The Victory over Fear On the day of the Pentecost, The Spirit of God came to them, filled their minds and their hearts and their entire being. But it was a very intense period of time of Jesus appearing to them both in Galilee and Jerusalem, teaching them from the Scriptures, appearing to them in larger groups, perhaps even, more smaller groups, and in some of the ways they're talking like He did to Peter, on the Sea of Galilee, having meals with them. (1 Cor., 148 pp., XI, 8-22). Week 8 to Pentecost. etc.'. By using our website, you accept our use of cookies as described in our Privacy Policy. The Word of God. Eighth, some OT believers were enabled by the Spirit to do extraordinary feats of power to help God's people. It says, "The eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. And so Christ gives them teaching and He gives them understanding. When the disciples saw the Lord, they became very happy. A firstfruit is one who follows Christ. A period of unity, one accord, fellowship, love for one another, treating people as equals, not in a completely socialistic manner that we understand from our modern context of socialism, or the welfare type of society. And every breath you take ought to be a prayer of thanks that you live and move and have your being in the Spirit of God. How do we handle them? And again, He gives, through Mark's account here, He gives the same commission to go. The second obvious change in the lives of the disciples was in their spiritual strength. He also is a residentfaculty member at the Ambassador Bible Center teaching Acts, Fundamentals of Belief and World News and Prophecy. As we came here this morning, to services, and as we gathered here this morning ourselves, there is a very important lesson for us to learn as well. Now let me suggest an analogy to illustrate the experience of the Spirit before and after Pentecost. Jesus continued: "Truly I tell you, when you were younger, you would tie your belt and walk wherever you wanted. At the end of John, you remember, John says, there were so many other things that He did in his life and no doubt probably part of that 40-day period that it would take volumes to teach it, and to record it during this period. "Let all things be done for edification" (1 Corinthians 14:26). These significant events from the life of Jesus are made easier to comprehend and better-illustrated thanks to the passages . 7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to Gods law; indeed, it cannot. The bonds of trust among the disciples were beginning to be frayed. It seemed to point to something more that might come in the future. And therein, lies a key to the understanding of what had taken place with these individuals here. No, He said wait till, wait in Jerusalem, and so they were there and they continued. Seventh, the saints of old experienced victory over fear by the presence of the Spirit. It's always fun to try to imagine how this happened. The Essential 100 Bible Challenge14The Cross Of Christ. She went and told those who had been with Him as they mourned and wept." And this dramatic miracle took place, of wind, and fire, and language, and hearing, and people took notice. Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. Could very old employee stock options still be accessible and viable? Put your hand into my side. To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers. I wonder if more people came to Jerusalem for Pentecost in that year because of what had happened 50 days earlier, plus three, and they had heard about that. Fifth, the OT saints believed that craftsmanship and artistic ability in the service of God was a gift of the Holy Spirit. Number one was the Roman Empire. The Jewish authoritiesthe Sanhedrin, the Scribes, the Pharisees, the Sadduceesthat authority was intact in Jerusalem, running the temple, running the religious side of the culture and the social life of Judea under the Roman cap, and it too was a very, very powerful force you didn't run up against. 4All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues a as the Spirit enabled them. They need to see within us, Jesus Christ. These were redeemed from among men being firstfruits to God and to the Lamb. The world sees a mechanical process of evolution and natural selection. And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in the breaking of bread and in prayers. We have a very involved, and very good, and a very detailed review process at many different levels of our writings, of our speaking in the United Church of God today. Picture a huge dam for hydroelectric power under construction, like the Aswan High Dam on the Nile, 375 feet high and 11,000 feet across. The vision of the Church was coming together and the mission of the Church was being accomplished. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. After Jesus had greeted them again, he said, I am sending you, just as the Father has sent me. Then he breathed on them and said, Receive the Holy Spirit. He greeted them and showed them his hands and his side. As the Father has sent Me, I also send you." And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. That is what caused people to see something in those disciples and to want to be a part of it. Theoretically Correct vs Practical Notation. Consider this question, with what we have just read: how could people filled with doubt, even a measure of unbelief, fear, general fear, intense fear, heightened fear, abject fearfear takes many different forms and guises; sometimes we can control our fear, sometimes it overcomes us and we're just shaking in our bootshow could a people dealing with all of these emotions during this 50-day period of time be expected to do what Jesus told them here in verse 8, they would do, when they have problems figuring it all out at that particular moment? If you go back to Matthew chapter 28, chapter 28 and verse 16, let's just read a few of the accounts of that period following the resurrection, that the Gospel accounts tell us and there's more there. When thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the ground.". 