The Day of Pentecost was not just a single moment in time when the disciples experienced a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit. They had prepared before that event to receive the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit continued to be in them after that event. Pentecost for us should be more than a remembrance of a historical event. It is a time to prepare our hearts to receive the Holy Spirit to be in us and direct our lives from that moment on.

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For Christians, Pentecost represents the beginning of the Church, and many Christians celebrate it as a remembrance of that event. But there is more to Pentecost than a one-day event. And our celebration of Pentecost should be more than remembering what happened with the apostles back then. What happened at Pentecost is something we should anticipate walking in and experiencing in our own lives today. And that requires preparation, just as it was required then.

Before He ascended, Yeshua (Jesus) told His disciples to stay in Jerusalem and prepare for the Holy Spirit to come upon them. When that happened, it changed their lives. We think of Pentecost as a single manifestation of the Holy Spirit. But it was just the first day of the Spirit being with them and in them as He empowered them to be Christ’s witnesses in all the earth. What happened with the disciples is what happened with Christ when the Holy Spirit came on Him and remained. And this is what we are to have as temples of the Holy Spirit.

We absolutely want to see the outpourings of the Holy Spirit on all mankind. But that means more than having some wonderful experiences on one day and then going back to our regular lives the next day with no awareness of Him. We are looking for a life-changing event like the Day of Pentecost. We are looking for the Holy Spirit to be poured out on us and permanently reside in us as His temple. It means we do not go back to living our own lives according to our own desires and passions. The Holy Spirit, who is from God, has come to dwell within us to lead us, guide us, and direct our lives. This is what we prepare ourselves for.

Key Verses:

• Acts 1:2–8. “He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised.”
• 1 Corinthians 6:19–20. “Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you.”
• John 1:33. “He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, this is the One.”
• Galatians 2:20–21. “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me.”
• John 14:17–23. “You know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.”
• 1 Corinthians 3:16–17. “Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?”
• Romans 8:10–16. “You have not received a spirit of slavery … but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons.”

Quotes:

• “It’s important to me that we take the Bible with the attitude that we’re always looking for what God has opened the door to. And have that be an experience that we walk in.”
• “Our salvation experience, our walk with God, our revelation of Christ, our revelation of the Father is to be something that changes our way of life, how we think, what we do. We are to be led now by the Spirit, not led by our own thoughts and will and desires.”
• “It’s worth taking a few days and really going before the Lord to find out, ‘Is there any resistance in me? Is there any way in which I’m not really opening my heart to the completeness, the thorough reality of what it is to be the temple of the Holy Spirit and to have the Holy Spirit dwelling in me so that I am no longer my own person?’”

Takeaways:

1. Pentecost is more than a time to celebrate a historic event. It is a time to prepare our hearts, just as the disciples prepared, for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
2. The Holy Spirit did not come at Pentecost to give the disciples a one-day experience. He came to remain with them and be in them just as He did with Christ. We should expect the same.
3. He comes to dwell in us as His temple. We are no longer our own person living for our own desires, but He is in us to guide us and direct our lives.

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