Steve Myers speaks about how Pentecost represents a new beginning.
Sermon Notes
Notes:
Pentecost is called a Feast of Harvest. It is a First Fruits of your Labors. It is connected with the Spring Harvest. The First Fruits are a beginning.
Luke 24:44-49
Christ talks about a beginning at Jerusalem. What starts beginning of Jerusalem?
Acts 2: → Amazing miracles took place.
Peter was reminded was Christ said in Luke 24.
People were impacted and lives were changed on that day. God poured out His spirit on this new beginning.
Phil. 4:15 --> Paul is harkening back to beginning of the Gospel when he began to
speak in Europe.
What is happening in our life where we need a new beginning and a fresh start. Are
there areas in our life where we haven't let God touch.
Luke 4:16
Can we have a new beginning and a freedom from sin? Every time we repent and want to change, we have that moment. The Book of Ruth was read during Pentecost for the Jews, it was a story of harvest and beginnings.
Ruth 1:16 → Your people will be my people and your God will be my God.
When Ruth was gleaning the fields, what was she doing? Boaz was making sure nothing was left behind. The heritage that came from Ruth was Jesus Christ. What will Christ do with the first fruits? He will not leave us behind. God finishes what He starts.
John 6:37 → All that the Father gives me shall come to me (like gleaning the fields).
John 10: → God designated who would be the first fruits and Christ will make sure no one is left behind. No one can take us out from the hand of God. Great beginning have great endings.
We now have the spiritual requirements of God’s law, that is a new beginning.
2 Peter 1: How would it be possible to have grace and peace multiplied in our life - through the power of God.
We’ve been given great and exceeding promises. We participate in the very divine nature of God. By this promise, we’ve escaped the corruption of the world.
As God’s first fruits, we have to continue to grow. No matter what life brings us, we have to continue to grow.
