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November 5 - Acts 2 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's Tuesday the 5th of
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  November. Great that you have tapped on
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  play and invited me to join you as we are going to read the
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  Pentecost reading. Yes, this is the story about
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  really what many people would describe as the birth of the
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  church, the time when the Holy Spirit gets sent into the world
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  in this tangible way, into the followers of Jesus.
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  That's right, friends, that's you and me.
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  This is where it all started. And the Holy Spirit takes
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  residence in our heart in this way.
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  How fantastic. You're ready to read it?
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  Yep, me too. Let us read together Acts
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  chapter 2. On the day of Pentecost, all the
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  believers were meeting together in one place.
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  Suddenly there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a
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  mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were
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  sitting. Then what looked like flames or
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  tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them, and
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  everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began
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  speaking in other languages as the Holy Spirit gave them this
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  ability. At that time there were devout
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  Jews from every nation living in Jerusalem.
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  When they heard the loud noise, everyone came running, and they
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  were bewildered to hear their own languages being spoken by
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  the believers. They were completely amazed.
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  How can this be? They exclaimed.
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  These people are all from Galilee, yet we hear them
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  speaking in our own native languages.
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  Here we are Parthians, Medes, Elamites, people from
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  Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontius, the province of Asia,
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  Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt and the areas of Libya and Cyrene,
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  visitors from Rome, both Jews and converts to Judaism, Cretans
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  and Arabs. And we all hear these people
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  speaking our own languages about the wonderful things God has
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  done. They stood there amazed and
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  perplexed. What can this mean?
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  They asked each other. But others in the crowd
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  ridiculed, saying they're just drunk, that's all.
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  Then Peter stepped forward with the 11 other apostles and
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  shouted to the crowd. Listen carefully, all of you,
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  fellow Jews and residents of Jerusalem, make no mistake about
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  this. These people are not drunk as
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  some of you are assuming. 9:00 in the morning is much too early
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  for that note. What you see was predicted long
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  ago by the prophet Joel. In the last days, God says, I
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  will pour out my spirit upon all people.
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  Your sons and daughters will prophecy, Your young men will
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  see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.
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  In those days I will pour out my spirit even on my servants, men
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  and women alike, and they will prophecy, and I will cause
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  wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood
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  and fire and clouds of smoke. The sun will become dark and the
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  moon will turn blood red before that great and glorious day of
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  the Lord arrives. But everyone who calls on the
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  name of the Lord will be saved. People of Israel, listen.
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  God publicly endorsed Jesus the Nazarene by doing powerful
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  miracles, wonders and signs through Him, as you well know.
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  But God knew what would happen, and His prearranged plan was
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  carried out. When Jesus was betrayed, with
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  the help of the lawless Gentiles, you nailed him to a
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  cross and killed him. But God released him from the
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  horrors of death and raised him back to life, for death could
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  not keep him in its grip. King David said this about him.
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  I see that the Lord is always with me.
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  I will not be shaken, for He is right beside me.
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  No wonder my heart is glad, and my tongue shouts His praises.
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  My body rests in hope, for You will not leave my soul among the
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  dead or allow your Holy 1 to rot in the grave.
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  You have shown me the way of life, and You will fill me with
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  the joy of Your presence. Dear brothers, think about this.
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  You can be sure that the patriarch David wasn't referring
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  to himself, for he died and was buried, and his tomb is still
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  here among us. But he was a prophet, and he
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  knew God had promised with an oath that one of David's own
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  descendants would sit on his throne.
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  David was looking into the future and Speaking of the
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  Messiah's resurrection. He was saying that God would not
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  leave him among the dead or allow his body to rot in the
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  grave. God raised Jesus from the dead
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  and we are all witnesses of this now.
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  He is exalted to the place of highest honour in heaven at
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  God's right hand. And the Father, as he had
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  promised, gave him the Holy Spirit to pour out upon us, just
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  as you see and hear to day. For David himself never ascended
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  into heaven. Yet he said, the Lord said to my
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  Lord, sit at the place of honour at my right hand, until I humble
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  your enemies, making them a footstool under your feet.
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  So let everyone in Israel know for certain that God has made
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  this Jesus whom you crucified to be both Lord and Messiah.
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  Peter's words pierced their hearts and they said to him and
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  to the other apostles, Brothers, what should we do?
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  Peter replied. Each of you must repent of your
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  sins and turn to God and be baptised in the name of Jesus
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  Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.
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  Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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  This promise is to you, to your children, and to those far away,
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  all who have been called by the Lord our God.
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  Then Peter continued preaching for a long time, strongly urging
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  all his listeners. Save yourselves from this
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  crooked generation. Those who believed what Peter
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  said were baptised and added to the church that day, about 3000.
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  In all all the believers devoted themselves to the apostle
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  teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing meals, including the
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  Lord's Supper, and to prayer. A deep sense of awe came over
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  them all, and the apostles performed many miraculous signs
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  and wonders. And all the believers met
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  together in one place and shared everything they had.
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  They sold their property and possessions and shared the money
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  with those in need. They worshipped together at the
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  temple each day, met in homes for the Lord's Supper, and
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  shared their meals with great joy and generosity, all the
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  while praising God and enjoying the goodwill of all the people.
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  And each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were
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  being saved. Oh our God, you are incredible.
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  Not only are you the Father, the Creator of all, but you are also
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  the Son. You are Jesus who came to save
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  us, to show us what your nature, God's nature, is really like.
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  And finally, Lord, you are Spirit, You come and you dwell
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  in US so that we would know intimately who you are and what
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  your plans are. Thank You that as Your Spirit
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  dwells in US, You convict us of Your truth so that we can know
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  You better, we can know Jesus better, and we can better be
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  empowered to live as Your disciples.
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  Holy Spirit, grow in US, take control of us.
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  May we be effective agents for Your Kingdom in this world
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  around us. We are just blown away that You
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  would choose to include us in this way.
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  Come and be so close and so intimate with us and in US.
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  So fill us today as we just revel in your presence, a
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  wonderful saving God. It's in your name that we pray,
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  Jesus, Amen.