1 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:11,200 We last week started a new. Series really just a journey 2 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:13,400 through. A book of the Bible. 3 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:16,400 In a title that we're calling the. 4 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:19,880 Power of the Church. And we're going to be looking at 5 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:25,280 the history and the amazing story and movement of the. 1st. 6 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:29,200 Church that we are standing, celebrating and taking part in 7 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:31,600 today and so. If you have your. 8 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:33,760 Bibles. We're in the 2nd chapter now. 9 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:37,840 Of the Book of Acts. The book of Acts, chapter 2. 10 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,480 And as you're turning there? Just appreciate those of you 11 00:00:42,480 --> 00:00:43,240 who. Have made it to. 12 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,240 Church after. A long day of celebration for 13 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:48,880 those of you who celebrated in the day yesterday. 14 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:50,880 I know many people did. Maybe not many. 15 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:53,720 Maybe. Just a few, but April. 18th Did 16 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:58,320 anybody celebrate April 18th as National Superman Day? 17 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:03,680 Where are my nerds at? It's OK to celebrate that it's 18 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:06,160 a. Yearly event for many people who 19 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:08,840 are enthusiastic. About probably the greatest 20 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:13,400 superhero arc of all time. And on April 18th, 1930. 8 the 21 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,720 very. First Superman comic book 22 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:21,920 edition one came out and it was essentially the Superman origin 23 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:25,160 story. Of how it all got started, Who 24 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:27,520 was? This person that that would go 25 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,440 on this incredible journey of saving humanity. 26 00:01:30,960 --> 00:01:35,720 And I, I mentioned that because we are in a sense, people who 27 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:40,560 gravitate towards origins. I have four children and so that 28 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:43,520 means that I'm pretty much always celebrating either their 29 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:45,160 birthday or some friend's birthday. 30 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:47,800 And it is the practice of humanity. 31 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:51,440 To just revolve your life. Around your beginning and my 32 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:54,040 kids when it's time for their. Birthday. 33 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:57,520 They love to hear their. Origin story tell tell me again 34 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,080 the story of me entering into the world. 35 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:01,640 And I don't think they're unique. 36 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,280 I think there's something inside of all of us that to like to 37 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:07,360 remember, maybe sometimes reluctantly, how long it's been 38 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,560 since the first birth or the 1st. 39 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,920 Birthday, I should say. And that's because when you when 40 00:02:12,920 --> 00:02:15,040 you think about your identity, you're thinking about your 41 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,760 origin, you see a whole trend of people wanting to know even more 42 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,080 than just their birthday. It's like, tell me, I'll send in 43 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:22,400 my DNA. You can tell me about my 44 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:24,560 ancestors. I want to know who I am. 45 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:30,840 And that's worth mentioning now. Because there's the day. 46 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:35,000 You were born, and there's also the day that you found out why. 47 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,640 And today we're going to. Look back at the the. 48 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:42,880 Origin. Story of everything we just did. 49 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:48,640 We almost take it for granted how unique and. 50 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:51,640 Special it is to be the gathered people, the. 51 00:02:51,640 --> 00:02:55,760 Church around the world. Because you guys have all been 52 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,720 to church, we do this every. Sunday you can You drove by 5. 53 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,040 Churches to get here there are probably. 54 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:03,680 Reference points that you've all had to different churches and 55 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,880 styles and sermons and songs. And so we just assume it's 56 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:10,160 always been this way, but today we're going to remember. 57 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:15,680 That this all started. With one church gathering, it's 58 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,400 set it all into motion. It's the origin. 59 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:24,280 Story of the of the church. And it's what we call Pentecost. 60 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:27,480 And in looking at this, not only do we find the origin story, but 61 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,680 we find that identity, the identity that is found in the 62 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,320 origin story because you you find out why something was 63 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:35,640 started and you can make sense of the middle of the story and 64 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:36,800 you can see. Where it's going? 65 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:40,640 And so I'm so. Grateful that the Lord gave us 66 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:42,880 the origin story of what we call the. 67 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:47,560 Church and we're going to look at that in Acts chapter 2 and so 68 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:50,000 before we get into the. Verses that we'll we'll study. 69 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,520 This morning I'll just remind you of of. 70 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:55,680 How this origin story? Was, you know, really. 71 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:58,320 Kicked off like. Often times you're waiting for a 72 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:01,600 day of arrival, the origin story of birth, and it turns into this 73 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:03,880 great excitement and then you just got to wait. 74 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:05,720 How many of you? Have heard the due. 75 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:07,920 Date and it's like OK that's the due date and now we're seven 76 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:10,760 days past you know maybe some of you are in it right now you're 77 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:12,720 like I I'm relating to the sermon because. 78 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:14,040 I was supposed to give birth a week. 79 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,240 Ago. I'm sick of waiting and this. 80 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:18,800 Is where we left off. You'll remember the disciples in 81 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,280 Acts chapter 1 come to Jesus and they say is now the time to 82 00:04:22,280 --> 00:04:24,840 restore the Kingdom of Israel? And he told. 83 00:04:24,840 --> 00:04:27,280 Them it's not your job to know when. 84 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:31,360 Your job is just to wait. And he told them specifically 85 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:35,440 what they were waiting for. The power of the Holy Spirit. 86 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:38,640 That was going to be poured. Out on God's people. 87 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:42,960 And so they're waiting. And it was in Acts chapter one 88 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:45,360 it says that they spent. 40 days with the resurrected. 