This Sunday, May 28 is The Day of Pentecost
Verse of the Season/Month:
Psalm 25:1-2, 4-5
To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
2 O my God, in you I trust;
let me not be put to shame;
let not my enemies exult over me.
…
4 Make me to know your ways,
O Lord;
teach me your paths.
5 Lead me in your truth and teach me,
for you are the God of my salvation;
for you I wait all the day long.
This week’s sermon is God’s Will
This week’s readings are:
Things You Didn’t Learn in Sunday School – Pentecost
We’re going to revisit some familiar Sunday School Lessons
You think
differently than you did when you were a child!
These are
stories of people.
They
tell of how God’s salvation played out in the lives of individuals.
The
Christian faith is not some kind of mystical quest. It is real life in the real
world.
June 7 – Abram
Today and May 31 – a little different from the rest of the
series.
An event –
Pentecost
A doctrine
– Trinity
These match up with the Sunday readings.
So, let’s dive in!
Pentecost –
Acts 2
The 2nd
Pilgrimage Festival of each year.
50 days after
Passover.
50 days after
Easter!
Explains why so
many people were there in Jerusalem.
Originally, this
was a celebration bringing in the first fruits of spring wheat.
Later, it became
an observance of the Law given to Moses on Mt. Sinai.
These are both
important images to understand what God is doing.
The Event
2:1-4
Wind
Fire
We often perceive as destructive.
Purifying!
Tongues
– Undoing Babel
An Initial Response 2:5-13
Drunk!
Peter’s
Sermon
3000
people come to faith – baptized for the forgiveness of sins.
From
120ish to over 3000!
First
Fruits of a kingdom of God harvest! The first of many more who would believe
through the preaching of the Apostles.
This
is also related to the Commemoration of the Giving of the Law
We
are all trapped under the Law in Sin
Law
applied to Peter’s hearers
“God
has made Jesus, whom you crucified Lord and Messiah!”
They
were cut to the heart. – Law always accuses!
This
is God’s response to humanity breaking the law
Jesus
crucified and raised.
Holy
Spirit testifying through the Apostles to call, gather, and enlighten those who
heard the Word preached to them
He
still does this!
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