157 views, 3 likes, 4 loves, 3 comments, 2 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Mora Grace Lutheran Church: Music used with permission from CCLI By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. People should see God in us. Do Christians receive the Holy Spirit upon conversion or not (Ephesians 1:13 vs. Acts 8:14-17; 19:1-7)? And you have to understand that and realize that, that's what they were doing during that period of time as well. And so they had become a part of something that again, they were still trying to understand. "Also for this very reason, giving all diligence into your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, the divine nature. For example, when Moses gathered with the seventy elders of Israel at the tabernacle, it says in Numbers 11:25, "The Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him and took some of the Spirit that was upon him and put it upon the seventy elders; and when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. Instead, they turned the world upside down. And yet some doubted. Well, the real answer is for you and I, the same things that are going through your mind right now, and my mind. And God will expose sin, ours to ourselves, sometimes to others. But then two angels appeared and they said to them, in verse 11, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing into heaven? I like that phrase. And a voice from heaven like many waters, and the voice of thunder, and the sound of harpers playing their harps, they sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures and the elders. And so two things create this vision and this mission. That they're not drunk, that this is of God. . Most people believe the disciples were assembled in the "upper room" when the holy spirit of YEHOVAH God descended upon them during that Pentecost of 31 A.D. Such notions have always struck me as profoundly atheistic. We live in the days that Isaiah (44:3) and Ezekiel (11:19; 36:26f. People should see that in us. 1 Samuel 16:14 He understood that, and again, He is just laying it out that they were troubled and there was doubt. Luke 24:49 I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high. Ninth, the Spirit enabled some OT believers to interpret God's revelation in dreams. Joh 1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. Beginning with Easter Sunday (e.g., Luke 24:32,45) and most likely throughout the forty days before ascending, the Lord instructed and formed the Apostles in the Gospel. Could it mean that apostles had just some spiritual gifts like healing before Pentecost, but after it they received gift of prophesy and gift of tongues? Although John does not say this is the point when the disciples were born again, or that was when the New Covenant started, Erwin takes it to mean both: "it marks the transition from the terms of the old covenant to those of the new covenant" (p. 20). That's what He did. What was possibly on the disciples' mind the morning of Pentecost? And then there came a time, in verse 4, where they were assembled together with Him and He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem but to wait for the promise of the Father, which He said, "You have heard from Me, for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.". But we do not debate and discuss biblical topics. God not only designed how he wanted his tabernacle built, he also equipped the craftsmen to do it. Just think, if Jews returning from God's judgment in Babylonian exile can take heart that God's Spirit will protect them, how much more fearless should we be who have the overwhelming assurance of God's love and power in Jesus' death and resurrection! If we can learn to take on the divine nature and drink that in, in our lives, then we can banish doubt, uncertainty, and fear, unbelief, that will creep in at various times as we go through our lives, and stages in the developments of life. We are no exception today, as we wait and look for the time when the Kingdom will be restored. And so Luke's account brings this together. I was going to get on a Greyhound bus. Really. Did they doubt that it was real? As Jesus' disciples they may be afraid of someone that would deliver them to soldiers to punish them for taking part in 'rebellion' (as occupants may see it). 