Power From On High: The Promise

Text: Acts 1:4-8

Acts 1:4-5 | On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. 5 For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

Joel 2:28-29 | “And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. 29 Even on my servants, both men and women,I will pour out my Spirit in those days

The Father promised the gift

Acts 1:8 | But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Power for Purpose

The purpose of the baptism is not just to make you feel something, He makes you become something.

Acts 1:14 | They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

Waiting with Expectations

Acts 2:1-4 | When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

Tongues are not the goal; tongues are the evidence that the promise has been received.