WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.339 If you've got a Bible, turn to Acts chapter 2. 00:00:02.740 --> 00:00:05.040 If you want a church Bible, they're just as you come in by there. 00:00:05.580 --> 00:00:07.219 And it's on page 909. 00:00:08.099 --> 00:00:11.339 Page 909, Acts chapter 2. 00:00:13.280 --> 00:00:14.820 And what we're going to do this morning is, 00:00:15.120 --> 00:00:18.199 it's like when you go on a website and there's a hyperlink. 00:00:18.460 --> 00:00:21.059 You know there's words which are in slightly darker font. 00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:23.879 And there's a link, isn't it? 00:00:23.879 --> 00:00:26.800 And you click on that and it takes you to another page. 00:00:27.480 --> 00:00:29.879 And often you find that you click on something else 00:00:29.879 --> 00:00:31.879 and it takes you to another page, another page. 00:00:31.939 --> 00:00:34.159 And what I want to do that with is I want to do that with 00:00:34.159 --> 00:00:38.140 the four words in verse 1. 00:00:38.219 --> 00:00:40.840 And I hope that as we click on this hyperlink, 00:00:41.659 --> 00:00:44.159 it'll really crack open Acts chapter 2. 00:00:44.420 --> 00:00:46.420 The four words are the day of Pentecost. 00:00:49.239 --> 00:00:50.219 The day of Pentecost. 00:00:50.219 --> 00:00:52.519 When the day of Pentecost arrived, verse 1, 00:00:53.799 --> 00:00:55.439 they were all together in one place. 00:00:56.599 --> 00:00:57.939 And suddenly they came from heaven, 00:00:57.939 --> 00:01:00.019 a sound like a mighty Russian wind 00:01:00.019 --> 00:01:02.059 and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 00:01:03.960 --> 00:01:05.140 What was Pentecost? 00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:07.539 What is the day of Pentecost? 00:01:08.859 --> 00:01:09.980 Well, it was a Jewish feast. 00:01:10.780 --> 00:01:14.060 It had been observed all down through the history of God's people. 00:01:14.259 --> 00:01:15.120 It wasn't new. 00:01:15.500 --> 00:01:17.259 It wasn't novel. 00:01:17.259 --> 00:01:19.719 The word literally means 50th. 00:01:19.719 --> 00:01:25.719 It was the 50th day after the Passover. 00:01:28.299 --> 00:01:29.879 It was called by various names. 00:01:30.879 --> 00:01:33.319 And each of these names is important for you and I to understand. 00:01:34.719 --> 00:01:36.920 And what I want to do is I want us to kind of click on this link 00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:37.739 of the day of Pentecost 00:01:37.739 --> 00:01:40.939 and look at some of the connections that we find in the Bible 00:01:40.939 --> 00:01:42.340 and what lies behind it. 00:01:42.340 --> 00:01:49.760 And as we do that, I think we'll see what acts to what God is doing and saying to us. 00:01:51.020 --> 00:01:54.300 The first great name that was given to the day of Pentecost 00:01:54.300 --> 00:01:56.460 was the Feast of Weeks. 00:01:57.500 --> 00:01:59.820 It's from Leviticus in the Old Testament, chapter 23. 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:01.280 The Feast of Weeks. 00:02:02.700 --> 00:02:05.400 A week of weeks is 49 days. 00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:09.140 And the next day after a week of weeks is the 50th day. 00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:11.200 The Pentecostal day. 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:14.159 The 50th day from the Passover. 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:19.379 And what its significance is that the Feast of Pentecost 00:02:19.379 --> 00:02:23.460 and the Feast of the Passover are both linked together. 00:02:24.920 --> 00:02:27.520 You might be thinking, well, what on earth is the Passover? 00:02:28.780 --> 00:02:32.080 It's that moment where in Israel's history, 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:35.580 they celebrated their redemption, their escape from Egypt. 00:02:36.640 --> 00:02:39.600 If you know the story, there was the shed blood of a lamb. 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:45.800 It was put on the doorpost of where every one of the people of Israel was. 00:02:47.100 --> 00:02:49.880 And the Passover celebrated that great event 00:02:49.880 --> 00:02:52.040 where the angel of death passed over them 00:02:52.040 --> 00:02:54.260 and they came out of the land of Egypt. 00:02:56.000 --> 00:02:59.140 And so in Israel's history, every Jew, they got together 00:02:59.140 --> 00:03:01.000 to celebrate their redemption. 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:05.759 And Pentecost came 50 days after this most notable day 00:03:05.759 --> 00:03:07.219 in the history of God's people. 00:03:09.319 --> 00:03:13.620 But the day of Pentecost that we've just read in Acts 2 and verse 1 00:03:13.620 --> 00:03:17.039 comes 50 days, doesn't it, 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:20.659 after the most notable event in the history of the world. 00:03:22.099 --> 00:03:26.439 The offering up of not a lamb of God, 00:03:26.520 --> 00:03:28.920 but the lamb of God, the sacrificial lamb of God, 00:03:28.920 --> 00:03:30.159 who was the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:35.819 And it's in his offering up of himself on the cross, 00:03:36.259 --> 00:03:37.379 dying in our place, 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:39.139 and then rising from the dead, 00:03:39.180 --> 00:03:42.240 that the New Testament sees the fulfilment of the Passover. 00:03:42.240 --> 00:03:46.920 And so Jesus is the Christ, 00:03:46.920 --> 00:03:49.400 our Passover lamb, sacrificed for us. 00:03:49.620 --> 00:03:51.340 Therefore we keep the feast, they say. 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:55.439 50 days after this celebration 00:03:55.439 --> 00:03:57.920 came this day of Pentecost. 00:03:59.180 --> 00:04:01.719 And that's of great significance for you and I 00:04:01.719 --> 00:04:06.979 because you cannot celebrate Pentecost from the Passover. 00:04:06.979 --> 00:04:12.859 And you cannot understand the significance of Pentecost 00:04:12.859 --> 00:04:18.560 apart from the offering up of Jesus as our sacrifice for our sins 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:21.459 in order that he might gain for us 00:04:21.459 --> 00:04:24.819 all the benefits and blessings of our salvation. 00:04:24.819 --> 00:04:28.500 And so the day of Pentecost, what I'm saying to you, 00:04:28.819 --> 00:04:31.839 cannot be separated from the work of the Lord Jesus. 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:35.360 It is in many ways the great climax. 00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:39.639 where the coming of God's Holy Spirit 00:04:39.639 --> 00:04:42.580 is to accomplish in God's people 00:04:42.580 --> 00:04:46.340 what the death of Jesus has accomplished for them. 00:04:48.240 --> 00:04:52.199 The coming of the Holy Spirit was to accomplish in God's people 00:04:52.199 --> 00:04:55.800 what the death of Jesus has accomplished for them. 00:04:55.800 --> 00:04:58.060 And this is the great link, 00:04:58.120 --> 00:05:01.400 the great link between Christ offering himself as our Passover 00:05:01.400 --> 00:05:04.900 and the day of Pentecost where the Holy Spirit comes in power. 00:05:06.139 --> 00:05:08.879 What Jesus had accomplished for us, 00:05:09.660 --> 00:05:12.199 the Holy Spirit comes to apply to us 00:05:12.199 --> 00:05:14.660 and accomplish in us. 00:05:17.180 --> 00:05:20.040 It is not sufficient, according to the teaching of the Bible, 00:05:20.040 --> 00:05:26.140 that Jesus, he accomplishes something for us by his death. 00:05:27.700 --> 00:05:29.319 He comes to his disciples, do you remember, 00:05:29.480 --> 00:05:31.180 Reuben preached on it during the summertime. 00:05:32.280 --> 00:05:35.280 In that upper room discourse in John 14 to 16 00:05:35.280 --> 00:05:39.100 and Jesus tells them there's something he has to accomplish 00:05:39.100 --> 00:05:43.080 not only for them by leaving and going to Calvary, 00:05:43.500 --> 00:05:46.600 but there's something that Jesus has to accomplish in them 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:48.660 by sending his Holy Spirit. 00:05:48.660 --> 00:05:51.800 So let me read to you from John 14 and 16. 