ACTS 2 – THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
8/31/2025-Sunday School
Lesson 6: The Book of Acts
Text: Acts 2:1-13
Theme: The empowerment of the Church by the Holy Spirit.
The events of chapter 2
The power of the Holy Spirit (vv. 1-13)
The preaching of Pentecost (vv. 14-47)
The ministry of the Holy Spirit in believers
Indwelling of the Spirit – The Holy Spirit constantly abides in the believer beginning at the point of salvation
Filling of the Spirit – may be used in two ways
The filling of the Holy Spirit to empower the believer for service (Acts 2:4)
The filling of the believer by allowing the Holy Spirit to control your life (Eph 5:18)
Baptism of the Spirit – may be used in two ways
The baptism of the believer at the point of conversion into the body of Christ (1 Cor 12:13)
The influence of the Holy Spirit on the believer for the purpose of spreading the Gospel (Acts 1:5, 8)
I personally believe that all three of these are seen on the day of Pentecost
These disciples were immersed in the power of the Holy Spirit when He filled them – THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS EMPOWERING THEM FOR THE SPREADING OF THE GOSPEL
What is “speaking in tongues”?
1. It is a result of the Holy Spirit’s empowerment
2. It is for the spreading of the Gospel to the Jews
3. It is the Holy Spirit giving a person the ability to speak in a known language which is unknown by the person speaking