89 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:47,160 Lord, he gave them infallible. Proofs of his. 90 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,960 Resurrection and taught them all the things pertaining to the 91 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:53,200 Kingdom of God. And then he ascended, and from 92 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:57,480 his ascension to this moment was 10 days. 93 00:04:58,200 --> 00:04:59,960 I'm just waiting. Is now the time? 94 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,000 Is the Holy Spirit. Come yet is the is. 95 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:04,600 The day of arrival. Happened yet? 96 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:06,280 You know, maybe you know, they're, they're praying and 97 00:05:06,280 --> 00:05:07,120 they're like. Was that it? 98 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,480 Was it? We are now going to. 99 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:13,720 Study the power of this. Origin story so that we would 100 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:19,360 know undeniably that this has God's hand on it, that this is 101 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:22,400 not a story of men who were obedient to wait and then just 102 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,920 got super organized and started planning how to get the message 103 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:27,720 out and how to. Fulfill the the great. 104 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:29,160 Commission. This is a story. 105 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:32,800 Of people who simply waited. And God's perfect timing. 106 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:36,320 God did what no one else. Could do this is the. 107 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:41,720 Origin of the Church as we know it, read with me. 108 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:46,600 Acts Chapter 2. Starting in verse one when the 109 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,800 day of Pentecost. Now this is how I know it was 10 110 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,440 days. Penta means 55. 111 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:55,240 Pentecost is 50 days since. Passover. 112 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:57,040 So we had 40 days with Jesus. They've. 113 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:59,240 Waited 10 days to get to the 50th day. 114 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:03,440 It is now the day of Pentecost fully arrived and they were all 115 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:07,960 with 1 accord in one. Place and as they're there. 116 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:14,000 On that Sunday morning, one place in one accord it says in 117 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:20,960 verse 2, and suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a 118 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:25,120 rushing mighty wind, and it. Filled the whole house. 119 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:28,480 Where they were sitting then there appeared to them. 120 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:31,680 Divided tongues as of fire. And one sat. 121 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:34,040 Upon each of them and. They were all. 122 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:39,560 Filled with the Holy Spirit. And in the filling it says they 123 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:43,320 began to speak with tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance 124 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:47,120 and there were there dwelling in Jerusalem Jews. 125 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,240 So this is setting the scene for the all of the surrounding in 126 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:53,080 the city of Jerusalem. There are there dwelling there 127 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:56,040 devout men from every nation under heaven. 128 00:06:56,840 --> 00:06:58,720 And when this sound? Occurred. 129 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:02,760 Verse 6 The multitude came together and they were confused 130 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:07,800 because everyone heard them speak in his own language and 131 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:11,280 they were all amazed and marveled saying to one another. 132 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:15,160 Look. Are not all these who speak 133 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:19,360 Galileans and how? Is it that we hear? 134 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:22,240 Each in our own language in which we were born. 135 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:26,560 Parthians and Medes and Eliamites, those dwelling in 136 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:29,400 Mesopotamia. Judea, Cappadocia, POTUS. 137 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:33,160 In Asia, Phrygia and Panthea, Egypt. 138 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:35,120 In the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrenia. 139 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:37,560 Visitors from Rome both. Jews and proselytes. 140 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:43,040 Cretans and Arabs, we hear them speaking in our own tongues the 141 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:49,760 wonderful works of God. And so they were all amazed and 142 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:56,200 perplexed, saying to one another, whatever does this 143 00:07:56,200 --> 00:08:00,560 mean? We now have the answer to the 144 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:04,600 waiting in undeniable miraculous form. 145 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:08,600 So that it would be. No question mark as to. 146 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:10,840 What caused this? This was. 147 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:14,320 Not the work of men and we need to look at them the. 148 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:17,560 Miracles that were on display that I just read about to. 149 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:22,360 Institute the beginning of the Church and as we do that, this 150 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:25,920 is one of those moments in church history which which is 151 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:28,760 going to draw us all in and kind of divide the room because some 152 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:31,920 of you no doubt are are interested in maybe the Bible 153 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:33,159 from afar. Or you're here at. 154 00:08:33,159 --> 00:08:34,960 Church and you think OK. Let's see what these. 155 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:37,280 People are about, maybe they'll give me some, some good advice, 156 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:41,520 some good moral teaching. There is no escaping from the 157 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:45,560 very first moment that the Church is born, that the Church 158 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:50,840 operates and functions in miracle it It is the hand of God 159 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,680 that is on the Church, and it is the storyline. 160 00:08:53,680 --> 00:08:57,320 Of all of the Bible. And, and I say that this divides 161 00:08:57,320 --> 00:09:00,960 the room because there are sadly a growing number of people that 162 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:04,440 try to tame the Bible, that try to come to church and take the 163 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:06,560 things that make sense according to the way we would just 164 00:09:06,560 --> 00:09:10,000 naturally live and look at all the other things and explain the 165 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:11,040 way to. Do us a favor. 166 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:14,800 So that's more believable. There is no escaping. 167 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:18,680 That God. Is a miracle worker and he 168 00:09:18,680 --> 00:09:21,440 brings life to the church in a way that no one can. 169 00:09:21,560 --> 00:09:23,600 If you remove God, you remove miracles. 170 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:27,680 I found this helpful from one of the great historians of our 171 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:29,080 time. His name is Tom Holland. 172 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:32,640 He. Is slowly opening his heart. 173 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:34,840 To. Viewing all of history through 174 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:39,600 the lens of God's hand, but. He's respected as a secular 175 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:41,000 historian. Listen to what he says. 176 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:45,120 I see no point in preachers, Christian preachers. 177 00:09:45,680 --> 00:09:47,200 Just. Recycling the kind of stuff you 178 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,360 can get from any kind of. Left Liberal because. 179 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:55,200 Everyone can give you that if I want that. 180 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:57,280 I'll get it. From. 181 00:09:57,440 --> 00:10:00,680 A Liberal. Counselor, if you're a 182 00:10:00,680 --> 00:10:05,080 Christian, you think that the entire fabric of the cosmos was 183 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:09,280 ruptured when, by some strange moment, someone who is a God and 184 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:13,000 a man set everything on its head in a massive singularity. 185 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:16,520 That is at the. Very heart of everything, and if 186 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:19,880 you don't believe that, it seems to me you're not a confessional 187 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:22,480 Christian. But if you do believe that, it 188 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:25,080 should also be possible. To dwell on. 189 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:28,080 All of the other weird. Stuff that traditionally comes 190 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:29,600 as part of the Christian. Package. 