Synopsis: When Jesus walked on the water to join the disciples in their boat, the Gospel mentioned that they were afraid - twice. "Let all that you do be done in love" (1 Corinthians 16:13). If you go back to Matthew chapter 28, chapter 28 and verse 16, let's just read a few of the accounts of that period following the resurrection, that the Gospel accounts tell us and there's more there. "And they looked steadfastly in toward heaven," verse 10, "as He went up, and behold two men stood by them in white apparel." The best answers are voted up and rise to the top, Not the answer you're looking for? Articles that are published in our magazine or scripting for our television programs goes through a very, very thorough review process. Thus, the Pentecost is the culmination, the ultimate gift of Spirit, when the apostles get Him to such an extent and intensity that they can already be emboldened by Him to preach to all corners of the world, withstanding all calamities and opposing powers. Answer: In Luke 10:17, when the seventy came back from visiting the towns in Israel, they said, " Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name. The Jewish authorities of their day had a very thorough doctrinal review process and Peter's would not have passed, which is why they ran smack in trouble with the Jewish leadership from this point forward because they were applying new meaning to old Scriptures that no Jew had ever heard before. The vision of the Church was coming together and the mission of the Church was being accomplished. A Church that was grounded in the Word of God. And this express bus took Route 66 out of St. Louis all the way to Los Angeles, my first time to get on that fabled highway, Route 66. We live in the days that Isaiah (44:3) and Ezekiel (11:19; 36:26f. and there appeared to them tongues as of fire, distributed and resting on each one of them. He and his wife, Debbie, have served in the ministry for more than 43years. That is what caused them to banish their fear, trouble, doubt, and unbelief: Christ in them through the Holy Spirit. I wouldn't bother with the question if I didn't. No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who were redeemed from the earth. These were not terrified, doubtful people. These accounts of like what we have read in the gospels and others for a 40-day period. "Whatever you do, do all to the glory of God" (1 Corinthians 10:31). And then it came to an end, it came to a close. They'd likely not seen it. And Peter thence begins to quote Scripture. They thought that Jesus Himself didn't actually know that asleep people wake up? It wasn't there and so a lot had happened in that 50-day period that brought them to that morning of Pentecost. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. 3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. We know in Acts chapter 2, when we turn there and look at the story alluded to in the sermonette here this morning, that they were gathered together. Not only apostles, but even the prophets of the Old Testament, who are lower than apostles, had a degree of presence of Spirit in themselves, through Whom they prophesied (needn't to give references, for they are so numerous!). Apparently not. When the disciples saw the Lord, they became very happy. Suddenly, Jesus appeared in the middle of the group. Stop doubting and have faith! But by doing so, when you read the account, you understand that they knew the Scripture, and they applied Scripture to their choice and their decision to replace Judas. But they did so no more." How could the person in Luke 9:49 cast out demons without Jesus' mandate? It was celebrated 50 days after Passover and was marked by pilgrims coming to Jerusalem from all over the world to celebrate the event. "If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." Expand By clicking Accept all cookies, you agree Stack Exchange can store cookies on your device and disclose information in accordance with our Cookie Policy. What is this gift of prophecy? Go, therefore, make disciples of nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded, and lo, I am with you, always, even to the end of the age.'" Because they were seeing Christ risen and they saw Him in a bodily form, but then they were attributing something different to that. Pentecost was a Jewish festival fifty days after the Passover. Then I finally figured out, "Oh, I got to do this myself. Judges 5:14 talks about the tribe of Zebulun either being scribes or having a commander's staff. We will handle them by the Word of God and the Spirit of God. And there was fear of the unknown, of what was going to take place, fear of the future. "For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain.". I also think this is true in some way, but in gospels there is record that Jesus 'gave them authority over devils and diseases and sent them to preach gospel, to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead. and the preacher says, "So what?" When did the disciples become born -again? And perhaps like you and I would today, we might look at it as a little bit odd. Look at John 3:16. When the disciples saw the Lord, they became very happy. I won't believe unless I do this! He spent days and days, and weeks and weeks doing that, bringing new dimension of understanding to the Scriptures that they had never had. What did they do during that 10 days? He greeted them and showed them his hands and his side. We just get a few snippets from the gospel accounts, at least, of this 40-day period. Luke 24:53 says that the disciples stayed continually at the Temple praising God. '", And so Luke's account gives us a very specific instruction, how He told them, You wait in Jerusalem and then you will receive the power from on high. And that is what they were doing as they waited for that period of time to come about. Matthew records that "when the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. 