Pastor Dan Southern 8/15/04                                  Series title:    The Missing Link-

Centreville Community Church                                Series topic:  The Holy Spirit

Sermon one

Title: Whatever Could This Mean?

Text: Acts 2:1 – 12

 

Two important questions were asked in this chapter.

Question one: Acts 2:12 “Whatever could this mean?”

Question two: Acts 2:37 “What shall we do?”

 

Acts 19:2

 

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The legend of Big Foot:

“This was a misinterpretation of Darwin’s work”

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                 Encyclopedia Britannica 2003, College Edition on CD rom

 

Philippians 4:13                               Acts 2:16

John 18:17, 25, 27                          Acts 2:14

John 20:19                                                Acts 2:11

Acts 4:13                                         Acts 4:31

Acts 5:28, 29                                   Acts 17:6

 

 

l. THIS IS THAT WHICH WAS P____________________.

 

Joel 2:28                                          Isaiah 28:11

Isaiah 32:15                                     Isaiah 44:3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“The Spirit anointed only those” (in the Old Testament) “who had a special task and mission in serving God’s people”.       ….. “In that age,”(the age of the church – from Christ’s ascension until His second coming)”the Spirit would uniquely equip the Messiah, but the power of the Spirit would not be limited exclusively to Him. In fact, the Messiah would make the gift of the Spirit available to all of God’s people.”        …. “Men and women could experience in their lives what the prophets predicted for the last days.”

                  Encountering The Holy Spirit, pp. 40, 41, French

                  French Arrington, Pathway Press, 2003

 

 

ll. THIS IS THAT WHICH WAS  P__________________.

 

Matthew 3:11                                   Luke 24:49

John 14:17                                                John 14:26

Acts 1:5                                            Acts 1:8

Acts 2:1- 4                                                 Luke 11:13

 

“This was a promise that was first fulfilled on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:4) and remains a promise for all those who have become His disciples and ask for the baptism in the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:39)”

                                As quoted in the Full Life Study Bible,

                                Jesus And The Holy Spirit, p. 1150,

                                Zondervan Publishing

 

Acts 2:39

 

lll. THIS IS THAT WHICH IS P_________________.

 

Acts 2:6                                            Acts 2:11

Acts 2:37

             

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOW CAN I APPLY THIS MESSAGE TO MY LIFE?