191 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:35,320 This book is full of the only answer being. 192 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:37,640 There is a God. Who set it into motion? 193 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:40,120 Put into. Order the laws of. 194 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:44,640 The universe and at any moment invades, and this is the story 195 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:47,520 from Genesis to Revelation, and it is the story of what we are 196 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:49,960 doing right now. If you don't. 197 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:52,960 Believe that God. Set into motion the cosmos sent 198 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:56,240 his son to turn the whole thing upside down with the power of 199 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:57,040 resurrection. Give. 200 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:00,240 Life to all who believe. Then you're you're not ready to 201 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:03,800 hear the origin story of the church, but in the origin. 202 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:06,040 Story. You see that as. 203 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:10,040 Consistent with everything God does, He sets it into motion in 204 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:13,720 a way that is undeniably supernatural. 205 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:18,680 In other words, the hand of God. And this is how we must look at 206 00:11:18,680 --> 00:11:23,440 this very first gathering. It must be seen as impossible 207 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:28,600 apart from the power of God on display, and this is what we 208 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:30,880 will see in fact, by these miracles. 209 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:34,000 That I just read aloud. In the account given to us in 210 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,360 the book. Of acts there are. 3 miraculous 211 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:41,800 phenomena that these people experienced in the origin story 212 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:43,080 of the church. You have first of. 213 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:47,360 The the audible phenomena, it says read again. 214 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:52,080 With me there was There came a sound from heaven. 215 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:54,600 This is this is not an earthly sound. 216 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:56,320 It's a sound from heaven and the. 217 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:59,800 Best way that the the. Historian could could capture 218 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:03,560 this was by comparing it to the sound of a rushing mighty wind 219 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:05,400 that. Filled the house. 220 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:08,120 They were sitting in. So this is this is what they're. 221 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:11,720 Hearing and, you know, we are, you know, surrounded by the 222 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:13,440 beauty of mountains, living in a valley. 223 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:15,440 So we don't get to hear. Huge. 224 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:18,720 Gusts of wind often but if any of you have been around the 225 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:25,160 power of wind, you know it comes with an unmistakable noise with 226 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:28,040 the wind and this is what is happening that they they. 227 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:31,120 Heard. Wind entering into their 228 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:37,360 gathering place and for this we now see our. 1st picture with 229 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:39,200 clarity. Technicolor that. 230 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:41,960 God's hand is. Here that that this is. 231 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:44,240 Something that is from heaven to. 232 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:47,280 Tell these people and us. Who stand on the foundation of 233 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:50,600 this gathering. That we're studying that God. 234 00:12:50,680 --> 00:12:54,960 Is breathing on his. People to. 235 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:57,000 Fully understand this it it. Helps. 236 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:02,680 To know the language that they used for wind was pretty much 237 00:13:02,680 --> 00:13:05,040 synonymous with the language we use for. 238 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:08,440 Spirit. So wind and spirit were were 239 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:13,040 both thought of in a similar sense, because wind is like 240 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:17,120 breath and the spirit. Is like the breath of. 241 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:21,040 God, in fact, we'll we'll now. Ask ourselves, where have we? 242 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:25,080 Seen something like this before and we can find reference points 243 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:28,160 to the story of God now being fulfilled in His church. 244 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:30,760 You'll remember going all the way back to the beginning, we 245 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:34,400 saw a moment like this when God made man from the dust. 246 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:39,800 He fashions man out of dust, and he's not alive until it says in 247 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:40,520 Genesis. Chapter 2. 248 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:42,280 That God breathes his spirit of life. 249 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:47,840 Into him there is no humanity without the miraculous. 250 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:51,920 Power of God's breath. Animating humanity with life. 251 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:55,640 And so for a moment, as I, you know, take a break just to 252 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:57,560 talking. To you church people, for those 253 00:13:57,560 --> 00:13:58,800 of you who. Are at our gathering or 254 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:01,280 wondering what we believe. Let me help you understand. 255 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:04,240 What you believe because there is a? 256 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:06,480 Challenge. For people who try to. 257 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:10,800 Understand how humanity came alive without understanding the 258 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:14,960 breath of God, and you can. Hear all sorts of theories. 259 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:19,280 In the the halls of academia, but it is an absolute dead end 260 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:21,320 to try to. Figure out what actually brought 261 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:24,240 life to our. Planet that is a mystery of 262 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:27,480 science that there is no direction on, no momentum, there 263 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:30,680 is no good study, there is no good experiment, there is no 264 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:34,640 answer to how humanity is alive. But we know. 265 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:37,520 That God breathes his spirit. To make us. 266 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:41,640 Alive and we see. A continuation of this story in 267 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:44,320 On the Easter Morning. We could have spent our entire 268 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:46,480 Easter Sunday looking at John chapter 20. 269 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:48,640 As the resurrected Christ visits his. 270 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:53,400 Disciples who are locked in. Fear of what fate awaits them. 271 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:56,360 Their leader was just. Hung on a cross to me and made 272 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:57,840 an example of. They're afraid. 273 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:03,200 Jesus appears in their midst and it says he breathes on them the 274 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:05,400 Spirit and offers them forgiveness. 275 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:09,360 He was starting to breathe life into his disciples, but. 276 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:13,480 The story of the church is. That Jesus is not just choosing 277 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:17,120 a select few. To have this powerful life, the 278 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:19,480 disciples have a preview of the life, but they were. 279 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:22,320 Told to wait on power of on high when the spirit. 280 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:27,160 Would be pulled out, poured out. And as we read on, everyone says 281 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:30,200 that there was a a rushing wind that everyone heard and that 282 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:33,400 everyone experienced. The power of the Spirit. 