A message from Acts 2:1-13

2. Pentecost Sunday
‘Power to witness’

3. In my former book, Theophilus, I
wrote about all that Jesus began to
do and to teach until the day he was
taken up to heaven, after giving
instructions through the Holy Spirit
to the apostles he had chosen
Acts 1:1-2

4. “ ... Do not leave Jerusalem,
but wait for the gift my Father
promised, which you have heard me
speak about”
Acts 1:4

5. “But you will receive
power when the Holy
Spirit comes on you; and
you will be my witnesses
in Jerusalem, and in all
Judea and Samaria, and to
the ends of the earth“

6. For God so loved the world
that He gave his one and only
Son, that whoever believes in
Him shall not perish but have
eternal life
John 3:16

7.  Proclamation
 Personal
encounter Personal story
 Practical acts of
kindness

8. Pentecost Day
 Sound like the blowing of a
violent wind
 Tongues of
fire
 New languages

9. Witness through Proclamation
Then Peter, filled with the Holy
Spirit, said
“Salvation is found in no one else,
for there is no other name under
heaven given to men by which we
must be saved.“

10. Witness through Proclamation
When they saw the courage of
Peter and John and realised that
they were unschooled, ordinary
men, they were astonished and
they took note that these men
had been with Jesus

11. Witness through Personal
encounterThe Spirit told Philip,
"Go to that chariot and stay near it”
Acts 8:29
Philip began with that very passage of
Scripture and told him the good news
about Jesus

12. Witness through Personal
encounter
Always be prepared to give
an answer to everyone who
asks you to give the reason
for the hope that you have
…
1 Peter 3:15

13. Witness through our Personal
story
Before Conversion
On the authority of the chief
priests I put many of the Lord’s
people in prison,
and when they were put to
death,

14. Witness through our Personal
storyAt Conversion
I am Jesus, whom you are
persecuting … ‘Now get up and
stand on your feet.
I have appeared to you to appoint
you as a servant and as a witness
of what you have seen and will

15. Witness through our Personal
storyAfter Conversion
First to those in Damascus, then to
those in Jerusalem and in all
Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I
preached that they should repent
and turn to God and demonstrate
their repentance by their deeds

16. Never underestimate the value
of your story
 Your story is unique!
 It is personal/easy to
understand You are the authority on it
 People love personal
stories/remember them
 People can relate

17. Witness through Practical acts
“ … let your light shine
before men, that they may
see your good deeds and
praise your Father in
heaven”
Matt 5:16

18. “To go to heaven and take as
many people with me as I can”