Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Acts 2:1-12
by: Jasmine Lynch.
Pentecost refers to the Jewish festival celebrated on the fiftieth day after Passover. This was not just another holiday. Jews came from all over the world to celebrate this festival. The disciples were gathered together on Pentecost when the Holy Spirit “filled the whole house where they were sitting” (2: 2, NKJV). Jesus had told the disciples “not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father” (1:4, NKJV). They obeyed. He told them, “You shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit has come upon you” (1:8, NKJV). That was an awesome, powerful experience. That same power can be ours if we obey Him.