What is the theme of this chapter?
The power and results of Pentecost.
What is the key verse(s) of this chapter? Verse 4
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance.
What can I apply to my life from this chapter (things to do/avoid)?
I can rest fully assured that Jesus Christ rose from the grave because reason demands it, Scripture predicted it, and Peter and the eleven bore personal testimony that they had been with Him, had talked with Him and had seen Him with their own eyes, until the cloud received Him into heaven.
Additional observations/questions:
The Pentecostal believers were all filled with the Spirit because they were baptized with the Spirit. For us, the filling of the Spirit is an objective to be attained by faith, by which deep blessings are already ours, not to mention the rewards to come. It was no particular victory for the Pentecostal believers to be filled with the Spirit; He simply came according to His own sovereign will and prophecy. But great spiritual victories are ours as we, by the Spirit, put to death the deeds of our bodies in order that they may be the temples of God.
The power and results of Pentecost.
What is the key verse(s) of this chapter? Verse 4
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance.
What can I apply to my life from this chapter (things to do/avoid)?
I can rest fully assured that Jesus Christ rose from the grave because reason demands it, Scripture predicted it, and Peter and the eleven bore personal testimony that they had been with Him, had talked with Him and had seen Him with their own eyes, until the cloud received Him into heaven.
Additional observations/questions:
The Pentecostal believers were all filled with the Spirit because they were baptized with the Spirit. For us, the filling of the Spirit is an objective to be attained by faith, by which deep blessings are already ours, not to mention the rewards to come. It was no particular victory for the Pentecostal believers to be filled with the Spirit; He simply came according to His own sovereign will and prophecy. But great spiritual victories are ours as we, by the Spirit, put to death the deeds of our bodies in order that they may be the temples of God.
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