1 Samuel 11:6 When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God came powerfully upon him, and he burned with anger. When I was 15 years old, I got on a bus from my little hometown of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. I've got to find out where that next bus leaves, and what time." They sold their possessions, they divided among them, they shared among those who had need. For example, in the life of Samson we read, "The Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him and he tore the lion asunder as one tears a kid" (Judges 14:6). And so I made a certain few inquiries, I got on the bus, didn't miss it. This morning let me close simply by returning to the Aswan High Dam for a moment. Where is it being manifested in the church today? He enjoys hunting, travel and reading and spending time with his grandchildren. But they saw Him for a period of time, and that's how I like to imagine it. Labor in the Word, meaning to read the Word, and to learn it, and to soak it in and drink it in; and to live the Word, this past year. I don't think it was an intergalactic tour that He was on to get to the third heaven. Go, therefore, make disciples of nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded, and lo, I am with you, always, even to the end of the age.'" And the people of God in this period are to be a people born of the Spirit, baptized in the Spirit, filled with the Spirit, empowered by the Spirit to bear witness to "the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ." Psalm 139:710 says, "Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Luke 2:25-27. The NT first Pentecost was the demarcation point when the Holy Spirit first indwelled people. And He leaves them on the Mount of Olives, which is a very, very significant geographic feature there on the east of Jerusalem across from the city, and through the Kidron Valley and up on this Mount called Olives. 'It's a ghost,' they said, and cried out in fear. And we can have the power to believe that, and to grow together and develop together as a bride of Christ, and accomplish His work and His purpose and His will. Jesus was enveloped within a burning bush, but was not harmed. Prior to Pentecost, the Apostles, though often zealous and willing to make sacrifices to follow Jesus, were also slow to understand and often confused. And it is Christ in us that is that hope of glory. The disciples were afraid of the Jewish leaders, and on the evening of that same Sunday they locked themselves in a room. Send inquiries regarding the operation of this Web site to webmaster@ucg.org. And when they saw Him they worshiped him. They didn't believe that He had risen, they didn't believe that they had been seen, that He had been seen, and therefore, then they would not believe these eyewitnesses. We're no different than them. The indwelling Spirit permanently dwells in the believer. After Pentecost, they were different people. In Nehemiah 9, Ezra gives thanks to God for all his past benefits to Israel and says in verse 20, "Thou gavest thy good Spirit to instruct them and didst not withhold thy manna from their mouth." They looked upon them then as liars, charlatans, or fools, maybe a bit delusional. Egypt's President Nasser announced the plan for construction in 1953. That Numbers 32 and verse 23, is correct. So here are ten ways Old Testament believers experienced the Holy Spirit which in these "last days" of Pentecostal fulfillment ought to be enjoyed by the church. He greeted them and showed them his hands and his side. This means that all the saints of the OT who trusted God and followed his ways in the obedience of faith were born again by the Spirit and indwelt by the Spirit. Answer: In Luke 10:17, when the seventy came back from visiting the towns in Israel, they said, " Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name. This was just three and a half years, and in really a few weeks, seven weeks and a day of intense thought, emotion, that they had to grapple with and deal with as they came into the presence of one another on the morning of Pentecost. And then even when we see in the days after Jesus' final ascension, a roughly 10-day period, when they came to make a decision to replace Judas, they read Scripture, they applied it properly, God blessed the decision. Jesus was enveloped within a pillar of fire, but was not harmed. Seven weeks later, on the day of Pentecost, the risen Lord Jesus fulfilled the promise he had made in John 15:26namely, that he would send the Holy Spirit. But on the day when the reservoir poured through the turbines a power was unleashed that spread far beyond the few folk down river and brought possibilities they had only dreamed of. How does a fan in a turbofan engine suck air in? The hated Samaritans and the occupying Romans were both shown to be within the reach of the grace of God. Is the promise of "power" in Acts 1:8 only for the apostles or for Christians in all ages? Finally, the Holy Spirit gave some in the OT a gift of prophecy. Thanks for contributing an answer to Biblical Hermeneutics Stack Exchange! So when I pose myself a question like, "How did believers experience the Holy Spirit before Pentecost?" Every now and then in extraordinary circumstances of need the Spirit enables ordinary Christians to perform amazing feats of rescue far beyond their ordinary capacitylike lifting a car off of a pinned husband or escaping from a raging rapist. And in their mouth was found no deceit, for they are without fault before the throne of God.". And those days you didn't fear getting on a Greyhound bus, and you could go all over the country on a very cheap pass. Would it make any difference for our lives today if we knew the answer? He was the one who was the leader of that doubt and fear and terrified approach, because he denied Christ three times, and he had to be pointedly taught by Jesus. When they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe. An eyewitness account, there was a lack of belief that put them in the situation here that they did not understand and didn't believe that had actually happened. Or is this authority that I mentioned just about Jesus' own power he gave them and isn't about Spirit in themselves like when he said to Peter to cast net into water and pulled