This past Sunday, we celebrated Pentecost, the birthday of the Christian Church!
50 days after Jesus had risen and 10 days after he had ascended, the Spirit came and filled his disciples with wisdom and power. With those gifts, they witnessed to what they had seen and heard about Jesus, the Savior of the world, and they called all to repent and believe in Him. The Holy Spirit has used that message and people like those disciples to spread the fire of faith up until this day. We continue that tradition still today: receiving wisdom and power from the Holy Spirit, repenting of our sin, believing in the name above all names, and witnessing to all nations.
Sadly, because of technical difficulties, our service stream of Facebook and Youtube went out after 30 minutes and before that didn’t record properly. Because of that, I will direct you to our sister church in Carthage, MO where my father led a wonderful service about Pentecost. If you did not join us in person yesterday, or you are simply looking for more to celebrate this great festival and the power of the Holy Spirit in your life, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvqT7PZSsRU.
Find our service bulletin by clicking here for the readings, hymn verses, and service focus: Service Bulletin for Pentecost. You can also read the sermon I preached yesterday by clicking here: The Beginning of the Final Age.
May the Holy Spirit kindle in you the fire of God’s love.
- Pastor Buelow