Acts Chapter 2:1-41

Something that's recently come to my attention through Bible study/prayer groups, etc. is my need to be completely Spirit-controlled and to grow in my understanding of the three People who make up the Trinity. Not until recent years have I addressed the Holy Spirit directly in prayer and tried to separate in my mind the Holy Spirit's functions from those of Christ and the Father. So, in my daily readings I'm searching for the Holy Spirit's and Christ's manifestations in the apostles lives and wanting to form a personal understanding of how I relate to each in a unique way.



Anywho, in Ch. 2 the Holy Spirit comes upon the disciples during the Pentecost and gives them the ability to speak in so many different languages that 3,000 new believers are added to the body of Christ on that day. So mind boggling!


Some quick notes I have on the H.S.'s action in this chapter:

• He comes upon a group of believers in community--"while the disciples were together" (v.1) Were they worshipping at the time? Just hanging out? Reminiscing about their time with Christ?
• He comes with a physical sound--the sound of blowing wind. It is so loud and real that it brings strangers running to the scene to find out what is happening.
• The anointing of the H.S. was noisy (all the disciples talking at once) and rather undignified in human eyes (some thought the disciples appeared drunk). But there was no confusion about what the disciples were preaching (they declared the "wonders of God") and their speech ultimately led many to reconciliation with God and marvel at His power. It was attention-getting, but ultimately glorifying to God and not humans.
• The following days truly encapsulated a mountain-top experience with many miraculous signs and wonders. The H.S. was providing a season of extreme closeness, excitement, and vision for the apostles before they would each begin their long, fruitful, difficult ministries on the earth. This is the way my (and everyone's) spiritual life is here on Earth--marked up alternating periods of amazing growth/fellowship and frustration/neediness. I'm always pulling away and being pushed back to God. Thank the Lord that He promises that one day we'll be in perfect communion w/ Him forever!