Before he returned to his Father, Jesus told his followers to wait in Jerusalem until they received the promised Holy Spirit. About a week later, as recorded in Acts 2:1-24, Jesus poured on his Spirit on his people, and they began to proclaim the mighty deeds of God in different languages. After some from the crowd made fun of them, Peter explained that the gift of the Spirit indicated that the last days had arrived!
In the second part of his sermon, Peter emphasized that God raised Jesus from the dead so that even those who had a part...
God’s choice of Saul to be Israel’s first king anticipated the eventual arrival of the coming King and also Christians’ royal calling.
Although we work for the growth of the kingdom, it grows mysteriously in ways that we cannot understand or control.