00:05:51.920 --> 00:05:52.439 Jesus says, 00:05:52.520 --> 00:05:53.540 I will ask the Father 00:05:53.540 --> 00:05:56.520 and he will give you another helper to be with you forever, 00:05:57.520 --> 00:05:58.939 even the Spirit of truth, 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:00.980 whom the world cannot receive 00:06:00.980 --> 00:06:02.640 because it neither sees him nor knows him. 00:06:02.940 --> 00:06:05.000 You know him, for he dwells in you 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:07.060 and will be in you. 00:06:08.520 --> 00:06:08.900 He says, 00:06:08.980 --> 00:06:10.420 Because I've said these things to you, 00:06:10.660 --> 00:06:12.260 sorrow has filled your heart that I'm going away. 00:06:12.520 --> 00:06:13.900 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth. 00:06:14.879 --> 00:06:18.040 It's to your advantage that I go away. 00:06:18.040 --> 00:06:20.439 Because if I do not go away, Jesus says, 00:06:20.500 --> 00:06:22.000 the helper will not come to you. 00:06:22.680 --> 00:06:25.060 But if I go, I will send him to you. 00:06:25.340 --> 00:06:27.680 And when he comes, he'll convict the world of sin, 00:06:28.580 --> 00:06:30.000 unrighteousness and judgment to come. 00:06:31.700 --> 00:06:34.140 So Jesus links together his going 00:06:34.140 --> 00:06:36.140 and the Spirit's coming. 00:06:36.139 --> 00:06:40.500 Can you see that the day of Pentecost 00:06:40.500 --> 00:06:42.839 is as much a vital part 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:46.379 of the saving work of God in our redemption 00:06:46.379 --> 00:06:48.159 as the death of Jesus is? 00:06:50.719 --> 00:06:51.379 Jesus says, 00:06:51.479 --> 00:06:52.360 It's to your advantage. 00:06:52.539 --> 00:06:53.680 It's for your good that I go away. 00:06:54.939 --> 00:06:55.879 Because when I go, 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:57.479 I will send the Holy Spirit 00:06:57.479 --> 00:06:58.759 and he will be in you. 00:06:58.759 --> 00:07:02.159 The New Testament describes 00:07:02.839 --> 00:07:05.199 the saving work of Jesus 00:07:05.199 --> 00:07:07.719 in a series of events. 00:07:08.819 --> 00:07:09.719 If you want to know 00:07:09.719 --> 00:07:11.300 what the New Testament teaches 00:07:11.300 --> 00:07:12.159 about Christianity, 00:07:13.019 --> 00:07:13.980 about the Lord Jesus Christ, 00:07:14.039 --> 00:07:14.659 let me give it to you. 00:07:16.060 --> 00:07:17.939 It's all centred on Jesus 00:07:17.939 --> 00:07:20.860 and they're mighty things that God has done. 00:07:22.279 --> 00:07:23.740 The first thing that the preaching in Acts 00:07:23.740 --> 00:07:24.879 tells us is that Jesus 00:07:24.879 --> 00:07:26.480 left heaven's glory. 00:07:27.600 --> 00:07:29.819 He did not consider equality with God 00:07:29.819 --> 00:07:31.040 something to be grasped. 00:07:32.199 --> 00:07:33.920 And in order to come down, 00:07:34.060 --> 00:07:35.180 he was born. 00:07:36.319 --> 00:07:37.920 He was born as a baby. 00:07:40.259 --> 00:07:41.180 His birth. 00:07:42.319 --> 00:07:43.519 And then his perfect life. 00:07:44.800 --> 00:07:46.519 And then his atoning death. 00:07:47.519 --> 00:07:48.939 And then his resurrection. 00:07:49.339 --> 00:07:51.040 And then his ascension into heaven. 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:53.480 And then his sending down 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:54.420 the Holy Spirit. 00:07:54.879 --> 00:07:56.879 And now his present intercession. 00:07:57.100 --> 00:07:58.180 He is in heaven speaking 00:07:58.180 --> 00:07:59.480 to the Father on our behalf. 00:07:59.939 --> 00:08:00.959 At the right hand of God. 00:08:02.319 --> 00:08:04.560 And then he will return again 00:08:04.560 --> 00:08:06.079 in glory to the end of the world. 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:08.600 When he will raise the dead. 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:11.540 And he will finish the work of salvation. 00:08:11.899 --> 00:08:13.939 He will give to his people new bodies. 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:16.680 In order that we might live for God 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:17.639 and worship him. 00:08:17.639 --> 00:08:19.800 That is salvation in the New Testament. 00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:23.000 It is a mighty sweep 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:25.019 of what God has done. 00:08:26.220 --> 00:08:28.620 That God has planned in eternity. 00:08:29.060 --> 00:08:30.639 And it will find its conclusion 00:08:30.639 --> 00:08:31.639 and consummation 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:33.500 in the glory of the world 00:08:33.500 --> 00:08:34.220 that is to come. 00:08:36.120 --> 00:08:38.259 And within that mighty sweep 00:08:38.259 --> 00:08:39.379 of God's plan, 00:08:40.340 --> 00:08:42.019 the saving work of Jesus, 00:08:42.620 --> 00:08:43.820 the day of Pentecost, 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:45.019 has a vital part. 00:08:45.019 --> 00:08:48.879 because it is the application 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:52.379 of our redemption to us 00:08:52.379 --> 00:08:53.240 by the Holy Spirit. 00:08:54.720 --> 00:08:56.199 Let me show you these elements 00:08:56.199 --> 00:08:56.899 in Peter 7. 00:08:57.059 --> 00:08:58.779 I'm looking at Acts 2 in verse 22. 00:08:59.740 --> 00:09:00.279 If you look there, 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:00.639 it says, 00:09:00.699 --> 00:09:01.179 verse 22, 00:09:01.179 --> 00:09:02.099 Men of Israel, 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:03.199 hear these words, 00:09:03.279 --> 00:09:04.039 Jesus of Nazareth, 00:09:04.319 --> 00:09:05.819 a man attested to you by God 00:09:05.819 --> 00:09:06.759 with mighty works 00:09:06.759 --> 00:09:07.939 and wonders and signs 00:09:07.939 --> 00:09:09.399 that God did through him 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:09.959 in your midst 00:09:09.959 --> 00:09:11.279 as you yourselves know. 00:09:11.559 --> 00:09:12.239 Can you see there, 00:09:12.479 --> 00:09:13.939 Peter's speaking of Jesus' manhood. 00:09:15.500 --> 00:09:17.319 His leaving heaven's glory, 00:09:17.639 --> 00:09:18.559 his incarnation 00:09:18.559 --> 00:09:19.839 as a true man. 00:09:20.839 --> 00:09:22.839 His God-attested life. 00:09:23.459 --> 00:09:25.079 Here is a man attested to you 00:09:25.079 --> 00:09:25.639 by God 00:09:25.639 --> 00:09:26.899 with mighty works 00:09:26.899 --> 00:09:27.519 and wonders 00:09:27.519 --> 00:09:29.179 which God did through him. 00:09:29.179 --> 00:09:31.039 And then his death, 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:31.679 verse 23. 00:09:33.500 --> 00:09:34.739 This Jesus delivered up 00:09:34.739 --> 00:09:36.019 according to the definite plan 00:09:36.019 --> 00:09:36.939 and foreknowledge of God, 00:09:37.219 --> 00:09:37.819 you crucified 00:09:37.819 --> 00:09:38.939 and you killed 00:09:38.939 --> 00:09:40.239 by the hands of lawless men 00:09:40.239 --> 00:09:41.859 so that the death of Jesus 00:09:41.859 --> 00:09:44.839 was planned by God 00:09:44.839 --> 00:09:47.379 and accomplished by sinners. 00:09:49.199 --> 00:09:49.959 And then verse 24, 00:09:50.059 --> 00:09:50.759 you've got his resurrection. 00:09:51.000 --> 00:09:51.799 God raised him up, 00:09:51.899 --> 00:09:53.000 loosing the pangs of death 00:09:53.000 --> 00:09:54.539 because it was not possible 00:09:54.539 --> 00:09:55.740 for him to be held by it. 00:09:56.839 --> 00:09:57.919 And his exaltation, 00:09:58.000 --> 00:09:59.019 look at verse 33. 00:09:59.179 --> 00:10:00.479 Being therefore exalted 00:10:00.479 --> 00:10:01.919 to the right hand of God, 00:10:02.199 --> 00:10:03.639 having received from the Father 00:10:03.639 --> 00:10:04.919 the promise of the Holy Spirit, 00:10:05.299 --> 00:10:06.719 he's poured out this 00:10:06.719 --> 00:10:07.779 that you yourselves 00:10:07.779 --> 00:10:08.879 are seeing and hearing. 00:10:10.759 --> 00:10:11.979 So there it is, isn't it? 00:10:12.079 --> 00:10:14.219 The exalting of the Lord Jesus 00:10:14.219 --> 00:10:16.279 and the sending of the Holy Spirit. 00:10:18.779 --> 00:10:19.659 That is the way 00:10:19.659 --> 00:10:21.099 that the apostles preached 00:10:21.099 --> 00:10:23.120 the good news of Christianity. 00:10:23.120 --> 00:10:26.100 not just a reference 00:10:26.100 --> 00:10:28.060 for Jesus dying for our sins, 00:10:29.060 --> 00:10:30.679 but this Jesus 00:10:30.679 --> 00:10:32.919 left heaven's glory. 00:10:33.320 --> 00:10:35.240 He came and he humbled himself 00:10:35.240 --> 00:10:35.919 to be a man. 00:10:35.980 --> 00:10:36.899 He took our nature. 00:10:38.120 --> 00:10:39.720 He lived a perfect life 00:10:39.720 --> 00:10:40.340 here on earth. 00:10:40.679 --> 00:10:41.580 He offered himself 00:10:41.580 --> 00:10:42.759 as the perfect sacrifice. 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:44.259 And he was crucified, 00:10:44.659 --> 00:10:45.620 died and was buried. 00:10:46.899 --> 00:10:48.500 And then he was raised again 00:10:48.500 --> 00:10:50.700 and now he is ascended 00:10:50.700 --> 00:10:52.159 to the right hand of God. 00:10:52.940 --> 00:10:53.580 And from there 00:10:53.580 --> 00:10:55.460 he sent down the Holy Spirit 00:10:55.460 --> 00:10:56.580 and one day 00:10:56.580 --> 00:10:57.460 this King Jesus 00:10:57.460 --> 00:10:58.240 will come again. 