out much fishes? The disciples were afraid of the Jewish leaders, and on the evening of that same Sunday they locked themselves in a room. When people are filled with the Holy Spirit, they do not blink at evil. "He appeared first to Mary Magdalene out of whom He had cast seven demons. Some say apostles got Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. On the day of Pentecost Peter said that in these last days "your young men shall see visions and your old men shall dream dreams" (Acts 2:17). And they're seeing that, and it's the final time. "And fear came upon every soul," and this was a different type of fear. And because both were working together, the mission and the vision, there was a remarkable picture being described here by Luke, of the Church at peace. Maybe a few more decided to go to Jerusalem on Pentecost to see what was going on, and the town was bursting at the seams, and from all these nations that we're told about here and areas. It is rooted in the Word of God. I have my own Star Trekkian-type of way to imagine how Jesus ascended. Apparently, two angelic figures appeared to them as the disciples were kind of watching Christ go. And I was going to go out to California, my first trip to California, visit my brother for about three weeks. How can I recognize one? But on the morning that those disciples were gathered there, before it happened, you have to imagine that they had no idea that, that would be what would take place. These were not terrified, doubtful people. And let's look at it beginning in verse 36, this is after His resurrection, "As they said these things," this is the two that He had appeared to on the road to Emmaus, "Jesus himself stood in the midst of them and said to them, 'Peace to you.' When did the disciples become born -again? There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. We live in the latter days of the Spirit. Learning and labor which do not lead people in love to God are not prompted by the Spirit of Christ. . People should see God in the firstfruits. After Pentecost, a radical transformation took place. "Whatever you do, do all to the glory of God" (1 Corinthians 10:31). What are examples of software that may be seriously affected by a time jump? In verse 38, after everyone has calmed down, they realize theyve been involved and they were responsible for the death of Jesus. Being mentally separated from other people (because of being ashamed of lost of their 'cause') made them being afraid of people. The Key to a Life Well Lived. That's the famous road to Emmaus experienced from the book of Luke, "and they went and told it to the rest, but they did not believe them either." And to live with the reality that there is a God who judges, who sees, and who knows. Welcome to BH. It is the ideal to which every subsequent church period has wished to be able to emulate, including ours today. But Jesus immediately said to them: 'Take courage! 60 seconds. I didn't know how to read a board to tell me these things. That power would come in the form of the Holy Spirit. This then begins to be the anchor and the soil into which they can anchor a life of faith that they were to have and to develop. "Let all that you do be done in love" (1 Corinthians 16:13). And when those come in, how do we process them? John has another set of accounts, and then he kind of ends and he leaves it wide open. Rename .gz files according to names in separate txt-file. Pentecost was a Jewish festival fifty days after the Passover. Signs and wonders followed their ministration, and they were continually filled with [] This is the underlying message Jesus gave to his disciples in today's 2nd Sunday of Lent year A Gospel (Mt 7:1-11) which narrates the Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ, after having announced to them his Passion and Death on the cross. Suddenly, Jesus appeared in the middle of the group. It wasn't there and so a lot had happened in that 50-day period that brought them to that morning of Pentecost. In Colossians chapter 1, Colossians 1:27 Colossians 1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:American King James Version, Paul writes, "To them, God will to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." He spent days and days, and weeks and weeks doing that, bringing new dimension of understanding to the Scriptures that they had never had. 145 views, 2 likes, 6 loves, 16 comments, 1 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Crossroads Baptist Church: Crossroads Baptist Church Live 02/05/2023 This salvation experience comes before the . And then they had seen that He was resurrected. . Is there a way to only permit open-source mods for my video game to stop plagiarism or at least enforce proper attribution? But you are not in the flesh, you are in the Spirit if the Spirit of God really dwells in you." You ever been in that type of situation where you don't know what to do next? People were forgiven, saved and received everlasting life before the cross and before Pentecost (Lk. The elixir, the antidote to our faith, to every one of our problems, if we could see a miracle; and we like signs, but miracles, well, they're a little harder to come up with. At least part of the answer to that is found in the teaching on spiritual gifts in 1 Corinthians 1214, which we will soon begin to study in an evening series. And I didn't know how to make a connection. But the disciples didn't stop focusing on the Kingdom of God after Pentecost. There was doubt. Or is it? But the Christian ought to see the creative, imaginative