When have you looked
forward to a new start?
Acts 2
• Acts 2:1-4 (ESV)
1 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all
together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came
from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind,
and it filled the entire house where they were
sitting. 3 And divided tongues as of fire appeared
to them and rested on each one of them. 4 And
they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began
to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them
utterance.
Feasts
• Passover
• Firstfruits
• Pentecost
Passover
• Passover was to be a
lasting ordinance for
generations to come.
• It was observed on the
14th day of the first
month (religious year)
beginning at twilight.
• The Passover lamb must
be a perfect male with
no spot or blemish.
Firstfruits
• Firstfruits are offerings
given for the spring barley
harvest.
• The first ripe sheaf
(firstfruits) of barley was
offered to the Lord as an
act of dedicating the
harvest to him.
Firstfruits
• On this third day (the day of Firstfruits), the
priest waved the sheaf before the Lord.
• Counting the days (omer) then began and
continued until the day after the seventh
Sabbath, the 50th day.
• This 50th day is called Shavuot or
Pentecost.
Pentecost
• Pentecost is celebrated 50 days
after the Passover Sabbath.
• Shavuot means “weeks;”
Pentecost means “fifty” in Greek.
• This festival is also known as the
Feast of Harvest or Latter
Firstfruits.
• Pentecost is one of the three
pilgrimage feasts.
Pentecost
• Pentecost is the time to
present an offering of grain of
the summer wheat harvest to
the Lord to show joy and
thankfulness.
• Two loaves of baked bread
with leaven, are presented to
God.
Mt. Sinai
Pentecosts Compared
1st Pentecost – Exodus
• 3,000 Killed (Ex 32:28)
NT Pentecost - Acts 2
• 3,000 Saved Acts 2:41
• Birthday of Israel (Ex 19:5) • Birthday of the Church
• Earthquake, Thunder
Smoke Ex 19:16,18
• Rushing Wind Acts 2:2
• In one accord
• Grumbling
Baptism
• Meaning
• Other uses
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Into Moses
Of Repentance
With Water
In the name of Jesus
Into Christ Jesus
Into His death
Into one body
With the Holy Spirit
With Fire
Baptism Verses
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Five Events in Acts
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Acts 2
Acts 4
Acts 8
Acts 10
Acts 19
Filling Vs. Baptism
• Ephesians 5:18
• 18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is
debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit
Impact & Results
• People from All over
Germany
Poland
Czech Rep.
Slovakia
Austria
Hungary
Switzerland
Kazakhstan
Moldova Ukraine
Romania
Croatia
France
Italy
Corsica
Russia
BosniaSerbia
Rome
(13)
Bulgaria
Georgia
Albania FYROM
Asia
(8)
Gomer
Sardinia
Greece
Sicily
Malta
Turkey Phrygia
Javan
Crete
Crete
(14)
Algeria
Tunisia
Libya
Cyrene
(12)
Put
Lud
Ashkenaz
Armenia
Pontus
(7) Tagarmah
Hittites
(9)
Pamphylia
(10)
Azerbaijan
Cappadocia
(6)
Parthians
Asshur
(1)
Aram
Iran
Mesopotamia
Cyprus
Syria
Madal
(4)
Kittim
Media
Lebanon Amorites
(2)
Elam
Iraq
Israel
Elam (3)
Canaan
Judea
Arphaxad
Mizraim (5) Jordan
EgyptEgypt
(11)
Philistines
Saudi Arabia
Joktan
Arabia
(15)
Kuwait
Impact & Results
• People from All over
• Heard the Mighty Works of God in their
native language
Impact & Results
• People from All over
• Heard the Mighty Works of God in their
native language
• Amazed, Perplexed, & Mocking
Conclusion
The Essential Beginning of the new
covenant of the Spirit
• Faith and Hope as we see this was
designed and planned from the beginning
• Baptism in the Spirit occurs once at
salvation
• Being filled with the Spirit is a daily yielding
and giving control
• Some people may look and not understand
you
For Next Week
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Read the entire book of Acts
Read Acts chapter 2
Focus on Peter’s sermon
Is this a good model of an evangelical
message? Why/Why Not?