00:10:59.799 --> 00:11:00.480 That is 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:01.659 the message 00:11:01.659 --> 00:11:03.100 of the early church. 00:11:04.980 --> 00:11:05.919 And integral 00:11:05.919 --> 00:11:07.659 to the message 00:11:07.659 --> 00:11:08.320 of the early church 00:11:08.320 --> 00:11:08.840 was the coming 00:11:08.840 --> 00:11:09.419 of the Holy Spirit. 00:11:12.500 --> 00:11:13.279 So can you see 00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:14.019 in this sense 00:11:14.019 --> 00:11:15.200 the coming of the Holy Spirit 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:15.500 at Pentecost 00:11:15.500 --> 00:11:16.059 Pentecost 00:11:16.059 --> 00:11:17.039 was a once 00:11:17.039 --> 00:11:18.360 for all event. 00:11:19.899 --> 00:11:20.919 It's no more 00:11:20.919 --> 00:11:21.700 to be repeated 00:11:21.700 --> 00:11:23.940 no more to be repeated 00:11:23.940 --> 00:11:24.820 than the cross 00:11:24.820 --> 00:11:25.960 is to be repeated 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:27.179 or the resurrection 00:11:27.179 --> 00:11:28.240 is to be repeated 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:29.379 or the return 00:11:29.379 --> 00:11:29.879 of Jesus 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:30.659 will be repeated. 00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:33.259 It is a once 00:11:33.259 --> 00:11:34.779 for all event 00:11:34.779 --> 00:11:37.080 in the outpouring 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:38.500 of the Holy Spirit 00:11:38.500 --> 00:11:39.980 subsequent to the death 00:11:39.980 --> 00:11:40.460 of Jesus. 00:11:41.259 --> 00:11:41.799 And it was 00:11:41.799 --> 00:11:43.080 a necessary event. 00:11:45.500 --> 00:11:47.659 because at the coming 00:11:47.659 --> 00:11:48.480 of the Holy Spirit 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:49.799 all that Jesus 00:11:49.799 --> 00:11:50.759 accomplished 00:11:50.759 --> 00:11:52.080 is applied 00:11:52.080 --> 00:11:53.320 to Christians 00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:55.799 by the Holy Spirit. 00:11:56.980 --> 00:11:57.879 So these men 00:11:57.879 --> 00:11:58.399 are described 00:11:58.399 --> 00:11:59.080 as full. 00:12:00.899 --> 00:12:01.419 The cynical 00:12:01.419 --> 00:12:02.720 Bible bystanders 00:12:02.720 --> 00:12:03.480 say they are 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:04.559 well they're full 00:12:04.559 --> 00:12:04.960 of wine 00:12:04.960 --> 00:12:05.659 they mistake 00:12:05.659 --> 00:12:06.360 what they're full of 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:06.639 they think 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:07.320 that they're drunk 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:08.480 but they recognise 00:12:08.480 --> 00:12:08.840 don't they 00:12:08.840 --> 00:12:09.860 these bystanders 00:12:09.860 --> 00:12:11.120 that these people 00:12:11.120 --> 00:12:12.279 are full of something. 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:14.840 The Apostle Peter 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:15.379 he tells them 00:12:15.379 --> 00:12:15.840 what it is. 00:12:16.920 --> 00:12:17.620 He tells them 00:12:17.620 --> 00:12:18.519 it is the Holy Spirit 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:19.160 who has come 00:12:19.160 --> 00:12:20.980 and he's taken 00:12:20.980 --> 00:12:22.340 the saving grace 00:12:22.340 --> 00:12:23.019 of God 00:12:23.019 --> 00:12:25.080 bought for us 00:12:25.080 --> 00:12:25.639 by Jesus 00:12:25.639 --> 00:12:26.940 and he's applied it 00:12:26.940 --> 00:12:27.759 to the lives 00:12:27.759 --> 00:12:29.300 of these men. 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:31.820 And it's because 00:12:31.820 --> 00:12:33.120 he is in them 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:34.300 that they are so full. 00:12:37.820 --> 00:12:39.019 So I can say this 00:12:39.019 --> 00:12:39.940 Pentecost 00:12:39.940 --> 00:12:41.040 is a once 00:12:41.040 --> 00:12:42.360 for all event 00:12:42.360 --> 00:12:43.340 unrepeatable. 00:12:43.340 --> 00:12:47.560 but let me say this 00:12:47.560 --> 00:12:49.160 the gift of the Holy Spirit 00:12:49.160 --> 00:12:51.019 is not once 00:12:51.019 --> 00:12:51.620 for all. 00:12:53.759 --> 00:12:54.500 For this was 00:12:54.500 --> 00:12:55.759 the first fruit 00:12:55.759 --> 00:12:57.759 of what was to be 00:12:57.759 --> 00:12:58.480 the experience 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:00.519 of every believer. 00:13:01.920 --> 00:13:02.399 Can you notice 00:13:02.399 --> 00:13:02.960 how the Apostle 00:13:02.960 --> 00:13:03.680 preaches it 00:13:03.680 --> 00:13:04.780 in Acts 2 00:13:04.780 --> 00:13:05.420 verse 38 00:13:05.420 --> 00:13:06.300 the Holy Spirit 00:13:06.300 --> 00:13:06.920 is given to 00:13:06.920 --> 00:13:08.060 every believer 00:13:08.060 --> 00:13:09.460 who repents 00:13:09.460 --> 00:13:11.320 and confesses 00:13:11.320 --> 00:13:12.540 Jesus as saviour 00:13:12.540 --> 00:13:13.280 and they receive 00:13:13.280 --> 00:13:13.680 the forgiveness 00:13:13.680 --> 00:13:14.140 of sins. 00:13:14.540 --> 00:13:15.240 Verse 37 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:16.240 brothers what shall we do? 00:13:17.180 --> 00:13:17.820 That's what the crowd 00:13:17.820 --> 00:13:18.900 say what shall we do? 00:13:19.379 --> 00:13:20.160 And Peter said to them 00:13:20.160 --> 00:13:21.240 repent and be baptised 00:13:21.240 --> 00:13:22.000 every one of you 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:23.220 in the name of Jesus Christ 00:13:23.220 --> 00:13:24.240 for the forgiveness 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:25.040 of sins 00:13:25.040 --> 00:13:27.020 and you will receive 00:13:27.020 --> 00:13:29.080 the gift of the Holy Spirit. 00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:32.240 So repentance 00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:33.980 and faith 00:13:33.980 --> 00:13:36.320 and confessing Christ 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:38.160 and receiving 00:13:38.160 --> 00:13:38.960 the Holy Spirit 00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:40.860 are of the essence 00:13:40.860 --> 00:13:43.660 of experiencing salvation 00:13:43.660 --> 00:13:44.680 of what it means 00:13:44.680 --> 00:13:45.300 to be a Christian. 00:13:47.420 --> 00:13:48.480 And so it means this 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:50.480 every true believer 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:52.900 has a personal 00:13:52.900 --> 00:13:53.940 Pentecost. 00:13:53.940 --> 00:13:56.440 when the Holy Spirit 00:13:56.440 --> 00:13:57.540 comes to you 00:13:57.540 --> 00:13:58.540 and you repent 00:13:58.540 --> 00:14:00.180 and you believe 00:14:00.180 --> 00:14:01.720 he comes to indwell you 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:03.780 and he applies 00:14:03.780 --> 00:14:04.420 to you 00:14:04.420 --> 00:14:05.320 the benefits 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:06.140 of what the Lord 00:14:06.140 --> 00:14:07.240 Jesus has done. 00:14:09.580 --> 00:14:10.760 In his death 00:14:10.760 --> 00:14:11.820 and in his resurrection 00:14:11.820 --> 00:14:13.600 he gives to you 00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:14.460 an assurance 00:14:14.460 --> 00:14:15.780 of faith 00:14:15.780 --> 00:14:17.740 of being a child 00:14:17.740 --> 00:14:18.420 of God 00:14:18.420 --> 00:14:20.320 and he raises you 00:14:20.320 --> 00:14:21.000 into newness 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:21.880 of life with him. 00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:24.399 so that Jesus Christ 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:25.360 may live out 00:14:25.360 --> 00:14:26.259 his life 00:14:26.259 --> 00:14:27.399 through you. 00:14:27.539 --> 00:14:28.240 That is your 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:29.759 personal Pentecost. 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:32.200 When the Holy Spirit 00:14:32.200 --> 00:14:33.059 comes to 00:14:33.059 --> 00:14:35.059 dwell in you 00:14:35.059 --> 00:14:37.779 according to the promise 00:14:37.779 --> 00:14:38.679 that the Apostle Peter 00:14:38.679 --> 00:14:39.879 makes here 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:42.279 and that's why 00:14:42.279 --> 00:14:43.439 Christianity 00:14:43.439 --> 00:14:44.939 is the power 00:14:44.939 --> 00:14:45.580 of God 00:14:45.580 --> 00:14:46.500 under salvation. 