What is Pentacost? -Occurs 50 days after Passover -The "Feast of Weeks" or the "Feast of the Gathering" -Instructions found in Exodus 23 and Leviticus 23 -One of three festivals where the men of Israel were supposed to go to Jerusalem 1. God sent the Holy Spirit as Jesus promised (v. 1-4)  A. His coming was accompanied by signs (v. 2-3)   1. A sound, like a wind (points us to the Spirit)   2. Divided tongues of fire (points us to the Spirit)   3. The Spirit's coming was unmistakeable  B. His coming produced miraculous speech (v. 4)   1. Tongues: "languages"   2. They are speaking in known languages (dialects)   3. How does this fit with the gift of tongues? (I Cor 12-14)    a. Also human languages    b. The difference: many more languages represented in Jerusalem for Pentacost, than in Corinth    c. The gift of tongues diminished with the passing of the Apostalic generation  C. If we are God's children, the Spirit dwells in us   1. Be filled by having the Word in our hearts   2. Be encouraged and motivated to live with the Spirit in us 2. The Holy Spirit overcomes natural obstacles to the gospel (v. 5-13)  A. He caused the disciples to speak in the launguages of the crowd (v. 5-11)   1. Galileans were thought of as uneducated  B. His work led the crowd to wonder at its meaning (v. 12-13)
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