Chapter 2 is a huge chapter for the Christian Faith and especially for my upbringing in the Pentecostal Church. This is what we now call the Pentecost which was a Jewish holiday celebrating the 15 day after the Sabbath of Passover week. It was the day that the Holy Spirit came to dwell in us!!! Here again we see Jewish holidays coinciding with the Kingdom of God coming to Earth!
After the Spirit came on the followers of Jesus, they began to proclaim the Gospel in many languages which they had never spoke to all the outsiders who were in Jerusalem for the celebrations!
If you want to see a great summary of what we believe as Christians look at Peter's sermon in Acts 2! Following Peter's message 3,000 were added to the followers. Peter's message is very much a Jewish message spoken at the perfect time for the Message of Christ to go out. Think about how quickly the Good News spread after Peter spoke to this crowd of Jews from all around the world!
The end of Acts 2 talks about how the church functioned and lived together. Orange UMC is called an Acts 2 church by the Conference and this is what that title means!
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