283 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:40,120 And he is now breathing life on his church, the church. 284 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:42,040 Is the body of. Christ made alive. 285 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:43,960 By the power of the. Spirit that comes like the. 286 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:47,080 Breath of God. In the sound of a wind. 287 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:51,160 This is God. Telling us what we're actually 288 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:55,120 doing, what our origin. Story is without the power. 289 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:57,680 Of God and the Holy. Spirit the Church is. 290 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:01,360 Dead, and I'm sure you've experienced that. 291 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:04,920 Jesus continues to help us understand the overlap between 292 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:08,000 the wind and the Spirit as he's talking to Nicodemus. 293 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:10,920 Very important lesson he's giving Nicodemus. 294 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:14,400 That we will see fully. Revealed on Pentecost in John 295 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:16,840 chapter 3. Jesus answered most assuredly. 296 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:19,320 I say to you unless. One is born of water and. 297 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:22,040 The Spirit. He can't enter the Kingdom of 298 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:24,560 God, that which is born of. Flesh is flesh. 299 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:26,360 And that which is born of spirit is spirit. 300 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:27,920 Don't marvel. At what I said. 301 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:32,080 You've got to be born again. You must be born of spirit. 302 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:36,800 And then he says, the wind blows where it wishes. 303 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:38,480 And you? Hear the sound of it. 304 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:41,240 But cannot tell where it comes from or where it goes. 305 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:44,440 And so is everyone who is born of the spirit. 306 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:47,680 The wind is making you alive and the the. 307 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:51,360 Power of God is in. His Church to represent the 308 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:52,600 spiritual. Life of the. 309 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:56,080 Boarding end Kingdom. And we see that with our first 310 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:59,480 miracle, our first phenomenon. The second one is visual, says 311 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:04,599 then there appeared to them. Divided tongues as of fire, and 312 00:17:04,599 --> 00:17:06,920 so it says it appeared them, and it it. 313 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:10,240 Seems like there's tongues of fire hanging over every one of 314 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:14,240 their heads, so not only are they hearing this incredible. 315 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:17,359 House. Rocking noise of wind, but 316 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:20,520 they're also looking imagine the moment where there's. 317 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:23,200 All of these. People and they see fire hanging 318 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:24,560 over. The heads of these people. 319 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:29,440 Well, once again we asked the question, where have we seen 320 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:34,120 this before and. Throughout the story of God. 321 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:39,120 Revealing himself to man we find moments where God is revealing 322 00:17:39,120 --> 00:17:41,760 himself through the imagery of. Fire. 323 00:17:43,120 --> 00:17:44,400 We already looked at Genesis now. 324 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:48,200 Exodus Exodus chapter 3 as. God is going to. 325 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:50,880 Appear to Moses to call him to shepherd his people. 326 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:53,560 Redeem them out of Egypt and send them towards the promised 327 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:55,000 land. How does he appear? 328 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:59,560 Bible Study 101 in a burning Bush that's not consumed the 329 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:01,200 great I am. He. 330 00:18:01,360 --> 00:18:05,680 Shows himself in the presence of fire, and then as they are 331 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:07,120 redeemed from Egypt, and they begin to. 332 00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:09,400 Walk. The long road through the 333 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:12,960 wilderness to the Jordan River to get to the promised land, he 334 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:16,640 says to his. People, I will be with you as a 335 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:20,200 cloud by day to shade. Them from the scorching heat of 336 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:24,320 the desert sun and a pillar of fire by night. 337 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:27,040 And he is. Revealing himself as the. 338 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:29,880 Presence of God with his people through. 339 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:35,800 Fire and John the Baptist comes on the scene and he says I. 340 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:39,160 Baptize with water. But Jesus is going to. 341 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,320 Baptize you with the Holy. Spirit and fire. 342 00:18:42,120 --> 00:18:45,360 So in these two phenomena, what we are remembering about the 343 00:18:45,360 --> 00:18:48,360 origin story? Of the church is that it is. 344 00:18:48,360 --> 00:18:52,480 God pouring out his life and His presence on his people. 345 00:18:53,120 --> 00:18:56,560 That is what we do. When we gather, that's not 346 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:58,600 always what we do. I mean, we've all been to the 347 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:00,400 functions. That are lifeless. 348 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:03,960 And have no remblance. Of the of the Spirit of God, but 349 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:05,560 our. Origin story helps us understand 350 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:09,760 our identity the the gathering of God's people to give him 351 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:13,960 praise and sing and and and and read his word is also a 352 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:15,880 gathering. Of the people. 353 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:19,400 Who have been made, born again by the Spirit of God in the 354 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:23,640 presence of God. And this is what happens on the 355 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:27,800 very first gathering on the on the on the Pentecost. 356 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:32,120 And now we come to maybe the most perplexing of them all. 357 00:19:32,120 --> 00:19:36,760 At least as you read the text. They seem most confused by the 358 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:40,200 language phenomena. There was a verbal. 359 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:43,440 Phenomena happening with these. People as God's life. 360 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:47,360 Is poured out on them. They come alive in ways they 361 00:19:47,360 --> 00:19:51,720 didn't even know they had life, namely with language, says They 362 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:54,840 start speaking on all of these languages. 363 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:57,080 According to all of the the the tribes. 364 00:19:57,080 --> 00:20:01,240 And the people groups that were represented there, it says in 365 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:04,080 Acts 2 verse 5. And there were dwelling in 366 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:06,840 Jerusalem. Jews, devout man from every 367 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:13,080 nation under heaven. This is 1 moment where we can 368 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:15,920 just try our best to understand. A little bit of the. 369 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:20,760 Traditional Jewish moment here and we we remember that. 370 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:27,760 Pentecost was, in fact, an actual feast of devout. 371 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:32,040 Men from all over the regions that they three times a year. 372 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:36,040 Were were called as people who were part of God's chosen 373 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,800 people. The the the Jewish people 3 * a 374 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:40,840 year they. Were called to come to Jerusalem 375 00:20:41,120 --> 00:20:44,880 on a pilgrimage of sorts. To celebrate a feast altogether, 376 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,480 so we have Passover. We remember the. 377 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:48,640 Feast of the. Passover. 378 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:50,880 You can't understand Holy Week until you understand. 