And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
Forty-three years ago, my good friend Mike Riggs, the man who discipled me in the faith and the best man at my wedding, taught me to study Acts 2 through all of the “all’s” in the chapter. There are thirteen of them, I think.
He is a different word that conveys the same meaning, “each of them.”
The supernatural work of the Holy Ghost was not limited to a select group of believers.
- It wasn’t just the Apostles
- It wasn’t just the men
The “cloven tongues like as of fire…sat upon each of them.”
The Christian faith is not intended to be a matter of performer-audience or even the ministers and the ministered. Instead, the Christian faith is intended to be each Christian using the gifts the Holy Spirit of God places upon him for the good of the whole church, which then becomes the spiritual good of those outside the church.
Peter was the one who rose to speak on that Pentecostal day, but the people in town heard them all speak the wonderful works of God.
The unique thing about that church on the day of Pentecost is that it began with one hundred twenty people bound together, praying.
- Perhaps the difference today is that so many of those who profess to be Christians are not “bound together praying.”
- Perhaps the Holy Spirit of God still fills all the believers in the house.
- Perhaps the problem is that many of those visiting the house are not believers.
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