PENTECOST!!!!!
Today, May 28 is known and celebrated as Pentecost Sunday. The 50th day after Passover. Passover, when Jesus gave His Life as a sacrifice for the sins of all man so that we may be saved.
Before He ascended back to Heaven after His Resurrection, He gave a command to the disciples…to not depart from Jerusalem but wait for the promise of the Father.
He told them you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
He goes on to describe what that means,
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and you shall be my witnesses(martyrs) unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. Acts 1:8
The early Church was birthed in the fire of Pentecost!!!
They preached repentance with power, prayed for boldness, spoke truth even if it meant prison or death… they did not back up one inch from declaring the Name of Jesus Christ.
They called out religion. They proclaimed only one name given by which men can be saved and it’s a free gift of grace through faith.
They laid hands on the sick and they were healed, they cast out devils, and they raised the dead.
God worked with them confirming His Word in them.
They were birthed in the fire that cost them everything yet they willingly laid it down to pick up their cross and follow their Jesus.
The lived by the Holy fear of God…not man and they reverenced the Holy Ghost working in their lives.
On this Pentecost Sunday, God, I pray for a refreshing on your people that we too tarry until we hear our own sound from Heaven.
God, how we need you now!
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