Pentecost: A Fresh Outpouring of the Holy Spirit is Needed Today

Sermons by Archbishop Foley Beach

Pentecost: A Fresh Outpouring of the Holy Spirit is Needed Today

MESSAGE SUMMARY:

In 1900, a Roman Catholic Nun obeyed the voice of the Lord, and she wrote to Pope Leo encouraging him to pray for a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit. This request began a chain of events: a nun wrote a letter; a Pope and his Cardinals prayed; and the world received a Pentecostal outpouring of the Holy Spirit through many Christian denominations during a great revival in the early twentieth century.

Today, the world, along with all of us, need to be renewed with a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Pentecost, initially, was about: people being filled with the Holy Spirit; people received Spiritual gifts;

and people witnessing for Jesus. These events of Pentecost are normal Christianity; this is what God intends for His people. If we are going to have a growing relationship with Jesus, we must be filled with the Holy Spirit who enables us to know and commune with the Lord.

In recent times, there have been teachings, regarding the Holy Spirit, that do not conform to the Bible. Too many of us are trying to live the Christian life without the Holy Spirit. When do we receive the Holy Spirit? We cannot put God in a box regarding a timing for the receipt of the Holy Spirit. However, the better question is: “Have we received the Holy Spirit?”. Until we surrender our lives to Jesus, the Holy Spirit cannot indwell our lives and lead us. Therefore, the best answer to the timing our receipt of the Holy Spirit is “every day” if we pray every day for Him to fill us.

We know if we are filled with the Holy Spirit from Paul in Galatians 5:16-26. If we are filled with the Holy Spirit, we will bear the fruits of the Spirit and not the flesh. If we sin, we are not in the Holy Spirit. Pentecost reminds us that we are given Spiritual gifts to witness for Jesus.

We must ask the Lord: “Am I being led by the Holy Spirit and doing those things He directs, or am I doing what I think is best?”.

TODAY’S PRAYER: Keeping the Sabbath, Lord, will require a lot of changes in the way I am living life. Teach me, Lord, how to take the next step with this in a way that fits my unique personality and situation. Help me to trust you with all that will remain unfinished and to enjoy my humble place in your very large world. In Jesus’ name, amen. Scazzero, Peter. Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Day by Day (p. 129). Zondervan. Kindle Edition.

TODAY’S AFFIRMATION: Today, I affirm that because of what God has done for me in His Son, Jesus, I AM RIGHTEOUS IN GOD’S EYES. God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:21

SCRIPTURE REFERENCE (ESV): 1 Corinthians 12:1-11; Acts 2:1-4; 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:20; Philippians 4:13; Ephesians 5:18; Galatians 5:16-26; Acts 1:8-11.

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