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Introduction
Anticipation can be a very powerful thing.
Reflect back on the thrill of a first date.
The preparation and planning that goes into trying to make everything perfect.
For us parents there is the joy of a child’s birth.
You spend 9 months preparing for and anticipating the arrival of this little one, and then they are here!
What joy!
For those who are single and not parents anticipation can take the form of the tingling excitement of a longed for day.
Going to Disneyland or some other theme park.
Starting a new job, a birthday party.
We live our lives almost constantly anticipating something.
Anticipation comes with a sense of building.
It builds and builds and builds until whatever is anticipated takes place.
is all about anticipation.
Christ promises the Holy Spirit and the disciples await His arrival.
As they wait the tension builds and the anticipation grows and grows until finally, the Spirit arrives!
That is what we want to look at today.
The coming of the Holy Spirit.
There are a lot of topics that come up in these verses.
We will cover some of these topics as we go and others we will deal with in stand alone messages.
It is possible that there may be something you would like me to cover that I don’t.
This brings me to something new we want to implement.
Today is a fifth Sunday.
There will be another one in July, one in October, and one in December.
What I would like to do is have cards in the pews and a box in the back where you can write down questions, comments, corrections, or things you want me to cover and put them in the box.
They can be anonymous or you can sign them, whichever you choose.
You can also email or text me questions.
Then, on the those fifth Sundays, I will get the cards, emails, and texts and go through them answering them on that Sunday.
In many ways Acts chapter 2 is a theologically charged passage.
Because that is true, and because we will be dealing with many of those theological issues, there is a danger of losing sight of the big picture.
The point of this passage is not tongues, spiritual gifts, or spirit filling.
The point of this passage is the coming of the Holy Spirit Who then enables the disciples to preach the gospel!
The point of this passage is the birth of the Church through the coming of the Holy Spirit.
In my outline of the book of have titled chapter 2 as…
The Enabling Of The Disciples To Preach Ch. 2 The outline shows that there are three ways the disciples are enabled to preach in this chapter.
Here in the first thirteen verses we find that they are…
Enabled By The Holy Spirit 2:1-13
I have two desires that I hope to accomplish in the message this morning.
First, we need to understand the miracle that takes place here.
We need to understand what the miracle is and why it is performed.
Secondly, we need to be reminded of the message we proclaim.
What is preached by the disciples on the day of Pentecost is the same message we preach today.
As we understand the miracle and are reminded of the message we too will be enabled and empowered to preach.
The Holy Spirit’s enabling takes two forms as we will see, the first is…
As we discuss how the disciples are enabled by the Holy Spirit, we find that the Holy Spirit’s enabling takes two forms in this passage.
The first is…
1. Spirit enabled language vv.
1-4
Before we even begin to examine these first four verses it is vitally important that we understand two things, both of which I have included in the title of this point.
First, The miracle that we are about to see is a product of the Holy Spirit.
I will explain that significance in a moment.
For now, just log that away or write it down.
The miracle is a product of the Holy Spirit.
Secondly, The form the miracle takes is that of languages spoken by the people groups present at this event.
Again, I will explain that more fully as we go, so just log it away.
What we see in these first four verses are two aspects to the Holy Spirits coming.
The first is…
a.
The unity that proceeds the Spirit vv.
1-2
As we look at v. 1 we see the Unity declared v. 1.
The day of Pentecost has arrived.
With Jesus being with the disciples 40 days after His resurrection this means there were 10 days between the ascension and the coming of the Holy Spirit.
In ch. 1 we were given a glimpse of those ten days during which there was prayer in the upper room, praise and worship in the temple, and the filling of Judas’ position by Matthias.
V. 1 declares that as Pentecost arrives they are “all with one accord in one place”.
“With one accord” is the Greek word ὁμοθυμαδόν homothymadon meaning with one mind.
Literally homo translates as same.
The idea is that of unanimity.
They are there and of unanimous mind.
This highlights that there were no ill feelings about Matthias being chosen over Justus, and also that the prayer, praise, and worship has served to knit these disciples together.
It is worth noting that...
There can be no spirit filling where there is division and strife.
The day of Pentecost has arrived.
With Jesus being with the disciples 40 days after His resurrection this means there were ten days between the ascension and the coming of the Holy Spirit.
With one accord – ὁμοθυμαδόν homothymadon with one mind.
Literal translation: Homo – same.
Thymadon – mind.
The idea is that of unanimity.
They are there and of unanimous mind.
After the declaration of their unity in v. 1 we find in v. 2 the Unity demonstrated v. 2. They are all in a house together, sitting in fellowship and unity.
Possibly the same house and room as 1:13.
We need to bear in mind that they didn’t know when the Holy Spirit was coming.
They are not gathered in unity and fellowship because they know what is about to happen.
This was the pattern they had established!
There is unity in this body of believers before the Spirit comes!
As they are sitting there, a sound is heard.
The sound of a rushing mighty wind that comes is heard by all and it fills the whole house.
This word “heaven” doesn’t always mean where God dwells.
It can just mean the sky.
It is not necessarily unusual for wind to come from the sky.
But for the sound to fill the whole house they are in… that is unusual.
One of things that is not seen in English here is the relationship between the Greek words for wind and Spirit.
They share the same root.
“Wind” is noA and “Spirit” is numa.
It is a little bit of a play on words to show that just as the house is filled with this wind, so the disciples are filled with the Spirit.
There can be no spirit filling where there is division and strife.
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Unity demonstrated v. 2
The sound that comes is heard by all and it fills the whole house.
Again we note that unity proceeds the coming of the Holy Spirit.
In just a minute we are going to examine the filling of the Spirit.
But let me just say that If there is strife and division within the body of Christ, there can be no filling of the Spirit.
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