Pentecost
2 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. —Acts 2:1-2
Spirit not a
Supernatural/Natural Dualism
Providence
At work positively in the
At work restraining the full effect of sin and
Calvin: If you think a non-Christian can’t contribute to the world (medicine, arts, science), you are insulting the Holy Spirit
Spirit in the
Torah, Wilderness
Temple
Prophets
Ezekial 32
I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land. 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. 26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. 28 You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God. —Ez. 32:24-28
Pentecost
Torah on the
Flames
New Temple - not human hands
Body of Christ now the Church
Mediating the Worship of Yahweh to the nations
9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. —1 Peter 2:9-10
In context, let’s look at Romans 16
Rich, poor, young, old, married, single, from close by and far away
Patterns of the
False teachers…looking to tear this apart
Defined by it…and working to get our team and destroy yours
Paul
Commend -
For one another
Serving Christ, one another for the life of the world
This is who we are now
Regular names…just like you and I
Church - not a building, not the letters out front
Rescued by Christ
Serving one another
Come to the table
This is who we are
May we live into it