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1 | I will pour out of My Spirit | Acts 2:17 | cuhigher | 193091 | ||
Dear Tim, Thank you very much for your response. May I ask a few follow-up questions? 1. You stated that Peter said that the events of the first Pentecost were the fulfillment of Joel's prophecy. As far as I can tell, Joel did not mention a single or specific day in this passage, but rather said that it shall be “in the last days… I will in those days pour forth of My Spirit… before the great and glorious day of the Lord shall come.” How can this be reconciled? 2. Joel’s prophecy begins in Ac 2:17 and continues through verse 21. Was Peter saying that this entire passage was fulfilled on the first Pentecost? 3. Is it possible that the first Pentecost was just the beginning of the fulfillment of this prophecy? 4. You said that it is certainly “possible” that God will yet again pour out His Spirit in some remarkable way. My understanding is that our God does not will that anyone should perish, but that it is His desire that everyone should come to repentance and be spared eternity in the lake of fire. If we ourselves are in tune with His heart – and desire what He desires – is there a reason why we should not be actively standing in faith, and crying out to Him to see such an unprecedented outpouring of His Spirit to draw the unsaved to Himself? 14But Peter, taking his stand with the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: "Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words. 15"For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only the third hour of the day; 16but this is what was spoken of through the prophet Joel: 17 ‘AND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS,' God says, 'THAT I WILL POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT ON ALL MANKIND; AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY, AND YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS, AND YOUR OLD MEN SHALL DREAM DREAMS; 18EVEN ON MY BONDSLAVES, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, I WILL IN THOSE DAYS POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT AND THEY SHALL PROPHESY. 19'AND I WILL GRANT WONDERS IN THE SKY ABOVE AND SIGNS ON THE EARTH BELOW, BLOOD, AND FIRE, AND VAPOR OF SMOKE. 20'THE SUN WILL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD, BEFORE THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY OF THE LORD SHALL COME. 21'AND IT SHALL BE THAT EVERYONE WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.' |
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2 | I will pour out of My Spirit | Acts 2:17 | canawedding | 193178 | ||
You wrote "actively standing in faith". After John the Baptist went to prison, not before but after, Jesus Christ began His earthly Ministry. He commanded us all to repent and believe. Believe what, exactly? Have faith in what, exactly? Does His command in Mk 1:14-15 have anything to do with Mt 6:33? Yes, everything. There are many types of faith but in Eph 4:4-7, we read about one faith as well as one baptism and one body and One Spirit and One Lord and One God and Father of us all. In Ac 2, the 3000 believed what Peter declared through the Power of God's Holy Spirit, 1Pe 1:12 and because they believed, they sincerely repentent and the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved, Ac 2. How? Read Lk 24; Ac 1-2; 1Pe 1 very carefully. | ||||||
3 | Ac 2:17 | Acts 2:17 | cuhigher | 193346 | ||
Thank you canawedding for your reply. Could you please explain your point? Thanks. | ||||||
4 | Ac 2:17 | Acts 2:17 | canawedding | 193361 | ||
Lk 24: 44. And He said unto them, These are my Words which I spake unto you while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled which are written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms, concerning me. [Remember Mt 5:1-20.] 45. Then opened He their mind, that they might understand the Scriptures [And, that has not changed. Read Ps 119; Mt 23:8-12; Jn 6:45.] 46. and He said unto them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and rise again from the dead the third day 47. and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His Name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. [Read 1Pe 1.] 48. Ye are witnesses of these things. 49. And behold, I send forth the Promise of my Father upon you but tarry ye in the city until ye be clothed with Power from on High. Ac 1: 4. and, being assembled together with them, He charged them not to depart from Jerusalem but to wait for the Promise of the Father, which, said He, ye heard from me. 5. For John indeed baptized with water but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence. [John the Baptist said the same Gospel Truth 4 times and Peter said it once as well in Ac 11 when he realized he had opposed God!] 8. But ye shall receive Power when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judaea and Samaria and unto the uttermost part of the Earth. [Is this Power for all true Christians?] Ro 1: 16. For I am not ashamed of the Gospel; for it is the Power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth, to the Jew first and also to the Greek (non-Jews). [How do we receive this Power of God? Paul told everyone in Ro 1:16-21 in plain language and he was expounding Scripture such as Mt 6:33 and Mk 1:14-15. We must seek first and find first in order to find the narrow Gate that leads to the narrow Road that few will find, Mt 7.] Use a concordance and study how the words "Believe", "Faith", "Gift", "Repent", "Righteousness", "Obey", "Power", "Promise" and their variations are used in the entire NT. |
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