Why did the Lord send the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost? Learn the significance of this Jewish Holiday and the start of the Church.

1. The
ACTSof the Apostles
Jesus empowering His followers
to fulfill their Mission
Heritage Baptist Church - Pastor Rich Sevilla
The
Day
of
Pentecost
Act
2:1
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2. God’s Plan Involved a New Dispensation
that Began with the Day of Pentecost
✦ The Followers Before the Fulfillment
(1-2)
✦ The Day God’s Plan was Fulfilled (1)
✓ Why Pentecost?
✓ What is the significance of this day?
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3. The Significance of Pentecost
✦ Passover
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4. The Significance of Pentecost
✦ Passover
✦ Feast of
Unleavened
Bread
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5. The Significance of Pentecost
✦ Passover
✦ Feast of
Unleavened
Bread
✦ Offering of
First Fruits
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6. The Significance of Pentecost
✦ Passover
✦ Feast of
Unleavened
Bread
✦ Offering of
First Fruits
✦ Pentecost
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7. Colossians 2:16-17
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in
respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath
days: 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is
of Christ.
Hebrews 10:1a
For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and
not the very image of the things
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8. The Significance of Pentecost
✦ Passover
✦ Feast of
Unleavened
Bread
✦ Offering of
First Fruits
✦ Pentecost
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9. The Significance of Pentecost
✦ Passover
✦ Feast of
Unleavened
Bread
✦ Offering of
First Fruits
✦ Pentecost
1 Corinthians 5:7
For even Christ our passover
is sacrificed for us:
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10. The Significance of Pentecost
✦ Passover
✦ Feast of
Unleavened
Bread
✦ Offering of
First Fruits
✦ Pentecost
1 Corinthians 5:6-8
a little leaven leaveneth the
whole lump...
purge out therefore the old
leaven...
keep the feast... with the
unleavened bread of sincerity
and truth
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11. The Significance of Pentecost
✦ Passover
✦ Feast of
Unleavened
Bread
✦ Offering of
First Fruits
✦ Pentecost
1 Corinthians 15:20
But now is Christ risen from
the dead, and become the
firstfruits of them that slept
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12. The Significance of Pentecost
✦ Passover
✦ Feast of
Unleavened
Bread
✦ Offering of
First Fruits
✦ Pentecost
Celebrating
theBeginning
of a
Great Harvest
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13. God’s PlanInvolved a New Dispensation
that Began with the Day of Pentecost
✦ The Followers Before the Fulfillment (1-2)
✦ The Day God’s Plan was Fulfilled (1)
✦ The Promise of Power Dramatically
Fulfilled (2 - 4)
➡ The fulfillment sounded like wind
➡ The fulfillment looked like fire
➡ The fulfillment given to all
➡ The Gift of Tongues was given to all
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14. The Scope of God’s Plan is to
Reach All Nations
✦ Every Nation was Represented (5)
✦ All the People Groups were Listed (9-12)
✦ The Day of Pentecost was the first fruit of
the Great Commission Harvest of Souls
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15. The Provision of God’s Plan is the
Power of the Holy Spirit
✦ The Holy Spirit is Given to Everyone who
Believes (Romans 8:9)
✦ When a Person Receives Christ, He is
Baptized and Filled by the Spirit at
Salvation (Acts 11:15-18)
✦ A Believer is Responsible to Maintain a
Spirit-filled Life (Ephesians 5:18)
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16. The Goal of God’s Plan is that He Will be
Glorified Among All the Nations
✦ Unbelievers Heard Believers Speaking
the Wonderful Works of God!
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17. Responding to the Word
✦ Is Your focus on the Glory of God in all
things?
✦ Is it your heart that all nations will glorify
God through the spread of the Gospel?
✦ Is your daily life dependent on the Holy
Spirit?
✦ Is your daily objective to speak the
wonderful works of God to unbelievers
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