379 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:52,760 All of these people. Were there to remember the 380 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:56,560 Passover Lamb of God and that's just so happened to be fulfilled 381 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:57,520 in. Full by. 382 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:01,240 Jesus, the Passover lamb. And now we have. 383 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,560 This feast. Which is the feast of Pentecost 384 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:09,720 and in the perfect timing, all of these people. 385 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:12,880 Says that there are. 15 languages represented. 386 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:16,520 All of these. Jews had been dispersed by Roman 387 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:18,400 occupation and all of these different lands. 388 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:21,840 It is now time for them to come together, and in their coming 389 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:27,280 together they represent tongues and tribes and nations and. 390 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:30,520 Where have we? Seen people coming? 391 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:32,680 Together where there is a. Language. 392 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,240 Outbreak that causes a perplexing. 393 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:38,320 Moment. For people well for this. 394 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:40,360 Not only we do have our origin story of the church. 395 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:43,160 We also get our prequel and every good origin story has a 396 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:46,000 prequel. The prequel to this moment to 397 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,080 understand what? Is. 398 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:51,440 Happening with the verbal phenomenon of language that is 399 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:54,040 spoken by people who didn't know it and heard. 400 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:57,440 By people who do we go all the way back? 401 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:00,800 To Genesis, we actually. Look at a tragedy. 402 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:05,520 That happened in Genesis Chapter 11 and to understand this. 403 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,600 We we have to see. One of the great problems of 404 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:11,600 humanity that was. Previewed for us. 405 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:15,200 In the Tower of Babel. The Tower of Babel. 406 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:17,560 In a very. Short. 407 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:19,720 Reminder. Of what that story was. 408 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:24,520 Represents to this day one of the great challenges of humanity 409 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:27,760 against God. They remember that the Genesis 410 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:32,000 is describing God's good and perfect creation gone wrong. 411 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,920 Genesis describes God and man walking in perfect harmony 412 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:40,320 together, sin entering and then man slowly and then rapidly 413 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:43,480 turning its back to God and it devolves into the. 414 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:46,520 Chaos that we live in. And it gives us these. 415 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:49,720 Stories for us to look out. For that, what happens when man 416 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:51,440 turns against God, One of the. Stories. 417 00:22:52,360 --> 00:22:55,560 And be a student of history for our time now one of the great 418 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:59,840 stories as it eventually man tries to make a name for himself 419 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:04,480 and all of the people come together and try to unite to 420 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:08,280 make one nation, not under God, but in place of God. 421 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:10,600 This is the Tower of Babel, it says. 422 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:14,000 Let us make a great name for ourselves and build a tower to 423 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,480 heaven that they themselves would become God on earth. 424 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:22,920 And I say be a student of history because that has been 425 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:25,800 the rise and fall of empires ever since. 426 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:30,320 People trying to consolidate power under 1 government that 427 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:32,040 would rule the rest and there would be no. 428 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:35,080 Need for God there would. Only be a name that is great 429 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:39,800 among men. It's happening to this day every 430 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:43,360 time an empire rises and falls. We live in the rubble of the of 431 00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:45,760 the last war and then, slowly, humanity. 432 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:50,400 Tries to build back up. To not to being so organized and 433 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,160 so great that we no longer need God. 434 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:56,360 And so in Genesis 11, God in his mercy. 435 00:23:58,120 --> 00:24:01,000 Because I don't know how many of you have lived anywhere near a 436 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:02,400 tyrannical government. They're not. 437 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:06,880 They're not pretty When when all of the power is consolidated 438 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,160 into a great name that is not God. 439 00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:13,600 Humanity is suffering and it's horrible and it never ends well. 440 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:19,760 And because God is merciful, he said, I'm going to break up the 441 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:21,600 one world government that is godless. 442 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:25,560 I'm going to scatter people and divide them by language. 443 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,080 And when Tower of Babel? Happened we have a very. 444 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:32,240 Similar moment to Pentecost. They were confused and 445 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:34,680 perplexed, and they were scattered. 446 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:40,760 And God in His mercy had a plan of redemption that He is now 447 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:44,600 reversing right in this moment that we study in. 448 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:47,120 In the first Babble, the languages were confused. 449 00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:50,800 So that people would be. Divided and in this, in this 450 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,040 moment, in the. Reversal of the of the. 451 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:55,640 World being divided so they wouldn't unite against God. 452 00:24:55,800 --> 00:25:00,720 God is pouring out language to reunite people, and in a way. 453 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:02,720 That the disciples. Didn't even fully understand 454 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:06,960 until right now. He is now offering us the vision 455 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:10,240 that we take part in the. Global Church of the. 456 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:14,960 Actual plan of redemption. The disciples. 457 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:17,200 In Acts chapter one said is now the time for the Kingdom of 458 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:20,480 Israel and you'll remember he said it's not for you in other 459 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:24,240 times this season, but now we do have. 460 00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:28,000 What their hearts desire was it? Wasn't that there was going to 461 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:29,520 be a great Kingdom of Israel like the. 462 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:32,720 The the glory days of. Solomon it will not be that 463 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:34,440 there's going to be a Kingdom of America. 464 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:36,160 That is, you know, built up to be the. 465 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:39,760 Blessed Kingdom on earth, it will not be your little Kingdom 466 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:44,080 either 'cause we all have Babel in our hearts what is actually 467 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:47,560 now the plan of God for his glory and our. 468 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:51,840 Good is the. One and only Kingdom of God, and 469 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:56,640 this Kingdom of God goes to every tribe and every tongue and 470 00:25:56,640 --> 00:26:00,200 every people group, and they were all there to set into 471 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,120 motion God's. Desire to pour out his spirit, 472 00:26:03,120 --> 00:26:08,720 as it says. On all people, and this is the 473 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:13,080 moment we see now the redemptive plan of God to set into motion 474 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:19,040 the coming day, when there will be 1 King once and for all, with 475 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:23,320 one people baptized into one baptism of his Spirit on earth 476 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:25,520 and the Church. Is the. 477 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:29,720 Preview and the mission of that one goal on Earth. 