All the forefathers lived by hope in the Redeemer Who would come, and they continually expressed their faith in Him. But while a small number of pious people awaited the coming of Christ the Savior on earth and accepted Him, a large portion of the God-chosen people of Israel did not acce...
Recall the kneeling prayers to the Holy Trinity read during Pentecost! Remember the prayers from the hours: “Thou who at every season and every hour, in Heaven and on earth art worshipped and glorified, O Christ God!” A remarkably profound and powerful prayer which our ears are so accusto...
"On arriving there, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them and how he hadopened the door of faithto the Gentiles." (Acts 14:27) "But I will stay on at Ephesus until Pentecost, becausea great doorfor effective workhas opened to me, and there ...
Pentecost may seem to be more connected with the early Christian church, but it was also an important festival for the Jews.The Feast of Tabernacles was a memorial of Israel’s entry into Canaan; and for the church of the New Testament, it was an anticipation of their entry into the ...
Pentecost was a kind of derided little sect. Few people were willing to pay the price to follow. But when George Jeffreys preached, he filled the Royal Albert Hall with 9,000 people without any effort. And as he walked down the aisles to the platform, as he came level with each row ...
The third principle is this: to give to the collective. Acts 4:32-37 tells us about the early church, just after Pentecost. Because they saw what God had done for them, they gave of their wealth to the church. Some even sold land or houses, and gave the proceeds to the church, so...
She suffered through the crucifixion, celebrated the resurrection, and even was part of the small group that witnessed the powerful presentation of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 1:14) What a gift from God, to live long enough for parenting to make sense! Some parents live ...
Students of the Scripture have various understandings of the meaning of this incident and how it relates to the Day of Pentecost, where the Bible describes the coming of the Spirit. Some make a distinction between empowerment for life and ministry, while others view this as a sprinkling of th...
And we shall take advantage of these few moments to speak to you of what the Feast of Pentecost suggests to us. Let us attempt to imagine to ourselves what the day of the Ascension may have been like, and the moment when Our Lord ascended into heaven. The Apostles, seeing Our Lord asc...
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