The descent of the Spirit was not about the Spirit. It was about Jesus. The Spirit is the Spirit of Jesus who came to inspire preaching about Jesus and convert people to become Christians (not Pneumatics or Holy-Spirit-ites). The Spirit came from Jesus, and that is where Peter wants to take his audience. So we saw last time that the coming of the Spirit brings the last days and their eschatological judgment and salvation. But today we will further see that the Spirit came from Jesus, and in particular from Jesus because of all that Jesus did on earth — life, death, resurrection, ascension. The Spirit would not have come without the events recorded in the gospel.
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Caleb Nelson grew up in Ft. Collins, CO. Born into a Christian home, where he eventually became the eldest of 11 children, he has been a lifelong Presbyterian. He professed faith at the age of six, and was homeschooled through high school. He then attended Patrick Henry College...