157 views, 3 likes, 4 loves, 3 comments, 2 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Mora Grace Lutheran Church: Music used with permission from CCLI We take that for the story that it is, and the gift of tongues, and the speaking of tongues that the Scriptures talk about but we don't see that as what we need to be doing in practice or in faith, but it is a dramatic story. I must put my hand where the spear went into his side. And continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people, and the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.". Send inquiries regarding the operation of this Web site to webmaster@ucg.org. This means that all the saints of the OT who trusted God and followed his ways in the obedience of faith were born again by the Spirit and indwelt by the Spirit. Even though they had seen miracles, again, another indication to us always to remember that miracles are important, miracles can be faith-builders, but miracles by themselves will not do it all. Week 8 to Pentecost. Fifth, the OT saints believed that craftsmanship and artistic ability in the service of God was a gift of the Holy Spirit. A week later the disciples were together again. Not completely unraveled, but the doubt and the disbelief has an impact. Otherwise how would they ever overcome their natural hostility to God? From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplies, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, makes increase of the body to the edifying of itself in love. Christ Is Risen - An Easter plan by Matt Maher, The Essential 100 Bible Challenge14The Cross Of Christ. Prior to Pentecost, the Apostles and disciples gathered in fear, behind locked doors. Centering layers in OpenLayers v4 after layer loading. Beginning with Easter Sunday (e.g., Luke 24:32,45) and most likely throughout the forty days before ascending, the Lord instructed and formed the Apostles in the Gospel. In other words, I'm not teaching or requiring anything new. Pre-Feast of the Origin of the Fair Trees of the Life-Creating Cross of the Lord. Read the Bible, discover plans, and seek God every day. And as we've seen, even when they were confronted with the miracle of Christ's resurrection, and they recognized that they still had to deal with the hostility of the world around them, in a kind of a two-pronged government called the Roman Empire and the Jewish society, plus their own human nature, and themselves. That's an important trait for a firstfruit, for a firstfruit to have in their life, and in their approach to life. In Colossians chapter 1, Colossians 1:27 Colossians 1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:American King James Version, Paul writes, "To them, God will to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." They were also filled with fear for their own future. Luke chapter 24. John 16:7 But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Jentezen Franklin preached a sermon about scribes. They saw it in different ways and understood it completely different from anything from our frame of reference and they were ascribing, would have been ascribing then even to Jesus something that was not of God, which in itself can be a problem. At the end of John, you remember, John says, there were so many other things that He did in his life and no doubt probably part of that 40-day period that it would take volumes to teach it, and to record it during this period. How was the Holy Spirit being seen (perceived) in Acts 8? I think it will make a difference. After the disciples received the Holy Spirit, received Christ in them, they began to operate under the strength and ability of Christ in them. 20:22), which also tends to disrupt the theology of some! If we can learn to take on the divine nature and drink that in, in our lives, then we can banish doubt, uncertainty, and fear, unbelief, that will creep in at various times as we go through our lives, and stages in the developments of life. And He leaves them on the Mount of Olives, which is a very, very significant geographic feature there on the east of Jerusalem across from the city, and through the Kidron Valley and up on this Mount called Olives. " They were able to do the things Jesus gave them authority to do and they found it amazing. People should see God in the firstfruits. "Behold, He said, My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. "Standing with the Lamb on the Mount of Olives," in Revelation 14:1 Revelation 14:1And I looked, and, see, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.American King James Version, "144,000 with the Father's name written on their foreheads. There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Two things we can summarize to show what was the key to bring about this scene that we see here at the end of chapter 2 in Acts. Jesus took all believers out of Hades ten days before Pentecost, when He ascended into the third heaven. "He appeared first to Mary Magdalene out of whom He had cast seven demons. We are going to be taking giant steps toward creating that kind of Church that we read about here in the book of Acts, that has been imbued with the power of the Holy Spirit, and changes are being made. It is a remarkable period of church history, because right here we have a vision being fulfilled that Jesus Christ has for His Church. From the Day of Pentecost, when they had been baptized by the power of the Holy Spirit, they were equipped to go into the world. The indwelling Holy Spirit was only sent after Jesus' resurrection. Maybe a few more decided to go to Jerusalem on Pentecost to see what was going on, and the town was bursting at the seams, and from all these nations that we're told about here and areas. The Sadducees were more focused on the Five Books of Moses than the history and prophets. Jesus continued: "Truly I tell you, when you were younger, you would tie your belt and walk wherever you wanted. The difference between a historian and a preacher is that the historian says, "Was it so?" YouVersion uses cookies to personalize your experience. As His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped corruption that is in the world through lust." have had the same God-given talent as the apostles and could learn any new language three days after arriving in the region. As I was sitting there gazing around, nobody came. Now, when we turn over to Acts chapter 1, and we look at, kind of summing up of this as it is. Doubt, some of them doubt, what did they doubt? And when those come in, how do we process them? Eighth, some OT believers were enabled by the Spirit to do extraordinary feats of power to help God's people. The same things were going through their minds that go through our minds. And Numbers 27: 18 says, "And the Lord said to Moses, 'Take Joshua the son of Nun, in whom is the spirit, and lay your hand upon him.'" The Spirit gives that courage. This makes it seem that the Disciples were astonished, but those who followed behind them were afraid. So He begins to teach them from the Scriptures that they might understand, and that they might comprehend what He was and how He had fulfilled everything that they would have understood to one degree, and then even more they had begun to develop a fuller understanding of the prophecies of Isaiah, or Joel, or Jeremiah, or Ezekiel, the statements about the Messiah. Christ in you, the hope of glory. He said He wouldn't and He didn't, even though there was a moment in time when they thought that they were orphaned, as they stood gazing up and looking and wondering, "What do we do next. That's what He did. Show them otherwise what had been done, rebuke their unbelief, as it goes along here. But if you don't forgive their sins, they will not be forgiven. