How is it then that each of us hears them in his own native language?How do we hear, everyone in our own native language?And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?And how hear we, every man in our own language wherein we were born?
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… for what God has already done for us today. Pentecost, Acts chapter 2, verses 1 through 13, Pentecost. Beginning at verse 1 in chapter 2 and concluding at verse 4 for the reading, I'm going to tag this text, Pentecost. When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly, a sound like a blowing of violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire separated and came to rest on each other. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit And began to speak in other tongues As the Spirit enabled them This is the word of God Amen You may be seated The spirit came On Pentecost In personal power Unusual Unrepeatable Unstrained power In wind and fire And the word of God says On the day of Pentecost something happened. Both my aunties were the secretaries at Lounge Unity Missionary Baptist Church, Barbara Davis and Jewel Harrison. and they prepared the church program for Sunday, a thick program, and then we had a church clerk, Sister Tolliver, and she would read the whole program. …
… are not all these men who are speaking Galileans? Then how is it that each of us hears them in his own native language? Parthians, Medes, and Elamites, residents of Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus in Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and converts to Judaism, Cretans and Arabs, we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues. Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, what does this mean? Somehow, I ever made fun of them and said they have had too much wine. These guys are loaded. What in the world is going on here? Awaken our affections so that we obey your spirit. Now, these verses that we just read are so packed full of meaning. In order to understand what's going on here, we've got to understand some of the background of the Old Testament. So we're going to do some turning for a couple minutes, And I want you to see some things unfold in Scripture that are just amazing about the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives and the role of the Holy Spirit in the church. …
I'll be looking at the New International Version but also the OM3 translation. As you all know, I like to translate scripture with contemporary language. And so we'll be looking at Acts chapter 2 verses 1 through 13. It'll be coming up on the screen for you and I would invite you to mark it down in your Bible or place a marker in your Bible app, however you are reading the Word of God and if you want to go back and study. Let's begin with Acts chapter 2 beginning with verse 1 and it reads as follows. When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, the divine breath, the pure breath of God, and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. Now there were staying in Jerusalem, God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. …