Piercings: The Pentecost Story

PPOWER

 

     Noise like a strong wind makes

 

     Fire that purifies (Matthew 3:11)

 

     Prophecy--"to speak for God."

 

 

PLAN

 

     "Men of Israel, listen to these words; Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know--this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross." --Acts2:22-23

 

     Pentecost, "Feast of Weeks"  beginning of harvest festival, exactly 50 days after Passover

 

 

PIERCINGS

 

     "They were pierced to the heart."--v. 37

 

     "For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction."--1 Thessalonians 1:5

 

     conviction=to convince

 

     Acts 16:14, Acts 2:39, John 16:18

 

     Devout men--v. 5

 

     Assurance--v. 38

 

 

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"Spirit of the Living God, fall fresh on me."--Daniel Iverson

 

     Melt. . .Mold. . .Fill. . .Use