00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:49.120 I think that's really 00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:50.299 important to us 00:14:50.299 --> 00:14:53.519 you might be hearing 00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:53.819 you're somebody 00:14:53.819 --> 00:14:54.919 who's not a Christian 00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:57.479 and you think 00:14:57.479 --> 00:14:59.240 what are these people 00:14:59.240 --> 00:15:00.019 wanting me to believe? 00:15:00.159 --> 00:15:00.919 Are they just 00:15:00.919 --> 00:15:01.919 wanting me to understand 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:03.199 certain facts 00:15:03.199 --> 00:15:04.000 about Jesus' 00:15:04.199 --> 00:15:05.139 life and death 00:15:05.139 --> 00:15:07.979 and his resurrection 00:15:07.979 --> 00:15:08.959 and his ascension? 00:15:09.179 --> 00:15:10.379 Is that what we think 00:15:10.379 --> 00:15:11.679 the Christian gospel is? 00:15:13.620 --> 00:15:13.959 No, 00:15:14.039 --> 00:15:15.099 all of us need to understand 00:15:15.099 --> 00:15:16.039 that the Christian gospel 00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:17.219 presents you and I 00:15:17.219 --> 00:15:18.079 with the promise 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:19.520 that God himself 00:15:19.520 --> 00:15:21.639 comes to make 00:15:21.639 --> 00:15:22.340 his dwelling 00:15:22.340 --> 00:15:23.980 in the heart 00:15:23.980 --> 00:15:24.500 of believers. 00:15:26.500 --> 00:15:28.160 It is God's purpose 00:15:28.160 --> 00:15:29.900 to inhabit you 00:15:29.900 --> 00:15:32.139 within 00:15:32.139 --> 00:15:34.920 with himself. 00:15:36.520 --> 00:15:37.460 So the temple 00:15:37.460 --> 00:15:37.980 of God is 00:15:37.980 --> 00:15:39.360 we don't go to Jerusalem 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:41.100 we don't have to go 00:15:41.100 --> 00:15:42.560 on some sort of pilgrimage 00:15:42.559 --> 00:15:43.759 the temple 00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:44.359 of God 00:15:44.359 --> 00:15:44.859 is 00:15:44.859 --> 00:15:46.339 your body 00:15:46.339 --> 00:15:48.459 says the apostle 00:15:48.459 --> 00:15:49.719 and Pentecost 00:15:49.719 --> 00:15:50.659 means that 00:15:50.659 --> 00:15:51.619 God the Holy Spirit 00:15:51.619 --> 00:15:52.199 comes to 00:15:52.199 --> 00:15:53.719 every believer 00:15:53.719 --> 00:15:56.299 and indwells him 00:15:56.299 --> 00:15:57.479 and inhabits him 00:15:57.479 --> 00:16:00.399 and so 00:16:00.399 --> 00:16:01.199 if anyone 00:16:01.199 --> 00:16:01.959 does not have 00:16:01.959 --> 00:16:02.819 the spirit of Christ 00:16:02.819 --> 00:16:04.179 he's not his 00:16:04.179 --> 00:16:04.500 that's what 00:16:04.500 --> 00:16:05.500 Romans 8 00:16:05.500 --> 00:16:06.139 says 00:16:06.139 --> 00:16:09.000 and that indwelling 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:09.579 if you like 00:16:09.579 --> 00:16:10.639 is the personal 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:11.299 Pentecost 00:16:11.299 --> 00:16:11.960 when somebody 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:12.819 repents 00:16:12.819 --> 00:16:13.419 and trusts 00:16:13.419 --> 00:16:14.159 in the Lord Jesus 00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:15.799 and they are given 00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:16.379 the power 00:16:16.379 --> 00:16:17.080 of the Holy Spirit 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:17.939 to help them live 00:16:17.939 --> 00:16:21.019 and it's got 00:16:21.019 --> 00:16:21.639 a profoundly 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:22.779 important connection 00:16:22.779 --> 00:16:24.279 with what the 00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:24.659 Passover 00:16:24.659 --> 00:16:25.460 pointed to 00:16:25.460 --> 00:16:28.279 the death 00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:28.960 of Jesus 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:31.539 and the coming 00:16:31.539 --> 00:16:32.519 and the outpouring 00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:33.259 of the Holy Spirit 00:16:33.259 --> 00:16:33.759 on the believing 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:34.860 is taking 00:16:34.860 --> 00:16:36.019 the blessings 00:16:36.019 --> 00:16:37.120 and the benefits 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:38.000 of what Jesus 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:38.639 has accomplished 00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:39.700 and applying them 00:16:39.700 --> 00:16:40.300 to you 00:16:40.300 --> 00:16:43.240 and so 00:16:43.240 --> 00:16:44.060 can I ask you 00:16:44.060 --> 00:16:46.180 do you know that? 00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:49.100 Do you know 00:16:49.100 --> 00:16:50.020 the personal 00:16:50.020 --> 00:16:51.120 application 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:53.280 of the powerful 00:16:53.280 --> 00:16:53.900 death 00:16:53.900 --> 00:16:54.820 of the Lord Jesus 00:16:54.820 --> 00:16:57.780 that he has come 00:16:57.780 --> 00:16:59.280 to save you 00:16:59.280 --> 00:17:00.140 from your rebellion 00:17:00.140 --> 00:17:01.060 and your guilt 00:17:01.060 --> 00:17:04.200 to raise you 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:05.100 into newness 00:17:05.100 --> 00:17:05.880 of life 00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:08.880 to experience 00:17:08.880 --> 00:17:10.660 the living God 00:17:10.660 --> 00:17:13.080 that is 00:17:13.080 --> 00:17:13.500 biblical 00:17:13.500 --> 00:17:14.140 Christianity 00:17:14.140 --> 00:17:15.000 it's not 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:15.980 taking a form 00:17:15.980 --> 00:17:16.700 on the passport 00:17:16.700 --> 00:17:17.100 that is 00:17:17.100 --> 00:17:17.760 New Testament 00:17:17.760 --> 00:17:18.420 Christianity 00:17:18.420 --> 00:17:21.500 but experiencing 00:17:21.500 --> 00:17:22.560 personally 00:17:22.560 --> 00:17:24.580 the coming 00:17:24.580 --> 00:17:25.400 of God 00:17:25.400 --> 00:17:27.200 into your life 00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:28.280 by his Holy Spirit 00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:32.019 the second thing 00:17:32.019 --> 00:17:32.779 when you click 00:17:32.779 --> 00:17:34.099 on the day 00:17:34.099 --> 00:17:34.779 of Pentecost 00:17:34.779 --> 00:17:35.660 is you will find 00:17:35.660 --> 00:17:36.220 that it was 00:17:36.220 --> 00:17:37.259 a celebration 00:17:37.259 --> 00:17:38.039 of the giving 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:38.759 of the law 00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:41.059 seems a strange 00:17:41.059 --> 00:17:41.579 thing doesn't it 00:17:41.579 --> 00:17:42.079 to have a day 00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:43.019 celebrating the giving 00:17:43.019 --> 00:17:43.539 of a law 00:17:43.539 --> 00:17:46.119 but that is the giving 00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:46.859 of the law 00:17:46.859 --> 00:17:47.799 that Reuben read 00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:48.180 to us 00:17:48.180 --> 00:17:49.079 in Exodus 00:17:49.079 --> 00:17:50.139 chapter 19 00:17:50.139 --> 00:17:50.720 and 20 00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:52.980 on Mount Sinai 00:17:52.980 --> 00:17:54.839 50 days 00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:56.259 after the original 00:17:56.259 --> 00:17:56.799 Passover 00:17:56.799 --> 00:18:00.199 and the association 00:18:00.199 --> 00:18:01.039 between the giving 00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:02.119 of the law 00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:02.899 and Pentecost 00:18:02.899 --> 00:18:03.679 is of great 00:18:03.679 --> 00:18:04.500 significance 00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:07.879 the giving 00:18:07.879 --> 00:18:08.539 of the law 00:18:08.539 --> 00:18:09.359 50 days 00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:10.019 after the day 00:18:10.019 --> 00:18:10.539 of Pentecost 00:18:10.539 --> 00:18:11.699 after the Passover 00:18:11.699 --> 00:18:12.639 was designed 00:18:12.639 --> 00:18:13.099 wasn't it 00:18:13.099 --> 00:18:13.500 the law 00:18:13.500 --> 00:18:14.619 to be a revelation 00:18:14.619 --> 00:18:16.299 of who God is 00:18:16.299 --> 00:18:18.259 but also a standard 00:18:18.259 --> 00:18:18.859 for living 00:18:18.859 --> 00:18:21.559 a standard 00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:22.159 of life 00:18:22.159 --> 00:18:24.000 I am the Lord 00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:24.359 your God 00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:25.000 who brought you 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:25.519 out of Egypt 00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:26.179 out of the household 00:18:26.179 --> 00:18:26.779 of slavery 00:18:26.779 --> 00:18:28.279 therefore because of that 00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:29.500 you shall have no other gods 00:18:29.500 --> 00:18:30.059 before me 00:18:30.059 --> 00:18:30.979 you shall not make 00:18:30.979 --> 00:18:31.759 for yourself an idol 00:18:31.759 --> 00:18:32.559 you shall not take 00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:33.199 the name of the Lord 00:18:33.199 --> 00:18:33.779 your God in vain 00:18:33.779 --> 00:18:34.879 remember the Sabbath day 00:18:34.879 --> 00:18:35.859 to keep it holy 00:18:35.859 --> 00:18:38.139 it was to mould 00:18:38.139 --> 00:18:39.419 the people of God 00:18:39.419 --> 00:18:41.079 into the likeness 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:41.519 of God 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:44.259 it was an external 00:18:44.259 --> 00:18:45.019 standard 00:18:45.019 --> 00:18:47.379 and the people of God 00:18:47.379 --> 00:18:48.259 were to keep 00:18:48.259 --> 00:18:49.099 God's law 00:18:49.099 --> 00:18:50.279 and God 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:51.319 came to 00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:52.819 Israel at Sinai 00:18:52.819 --> 00:18:53.639 and he gave them 00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:53.880 his Lord 00:18:53.880 --> 00:18:54.660 to show them 00:18:54.660 --> 00:18:55.320 who he was 00:18:55.320 --> 00:18:55.920 and to show them 00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:56.500 how he intended 00:18:56.500 --> 00:18:57.180 them to live 00:18:57.180 --> 00:18:58.820 and he came down 00:18:58.820 --> 00:18:59.080 didn't he 00:18:59.080 --> 00:18:59.820 in mighty power 00:18:59.820 --> 00:19:00.620 in thunder 00:19:00.620 --> 00:19:01.220 and lightning 00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:01.920 and fire 00:19:01.920 --> 00:19:03.160 the loud blast 00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:03.660 of a trumpet 00:19:03.660 --> 00:19:05.140 which is very significant 00:19:05.140 --> 00:19:05.660 when you look at 00:19:05.660 --> 00:19:05.980 what happened 00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:06.620 in Acts 2 00:19:06.620 --> 00:19:10.120 and so let me read 00:19:10.120 --> 00:19:10.960 this to some of you 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:12.940 on the morning 00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:12.940 00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:13.759 of the third day 00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:14.279 from Exodus 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:16.120 there were thunders 00:19:16.120 --> 00:19:16.759 and lightnings 00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:17.500 and a cloud 00:19:17.500 --> 00:19:18.059 on the mountain 00:19:18.059 --> 00:19:18.840 and a very loud 00:19:18.840 --> 00:19:19.660 trumpet blast 00:19:19.660 --> 00:19:20.400 and it went up 00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:21.000 like the smoke 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:21.460 of a kiln 00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:22.240 and the whole mountain 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:23.039 trembled greatly 00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:24.120 and as the sound 00:19:24.120 --> 00:19:24.519 of the trumpet 00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:25.100 grew louder 00:19:25.100 --> 00:19:25.519 and louder 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:26.500 Moses spoke 00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:27.559 and God answered 00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:28.100 him in thunder 00:19:28.100 --> 00:19:28.579 and the Lord 00:19:28.579 --> 00:19:29.460 came down 00:19:29.460 --> 00:19:30.539 Mount Sinai 00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:32.620 in order to give 00:19:32.620 --> 00:19:33.240 the law 00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:35.299 in order to shape 00:19:35.299 --> 00:19:36.059 the lives 00:19:36.059 --> 00:19:36.779 of his people 00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:38.160 who had been redeemed 00:19:38.160 --> 00:19:41.380 that's what the law 00:19:41.380 --> 00:19:41.680 of God 00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:43.180 was intended for 00:19:43.180 --> 00:19:45.299 God came down 00:19:45.299 --> 00:19:46.900 spoke to his people 00:19:46.900 --> 00:19:48.039 and his people 00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:48.779 were to be changed 00:19:48.779 --> 00:19:49.460 but if you know 00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:49.859 your Bible 00:19:49.859 --> 00:19:50.799 you'll know 00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:51.740 that isn't what happened 00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:56.299 that God's ultimate purpose 00:19:56.299 --> 00:19:57.099 was not merely 00:19:57.099 --> 00:19:58.059 to leave his people 00:19:58.059 --> 00:19:59.559 with an external law 00:19:59.559 --> 00:20:01.940 but God's purpose 00:20:01.940 --> 00:20:02.620 was to write 00:20:02.619 --> 00:20:03.239 his law 00:20:03.239 --> 00:20:04.179 on our hearts 00:20:04.179 --> 00:20:07.579 to put his spirit 00:20:07.579 --> 00:20:08.239 within them 00:20:08.239 --> 00:20:10.879 let me read to you 00:20:10.879 --> 00:20:12.219 from Exodus 36 00:20:12.219 --> 00:20:13.719 where the prophet 00:20:13.719 --> 00:20:14.319 says this 00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:15.439 it's a promise of God 00:20:15.439 --> 00:20:16.279 I will give you 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:17.000 a new heart 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:18.399 and a new spirit 00:20:18.399 --> 00:20:19.859 and I will put 00:20:19.859 --> 00:20:20.299 within you 00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:20.979 and I will remove 00:20:20.979 --> 00:20:21.679 the heart of stone 00:20:21.679 --> 00:20:22.419 from your flesh 00:20:22.419 --> 00:20:23.419 and give you 00:20:23.419 --> 00:20:25.739 I will remove 00:20:25.739 --> 00:20:26.559 the heart of stone 00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:27.199 from your flesh 00:20:27.199 --> 00:20:27.859 and give you 00:20:27.859 --> 00:20:28.659 a heart of flesh 00:20:28.659 --> 00:20:30.259 and I will put 00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:30.839 my spirit 00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:31.619 within you 00:20:31.619 --> 00:20:32.419 that will cause you 00:20:32.420 --> 00:20:33.759 to walk in my statutes 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:34.380 and my laws 00:20:34.380 --> 00:20:37.060 think of what 00:20:37.060 --> 00:20:38.039 that promise meant 00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:39.740 to the people 00:20:39.740 --> 00:20:40.200 of Israel 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:44.019 they'd listened 00:20:44.019 --> 00:20:44.779 to the law 00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:45.460 being read 00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:46.500 week by week 00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:47.080 like we do 00:20:47.080 --> 00:20:48.220 and they knew 00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:48.700 that they didn't 00:20:48.700 --> 00:20:49.120 keep it 00:20:49.120 --> 00:20:50.539 they'd broken it 00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:52.660 they knew 00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:53.180 that despite 00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:53.840 resolving 00:20:53.840 --> 00:20:54.600 to try better 00:20:54.600 --> 00:20:55.360 and to try better 00:20:55.360 --> 00:20:56.200 they knew 00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:56.779 that they couldn't 00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:57.120 do it 00:20:57.120 --> 00:20:57.560 and that they 00:20:57.560 --> 00:20:58.400 needed a new 00:20:58.400 --> 00:20:58.940 heart 00:20:58.940 --> 00:20:59.660 and God 00:20:59.660 --> 00:20:59.900 says 00:20:59.900 --> 00:21:00.680 I will come 00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:02.360 and I will 00:21:02.360 --> 00:21:02.840 sprinkle you 00:21:02.840 --> 00:21:03.680 with clean water 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:06.120 and you should 00:21:06.120 --> 00:21:06.759 be clean 00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:07.120 it was their 00:21:07.120 --> 00:21:07.539 cleansing 00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:08.680 and I'll give 00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:09.039 you a new 00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:09.340 