The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1959-10-10

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Acts 2:1-4, 1924, 32-38.
MEMORY SELECTION -
Repent, and be baptized every
one of you in the name of
Jesus Christ for the remission
of sins, and yet shall receive
the gift of the Holy Ghost
(Acts 2:38). This was the same
duty that John the Baptist and
Christ had preached, and now
that the Spirit is poured out
it is still insisted on: Repent,
repent; change your mind,
change your way, BE baptized
every one of you in the name
of Jesus Christ" that is firmly
believe the doctrine of Christ.
and submit to his grace and
government; and make an
open solemn profession of this
by submitting to the ordinance
of baptism and "You shall re-
ceive the gift of the Holy
Ghost as we'll as we"
THE GIFT OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT:
"And when the day of Pente-
cost was fully come, they were
all with one accord in one
place" - The fiftieth day from
the morrow after the Sabbath
Of the Passover was the day
celebrated as the Day of Pen
tecost The close contact
which these people kept with
each other might have been
for reason of security as well
as for spiritual power. Ever
since the crucifixion of Jesus
the disciples had concealed
themselves from the Jews
whenever they were in Jeru-
salem. "And suddenly there
came a sound from heaven as
of a rushing, mighty wind, and
it filled all the house where
they were sitting - It is also
observed that the approach or
descent of the terrific sound
was not gradual but sudden,
much like q spiritual pheno-
menOn would be expected to
occur. But it filled the room
-fhere the disciples were sit
Ung, thus giving manifestation
Of the fact that the Spirit of
God is all inclusive and does
not limit itself. "And there
appeared unto them cloven
tongues like as of fire, and it
sat upon each of them The
mysterious appearance of frey
tongues had a two-fold signific-
ance. The basic thing is that
there were tongues. symbol
zing the speaking, the preach
ing, which would be the prin-
cipal thing in the process Of be
ing a witness for Christ. There
was also fire involved in this.
miraculous occurrence which
signifies that the Spirit of God
was present. Not a single per-
son in the room was passed
over but each one of them was
lighted upon by a tongue which
was clothed with fire. "And
they were all filled with the
Holy Ghost, and began to
speak with other tongues, as
the Spirit gave them utter
ance' In the first place
he received the gift of the Holy
Spirit, something which none
of the disciples had received
before. When the spirit filled
tongues were given to the dis
ciples the Holy Spirit accom-
panied them. In the second
place, the gift of the tongues
gave the disciples the ability
to speak as they had never
spoken before.
PETER EXPLAINS WHAT
HAPPENED AT PENTECOST:
eye men of Israel, hear
these words; Jesus of Nazareth,
a man approved of God among
you by miracles and wonders
and signs, which God did by
him in the midst of you, as we
yourselves also know"
The record which Jesus estab-
lished for himself during his
earthly ministry was a matter
of common knowledge among
most of the people of that re-
gion and of that generation.
Nearly every one except the
warped minded Pharisees and
others like them credited the
great work which Jesus did to
the power of Gods Spirit.
Him, being delivered by the
determinate counsel and fore
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