Hello
Everyone,
The
Apostle Peter wanted the curious and confused crowd to understand
what they were hearing and seeing!
Look at
verses 12-14 —
12
"Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, 'What does this mean?'
13
Some, however, made fun of them and said, 'They have had too much wine.'
14
Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd:
"Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to
you…
The
curious crowd reacted to the dynamics of Pentecost in 3 ways:
Some
were bewildered and amazed.
Some
asked honest and sincere questions.
Some ridiculed
and mocked the Spirit-filled disciples!
The
reactions of the crowd to the Spirit-filled disciples is still the
reactions many have to the Spirit-filled life —
There
are people who aren't opposed to a Spirit-filled life, they're just curious
and amazed about it!
Others
are hungry for an amazing life? They sense deep within that there's got
to be more to life than what they're living? And they ask — "What's this Spirit-filled life all
about?"
Still
others are critically sarcastic? Their attitude is — "These are flaky people addicted to emotion or experience ...
they're just people who love the feeling of being intoxicated? With
anything!"
The
apostle Peter wasn't defensive or threatened by any or all of the
reactions to the Spirit-filled life … by the enabling help of the Holy
Spirit Peter gave them a biblically based explanation for the
amazing praises and prayers they were hearing in their native
languages!
And
that’s what we need a Biblical base explanation about the dynamics of
Spirit-filled life is the Word of God.
Greater
Things Are Still To Come!
Pastor Phil
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