Acts 2

I know that i've been doing Luke, but I'm doing a lesson on Acts 2 at my club tomarrow. I just figured that i could let yall know what i'm talking about



Pentecost 1When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues[a] as the Spirit enabled them.
5Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. 6When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking in his own language. 7Utterly amazed, they asked: "Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans? 8Then how is it that each of us hears them in his own native language? 9Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome 11(both Jews and converts to Judaism Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!" 12Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, "What does this mean?"
13Some, however, made fun of them and said, "They have had too much wine.[b]"
Peter Addresses the Crowd 14Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: "Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. 15These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It's only nine in the morning! 16No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 17" 'In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. 18Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. 19I will show wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. 20The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. 21And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'[c]
22"Men of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. 23This man was handed over to you by God's set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men,[d] put him to death by nailing him to the cross. 24But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him. 25David said about him: " 'I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. 26Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will live in hope, 27because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay. 28You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.'[e]
29"Brothers, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day. 30But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne. 31Seeing what was ahead, he spoke of the resurrection of the Christ,[f] that he was not abandoned to the grave, nor did his body see decay. 32God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of the fact. 33Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. 34For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said, " 'The Lord said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand 35until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet." '[g]
36"Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ."
37When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"
38Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call."
40With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, "Save yourselves from this corrupt generation." 41Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.
The Fellowship of the Believers 42They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. 44All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. 46Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.




Thats some good word. In the beginig, it talks about how the aposles were just sitting around, just chillin and all of a suddon fire comes down onto them and they start speaking languages they don't under stand. No big deal that happens all the time, jk. I know a couple people who go to Churches that speak in tounges and stuff, and they talk about how they've seen people being filled with the holy spirit, and doing stuff like that. I personally havn't but i think that i would freak out if i did, and probally call an ambleance. It just blows my mind how powerful the holy spirit is. It made the people talk in languages they didn't understand, but the people they were near understood.
I kind of laughed when the person said that they were drunk when they were talking in tounges. Mainly because that stuff happends to me all the time. I was at a dance and i started bootydacing with these girls. I just thought it was the funniest thing ever, and they thought i was wasted. So i straightend out and tried to act sober. I don't know if you have ever been sober and had to try to act sober, but it was really hard. The crazy thing is, is that i had to take a breathalizer test in order to get into the dance, and i had only been at the dance for about 5 minutes when these girls started accusing me of being drunk. That same the happend to them. Peter is just like "theres no way there drunk this early, its only like 9 o'clock." So i just think that it's cool that im not the only sober guy getting called drunk.:)

Not only did Peter defend them by using the time and saying it's too early for them to be drunk, he uses scripture. No better way to make people beleive than by using the Bible, take my word for it. He tells them about what Joel said about the Holy Spirit. And to me what that mainly meant is that the power of God is not lemmated to one or two people, and that it lives in us.
Then he tells us the AWESOME truth about Jesus. And how God is so rad!!
I love the quote from king David. I also love how Peter tells me what it means so that i don't have to search all over the place for it. There isn't much i can say about that, because Peter does an excellent job of doing that.
This is just the part that got me most stoked. 3000 PEOPLE WERE SAVED. 3000 saved, baptized, and added to the Church, IN ONE DAY. AMEN that is the most excing thing in the world to me. I belive with all my heart, that this number and all the things that happend are limited to this one passage. I beileve that we as a group of Christ followers can make this happen, and i am so stoked to see it happen in my generation.

I love fellowship. I think that it is the best thing ever. Nothing is better than a bunch of people geting together praising, and growing in God. There is nothing better. This passage is a grewat example of how we have got to stay together. As a whole. We need to stay together as one, all helping eachother to grow. Nothing is better than that. seriously, it's Rad.




In Christ,
Stewart Ryall



P.S. This post was pretty bad, but the scripture is awesome. If my post messed you up, just forget what i said. I'm just really tired and it is really hard for me to stay consentrated right now. So if you hated the post, then im really sorry. But if you liked it and you learned, that thats awesome. I love all of you.!