478 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:32,800 That's what we're doing. That's our origin story. 479 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:35,520 Our origin story is the reversal of the prequel. 480 00:26:36,360 --> 00:26:38,400 And so now that the question is, you know. 481 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:40,760 Why did God? Do it on Pentecost? 482 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:42,560 What? What was it about Pentecost that 483 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:45,240 made this the perfect sovereign moment? 484 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:48,520 For God to pour out his spirit Well, as stated, all people were 485 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:51,040 there they. Represented God's heart for the 486 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:53,200 nations they. Could go with the power of the 487 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:54,560 holy. Spirit and the message that 488 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:57,120 they'll receive from Peter. That Christ is. 489 00:26:57,120 --> 00:26:59,920 The anointed one, Jesus, they'll go to where they came from. 490 00:26:59,920 --> 00:27:02,960 But there's another moment. That we see as well. 491 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:12,120 Pentecost was celebrated and it was a a memorial of another 492 00:27:12,120 --> 00:27:14,760 origin story. Actually, it was the origin 493 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:18,520 story. Of how the people of God, the 494 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:21,440 Jewish people, is the origin story of how they got the law. 495 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:26,560 And you to understand how important this is, just read the 496 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,680 gospels and see. How serious they were about the 497 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:31,120 law. The law. 498 00:27:31,120 --> 00:27:33,560 Gave them their national identity. 499 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:37,160 It gave them their. Access to Yahweh the the law 500 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:39,600 gave. Them their their way to live and 501 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:41,840 be made right with God and cleanse. 502 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:45,080 The law. Was their foundation and. 503 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:49,720 Pentecost. Was their yearly time to 504 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:54,360 remember their origin story? Remember when God gave them the 505 00:27:54,360 --> 00:27:55,400 law? And here's. 506 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:57,200 Why this is such a? Great good news. 507 00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:59,440 Message for us to. Remember their origin. 508 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:03,560 Story of the law because. It, it isn't as good as, you 509 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:07,400 know, just God handing out the the the tablets and them 510 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,320 obeying. It was a very messy moment in 511 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:13,280 the story of God and his people in the book of Exodus. 512 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:17,600 It happened in chapter 32. Moses goes up on Mount Sinai to 513 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:21,080 receive the law and in a in a. Overlap a parallel. 514 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:24,760 It's very similar to the. Pentecost moment, Moses is 515 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,320 leaving people that are eagerly waiting for what they're going 516 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:30,400 to receive. And they're waiting and they're 517 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:32,360 waiting. And they give us the reminder 518 00:28:32,360 --> 00:28:34,880 that in waiting, sometimes we just get sick of waiting and we 519 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:36,600 do things that are not good for our soul. 520 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:40,000 And then they're waiting for Moses to come back. 521 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,920 They get restless and they remember. 522 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,560 There's this, There is this way that they. 523 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:47,600 Used to worship when they were still slaves in Egypt. 524 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:50,240 So they talked to Aaron who was supposed to be in charge. 525 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:52,040 They donate. All the gold they could. 526 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:54,760 Find and jewelry and earrings and they give it all to Aaron 527 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:57,320 and Aaron. This is his. 528 00:28:57,320 --> 00:28:58,240 Story. Not mine. 529 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:01,320 Aaron just throws it into a big hot pot and outcomes a golden 530 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:04,560 calf. Oops, I got all this gold and 531 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:08,440 now I got a golden calf when Moses comes down with. 532 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:12,120 The tablets of the law. Specifically the 10 533 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:15,320 commandments. He doesn't find people waiting 534 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:18,320 in one accord with obedience and expectation. 535 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:21,200 He finds people who are committing. 536 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:24,600 Idol worship of the worst. Kind. 537 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:26,920 They're. Worshipping the idol of the 538 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:30,760 country that enslaved them. And if you read the story? 539 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:32,120 I'll save you the graphic. Details. 540 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:34,360 It isn't just Idol. Worship, but it's also. 541 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,200 It's just. Revelry and immorality, not 542 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:40,200 unlike the way that, you know, our, our parties and festivals 543 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:43,080 happen here on this side of heaven in, in our country. 544 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:45,080 It's like, you know, you get these big stage and the light 545 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:46,920 show and then just immorality. Breaks out. 546 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:51,360 And Moses comes down, he says what is going on? 547 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,160 He came to bring the law, and he finds them. 548 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:58,960 Lawless. And without going into a whole 549 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:03,360 Bible study on XS32A, very simple reaction happened. 550 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:10,880 He basically drew a line in the sand and he gave the people an 551 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:12,240 option. Choose today. 552 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:17,160 Do you want to be a Pagan idol worshipper committing immorality 553 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:19,440 and dishonouring the God who saved you? 554 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:22,480 It's a good question. I want to consider that 555 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:24,680 question. Or do you want to commit? 556 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:27,480 Yourself to Yahweh. And he drew a line in the sand. 557 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:29,560 He said choose and. The the. 558 00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:32,400 The Levites came and they. Chose to be with. 559 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:34,320 Moses. And so he gives them this 560 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:37,600 commandment and and and this is. This is the Old Testament. 561 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:39,480 This is the law. Exodus 32 it. 562 00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:41,520 Says Then he said to them, Moses thus says. 563 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:43,720 The Lord God of. Israel let every man put his 564 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:46,840 sword on his side and go in and out from the entrance to 565 00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:50,000 entrance throughout the camp, and let every man kill his 566 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,840 brother, every man his companion, and every man his 567 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:54,320 neighbor. So the sons of. 568 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:56,320 Levi did, according. To the word of Moses and about 569 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:59,720 3000 men. Of the people fell that day. 570 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:05,200 This is just such a. Reminder that the law is 571 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:10,840 perfectly just and if you want to be someone who lives. 