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ while they were in Jerusalem celebrating the Feast of Weeks, as described in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 2:1-31). When you look and you understand what was taking place, here are people who've been terrified, they had been doubtful, unbelieving to one degree or the other during this previous 50-day period. Picture a huge dam for hydroelectric power under construction, like the Aswan High Dam on the Nile, 375 feet high and 11,000 feet across. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. We can deal with them. And if those are the weapons of our warfare, then we can handle them. I can't think about it more than five minutes without saying, "So what?" Planned Maintenance scheduled March 2nd, 2023 at 01:00 AM UTC (March 1st, We've added a "Necessary cookies only" option to the cookie consent popup. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have." So it was a bodily appearance that He made completely to them, and He showed them His hands and His feet. How can I recognize one? And the tomb was empty, and the disciples had seen Jesus, and the authorities were beside themselves trying to figure it out, looked for the body. About 10 days earlier, Christ had finally ascended for the final time and they were left alone. But on the day when the reservoir poured through the turbines a power was unleashed that spread far beyond the few folk down river and brought possibilities they had only dreamed of. They need to see within us, Jesus Christ. And let's look at it beginning in verse 36, this is after His resurrection, "As they said these things," this is the two that He had appeared to on the road to Emmaus, "Jesus himself stood in the midst of them and said to them, 'Peace to you.' They turned the world upside down because they fully understood two simple . No, He said wait till, wait in Jerusalem, and so they were there and they continued. It was a mighty, powerful machine, the most powerful that the world in that day had ever seen. They have two sons, who are both married, and four grandchildren. Their disbelief would extend not only to the idea that the dead could come back to life, as He did, but then they doubted the truth of these witnesses. John the Baptist had promised: The one who comes after me "will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire" (Luke 3:16). You ever been in that type of situation where you don't know what to do next? Any Israelite who has ever been saved had to be born again by God's Spirit. The country folk downstream depended on it. Did they doubt themselves? Again, nothing like this had been a part of their frame of reference before. Being mentally separated from other people (because of being ashamed of lost of their 'cause') made them being afraid of people. Again, I think that is an example of using an . They didn't believe that He had risen, they didn't believe that they had been seen, that He had been seen, and therefore, then they would not believe these eyewitnesses. And you have to understand that and realize that, that's what they were doing during that period of time as well. He understood that, and again, He is just laying it out that they were troubled and there was doubt. And so two things create this vision and this mission. You remember what Ruth said to Naomi when Naomi, in the book of Ruth, had lost her husband and children, and these two daughters-in-law, Ruth and Orpah, tried to follow her away from Moab, and Orpah decided to leave. So at 9:00 on Pentecost morning, while the disciples were praying, "a sound came from heaven like a rush of mighty wind . Number one was the Roman Empire. During the long period of construction the Nile River wasn't completely stopped. So here's my answer to why the experience of the Old Testament saints is valuable for us today. They had hoped He would overcome the power of the Roman government and establish a new kingdom, and now their hopes of this vanished. Because Ruth saw in Naomi, God, an example that she wanted to be a part of. 19952023 All correspondence and questions should be sent to info@ucg.org. Colossians 2:15 Colossians 2:15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.American King James Version, tells us that He disarmed the powers with His death. He is author of. Summary of Ideas of the Sunday readings. We all have signs, we take certain things as signs. That Christianity grew, after such a brief inception, into the world religion we know to today is testimony to the power of the message Jesus preached. This means that the disciples could not have Christ in them, as we born again believers have, until the day of Pentecost. After Pentecost, they were different people. And I didn't know how to make a connection. And yet some doubted. It was true then. With a UCG.org account you will be able to save items to read and study later! ", A church begins to develop. And there wasn't a Jew in Jerusalem, not a rabbi, not a priest who'd ever understood Joel or the Psalms in that way, nor would they have ever dreamed of applying it to what had happened just weeks earlier, with the arrest, crucifixion, and death of this Man called Jesus of Nazareth. The disciples had seen what would happen because Christ was arrested and had come before the high priest. And we must live knowing that way. Hadn't He told them that He'd come back to life again? Now, it was all beginning to come together. Bold, Men and brethren, he begins to explain what's happened. rev2023.3.1.43269. 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