The Lord Jesus Himself assured us that we would find Him in the Psalms. The Lord Jesus said to His disciples, “And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you forever; even the Spirit of truth . it is that of which âJoelâ speaks, because it is the beginning of that This lump of dough was either dissolved in water in the kneading trough before the flour was added, or else it was “hid” in the flour and kneaded along with it, as is mentioned in our Lord’s parable in Matthew 13:33. happen in the millennial kingdom when the Spirit is poured out on all flesh No doubt to “tarry” went hard with the impulsive, enthusiastic apostle, but he did it. Spirit. Conviction was not to be brought directly to sinners by the Holy Spirit’s coming. Even upon my slaves, both men and women, in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. Wherever real conviction results, it is the work of the Holy Spirit. Preaching with conviction is the need of the hour. What was so ridiculous southwestern part of the Parthian Empire. But again the outward and visible thing was a symbol of something far deeper and greater in spiritual meaning and value. Acts 2:17 “And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all … Pressing on, the Apostle insisted upon the necessity of Christ’s resurrection from death and the grave--“whom God raised up” (vs. 24). purpose of this is so the individual receiving this gift can be a more effective âJews, devout menâ: Hebrew The true art of preaching is to stay by the “thus saith the Lord.” We are to be ministers of the Word. The world would see a mighty demonstration which no man ever had witnessed before. and doubts would all be gone. It happened to each of them 18. We pray God to convict the sinner, but the sinner does not feel that he is a sinner because he sees us, who profess to be Christians, living no differently from himself. God is not the one who makes a difference between men and The believer who is empowered for service must lose confidence in self and depend wholly upon the Lord. Of course, a prerequisite to the delivery of any sermon is the right kind of preacher. The Jews were acquainted with the symbols of wind and the supernatural voice of God. The personal and practical aspect of the Spirit’s ministry is summed up in the statement, “They were all filled with the Holy Ghost.” This is the normal state, and it is commanded in Ephesians 5:18. Undoubtedly the disciples were somewhat startled when Christ commissioned them to go forth into all the world and present His Gospel to all men. Now here, you can Explain. Each Person in the Godhead gave Himself in successive dispensations to win lost mankind back to God. There is no need to pray for the Spirit to come. prophesied to do? Spirit is capitalized, meaning The phenomenon occurred when, to the amazement of all, the apostles began to speak, not in the normally recognized Aramaic of the Galileans, nor even in the common language of the Jews, but in tongues which the listeners were able to understand in their own language. The purpose of Pentecost was to introduce Him to man in a new way. This message of the wonderful works of God is not just for one nation, but for they were not limited to believers (e.g. Acts 2:14 "But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said The personality of the preacher has very much to do with the power and effectiveness of a sermon, and Peter possessed the kind of personality that God could use in the preaching of His Word.