An undeniable miracle done in Jesus' name creates the context for the call for repentance and faith that Jesus is truly God's promised Messiah and that he is alive and well and still working blotting out sin and healing. The Jewish crowds as well as us today are called to repentance and faith and to fulfill our call to be a blessing to all the families of the earth in Jesus' name.

The explanation of Pentecost is truly about the Person of Jesus Christ. Peter makes this very clear in his first New Covenant sermon tying the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ to the sovereign hand of God the Father and by pointing to the universal need for repentance and faith brought about on that day by the power of the Holy Spirit.

We often think of the redemptive work of Jesus as His "life, death and resurrection", but really the work of Jesus is His "life, death, resurrection, ascension and giving of the Spirit." In this message, we tackle Acts 2:1-21 and ask the question together, "What is Pentecost?"

As we jump into the text of Acts 1, we look at 3 facts about the author of Acts, 4 events that happen in Acts 1, and 2 errors made by the first followers of Jesus that can keep us from the MULTIPLY mission that Jesus has given us.

By way of introduction and challenge, as we kick off our new MULTIPLY series in the book Acts and a new season here at Grace Central Coast, the message will provide a "fly over" of the early chapters of Acts to see how the early church multiplied and how our church can too. It is going to be an exciting Sunday!