Pastor Sullivan's Blog

Grace and Peace be unto you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. For several weeks our Lord has been teaching us about the Holy Spirit. Today, ten days after Christ ascended into heaven and fifty days after our Lord rose alive from the dead, He fulfills His promise. The apostles were in one place when “ suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting .” It’s appropriate that the Spirit make such a sound at His arrival. The word “spirit” means breath or wind. He rushes upon the apostles with the audible sound of a mighty rushing wind. “ Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. ” The Spirit arrives in fire just as John the Baptist had foretold in Matthew 3:11, “ He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. ” Jesus said in Luke 12:49, “ I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! ” Today that fire is kindl...

Grace and Peace be unto you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. On the day of Pentecost, God the Father sent the Holy Spirit as Christ had promised. The apostles are in one place when “ suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing, mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. ” Tongues as of fire sit atop their heads while new tongues, that is, foreign languages, fill their mouths. This special gift was given to them because outside the house, all throughout the city of Jerusalem, were Jews, devout men from every country, who had gathered there for the Old Testament festival of Pentecost. The Spirit gives utterance to the apostles so that they can preach “ the wonderful works of God ” in languages previously unknown to them. Men from all over the world hear the gospel in their own tongue, not in a cacophony of confusion like after the Lord visited the tower of Babel. It happened orderly, each one hearing only his own native tong...