Acts 2 The Spirit Came

 

Acts 2 – The Spirit Came

 

The Spirit came, not because the believers prayed but because the day of Pentecost had come, the day appointed for the “birthday of the church” (Lev. 23:15-21). He baptized the believers into one body (I Cor. 12:13) so that they had a living connection with their Head exalted in heaven. This is the birth of His spiritual body.

 

Spirit in both Greek and Hebrew speaks of wind, or breath. Just as man did not exist until the life-giving breath of Almighty God (Gen. 2:7), so the church did not come alive until God breathed forth the Holy Spirit.  The flames as of fire could well symbolize the purity and power with which these men would speak as they proclaimed what God had done.

 

The Spirit also filled the believers and empowered them for witness. He gave Peter insight into the Word and the ability to show men Christ in the Word. The Spirit used the witness of the church to convict the lost, just as Jesus said He would do. When Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit, God transformed his whole life.

 

But the same Holy Spirit assisted the believers in their church fellowship. The original group was outnumbered by the new believers, but there was still harmony in the church family. They worshiped daily and witnessed daily, and “The Lord added to the church daily.” The Spirit’s presence signified their baptism into the spiritual body, the church. Our experience with the Lord should also be daily.

 

Preaching Christ means to preach the person and the work of Christ – who He is and what He has done (I Cor. 1:23). Peter reminded the crowd of the miracles they had seen during the time of Jesus’ ministry on earth, which proved that He was who He claimed to be. He is Lord.

 

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