:12, 33; Romans 9:1-3; 10:1). In this way, Pentecost is the beginning of world missions (Acts 2:6-11, 39; 1:8) – the effort to take Christ’s message to people of every nation and culture.
- The disciples became ministers of the Spirit. They preached about how Jesus was crucified and raised from the dead to provide forgiveness and new life to all who accept Him by faith. They also influenced those who accepted Christ to receive the “gift of the Holy Spirit” (Acts 2: 38-39), whom they had received at Pentecost. Leading others into the baptism in the Holy Spirit was vital to the work of spreading Christ’s message and developing strong churches throughout the New Testament, and it still is today (Acts 8:17; 9:17-18; 10:44-46; 19:6).
- Through this baptism in the Spirit, Christians became heirs, or successors, to His earthly ministry. They continued to do and to teach, in the power of the Holy Spirit, the same things that Jesus “began to do and to teach” (Acts 1:1; John 14:12).
BEGAN TO SPEAK IN OTHER TONGUES
Speaking in tongues is a supernatural expression of God’s Spirit. It is a Holy Spirit-inspired way of speaking, praying or praising God where a Christian uses a language (Greek glossa) he or she has never learned (1 Corinthians 14:14-15). When a person speaks in tongues, it may be an existing spoken human language (Acts 2:6, where the people who heard the 120 speak in tongues recognized the languages). Or it may be a language unknown on earth (1 Corinthians 13:1, where Paul mentions speaking in “tongues of angels”).
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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter
- THEY WERE BAPTIZED / ACTS 19:15
- THIS CORRUPT GENERATION / ACTS 2:40
- REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED / ACTS 2:38
- FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN AND FOR ALL / ACTS 2:39
- WORSHIPING … AND FASTING / ACTS 13:2
- KEPT BY THE HOLY SPIRIT FROM PREACHING / ACTS 16:6
- GUIDED BY GRACE HOME
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