572 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:13,680 By the law, you will die. By the law, the. 573 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:17,600 Law was given and it just wiped out 3000 people who were 574 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:21,920 completely. Off the rails we've. 575 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:23,720 All sinned and fallen short of the glory. 576 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:26,480 Of the God. The The law is not our savior. 577 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,200 The law points out our need. For a savior. 578 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:33,560 And so with that story in mind, on Pentecost, when they're 579 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:36,880 remembering their origin story of the law, they remember the 580 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:39,480 tablets, they remember the golden calf, they remember the 581 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:43,920 the line in the sand. Peter stands up to make sense of 582 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:45,200 everything. Remember the people said, what 583 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:47,120 does all of this mean? Their Pentecost moment. 584 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:51,160 And Peter stands up and he starts preaching. 585 00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:55,160 Prophecy fulfilled in this moment, preaches from Joel, who 586 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:57,680 said that in these days the Lord is going to pour out His Spirit 587 00:31:57,680 --> 00:31:59,520 on all flesh. It's happened on Pentecost, 588 00:31:59,960 --> 00:32:01,960 starts preaching from the Psalms and he shows that. 589 00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:04,960 It was. Always God's plan to raise his 590 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:07,240 anointed one from the grave starts preaching. 591 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:10,240 The resurrected Christ. He starts preaching. 592 00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:13,000 The the the the the divinity of Christ, that his. 593 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:16,960 Holy 1 and in all of these things as these people are 594 00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:21,200 trying to make sense of all of these phenomena in acts. 595 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:22,360 Chapter 2. Verse 30. 596 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:25,080 Seven, it says, when they. Heard this, they were cut to the 597 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:28,200 heart. And said to Peter and the rest 598 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:30,560 of the apostles, men and brethren, what? 599 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:32,240 Should we do about? This. 600 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:35,360 What should we do about the the power? 601 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:37,600 Of the resurrection, the fulfillment of prophecy, and the 602 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:40,120 pouring out of the spirit and the. 603 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:43,400 Spirit is poured out doesn't just give you a spirit. 604 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:47,160 Filled preaching it gives you a. Spirit filled response where the 605 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:50,080 the power of the Spirit is. Opening their hearts, it's 606 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:53,120 cutting them with a conviction that they need to change their 607 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:55,520 lives. This is the origin story of the 608 00:32:55,520 --> 00:33:00,520 Church and in. The question of what should we 609 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:03,640 do? Peter begins to separate the. 610 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:07,360 Church. From the Old Testament law 611 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:15,360 abiding Torah worshipping Jews, he doesn't say, you know, go see 612 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:17,160 your priest and make yourself clean and. 613 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:21,240 Abide by the law. And and and do all of the things 614 00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:23,080 according. To your best. 615 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:24,680 Execution of the 10 commandments. 616 00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:32,560 What he says is repent, change your mind about who Christ is in 617 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:39,400 your life, turn to Jesus and let everyone of you be baptized. 618 00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:42,800 You know this. This is a question I hope some 619 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:44,320 of you are asking. What do I actually do? 620 00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:48,240 The answer is stop going towards the ways. 621 00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:51,280 Of Idol. Worship and immorality and stop 622 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:55,440 worshipping the world that enslaves you and come into the 623 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:59,520 real Kingdom. That's repentance and baptism in 624 00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:01,560 the name of Jesus. And then he says this. 625 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:04,120 That's what you need to. Do that's a. 626 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:07,080 Decision you need to make and then he says, and you shall 627 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:11,920 receive not condemnation, you're going to receive a gift. 628 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:15,840 And when you repent and you're baptized into the name of Jesus, 629 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,880 and you join the Kingdom. Of God the Spirit falls out all 630 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:22,960 flesh. It's not just for Moses, not 631 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:24,719 just. For Peter, it's not just for a 632 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:28,639 pastor or a worship leader. You come in and now you're part 633 00:34:28,639 --> 00:34:34,880 of the born again Kingdom. Believers, this is the church he 634 00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:36,000 says you'll receive. The gift. 635 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,360 Now listen. This is the the. 636 00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:41,880 Fulfillment of the Pentecost Memorial for the promises to you 637 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:43,199 and your children are all who are. 638 00:34:43,199 --> 00:34:45,120 Far off. As many as the Lord. 639 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:46,760 God would called. And with many. 640 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:50,600 Other words, he testified. And exhorted them be saved from 641 00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:55,800 this perverse generation and. Once you have the exodus. 32 in 642 00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:57,960 your mind and listen to. Peter Peter's Drawn. 643 00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:01,960 A line in the sand, Peter says. Some of you want to go the ways 644 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:05,240 of Egypt, some of you want to go the ways of America, Some of you 645 00:35:05,240 --> 00:35:06,520 want to go the ways of Hollywood. 646 00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:07,680 Some. But that's. 647 00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:11,120 Perverse generation and the Church is. 648 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,200 This. Bright light for every 649 00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:18,520 generation that says repent, get the line in the sand. 650 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:20,200 You go this way, what's going to happen? 651 00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:23,400 You'll die by the law. You'll die by religion, you'll 652 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,600 die by your own morality. You'll die by trying to be good. 653 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:32,760 Says be saved and come into the people of God and look what 654 00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:35,440 happens then those in verse 41 who gladly. 655 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:37,960 Received his word, were baptized. 656 00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:43,520 And on that day, how many about 3000 souls were added? 657 00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:48,080 We now have the collision of covenants. 658 00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:51,840 The law comes and crushes 3000 people. 659 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:55,200 Lest anyone think that religion will save you, that morality 660 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:57,360 will save you, that you can get to heaven by being a good 661 00:35:57,360 --> 00:35:59,520 person, that you can understand how to just. 662 00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:00,880 Be a little. Bit better than the next guy. 663 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:04,640 You want to stay on the line of you trying to figure it out and 664 00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:09,360 you will be crushed. By the law, Paul will say the 665 00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:12,520 the letter of the law kills. But here's the gospel. 