from Acts 2:1-21
The coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost is one of the most powerful displays of the presence of God recorded for us in the New Testament. And yet, for many the work of the Holy Spirit remains a mystery. Is the Holy Spirit still present today? If so, what are the ways the Spirit of God is at work? Should one expect tongues of fire, the sound of wind, and the speaking in other languages?
Perhaps more difficult and dangerous than an overemphasis on the phenomena of the Spirit is to ignore the Holy Spirit altogether. There are key moments in Luke’s account of the Holy Spirit’s coming at Pentecost that might just help us see the ways in which the Spirit is still at work and how critical that is for a life spent following Jesus.
w/ Vern Collins