Other Tongues

As we’ve been learning, Acts is a record of the movement Jesus began in the gospels, the spread of his good news of great joy for all people. After his death and resurrection, Jesus gathered his disciples and told them to wait for the arrival of the Holy Spirit, who would give them the power to share about him.

They couldn't move until God moved, and so recently we've seen the disciples waiting. Then, as they waited, dramatically the sound of a violent wind filled the space they were gathered and something like flames of fire settled on each of their heads. Luke tells us that everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirt, just as Jesus had promised, and they began to speak in languages they couldn't speak previously.

Last week, we heard about two of the signs which accompanied the arrival of the Holy Spirit on the first believers: wind and fire. We traced the origins of those signs deep into the Old Testament.