Jesus breathe on the disciples after his resurrection to receive the Holy Spirit. But he also told them before he ascended to wait for the Father's gift, the infilling of the Holy Spirit. When Pentecost came, the prophecy of Joel was fulfilled and the disciples were empowered to preach the Gospel throughout the world (Acts 2:1-21).

1. Through the Holy Spirit
Acts 2:1-21
ENCOUNTERING JESUS

2. From One
to Many
Now the whole world had one language
and a common speech. As people moved
eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and
settled there.
So the Lord scattered them from there
over all the earth, and they stopped
building the city. That is why it was called
Babel—because there the Lord confused
the language of the whole world.
From there the Lord scattered them over
the face of the whole earth.
Gen. 11:1-2, 8-9, NIV
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3. Moon Turns to Blood
And afterward, I will pour out my
Spirit on all people. Your sons and
daughters will prophesy, your old men
will dream dreams, your young men will
see visions.
Even on my servants, both men and
women, I will pour out my Spirit in those
days.
I will show wonders in the heavens and
on the earth, blood and fire and billows
of smoke.
The sun will be turned to darkness and
the moon to blood before the
coming of the great and dreadful day of
the Lord.
And everyone who calls on the name of
the Lord will be saved; for on Mount
Zion and in Jerusalem there will be
deliverance, as the Lord has said, even
among the survivors whom the Lord
calls.
Joel 2:28-32, NIV
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4. Receive the Holy Spirit
Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am
sending you.” And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive
the Holy Spirit.”
John 20:21-22, NIV
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5. Wait for the GIFT
On one occasion, while he was eating with
them, he gave them this command: “Do
not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the
gift my Father promised, which you have
heard me speak about. For John baptized
with water, but in a few days you will be
baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
Then they gathered around him and asked
him, “Lord, are you at this time going to
restore the kingdom to Israel?”
He said to them: “It is not for you to
know the times or dates the Father has
set by his own authority. 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.”
Acts 1:4-8, NIV
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6. Coming of the Spirit
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 and
began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
Acts 2:1-4, NIV
THEGIFT

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THEGIFT

8. Many Languages,
One Message
Now there were staying in
Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from
every nation under heaven. When
they heard this sound, a crowd
came together in bewilderment,
because each one heard their
own language being spoken.
Utterly amazed, they asked:“Aren’t
all these who are speaking
Galileans? Then how is it that each
of us hears them in our native
language?
—we hear them declaring the
wonders of God in our own
t o n g u e s ! ” A m a z e d a n d
perplexed, they asked one another,
“What does this mean?”
Acts 2:5-8, 11b-12, NIV
THEGIFT

9. This is what was spoken by the prophet
Joel
Acts 2:16, NIV
THEGIFT

10. • Pour out My Spirit on
My servants (men &
women)
‣ Sons and daughters
prophesy
‣ Old men dream dreams
‣ Young men see visions
• Wonders in the heavens
and on earth
‣ Blood, fire and billows of
smoke
‣ Sun turned to darkness
‣ Moon turned to blood
• Everyone who calls on
the Lord is saved
‣ Deliverance in
Jerusalem
THEGIFT

11. Pentecost
THEGIFT

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