Pentecost!

May 17, 2021 Monday Message

Acts 2:1 NLT: “On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place.”

Next Sunday, May 23, 2021, is Pentecost Sunday in a lot of our churches. There was a traditional wheat harvest festival about this time of year; the Jews celebrated Moses receiving the 10 Commandments Tablets from God on Mt. Sinai; and for Christians, Pentecost is the birthday of the Church!

Jesus told the believers to wait in Jerusalem – to not start anything new until they had received the Holy Spirit. They were meeting, praying, when they heard a sound like a big wind from heaven, like a giant storm coming. They heard the sound, but the Bible doesn’t say it actually got windy! Then what looked like flitting tongues of fire fell onto them, but nothing actually caught on fire! It’s God’s sign that they are now empowered with the Holy Spirit!

Peter then gave the best-ever sermon, which could miraculously be understood in all languages. He used the fulfillment of Hebrew prophecy to prove Jesus was the Messiah! At the altar call, 3,000 people came forward and were baptized that day!

Believers are filled with the Holy Spirit when we accept Jesus as our Savior, and that fills us with hope! Keep the Holy Spirit front-of-mind, high up on your agenda. Use the bright red paraments to decorate your church; wear something red to church next Sunday. Send the Fire; send the Holy Spirit!

Each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved!

Blessings and safety to all today!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus in the City Fellowship, 3249 30th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55406