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Acts 2
contains several famous passages. Top of
that list is the coming of the Holy Spirit.
The disciples receive the Spirit of God as Jesus promised. They speak in
tongues. Once more, we can catch the
theme that God does not abandon His people.
He comes through on His promises.
The speaking
in tongues moves us quickly to a second famous story. We hear that there are people in Jerusalem from
all over the world. They hear the
disciples speaking in their own native tongues.
Naturally, this is a bit of a miracle because we know the disciples and
we know that they weren’t highly enough educated to speak foreign languages. Furthermore, they certainly can’t speak those
languages at the same time! This teaches
us something powerful. When God acts as
He promises, we can expect results. God’s
hand brings about events that propel His kingdom forward.
The next
famous story that we get to hear is Peter’s response to the public outcry. Peter begins to teach and preach. Notice that Peter does give an easy
message. He calls the people out. He leads them into an understanding of sin
and then grace. The people respond. What can we learn here? We can absolutely learn that when God’s hand
moves we can expect to have an opportunity for further ministry. We should be prepared to speak. We should be prepared to speak truth in love.
Naturally,
this leads us to the community of believers.
They share what they have in common.
We can learn something here, too.
When God’s hand moves and we speak in truth, we can live in truth as
well. We can live in community because
we all understand our shortcomings, why we need grace, and where God can work
in and through us all.
In Acts 2,
we get a great perspective on ministry.
There is much to learn here.
There is much to experience with respect to what God’s work looks like
in a post-resurrection era.
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