Lectionary: Series C (327)
  1. As astounding as co-eternity and co-equality with the Father in majesty and glory is, this is not the most significant answer Jesus gave in this Gospel reading, not for us at least.
  2. Our daily remembrance of baptism, our daily dying and rising, is a daily joining to Jesus and His death and resurrection for us.
  3. At Pentecost, the Holy Spirit is poured out and the language of man is united again for the Gospel to be preached to the ends of the earth.
  4. How might your preaching of the work of the Spirit expand your own view of the Spirit’s work, and help your hearers gain an appreciation for the Holy Spirit’s activity in their lives beyond a standalone celebration, one day a year?
  5. Pentecost is a flashback. It drives us back to the past. It also propels us forward into the future.
  6. The glimpse of this final vision of healing has healed us before, it heals us here and now, and it will heal us again.
  7. Now, in the New Testament, the number for the Church remains twelve as Jesus calls twelve Apostles to be trained by Him to carry out the ministry following His ascension.
  8. God will undo the curse and release His creation through the resurrection. In Christ, it’s already taken place. We’re next.
  9. So, we pray. Not just in times of need, but we pray at all times. Because this is part of what it means to be saved.
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