ACTS I & II | The Spirit Poured Out | Acts 2:14-21 | Philip Anthony Mitchell
5/11/20261 hr 8 min
In week 4 of ACTS I & II, Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell teaches from Acts 2:14–21, revealing the power of the Holy Spirit poured out on the early Church.
At Pentecost, the Holy Spirit descended upon the 120 faithful disciples with the sound of a mighty rushing wind and tongues of fire. As nations gathered in wonder, confusion, and mockery, Peter stood before thousands in Jerusalem, defended the Church, and preached the first sermon of the Church age, anchored in Scripture.
The Holy Spirit was poured out to empower believers to proclaim Christ and make disciples in these last da...
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You know, as we're singing that song about the holiness of God, I'm reminded of a young man around 20 years of age or so. His name was Isaiah. And he had a, a open vision of the preincarnate Christ in which he saw Him for all of His holiness and grandeur and splendor. [sniffs] And in the moment he saw the preincarnate Christ in all of His holiness, he saw himself for what he really was. Not righteous, but a sinner. And he saw his nation for what his nation really was, sinners. Yeah. And as he just sat there in God's presence, grieving over his sinful nature and the sinful nature of his nation, God burned them in his lips and in his heart as a symbol of His redemption, and sent him out to proclaim the word to a hostile generation. And I just prayed in moments when we sing about the holiness of God, it would be beyond a song, that we would get a, a glimpse of the grandeur and the magnitude, if we can in our finite mind, of His supreme characteristic, which