heart 00:21:09.340 --> 00:21:09.700 and a new 00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:10.100 spirit 00:21:10.100 --> 00:21:10.500 I will put 00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:10.860 within you 00:21:10.860 --> 00:21:11.220 and I will 00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:11.600 take away 00:21:11.600 --> 00:21:12.039 that old 00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:12.860 stony heart 00:21:12.860 --> 00:21:14.620 and I will 00:21:14.620 --> 00:21:14.820 give you 00:21:14.820 --> 00:21:15.120 a heart 00:21:15.120 --> 00:21:15.519 of flesh 00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:15.860 and I will 00:21:15.860 --> 00:21:16.220 put my 00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:16.580 spirit 00:21:16.580 --> 00:21:17.160 within you 00:21:17.160 --> 00:21:19.539 so that you 00:21:19.539 --> 00:21:20.080 might walk 00:21:20.080 --> 00:21:20.680 in my laws 00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:21.180 now where 00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:21.539 was that 00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:22.039 fulfilled 00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:25.099 where was 00:21:25.099 --> 00:21:25.559 that fulfilled 00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:25.920 it's Acts 00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:26.480 chapter 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00:21:43.180 2 Corinthians 00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:43.619 3 00:21:43.619 --> 00:21:46.079 and there 00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:47.319 the apostle 00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:47.619 Paul 00:21:47.619 --> 00:21:48.579 he contrasts 00:21:48.579 --> 00:21:49.159 what it's 00:21:49.159 --> 00:21:49.859 like to live 00:21:49.859 --> 00:21:50.519 by religious 00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:51.180 law 00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:53.299 to the 00:21:53.299 --> 00:21:53.640 time of 00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:53.759 the 00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.120 spirit 00:21:54.120 --> 00:21:56.840 this is what 00:21:56.840 --> 00:21:57.120 he says 00:21:57.120 --> 00:21:57.700 such is the 00:21:57.700 --> 00:21:58.279 confidence that 00:21:58.279 --> 00:21:58.640 we have 00:21:58.640 --> 00:21:59.160 through Christ 00:21:59.160 --> 00:21:59.779 towards God 00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.440 not that we're 00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:01.120 sufficient in 00:22:01.120 --> 00:22:01.740 ourselves to 00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:02.320 claim anything 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--> 00:22:20.060 that the 00:22:20.060 --> 00:22:20.620 Israelites couldn't 00:22:20.620 --> 00:22:21.100 even gaze 00:22:21.099 --> 00:22:21.439 at Moses 00:22:21.439 --> 00:22:22.000 face because 00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.559 of its glory 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:23.199 which has 00:22:23.199 --> 00:22:23.559 been brought 00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:24.199 to an end 00:22:24.199 --> 00:22:25.399 will not the 00:22:25.399 --> 00:22:26.079 ministry of 00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:26.619 the spirit 00:22:26.619 --> 00:22:27.219 have even 00:22:27.219 --> 00:22:27.879 more glory 00:22:27.879 --> 00:22:29.619 for if there 00:22:29.619 --> 00:22:30.199 was glory 00:22:30.199 --> 00:22:30.559 in the 00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:31.059 ministry of 00:22:31.059 --> 00:22:31.819 condemnation 00:22:31.819 --> 00:22:33.399 the ministry 00:22:33.399 --> 00:22:34.179 of righteousness 00:22:34.179 --> 00:22:35.399 must far 00:22:35.399 --> 00:22:36.000 exceed it in 00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:36.359 glory 00:22:36.359 --> 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00:26:20.779 about 00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.219 Pentecost 00:26:21.219 --> 00:26:21.699 it tells 00:26:21.699 --> 00:26:22.019 us that 00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.559 Pentecost 00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:23.299 perhaps above 00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:24.139 everything else 00:26:24.139 --> 00:26:24.799 is a missionary 00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.279 event 00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:28.099 and the 00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:28.740 spirit 00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.399 filled 00:26:29.399 --> 00:26:30.139 church 00:26:30.139 --> 00:26:31.639 was born 00:26:31.639 --> 00:26:32.019 on the 00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.339 day of 00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:32.879 Pentecost 00:26:32.879 --> 00:26:35.579 the tongues 00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:36.019 of fire 00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.519 verse 3 00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:36.920 seem to have 00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:37.379 significance 00:26:37.379 --> 00:26:37.759 particularly 00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.180 don't they 00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:39.000 verse 3 00:26:39.000 --> 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00:27:07.299 heaven 00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:08.980 and as 00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.240 the sound 00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.379 of the 00:27:09.379 --> 00:27:09.619 multitude 00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:09.839 came 00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:10.259 together 00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:10.619 they were 00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:11.079 bewildered 00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:11.299 because 00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:11.819 each one 00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:12.119 hearing 00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:12.579 them speak 00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:12.940 in his 00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.359 own 00:27:13.359 --> 00:27:14.159 language 00:27:14.159 --> 00:27:15.220 and they 00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.659 were amazed 00:27:15.659 --> 00:27:16.299 and astonished 00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:17.359 saying aren't 00:27:17.359 --> 00:27:18.299 these who 00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:18.639 are speaking 00:27:18.639 --> 00:27:19.220 Galilean 00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:20.240 and at the 00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.480 end of 00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:20.799 verse 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00:27:36.519 the earth 00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:38.859 to speak 00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:39.119 in the 00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:39.400 language 00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:39.700 of these 00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.000 people 00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:41.420 who've 00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:41.900 come from 00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:42.200 if you 00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.619 check 00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:42.859 where 00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:43.180 the 00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:44.059 details 00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:44.259 are 00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:44.440 they've 00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:44.559 come 00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:44.819 from the 00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:45.059 north 00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.460 the south 00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:45.819 the east 00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:46.259 and the west 00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:46.839 from every 00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.379 corner