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NOVEMBER 28, 2021
STUDY NOTES
ACTS 2:1-4
BIBLE TEACHER: CLIFTON JONES
THE COMING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
INTRODUCTION
The first four verses of Acts 2 are important, helping us to understand the rest of the book
Acts 2 is important, helping us to understand the purpose of the NT letters
Letters written to churches, letters we must read today and live according to their teaching
In acts 2 we find the birth of the NT church, occurring at the time of the coming of the Spirit
Jesus made a promise to His disciples, Mat 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon
this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Theologians debate the question of the beginning of the Church Age
The question is, did the NT church exist during Jesus’ earthly ministry?
Notice that Jesus did not say, “I will continue building My Church”
Jesus used the future tense, “I will build my church,” something that had not happened yet
Something that the disciples could expect to happen in the future
The church identified in Acts and the NT letters was not previously in existence
The NT church as revealed in Acts could not exist prior to the coming of the Holy Spirit
There was no such church as described in the NT found in the Gospels or the OT
Jesus said, I will build “my” church, Paul describes Christ and the church, Eph 1:22 And hath put all
things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
The NT church is the “Body of Christ,” Eph 1:23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in
all.
The promise of Jesus to build His church corresponds with many other promises to His disciples
The day before Jesus was crucified, He went with His disciples into the upper room
John 13-17 is His “farewell address” to the disciples, read it and pay attention to the promises
Jesus said to them, Joh 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
But they were troubled, disturbed, confused, perplexed, and saddened
Because they had heard Jesus speak of His death, burial, and resurrection
And they were still troubled even though He made them a promise, Joh 14:2 In my Father's house are
many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you.
I go to prepare a place for you.
What Jesus had been telling them was not what they had expected to hear from the Messiah
They were looking for the Messiah to come and prepare a place for them on earth
They expected the Messiah to prepare a place on earth for God to come to them
Jesus wanted His followers to know that He was going to physically leave the earth
His going away is what the disciples could not understand, so He made them another promise,
Joh 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that
where I am, there ye may be also.
Thomas revealed the dilemma of the disciples, Joh 14:5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not
whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
So, Jesus gave them another promise, Joh 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me,
the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my
Father.
That was a great promise but hard to believe or understand
How could there be greater works than what they had witnessed in the presence of Jesus?
Jesus had presented the truth of greater works, Joh 7:37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus
stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
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Jesus promised a never-ending flow of spiritual water which would supply never ending life,
Joh 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living
water.
That promise and the fulfillment of greater works were both based upon the same truth, Joh 7:39
(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not
yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
Both promises were based upon the “Coming of the Holy Spirit” (Acts 2)
And the Holy Spirit would not come until Jesus was “glorified,” but when was that?
When Jesus died on the cross, He was glorified, Heb 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower
than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God
should taste death for every man.
Jesus arose from the grave in a “glorious body,” Php 3:21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may
be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all
things unto himself.
When Jesus ascended back to the Father He was “received up into glory,” 1Ti 3:16 And without
controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of
angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Believers would receive the Holy Spirit when Jesus experienced the glory of the Ascension
THE PROMISE OF THE COMING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
The coming of the Holy Spirit does not mean that the Spirit had not been previously present
We find the ministry of the Spirit at the time of the creation of the earth, Gen 1:2 And the earth was
without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.
And the Spirit of God moved upon
the face of the waters.
There are approximately 100 references to the Spirit of God in the OT
Old Testament prophets were guided by the Holy Spirit, 2Pe 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time
by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Isaiah prophesied that the Spirit of the Lord would rest upon the Messiah, Isa 11:2 And the spirit of the
LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the
spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
The Spirit of the Lord was present in the life of Jesus throughout His earthly ministry
You will find the Sprit present at the time of His birth, His baptism, and temptation, Luk 4:1 And Jesus
being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
Jesus through the Spirit offered Himself to die on the cross, Heb 9:14 How much more shall the blood of
Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from
dead works to serve the living God?
Following His death Jesus was made alive by the Spirit, 1Pe 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for
sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened
by the Spirit:
Between His resurrection and His Ascension Jesus taught His disciples through the Spirit,
Act 1:2 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given
commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
The Gospel accounts end with the death, burial, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ
Jesus had blessed the disciples, Luk 24:50 And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his
hands, and blessed them.
Then He ascended into Heaven, Luk 24:51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted
from them, and carried up into heaven.
The Gospel of Luke closed with the ascension of Jesus Christ
The book of Acts opens with the ascension of Jesus back to Heaven
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