08/06/2025 | PENTECOST SUNDAY

Pentecost Sunday

  1. Reading the following scriptures, how did God prepare the disciples, and the world, for Pentecost? John 15:26 & 16:7-11; Acts 1:4-5&8; Acts 2:17
  2. Why was everyone, from various parts of the world, gathered together in Jerusalem at this time? And why was this beneficial?
  3. Read Acts 2:1-13, what stands out to you in this scripture passage?
  4. Fire within scripture is often symbolic of the power and presence of God. Moses and the burning bush (Exodus 3); guiding the Israelites by a pillar of fire by night (Ex. 13:21); God meeting with the Israelites on Mount Sinai (Ex. 19:16-19); the consuming fire during the dedication of the temple of God (2 Chron. 7:1). What does the power and presence of God mean to you?
  5. Through the Holy Spirit we can also see how God claims us as his. In Romans 8:14-7 Paul tells us that through the Spirit we are adopted to sonship, we are God’s children, we are co-heirs with Christ. What does it mean to be “claimed” by God in this way?
  6. How does 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 fit into this?
  7. So, through the Holy Spirit our bodies become temples, we become children of God, co-heirs with Christ…why does this all require the power and presence of God?
  8. Finally, how does witnessing tie into this? Let’s think about Jesus’ words “but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”