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Flaming Tongues Sc rip t; Act s 2.1-13 Intro: This Sunday stands in an interesting position on our calendars. Memorial Day weekend and Pentecost Sunday celebrations overlap. One celebration taken from our national calendar and the other from the church's calendar. One i s to remember those who have died and are dying to maintain the ideals of a fre e nation, and the other to remember the power that makes the church liv e in any age. Memorial day celebrations w ill center in the virtues and g lo r ie s of s a c r ific e , bloodshed on behalf of id e a ls , and death; emphasizing the importance of t he p a trio tic s p i r it tha t makes a nation great, powerful, and hopefully humane, Pent ecost c a lls the church to remember that i t i s not by might, nor by power, but by my S p ir it says the Lord of hosts, that the church liv e s , has a power of witness to make any difference in the ecology in which i t has been placed by the Providence of God. Pentecost c a lls the church to the S p ir it th a t brought the f i r s t signs of l i f e to a group of Chri stians who were not sure what to do with th e ir new found fa ith . Memorial Day c a lls fo r s a c r ific e in the name of principles assuring a free society. Pen te co st c a l l s fo r the giving up of the s e l f to be f i l le d by the S p ir it—the s p i r it of God, empowering recipients with the new l i f e God gives to men in Ch r is t . Both nation and church are in need of a revival of s p i r i t , both need new power by which they may liv e . The task of the church on Pentecost Sunday i s to look a t the power that launched a small band of Christians into an influence that a t one time shaped the development of Western c iv iliz a tio n . Pentecost, the time when flaming tongues of f i r e stood over Christians, and the began to speak another language, a language that challenged the concepts by which individuals lived, and upon which the Roman Empire was based. But what did Pentecost do to those people? I . I t carried them beyond b e lie f . This i s not to say b e lie f i s unimportant, A. Christian fa ith has been concerned about righ t b e lie f . 1. The early church was concerned about in filtr a tio n s of heresy. 2. Weakening or watering down f a i th 's foundations had to be guarded ag ainst. Was Jesus re a lly human? What did i t mean, on the other hand to c a l l him the Son of God? Does God forgive us f r e e ly or are there strin g s attached? 3. There i s a sizable difference in c a llin g Jesus Lord, as over against Teacher. Lord and Saviour were the designations, the affirmations of the early church. 4. Affirmations can be handed down from generation to generation. I s truth about God handed down as i s truth about gravity, magnetic f ie ld s , the rules governing equations, the theorems underlying Euclidean geometry? Are church vows lik e saying yes to 2 + 2=4? B. 5. We must go beyond b e lie f . 1. B e l i e f in God, lik e b e lie fs in the accuracy of a mathematical equation. 2+2=4 w ill not change the way I liv e or d ie. Knowing or not knowing that piece of data i s not c ru c ia l. B e lie f in God too often i s loudly affirmed but lik e 2=2 makes n o great rip p le in the manner in which we liv e . B e lie f lik e th is even Satan capable of
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Title of Sermon | Flaming Tongues |
Author | Landwehr, Arthur |
Subject | Pentecost, Spiritual Filling |
Date of sermon | n/a |
Type | Text |
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Number of Pages | 3 |
Language | English |
Biblical Book | Acts |
Verses | 2:1-13 |
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Collection | The Arthur Landwehr Sermon Collection (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) |
Identifier | 620 Flaming Tongues.pdf |
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Title of Sermon | Page 1 |
Biblical Book | Biblical Book |
Collection | The Arthur Landwehr Sermon Collection (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) |
Transcript | Flaming Tongues Sc rip t; Act s 2.1-13 Intro: This Sunday stands in an interesting position on our calendars. Memorial Day weekend and Pentecost Sunday celebrations overlap. One celebration taken from our national calendar and the other from the church's calendar. One i s to remember those who have died and are dying to maintain the ideals of a fre e nation, and the other to remember the power that makes the church liv e in any age. Memorial day celebrations w ill center in the virtues and g lo r ie s of s a c r ific e , bloodshed on behalf of id e a ls , and death; emphasizing the importance of t he p a trio tic s p i r it tha t makes a nation great, powerful, and hopefully humane, Pent ecost c a lls the church to remember that i t i s not by might, nor by power, but by my S p ir it says the Lord of hosts, that the church liv e s , has a power of witness to make any difference in the ecology in which i t has been placed by the Providence of God. Pentecost c a lls the church to the S p ir it th a t brought the f i r s t signs of l i f e to a group of Chri stians who were not sure what to do with th e ir new found fa ith . Memorial Day c a lls fo r s a c r ific e in the name of principles assuring a free society. Pen te co st c a l l s fo r the giving up of the s e l f to be f i l le d by the S p ir it—the s p i r it of God, empowering recipients with the new l i f e God gives to men in Ch r is t . Both nation and church are in need of a revival of s p i r i t , both need new power by which they may liv e . The task of the church on Pentecost Sunday i s to look a t the power that launched a small band of Christians into an influence that a t one time shaped the development of Western c iv iliz a tio n . Pentecost, the time when flaming tongues of f i r e stood over Christians, and the began to speak another language, a language that challenged the concepts by which individuals lived, and upon which the Roman Empire was based. But what did Pentecost do to those people? I . I t carried them beyond b e lie f . This i s not to say b e lie f i s unimportant, A. Christian fa ith has been concerned about righ t b e lie f . 1. The early church was concerned about in filtr a tio n s of heresy. 2. Weakening or watering down f a i th 's foundations had to be guarded ag ainst. Was Jesus re a lly human? What did i t mean, on the other hand to c a l l him the Son of God? Does God forgive us f r e e ly or are there strin g s attached? 3. There i s a sizable difference in c a llin g Jesus Lord, as over against Teacher. Lord and Saviour were the designations, the affirmations of the early church. 4. Affirmations can be handed down from generation to generation. I s truth about God handed down as i s truth about gravity, magnetic f ie ld s , the rules governing equations, the theorems underlying Euclidean geometry? Are church vows lik e saying yes to 2 + 2=4? B. 5. We must go beyond b e lie f . 1. B e l i e f in God, lik e b e lie fs in the accuracy of a mathematical equation. 2+2=4 w ill not change the way I liv e or d ie. Knowing or not knowing that piece of data i s not c ru c ia l. B e lie f in God too often i s loudly affirmed but lik e 2=2 makes n o great rip p le in the manner in which we liv e . B e lie f lik e th is even Satan capable of |