Sermon #396
The Day of Pentecost began as a Jewish holiday but has become important in the Christian Church as a memorial to the day when the Holy Spirit was given and the Church was born. Today we focus on what it means to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Who is the Holy Spirit (He is a who and not a what)? How does the Spirit of God relate to God the Father and God the Son? And how does God act in our lives when we are filled with His Spirit?
I'm not going to lie, this sermon is pretty raw. I preached it on the heels of spending half the night watching riots all around the country on CNN. My heart breaks for these cities and the communities that feel so desperate in their oppression that they need to react violently, and also for the police who feel the need to rally their troops and put this uprising down by any means necessary. So even though I'm supposed to be preaching on Pentecost, somewhere around the 22 minute mark it went off the rails. Let this message stand as a testimony to the injustice and wickedness in the world today.
Acts 2:1-21
Recorded at Ebenezer UMC on May 31, 2020 (Originally published June 1, 2020)
S.D.G.
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