In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at the predominant role of the Holy Spirit in the book of Acts. Starting at Pentecost in Acts 2, the Holy Spirit has center stage as Jesus’s Church launches and the Gospel spreads from Jerusalem towards the ends of the Earth. In Acts 2, the promised Holy Spirit arrives with the sound of wind and the appearance of fire. As the Holy Spirit rests on the early Church, the people are filled with power. The first major act of the Holy Spirit is to empower the Church to proclaim the Gospel in many languages at once, displaying God’s eternal plan to draw the nations to Himself as one Kingdom. Throughout the book of Acts, the Holy Spirit continually fills believers with power to proclaim the Gospel, serve the Church and find the hope they need to face and endure persecution.