of the 00:27:47.379 --> 00:27:47.660 world 00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:49.720 and God 00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.420 came down 00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:50.940 in tongues 00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.519 to enable 00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:51.859 them to 00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:52.420 speak 00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:53.000 clearly 00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:54.460 the wonderful 00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:54.980 works of 00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.319 God 00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:55.859 to every 00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:56.299 creature 00:27:56.299 --> 00:28:01.680 you might 00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:02.079 say Paul 00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.379 you've missed 00:28:02.379 --> 00:28:02.639 the most 00:28:02.639 --> 00:28:03.099 obvious thing 00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:03.500 of all 00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.480 about the 00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:04.700 day of 00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:05.139 Pentecost 00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:07.280 what's the 00:28:07.280 --> 00:28:07.660 most obvious 00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.460 thing of all 00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:08.960 about Pentecost 00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.259 well if you 00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.660 go back to 00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:10.020 Genesis 00:28:10.020 --> 00:28:10.540 in Genesis 00:28:10.540 --> 00:28:11.320 chapter 11 00:28:11.320 --> 00:28:12.400 everyone spoke 00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:12.720 the same 00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.120 language 00:28:13.120 --> 00:28:13.660 do you remember 00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.460 the Tower of 00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:14.700 Babel 00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:17.520 everyone spoke 00:28:17.520 --> 00:28:17.759 the same 00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.060 language 00:28:18.060 --> 00:28:18.420 and they 00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:19.180 used that 00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:19.759 language 00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.480 common language 00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:21.160 they used 00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:21.460 that to 00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.200 defy God 00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:22.680 they wanted 00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:23.320 to not 00:28:23.320 --> 00:28:24.060 fulfil God's 00:28:24.060 --> 00:28:24.420 purposes 00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:24.800 they wanted 00:28:24.800 --> 00:28:25.340 to build a 00:28:25.340 --> 00:28:25.840 tower to 00:28:25.840 --> 00:28:26.120 heaven 00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:26.720 and make 00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:26.960 a name 00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.340 for themselves 00:28:27.340 --> 00:28:27.820 and God 00:28:27.820 --> 00:28:28.580 scatters 00:28:28.580 --> 00:28:28.840 them 00:28:28.840 --> 00:28:29.780 and he 00:28:29.780 --> 00:28:30.320 confuses 00:28:30.320 --> 00:28:30.940 their language 00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.280 so they 00:28:31.280 --> 00:28:31.560 cannot 00:28:31.560 --> 00:28:32.100 understand 00:28:32.100 --> 00:28:32.560 one another 00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:34.740 and so 00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.159 suddenly 00:28:35.159 --> 00:28:35.879 different 00:28:35.879 --> 00:28:36.279 languages 00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:36.859 are born 00:28:36.859 --> 00:28:37.339 in Genesis 00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:37.779 11 00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:40.419 and yet 00:28:40.419 --> 00:28:40.899 Christ 00:28:40.899 --> 00:28:41.460 comes 00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:43.399 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00:28:59.519 --> 00:28:59.940 in fact 00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.119 it's 00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:00.399 saying the 00:29:00.399 --> 00:29:00.819 exact 00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:01.240 opposite 00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:03.599 is saying 00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:03.980 that because 00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.740 of Christ 00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:05.460 and because 00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:05.740 of the 00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.019 work of 00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.240 the Holy 00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.640 Spirit 00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:07.740 the curse 00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.359 of Babel 00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:09.140 is being 00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:09.839 removed 00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:14.400 and the 00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:14.980 first fruits 00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.279 of the 00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:15.640 harvest 00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:16.279 are coming 00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.700 in 00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:20.220 and so 00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:20.839 this should 00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:21.819 enormously 00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.660 encourage us 00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:23.099 shouldn't it 00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:24.880 this should 00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:25.380 be 00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:26.680 wonderfully 00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.279 wonderfully 00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:27.759 encouraging 00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.779 look around 00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.120 you 00:29:29.120 --> 00:29:30.380 just look 00:29:30.380 --> 00:29:30.819 around you 00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:32.159 and see 00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.419 where the 00:29:32.419 --> 00:29:32.720 people are 00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:32.980 from 00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:34.319 they are 00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:34.659 not all 00:29:34.659 --> 00:29:34.839 from 00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:35.200 Wales 00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:38.059 they are 00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:38.480 not all 00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:38.659 from 00:29:38.659 --> 00:29:38.980 England 00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:42.679 God 00:29:42.679 --> 00:29:43.939 by his 00:29:43.939 --> 00:29:44.559 Holy Spirit 00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:46.539 is calling 00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:47.240 the nations 00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:48.139 to himself 00:29:48.139 --> 00:29:52.139 the missionary 00:29:52.139 --> 00:29:52.819 expansion 00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:53.419 of the 00:29:53.419 --> 00:29:53.759 church 00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:56.179 and God 00:29:56.179 --> 00:29:56.639 has come 00:29:56.639 --> 00:29:57.039 down 00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:59.159 and God's 00:29:59.159 --> 00:29:59.440 people 00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:01.220 are being 