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JANUARY 2, 2021
STUDY NOTES
ACTS 2:5-13
BIBLE TEACHER: CLIFTON JONES
THE WONDERFUL WORKS OF GOD
INTRODUCTION
Realizing that this is the first Sunday of 2022, I went to my file of New Year messages
I searched and came up with nothing and then returned to our current study in Acts
I realized that right where we are in our study will preach a message for the New Year
The subject, “The Wonderful Works of God,” which should be our spiritual goal for 2022
Which we should desire to study, learn, and live as Christians and as a Church family in 2022
The verses we are going to study took place at the beginning of the NT Church Age
The Church was being prepared to tell the world of “The Wonderful Works of God”
Which is still the mission of the Church today, that which our Church must do in 2022
Act 2:5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under
heaven.
Jews from every nation under heaven were gathered at Jerusalem for the Feast of Pentecost
Jerusalem was like old MacDonalds farm, here a Jew, there a Jew, everywhere a Jew
Jews who had come to Jerusalem for Passover and stayed for Pentecost
The fact that they were observing the required Jewish Feasts identified them as “devout”
They were God-fearing people who were obeying God’s command to keep the feasts
The Feast of Pentecost was one of 3 required feasts Jewish males were to attend annually
Together the visitors and residents represented “every nation under heaven”
Jews had spread throughout the civilized world at the time, which was according to God’s plan
God had plans for their gathering at Jerusalem at this particular time, God had a word for them
Act 2:6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were
confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
The noise they heard which brought them together was the sound of a rushing mighty wind
Evidently God got their attention from a supernatural sound from Heaven, Act 2:2 And suddenly there
came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were
sitting.
The multitude either heard the noise themselves or heard of it from others who had heard it
Now that God had their attention, they all heard a message from heaven in their own language
Which was another supernatural sound from Heaven and they “were confounded”
They were bewildered, confused, perplexed, at something they were not able to explain
They were not confused because of the message they were amazed at how it had been given
They were astonished because Galilean Jews were speaking in the language of their homeland
Every person was hearing over-and over again words being spoken in their own language
They were not only speaking different languages, but also different dialects of the same language
In America, north, south, east, and west all speak English, but it doesn’t sound the same
Yankees speak a different English than the southerners do, they sure do, “ya’ll” know that
There is an interesting thought here, this is a reversal of what God did at Babel, Gen 11:9
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the
earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
The language of the whole earth was confused by God, He “confounded” all earthly language
So that people could not understand one another, the opposite of what we find at Pentecost
“Every man heard,” that specifically singles out each-and every Jew in the crowd that day
Each person heard and understood what was spoken in their own language, their native tongue
There were representatives from “every nation under heaven,” amazing what God was doing
God was fulfilling the promise of Jesus to all believers, Act 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the
Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and
in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
(Note: Jerusalem first)
On the Day of Pentecost, the gospel was heard in Jerusalem in every known tongue
The Gospel witness had its beginning in Jerusalem and was to spread to the “uttermost earth”
God got their attention that day, does He have my mind today?
Does He have your mind today?
What is it going to take in the year 2022 for God to get our attention?
God’s choice is not Covid, storm disasters, trials, hardships, life’s pressures, or difficult days
God can use any or all-of the above to get our attention, but they are not His first choice
God’s choice is for us to give attention to His Word, 2Ti 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God,
a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
The word “study” is not the normal word we use to relate to a student
This word is related to a “workman” who must put forth every effort in his work
Which begins by concentrating upon your work, realizing that you must work
Realizing that Christians are to work for God and there is a great need for workers today
Workers for the Lord must be prepared, and we must put forth the effort to be prepared
On the Day pf Pentecost God was preparing His workers to spread the Gospel to the world
The Gospel that Peter was about to preach to them (Acts 2:14-41) the “amazing Gospel”
Act 2:7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these
which speak Galilaeans?
All those that heard were “amazed,” astonished, what they were hearing blew their mind
The reason they “marvelled” is because of what they were hearing from the “Galileans”
They were amazed because those speaking their language did not know their language
The language barrier had been broken as-a result of the ministry of the Holy Spirit
Those speaking were Galileans, Jews from Galilee
Jews from Galilee were unpopular and without respect among the Jews from Jerusalem
Galileans were easily recognized by their manner of speaking, their dialect
They had a peculiar dialect which distinguished them from Jerusalem Jews
Act 2:8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
The multitude had a question about what they were hearing, how is this possible?
The miracle was not the hearing, their question concerned the speaking
How is it possible that we are hearing Jews from Galilee speak in our native language?
The word “tongue” refers to a known language, even to the specific dialect of a region
The same thing that was stated in, Act 2:6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came
together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
The word “language” in verse 6 is the same word translated “tongue” in verse 8
The miracle was that God was being praised in every language of the world
Jews who were scattered among the nations were now gathered-together in Jerusalem
And all who were gathered were hearing, no one was left out, everyone was hearing from God
Which was a unique experience, at a unique time, God’s chosen time, this Day of Pentecost
The list we find in verses 9-11 identify how widespread the dispersion of Jews really was
Luke mentions 15 nations that were represented at Pentecost
Use a Bible Land map and a Bible Dictionary to locate the nations identified in verses 9-11
Act 2:9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and
Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
Act 2:10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers
of Rome, Jews and proselyte
“Strangers” means one who is living away from home, temporarily living as a visitor
“Proselyte” describes one who comes from his own people to unite with other people
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