|
Acts 2
May 19, 2009 18:24:58 GMT -8
Post by Josh on May 19, 2009 18:24:58 GMT -8
Post your comments, questions, and discussion starters on Acts chapter 2 as replies to this post.
|
|
|
Acts 2
May 19, 2009 20:55:10 GMT -8
Post by carebear on May 19, 2009 20:55:10 GMT -8
In Acts 2:14-18 Peter has to stand up and explain to the 'mockers' that the apostles were not drunk on wine but that the Spirit of God was poured out onto these men.
Watching someone speak another person's language wouldn't really look "drunk" to me, so what else were the apostles portraying that would make people think they were drunk?
What other effects might the Holy Spirit have on someone when He touches them besides speaking another language?
|
|
|
Acts 2
May 21, 2009 16:47:58 GMT -8
Post by Josh on May 21, 2009 16:47:58 GMT -8
I guess maybe if everyone was speaking at once and you as a listener only understood one of the tongues* it might, at least at first, seem a bit like the rantings of people in a drunken stupor.
But, who knows, maybe there were other manifestations. I'm not sure we can really say in this instance.
*or do you see it as everyone hearing the same tongue heard it in their own language?
|
|
|
Acts 2
May 21, 2009 21:31:15 GMT -8
Post by meghan on May 21, 2009 21:31:15 GMT -8
You guys should listen to some Second Chapter of Acts while studying this. I have a record if you want it.
|
|
|
Acts 2
May 22, 2009 6:46:12 GMT -8
Post by Josh on May 22, 2009 6:46:12 GMT -8
Which one do you have? Do you have their Narnia record! It's AWESOME
|
|
|
Acts 2
May 22, 2009 19:03:00 GMT -8
Post by carebear on May 22, 2009 19:03:00 GMT -8
I just think if I heard someone speaking another language it wouldn't sound "drunk" unless they were slurring or mumbling, and I imagine they weren't. So my thinking is there were more manifestations.
|
|
|
Acts 2
May 25, 2009 20:37:54 GMT -8
Post by Josh on May 25, 2009 20:37:54 GMT -8
On second thought, there may be some evidence in the text.
I've always thought that probably the crowd didn't see the tongues of fire- that it was only seen by the disciples for a short while. But, this verse in Peter's sermon may indicate that it was visible by others as well (and perhaps the rushing wind):
he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear
|
|
|
Acts 2
May 25, 2009 20:46:18 GMT -8
Post by Josh on May 25, 2009 20:46:18 GMT -8
A couple thoughts on Peter's quotation from Joel 2 (I will pour my spirit, etc..)
First, Peter is emphatically saying that his hearers are the fulfillment of the prophecy and that Jesus had brought about the "last days"
Secondly, there's a little segment at the end of the Joel 2 that for some reason Luke didn't include in the sermon, but that is clearly fulfilled on this Pentecost event on the streets of Jerusalem.
It's Joel 2:32b, which reads:
for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has said, among the survivors whom the LORD calls.
It's interesting because of crowd at Pentecost, the Jews who had been dispersed throghout the world, were those survivors in a very real way.
|
|
|
Acts 2
May 30, 2009 19:15:08 GMT -8
Post by Josh on May 30, 2009 19:15:08 GMT -8
Tomorrow, May 31st, is Pentecost Sunday, btw.
What is Pentecost?
It’s the Jewish festival known as Shavuot, 50 days after the Passover, which commemorates God’s giving of the Law through Moses on Mt. Sinai.
It’s important to note the significance this holiday has if we are to understand it’s full significance in Acts chapter 2.
If the original “Pentecost” was the day on which God revealed His law to His chosen people in the form of the Mosaic Covenant, then the Pentecost of Acts 2 becomes the day when God sends forth His Holy Spirit, ushering in the New Covenant.
On the original Passover, the Jewish people were freed from their enslavement to Pharaoh, on the Passover in the Gospels, Jesus death freed us from our enslavement to our sinful nature and to the devil.
50 days after both events, God revealed Himself in a powerful way.
|
|
|
Acts 2
Jul 31, 2009 20:20:59 GMT -8
Post by Josh on Jul 31, 2009 20:20:59 GMT -8
Acts 2:46 says:Every day they [the early Christians] continued to meet together in the temple courts.
and also:
Acts 5:42 Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.
I'm just curious how the early believers were even able to meet in the temple courts. Steve Gregg mentions that there were perhaps public meeting rooms in the temple (kinda like checking out a room at the grange). Anyone know anything else about this. It seems a bit strange that they would have been tolerated to meet like this even that early.
|
|