00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:01.599 filled 00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:01.940 with the 00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.279 Spirit 00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:05.000 can you 00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.379 just see 00:30:05.379 --> 00:30:05.639 with me 00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:05.920 as we 00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.339 finish 00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:12.440 what is 00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:13.059 the result 00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:14.259 of people 00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:15.399 understanding 00:30:15.399 --> 00:30:16.159 the gospel 00:30:16.159 --> 00:30:17.399 in their 00:30:17.399 --> 00:30:17.720 language 00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.039 can you 00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.420 see verse 00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:19.019 37 00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:24.899 verse 37 00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:25.480 when they 00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:26.620 heard this 00:30:26.620 --> 00:30:27.660 here is the 00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:28.180 authentic 00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:28.960 response 00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:30.620 to hearing 00:30:30.620 --> 00:30:31.240 the message 00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:31.759 of the 00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.180 Lord Jesus 00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:32.600 Christ 00:30:32.600 --> 00:30:33.280 that he 00:30:33.280 --> 00:30:34.300 is Lord 00:30:34.300 --> 00:30:35.120 and Christ 00:30:35.120 --> 00:30:35.780 this Jesus 00:30:35.780 --> 00:30:36.300 whom you 00:30:36.300 --> 00:30:36.740 crucified 00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.540 they were 00:30:37.540 --> 00:30:37.960 cut to the 00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:38.259 heart 00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:39.740 and they 00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:39.940 cried 00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.240 what shall 00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.620 we do 00:30:40.620 --> 00:30:42.940 and Peter 00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.380 said to 00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:43.500 them 00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:43.860 repent 00:30:43.860 --> 00:30:44.860 and be 00:30:44.860 --> 00:30:45.400 baptized 00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:46.220 every one 00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:46.600 of you 00:30:46.600 --> 00:30:48.000 in the 00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.340 name of 00:30:48.340 --> 00:30:48.580 Jesus 00:30:48.580 --> 00:30:49.040 Christ 00:30:49.040 --> 00:30:50.900 for the 00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:51.300 forgiveness 00:30:51.300 --> 00:30:52.060 of sins 00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:54.779 when you 00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.240 repent 00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:56.679 what happens 00:30:56.679 --> 00:30:57.039 you will 00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:57.700 receive the 00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.159 gift of 00:30:58.159 --> 00:30:58.399 the Holy 00:30:58.399 --> 00:30:58.700 Spirit 00:30:58.700 --> 00:31:01.619 and this 00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:02.339 promise 00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:04.419 this promise 00:31:04.419 --> 00:31:05.039 of the Holy 00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:05.440 Spirit is 00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:06.079 for you 00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:07.980 and it's 00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.319 for your 00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:08.899 children 00:31:08.899 --> 00:31:11.539 and it's 00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:11.879 for those 00:31:11.879 --> 00:31:12.099 who are 00:31:12.099 --> 00:31:12.700 far off 00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:15.019 everyone 00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:17.220 whom the 00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:17.599 Lord our 00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:17.859 God 00:31:17.859 --> 00:31:18.399 calls to 00:31:18.399 --> 00:31:18.799 himself 00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:23.639 so it 00:31:23.639 --> 00:31:23.879 may be 00:31:23.879 --> 00:31:24.299 this morning 00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:24.779 that you've 00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.099 recognized 00:31:25.099 --> 00:31:25.799 actually I 00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.700 don't know 00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:27.019 the Lord 00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.259 Jesus 00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:27.659 Christ 00:31:27.659 --> 00:31:30.220 I don't 00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.539 know the 00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:30.940 Lord Jesus 00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.339 Christ 00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:33.740 and I 00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:33.940 want to 00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.359 ask you 00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:34.839 this morning 00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:35.379 I want to 00:31:35.379 --> 00:31:35.779 plead with 00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:35.919 you 00:31:35.919 --> 00:31:38.139 to call 00:31:38.139 --> 00:31:38.559 on him 00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:40.659 to ask 00:31:40.659 --> 00:31:41.039 him 00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:42.279 to forgive 00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:42.720 your sins 00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:43.359 to thank 00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:43.759 you for 00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:44.940 that incredible 00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.819 salvation of 00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:46.500 event of 00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:47.159 him leaving 00:31:47.159 --> 00:31:48.059 the glory of 00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:48.379 heaven 00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:49.600 and becoming 00:31:49.600 --> 00:31:50.120 a human 00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:50.580 being 00:31:50.580 --> 00:31:51.560 and living 00:31:51.560 --> 00:31:52.020 a perfect 00:31:52.020 --> 00:31:52.360 life 00:31:52.360 --> 00:31:53.040 and dying 00:31:53.040 --> 00:31:53.520 a death 00:31:53.520 --> 00:31:53.780 that you 00:31:53.780 --> 00:31:54.340 deserve 00:31:54.340 --> 00:31:56.020 and then 00:31:56.020 --> 00:31:56.800 being buried 00:31:56.800 --> 00:31:57.660 and raised 00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:58.400 and ascended 00:31:58.400 --> 00:31:59.280 and today 00:31:59.280 --> 00:32:00.300 he is pouring 00:32:00.300 --> 00:32:01.000 out his 00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.720 Holy Spirit 00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:03.920 and so believe 00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:04.300 on the Lord 00:32:04.300 --> 00:32:04.980 Jesus Christ 00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:07.000 and you will 00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.460 be saved 00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:08.360 let's pray 00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:11.719 and so 00:32:11.719 --> 00:32:12.079 thank you 00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:14.019 for 00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.419 your 00:32:14.419 --> 00:32:14.959 time 00:32:14.959 --> 00:32:16.659 and so 00:32:16.659 --> 00:32:16.659 00:32:16.659 --> 00:32:17.419 for 00:32:17.419 --> 00:32:17.419 00:32:17.419 --> 00:32:17.599 time 00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:17.919 !