Pentecost

The word Pentecost means "fiftieth", referring to the fiftieth day after the Passover. When we talk about Pentecost we are referring to what happened in Acts 2 with the coming of the Spirit. This is a very significant event. The "Background for the Bible passage" section in your notes provides a good description of what is going on at Pentecost. I want to call your attention to a passage in the Old Testament about Moses. Check out Numbers 11:24-30:

So Moses went out and told the people the words of the Lord. And he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people and placed them around the tent. Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. And as soon as the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, But they did not continue doing it.
Now two men remained in the camp, one named Eldad, and the other named Medad, and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those registered, but they had not gone out to the tent and so they prophesied in the camp. And a young man ran and told Moses, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp." And Joshua the son of Nun, the assistant of Moses from his youth said, "My lord Moses, stop them." But Moses said to him, "Are you jealous for me sake? Would that all the Lord's people were prophets, that the Lord would put his Spirit on them!"

Moses is pointing to a time when all of God's people would have the Holy Spirit. And that time is Now. No longer does the Holy Spirit rest on certain individuals, but we live in a time that Moses and Joel both longed for; a time when the Holy Spirit indwelt all of God's people. At Pentecost we see this happen in a BIG way.

How does this work in your life? God has put the Holy Spirit inside you and wants you to be a prophet. Not in the sense that you know the future, but in a sense that you are so filled with the knowledge of Him who has saved you that you constantly talk about his greatness.

The promised Holy Spirit has come. This promise is for you and has been kept by God. He has poured out his Spirit on you in order that you might be empowered to glorify Him. Rejoice in the promises of God! Have a great week.