Transcript Chapter 6-1 The Spirit is Poured Out

Chapter 6-1 The Spirit is Poured
Out
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Aim: How is the Spirit poured out?
I. The Ascension: Returning to the Father
A. forty days after the Resurrection
B. called Ascension Thursday
C. spread the Good News of God’s
Kingdom throughout the world
D. Jesus promised to send the Spirit
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb2Cvyy_
XPU 2:35
II. Pentecost: The Gift of the Holy Spirit upon us
A. Fifty days after Easter
B. Birthday of the Church
C. Images of the Spirit
1.Mighty wind
2. tongues of fire
3.ability to speak other
languages
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5tr4pq
WIo4 2:18
III. The Spirit at Work in the Early Christian
Communities
A. Jerusalem
1. All things in common 2/2
2. Sell possession and distribute to
the poor
3. Followers of the Way, early name
for Christians with their
generous, grateful spirit
B.
Beyond Jerusalem
1. Act of the Apostles’ account of the
early church written by Luke
2. Attracted non-Jews, Gentiles as
converts 2/9
3. Antioch, place where they were first
called Christians, followers of Jesus
The Christ
4. Council of Jerusalem rules that
Gentiles did not have to become
Jewish first and keep the whole Jewish
Law
C. Paul, Apostle to the Gentiles
1. Zealous Pharisee who persecuted the
followers of Jesus
2. Life changing encounter with the risen Jesus
3. Spread the faith all over the empire
4. Wrote letters called Epistles to nurture the
faith of the new churches
D. Separation from Judaism
1. Temple destroyed in 70 AD by the Romans
2. Jewish Christian were no longer allowed by
Jewish leaders to worship in the synagogues
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In the first book,a Theophilus, I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught2until the
day he was taken up, after giving instructions through the holy Spirit to the
apostles whom he had chosen.b3He presented himself alive to them by many
proofs after he had suffered, appearing to them during forty days* and speaking
about the kingdom of God.c4While meeting with them, he enjoined them not to
depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for “the promise of the Father* about which
you have heard me speak;d5for John baptized with water, but in a few days you
will be baptized with the holy Spirit.”e
The Ascension of Jesus.6When they had gathered together they asked him, “Lord,
are you at this time going*to restore the kingdom to Israel?”7* He answered
them,f “It is not for you to know the times or seasons that the Father has
established by his own authority.8* But you will receive power when the holy Spirit
comes upon you,g and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea
and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”9When he had said this, as they were
looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight.h10While they
were looking intently at the sky as he was going, suddenly two men dressed in
white garments stood beside them.i11They said, “Men of Galilee, why are you
standing there looking at the sky? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into
heaven will return in the same way as you have seen him going into
heaven.”j12k Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which
is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day’s journey away.
• * [1:8] Just as Jerusalem was the city of
destiny in the Gospel of Luke (the place where
salvation was accomplished), so here at the
beginning of Acts, Jerusalem occupies a
central position. It is the starting point for the
mission of the Christian disciples to “the ends
of the earth,” the place where the apostles
were situated and the doctrinal focal point in
the early days of the community (Acts
15:2, 6). The ends of the earth: for Luke, this
means Rome.
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• When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place
together.a2And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong
driving wind,* and it filled the entire house in which they were.b3Then
there appeared to them tongues as of fire,* which parted and came to rest
on each one of them.c4And they were all filled with the holy Spirit and
began to speak in different tongues,* as the Spirit enabled them to
proclaim.d
• 5Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven staying in
Jerusalem.6At this sound, they gathered in a large crowd, but they were
confused because each one heard them speaking in his own
language.7They were astounded, and in amazement they asked, “Are not
all these people who are speaking Galileans?e8Then how does each of us
hear them in his own native language?9We are Parthians, Medes, and
Elamites, inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and
Asia,10Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya near
Cyrene, as well as travelers from Rome,11both Jews and converts to
Judaism, Cretans and Arabs, yet we hear them speaking in our own
tongues of the mighty acts of God.”f12They were all astounded and
bewildered, and said to one another, “What does this mean?”13But
others said, scoffing, “They have had too much new wine.”g
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driving wind: wind and spirit are associated
in Jn 3:8. The sound of a great rush of wind
would herald a new action of God in the
history of salvation.
• * [2:3] Tongues as of fire: see Ex 19:18 where
fire symbolizes the presence of God to initiate
the covenant on Sinai. Here the holy Spirit
acts upon the apostles, preparing them to
proclaim the new covenant with its unique gift
of the Spirit (Acts 2:38).