work of God's Spirit. Thank you Mr. McNeely , for making Christ more real. Read the Bible, discover plans, and seek God every day. Best Answer. The goal is that the addition of scriptural verses will assist you in meditating on the Mysteries of the Rosary as you pray. The people who have faith in me without seeing me are the ones who are really blessed!. Fear not" (Haggai 2:5). The disciples had seen what would happen because Christ was arrested and had come before the high priest. It was by God's Spirit that the prophets spoke to the people God's Word (Nehemiah 9:30), and it was by the Spirit that the people were enabled to grasp and apply the Word. Apparently not. By clicking Accept all cookies, you agree Stack Exchange can store cookies on your device and disclose information in accordance with our Cookie Policy. How was the Holy Spirit being seen (perceived) in Acts 8? Pre-Feast of the Origin of the Fair Trees of the Life-Creating Cross of the Lord. Synopsis: When Jesus walked on the water to join the disciples in their boat, the Gospel mentioned that they were afraid - twice. We've just read it. 38Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them. 39By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. "For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain.". When God wanted to encourage the people to rebuild the temple after the exile, he said, "Work, for I am with you . There are no more decisive turning points in redemptive history that must happen before Jesus returns to establish his kingdom. A: Yes, repeatedly Jesus assured them that although He would be put to death by His enemies, He would come back to life by the power of God. Which again points forward to the last days inaugurated at Pentecost. Before that the Holy Spirit came on people for specific gifts and purposes. That is how the mission of the Church is done and that is how then that vision of a community, of a Church, of a people who are rooted in the Word of God, who actually do care for one another, is accomplished; by no other means, by no other means. So there is going to be a gap. Yet until the spirit was poured out at Pentecost, the disciples were a homogenous bunch. No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who were redeemed from the earth. Thomas replied, You are my Lord and my God! Peter says, "Repent, believe, be baptized, you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." We know in Acts chapter 2, when we turn there and look at the story alluded to in the sermonette here this morning, that they were gathered together. We can accomplish the work of God, and we can then be the firstfruits who follow the Lamb and who know their God and do mighty deeds and mighty exploits. Our sins will find us out. It's God's Spirit that is the only thing that we can have to overcome those fears, because really, it's all the Church of God has ever had. They turned the world upside down because they fully understood two simple . The Spirit gives that courage. Verses 40 to 47 is a summary of one of the most remarkable periods of the church experience. Darris is the Associate Media Producer for the Church. They sailed on it in the moonlight and wrote songs about it. For example, Numbers 14:24 says of Caleb, "My servant Caleb, because he has a different Spirit and has followed me fully, I will bring into this land." So Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you! As I got up this morning, prepared to come over here, go through the day, same things that will be in my mind tomorrow, and next Thursday, and a month from today. So, as Jesus Christ was teaching His disciples to focus on the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God during the time between His resurrection and Pentecost, we can be focusing on that now too. And . The Christian aeon is a renewed order, a new creation. It goes on, "Jesus came and He spoke to them saying, 'All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. And this small group of people who had signed on to what they thought was a remarkable, gifted rabbi, and followed Him around and soon learned that they had fallen into something quite different than anything they could have ever imagined, as they witnessed miracles of loaves and fishes, and people being brought back to life, and dramatic healings. You remember what Ruth said to Naomi when Naomi, in the book of Ruth, had lost her husband and children, and these two daughters-in-law, Ruth and Orpah, tried to follow her away from Moab, and Orpah decided to leave. And then this dramatic miracle takes place, festive occasion. But if you don't forgive their sins, they will not be forgiven. I hope you share this world view with the OT saints: namely, that your conception as a person in your mother's womb was a sovereign act of creation by God's Spirit and that every breath you take now and every chemical transaction in the cells of your body is sustained every moment by work of the Holy Spirit. Old Testament believers enjoyed the presence of God's Spirit wherever they went. But first let me tell you why I think it is so relevant. It only takes a minute to sign up. Any Israelite who has ever been saved had to be born again by God's Spirit. Mark chapter 16, verse 9, now, "When He rose early on the first day of the week," speaking of Christ's resurrection. Jesus came in while the doors were still locked and stood in the middle of the group. What's the next step?" They had not been a part of anything like that before. Again, the answer is yes. 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