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Holy Spirit, a new era begins
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In John 14:16, Jesus says that the Holy Spirit is another Helper, that is, another of exactly the same kind as He Himself is.

Now The scene is set for the third Person of the Godhead to come and empower the disciples. They were to continue what Jesus had begun to do and teach, to be just the same as He was on earth. The Holy Spirit would enable them to perform signs and wonders and to teach with God’s
authority, which would reveal God’s power through them.

In Acts 1:8 Jesus said,
8 But when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, you will receive power and will tell people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” NLT

Notice that the disciples were to be witnesses. They would experience the coming of the Holy Spirit powerfully and be so touched that they could not help but tell everyone what they had seen and heard.

In Acts 2 we read of…

THE HOLY SPIRIT’S ARRIVAL

Acts 1 tells us that there were 120 disciples who had been meeting together to wait and to pray. The disciples were all…

 Assembled in one accord, waiting
Now we come to the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2.

Pentecost was a Jewish festival celebrated annually at Jerusalem. People from all over the known world from many countries and languages came for this festival.

Acts 2:1 says,
On the day of Pentecost, seven weeks after Jesus’ resurrection, the believers were meeting together in one place.

The original language tells us that the disciples were not only meeting together, but that they were in one accord.

This phrase means:
 with one mind,
 with one passion that leads to action.
 It is used of an orchestra where each instrument plays a different part, but they all contribute to the harmony of the sound.

When the Holy Spirit came, it was a noisy arrival

The Holy Spirit did not come secretly. He announced His arrival with plenty of noise!

Acts 2:2 & 3 tells us what happened.
2 Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm in the skies above them, and it filled the house where they were meeting. 3 Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them. NLT

On the Day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came in mighty power. The sound of a rushing mighty wind announced to the physical and spiritual world that the Holy Spirit had arrived! His arrival fulfilled Joel’s prophecy as well as the promise of Jesus to His disciples that He would send another Helper of the same kind as Himself.

As we read on through the story, we see that the Holy Spirit filled the waiting disciples with His power. Here are the main things that happened.

 The disciples began to speak in languages which were unknown to them, but understood by the international visitors.
 The visitors heard the disciples speaking of the wonderful works of God in their own language.
 The Holy Spirit’s power was so strong that some onlookers supposed that the disciples were drunk. They were not; they were under the influence of the Holy Spirit.
 From the Day of Pentecost on, no one ever again needed to wait to receive the Holy Spirit.
 From now on He was available to all who believed and asked for Him.

The people rushed together and were amazed at what they saw. They needed the phenomenon explained.

So Peter became the spokesman for the disciples and told the crowd what was happening. He told them that they were not drunk, as the crowd supposed, but they were under the influence of the Holy Spirit who had come upon them.
He mentions that what they were witnessing was the fulfilment of a prophetic word that had been spoken by Joel almost 800 years previously.

In Acts 2:15-18 we read Peter’s account.
15 Some of you are saying these people are drunk. It isn’t true! It’s much too early for that. People don’t get drunk by nine o’clock in the morning. 16 No, what you see this morning was predicted centuries ago by the prophet Joel: 17 ‘In the last days, God said, I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams. 18 In those days I will pour out my Spirit upon all my servants, men and women alike, and they will prophesy. NLT
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