1. 1st Reading Acts 2:1 – 4

2. Acts 2:1 – 4
1 When the day of Pentecost came, all the believers were gathered together in one place. 2 Suddenly there was a noise from the sky which sounded like a strong wind blowing, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

3. Acts 2:1 – 4
3 Then they saw what looked like tongues of fire which spread out and touched each person there. 4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to talk in other languages, as the Spirit enabled them to speak.

4. 2nd Reading 1 Corinthians 12:3b – 13

5. 3rd Reading John 20:19 – 23

6. Pentecost

7. Pentecost 50 days after Jesus rose from the dead

8. Pentecost
50 days after Jesus rose from the dead
10 days after the ascension

9. Pentecost
50 days after Jesus rose from the dead
10 days after the ascension
Jesus – the Father’s gift to the world

10. Pentecost
50 days after Jesus rose from the dead
10 days after the ascension
Jesus – the Father’s gift to the world
Holy Spirit – Jesus’ gift to all believers

11. the Holy Spirit Jesus’ gift to believers .

12. Jesus’ gift to believers
the Holy Spirit
Jesus’ gift to believers
To receive the Holy Spirit – one must believe and receive Jesus as Lord.

13. Jesus’ gift to believers
the Holy Spirit
Jesus’ gift to believers
To receive the Holy Spirit – one must believe and receive Jesus as Lord.
V3b… no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spiti

14. Jesus’ gift to believers
the Holy Spirit
Jesus’ gift to believers
Enables us to declare Jesus as Lord
V3b… no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spiti

15. Jesus’ gift to believers
the Holy Spirit
Jesus’ gift to believers
Enables us to declare Jesus as Lord
V4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit …. 5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6 There are different kinds of working, but …is the same God at work. 7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.

16. Jesus’ gift to believers
the Holy Spirit
Jesus’ gift to believers
Enables us to declare Jesus as Lord
Gives us different kinds of gifts to be used in unity
V4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit …. 5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6 There are different kinds of working, but …is the same God at work. 7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.

17. Jesus’ gift to believers
the Holy Spirit
Jesus’ gift to believers
Enables us to declare Jesus as Lord
Gives us different kinds of gifts to be used in unity
V8 To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom.....a message of knowledge..... faith .....healing .....miraculous powers prophecy distinguishing between spirits

18. Jesus’ gift to believers
the Holy Spirit
Jesus’ gift to believers
Enables us to declare Jesus as Lord
Gives us different kinds of gifts to be used in unity
V8 To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom.....a message of knowledge..... faith .....healing .....miraculous powers prophecy distinguishing between spirits

19. Jesus’ gift to believers
the Holy Spirit
Jesus’ gift to believers
Enables us to declare Jesus as Lord
Gives us different kinds of gifts to be used in unity
11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.

20. Jesus’ gift to believers
the Holy Spirit
Jesus’ gift to believers
Enables us to declare Jesus as Lord
Gives us different kinds of gifts to be used in unity
V12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.

21. Jesus’ gift to believers
the Holy Spirit
Jesus’ gift to believers
Enables us to declare Jesus as Lord
Gives us different kinds of gifts to be used in unity
V13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.

22. Jesus’ gift to believers
the Holy Spirit
Jesus’ gift to believers
Enables us to declare Jesus as Lord
Gives us different kinds of gifts to be used in unity
V21 ….I am sending you.” 22……“Receive the Holy Spirit.