"They will know we are Christians by our love." But what does it mean to love?

Acts 1:8 is the thesis statement of the book of Acts, but also of all Church history. Today, God wants his Church to operate in the power of his Holy Spirit to do all the things that Jesus did.

"God wants to empower you more than you want to be empowered."

We continue looking into what the Holy Spirit did in response to the amazing events on the day of Pentecost and how the very first Christian community lived.

This week, we look at the first thing the Holy Spirit did in the people who heard Peter's sermon on the day of Pentecost as he led them to repentance.

In Peter's Pentecost sermon, he "gospels" the story of Jesus in what might be a surprising way for evangelicals today.

This week we flip back to the prophet Joel to examine a prophecy Peter will quote in his Pentecost sermon.

When the Spirit fell on the followers of Jesus on the day of Pentecost, he empowered them to speak all the languages of the Roman empire, but why?

On the day of Pentecost, the promised Spirit of God finally fell on Jesus' followers.

A prayerful people will operate in the power of the Holy Spirit. A prayerless people cannot.

At the beginning of the book of Acts, we read about Jesus' final interaction with his apostles and his command to wait in Jerusalem until they received the Holy Spirit. In this passage, we see the indispensability of the Holy Spirit in the life of Jesus' followers.