Join us as we read the scriptures and a daily devotion written by Don Crisp. We pray these messages will bless us all at this time.
Mon 31st August – Acts chapter 2 :5-12:
Categories: Don’s Daily Devotions
Mon 31st August Read Acts chapter 2 :5-12:
V5: In God’s overruling providence, Jews from many nations are gathered in Jerusalem on this significant day. They were already a scattered people, spread throughout the Roman world. These were probably pilgrims, in Jerusalem to celebrate the feast of Weeks, some may have been there since the Passover, 7 weeks before. ( We are told they were ” devout men.“)
V6-7: They were amazed to hear these Galileans speaking in their own languages – and the sheer number of those gathered may suggest that this supernatural endowment with languages never learned humanly happened to the wider company of believers, not just the 12. Remember, this was a unique event to demonstrate the coming of the Spirit on that day.
V8-11: Those present cover much of the Roman empire. Surely many of them – among the 3000 saved that day ( v41.) – would have returned to their own countries as witnesses for Christ. What Acts records is only a tiny part of the early spread of the gospel.
V12: Of course, they can find no logical human explanation for what they are witnessing, for there is none. Only a Sovereign work of God’s Spirit explains what happened that day.