Pentecost (Acts 2:1-12) - A Sermon by R.C. Sproul

[@ligonier]

This sermon was preached by R.C. Sproul at Saint Andrew’s Chapel in Sanford, FL. Hear more from his series in the book of Acts: kzbin.info/aero/PL30acyfm60fXnqub4SWgiufkL-mCBXBXG

[@jfkmuldermedia]

Beautiful. Thank you for posting. Yes, we do need men who are on fire.

[@jessyjonas4988]

“I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire” Matthew 3:11

[@timloughrin9935]

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[@miriamwood4162]

Amen and Amen. Thank God for the Holy Spirt in us to guide us and to guard our hearts. Thankful for these teachings of Dr. R. C. Sproul of the Book of Acts.

[@Ken-qc1fz]

The best sermon ❤

[@stuartjohnson5686]

And most of dont have to hunt for or meals or butcher our on livestock or thrash our own wheat so we don't think we need to pray "Give us this day our daily bread" because we can just go to the refrigerator and if its empty, the grocery store. We in the west think we are strong when we are so weak because we don't pray enough.

[@stevegajewski682]

Sacraments ? That is not biblical - Otherwise great sermon

[@DogSoldier1948]

Word and sacrament." In Protestant churches particularly, there has been a tremendous emphasis on the preaching of the Word, but historically, the celebration of the sacraments in Protestantism has also been vital. Sadly, there has been a neglect of the sacraments among modern evangelicals, though there are encouraging signs that this trend is being reversed. Nevertheless, the celebration of God-ordained sacraments has been a constant throughout the history of God's people. From the days of the Old Testament all the way through the New Testament, God has been concerned not only to speak to His people through His Word, but also to communicate in other ways and in other methods, one of the most important of which is through the sacraments. When we speak of the sacraments, we are usually referring specifically to baptism and the Lord's Supper, those signs and seals instituted by Christ to remember His death and His work in cleansing His people from sin

[@stuartjohnson5686]

Yes it is. Christ established two, the Lord's Supper or Communion (replacing Passover) and Baptism (replace circumcision, which is why infants were baptized by the Apostles and any Christian who does not have their infant children baptised is in rebellion)

[@DogSoldier1948]

@stuartjohnson5686 I'm not taking sides here, but there's no biblical record of a child being baptized in the bible. There's scripture saying households are being baptized but no record of children being baptized. It just recognizes the whole family, not the age. I assume you're taking the position ligioner takes with the Israelites circumcised their children when they were eight years old and in the New Testament Circumcision transition into baptism. I give you my point of view on that topic. The transition from Circumcision never happened. We are still circumcised but our hearts are circumcised. We started with an outward sign, and on Christ death transitioned into an inward sign, a spiritual sign of Circumcision of the heart are known as baptism of the Holy Spirit. While water baptism confirms our faith in Christ, the baptism of the Holy Spirit empowers us for the life and ministry that God calls us to. It is being filled with the Holy Spirit.

[@robertnorton4276]

@@DogSoldier1948the Baptism of the Spirit and the filling of the Spirit are two separate and different events and activity.

[@DogSoldier1948]

😅😮​@robertnortom7276 At times when we read the New Testament record of those who are baptized in the Spirit or filled with the Spirit, it seems that these terms are used interchangeably, that they refer to the same phenomenon. At other times there’s a little distinction that is not altogether clear in the text. Sometimes, it seems that to discern the difference requires a knife sharper than the one I own Let’s just go back and ask this question: What does the Bible mean by the term “baptized in the Holy Spirit”? In the New Testament there’s a distinction between being born of the Spirit-which is the work of the Holy Spirit to regenerate us, to change the disposition of our hearts and make us alive spiritually-and to baptize us in the Holy Spirit. We read about the baptism of the Holy Spirit principally on the Day of Pentecost and subsequent events similar to the Day of Pentecost in which those who were gathered were baptized in the Holy Spirit. We understand that the people who were baptized in the Holy Spirit were already believers, and they were already regenerated. So we must distinguish between the Spirit’s work in making us spiritually alive and the Spirit’s work in baptizing us, whatever baptizing means. Most churches would affirm that the primary meaning of the concept of baptism in the Holy Spirit is the work of the Spirit upon a human being to endow that person with the power necessary to carry out their mission and vocation as a Christian. In the Old Testament that charisma, the gift of the empowering of the Holy Spirit, was limited to certain individuals such as priests and prophets and mediators like Moses. But the point of the New Testament is that the whole body of the people of God is now being equipped and empowered from on high to carry out its task. Notice that Pentecost is tied very closely to the great commission. Jesus said, “Go into Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the outermost parts of the earth, but before you go, tarry in Jerusalem. After the Holy Spirit comes upon you, then you can go and carry out this mandate.” The “baptism of the Spirit” refers to being equipped or empowered by God’s Spirit to carry out the task that Jesus has given the church. When the Spirit equips us or baptizes us, we are immersed, as it were, in the Holy Spirit; sometimes the Scriptures refer to this as being filled with the Holy Spirit.

[@mpr4christ1980]

Amen, except for one very important thing: IT HAPPENED IN ISRAEL, NOT JEW-HATING PALESTINE!

[@kkwok9]

Amen.

[@joshhigdon4951]

So in Palestine hating Israel?

[@ChamomileMineral]

Yeah that got my attention I had to drop my cooking and look at the comments to see anyone else caught that.

[@patrickd7355]

Actually, it wasn’t technically in Israel. Jerusalem, the capital city, was in Judah, part of the southern kingdom. Israel was the northern kingdom. Also, remember that ALL of that used to be the land of Canaan. Which is where modern-day Palestinians claim to have rights to. That is why he made the reference.

[@stuartwilliams3164]

You would think he knew that the Romans named Judea Palestrina Syria and the Ottomans called it South Syria then the British mandate called it British Palestine,you think he would have checked his sources??