SPEAKING IN STRANGE TONGUES Acts 2:1-13 The priests in the Temple were offering the first loaves of the new harvest, in celebration of the feast of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit came as the first fruits of our inheritance. Suddenly there was a sound that was heard throughout the city. There was... [ Continue Reading ]
THE OUTPOURED SPIRIT Acts 2:14-24 The exulting joy of these Spirit-anointed people was accounted for by some through charging them with drunkenness. Peter dismissed the charge as absurd, seeing that the day was yet young. With a readiness that the Spirit had inspired, he declared it to be a partia... [ Continue Reading ]
DAVID'S LORD AND OURS Acts 2:25-36 When one considers the vast result of this address, one wonders at its simplicity. It is almost entirely a string of apt quotations. But what may not the Word of God do, when it is wielded by the mighty Spirit! Our Lord might have chanted to Himself Acts 2:26-28,... [ Continue Reading ]
PENTECOSTAL DAYS Acts 2:37-47 There were no exceptions in Peter's great appeal for repentance. _Every one of you!_ he declared. “But I drove the nails into His hands.” _Every one of you!_ he insists. “But I pierced His side.” _Every one!_ says the Apostle again. And from this motley crowd arose th... [ Continue Reading ]