“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be My witnesses, telling people about Me everywhere--in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." [Acts 1:8 NLT]
Jesus had told his crowd of disciples to wait in Jerusalem to receive the promise of the Father, and they waited. If there were those in that crowd who weren’t quite sure about everything, they were about to get fired up! Truly!
“Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them. And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.”
[Acts 2:3-4 NLT]
But…that crowd of disciples came down from that room, filled with the power of the Holy Spirit! Remember, there were crowds of people running to see what was going on when they heard the roaring of a mighty windstorm!
“When they heard the loud noise, everyone came running, and they were bewildered to hear their own languages being spoken by the believers.”
[Acts 2:6 NLT]
When Peter came down with the other disciples and spoke (Acts 2:14-41), 3,000 people cried out and were baptized and added to the church that day!
This was the birth of ‘The Way’, the Church! The world would never be the same!
Please remember:
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be My witnesses, telling people about Me everywhere--in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
[Acts 1:8 NLT]
We are all witnesses, telling people about Jesus to the ends of the earth, RIGHT?
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