666 00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:16,720 Good news and here is the church's origin story on the 667 00:36:16,720 --> 00:36:22,320 first Pentecost 3000 were crushed, 3000 were dead on the 668 00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:28,200 new Pentecost 3000 come alive and this is now the origin that 669 00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:29,920 puts us into motion of who we are the. 670 00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:31,840 Letter of the law kills the spirit. 671 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:36,720 Of the law brings life, Jesus says you're going to be the salt 672 00:36:36,720 --> 00:36:38,240 of the earth. You're going to be the light. 673 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:39,920 Of the world. You're going to be the. 674 00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:43,440 Picture of where? The presence and the power and 675 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:46,920 the. Life of God lives. 3000 saved 676 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:53,840 and baptized the law can't save the spirit brings life and so 677 00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:56,760 you put all of those things together and you find the 678 00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:59,560 beginning of the. Church is still the church. 679 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:03,000 The beginning of the Church is is the miraculous. 680 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,000 Birth. Don't expect it to look. 681 00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:09,400 The same the church has already been born, but but remember that 682 00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:11,880 God always has these moments of miraculous. 683 00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:13,760 Birth. To let you know that. 684 00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:17,760 This is. According to his plan, the 685 00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:20,840 nation of Israel born Abraham and Sarah miraculous. 686 00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:25,400 Birth the savior of the world. Born of a virgin, miraculous 687 00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:29,480 birth and the. Church, God's salt. 688 00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:34,680 And earth and light and power and presence and Holy Spirit was 689 00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:37,840 born miraculously. By the power of God. 690 00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:45,640 And we now live in the church that represents those things to 691 00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:52,040 the world. If you are. 692 00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:55,320 Here and you don't know the. Power that we're all. 693 00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,600 Remembering that we. We, we, we've. 694 00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:00,720 Experienced for. The free gift of the Spirit. 695 00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:04,360 This is going to be your origin story. 696 00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:08,720 At some point. Every one of us had our own 697 00:38:08,720 --> 00:38:11,520 origin story with God and it was very similar. 698 00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:16,040 It was a miraculous moment where it was undeniable that God's 699 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:18,280 presence invaded. Our life and his. 700 00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:20,560 Spirit made us alive, and now we. 701 00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:23,360 Are part of the. Church, that's been his hands 702 00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:26,360 and his feet and his body on earth for 2000 years. 703 00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:30,440 And any one of you that don't have your origin story yet? 704 00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:33,680 This is where it will start. God will come and invade. 705 00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:36,800 Your life with the power. Of his presence you'll be. 706 00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:38,080 Cut to the heart and say what? Do I do? 707 00:38:38,080 --> 00:38:41,640 Here's the answer. Repent and join the Kingdom. 708 00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:46,120 This is the point of every time we gather is to remember where 709 00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:48,520 we came from, remember who we are, remember where we're going. 710 00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:51,520 And so let me just end with a word of encouragement. 711 00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:53,840 For all of us. In this moment, I hope. 712 00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:58,040 That as you. Consider the origin story and 713 00:38:58,040 --> 00:38:59,240 all the. Ways that God just put. 714 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:02,960 All of this together perfectly on Pentecost with everyone's 715 00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:06,320 there and he's reversing Babel and he's he's giving us the 716 00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:09,880 Spirit and not the law or the spirit and fulfillment of the 717 00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:13,520 law. It's just such a reminder to me 718 00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:15,080 that. God has a. 719 00:39:15,240 --> 00:39:21,600 Plan and it is so perfect and there's times where we don't see 720 00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:24,440 it in. Full, but just celebrate. 721 00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:28,040 This moment where God's plan was on display in Technicolor and he 722 00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:31,680 was putting it all together and he was saying I have been 723 00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:38,040 planning this all along and may you be encouraged. 724 00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:41,120 That. It's not just for his. 725 00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:43,480 Church it's. Not just for the big. 726 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:45,920 Stories we read about in the Bible God has. 727 00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:50,040 A purpose and a plan for every single one of our lives. 728 00:39:50,720 --> 00:39:54,640 His plan is perfect, His timing is perfect, and He has a way. 729 00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:57,040 To put it all together, that causes all of. 730 00:39:57,040 --> 00:40:01,880 Us to marvel he can take tragedies and turn them into the 731 00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:05,800 fulfillment of something beautiful and he'll do that for. 732 00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:10,120 Your life, if I could leave you here. 733 00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:12,400 With something, let me just leave you with the the promise 734 00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:16,560 of the word in Romans chapter. 8 Paul says likewise, the Spirit 735 00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:18,760 also helps us. In our weakness for we don't 736 00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:20,160 even know what we should. Pray. 737 00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:24,280 But the Spirit himself makes intercessions for us with 738 00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:26,520 groanings which cannot be uttered now that we. 739 00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:29,040 Have the Spirit. We know how to talk to God. 740 00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:34,520 We'll get more into the weeds with tongues and languages and 741 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,240 but the main language that you're going to get when you 742 00:40:37,240 --> 00:40:39,080 have the Holy Spirit is the language of. 743 00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:42,680 Prayer by the power of. The Holy Spirit you know now 744 00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:44,440 have the ability. To talk to God. 745 00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:48,080 And in the very same thought, Paul goes on to say, And we know 746 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:50,960 that all. Things work together for good 747 00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:53,160 for those who love God and are called. 748 00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:56,840 According to the purpose. That the church worked. 749 00:40:56,840 --> 00:41:01,000 All things of the Old Testament and made it all for good 750 00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:04,240 according to his purpose and that's. 751 00:41:04,240 --> 00:41:08,240 True of your life. God will redeem the tragedy and 752 00:41:08,240 --> 00:41:10,040 make it beautiful. God will meet you with His 753 00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:15,080 presence and give you life, and it is for everybody. 754 00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:18,840 Thanks for joining us today. If you would like to watch the 755 00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:21,400 full service, check out the link in the description. 756 00:41:21,720 --> 00:41:25,600 For next steps and to learn more, visit calvaryboise.com.