Results Of Pentecostal Manifestation

We have been hearing that there is hope in Pentecost, meaning that in the experience many who were present were included. I believe that many of us who have been wavering, worried and a bit uncertain about where we fit in with the Pentecostal outpouring, are being given more informed understanding. It is knowledge and wisdom which literally pull us in, as the crowd of people were pulled in on that most glorious day. This is not a distant, future hope, but a present, vibrant, life-altering hope, which we can have even now.

So, our question continues. What then are we learning from the crowd at Pentecost? As by faith, we continue to scrutinize those who heard the speaking of the disciples of Jesus, under the influence of the Holy Spirit, we note simple, ordinary, yet most deeply profound facts. These are common facts which quicken us in faith, as we seek to be more effective witnesses of Jesus.

Those who heard, were drawn to the place where the disciples were.  I am sure, you do not believe that they were all there outside the upper room, just waiting for the disciples to speak. The miracle of speaking in tongues, drew the Jews and God-fearing Greeks from their own planned business of the morning, to come, see and know what was happening.  They were not just included, but they became involved, as they each began to use their own language to speak and ask about the meaning of it all.  Is this not very exciting?

Yes! I find this to be very heart-warming indeed. The very language that drew this crowd, the very tongues that they were hearing, were the very tongues, the languages being spoken, not to tell of the wonders of God, but to ask about the wonders of God. Are you seeing this?  Is not God truly marvellously great?  What is too impossible and too far-fetched for our God to do? Non-disciples share this miracle at Pentecost, for they are involved. 

There is sustained hope for you in Pentecost. We continue to learn more from the crowd. Here is something many of us do not come to, without revelation. The crowd were the invited people in this whole Pentecost drama. Remember, none of them was a disciple of Jesus, who was told by Him to wait in the upper room for the promised Gift. They knew nothing of this Gift and were not even expecting it.  On that morning, early in the morning, they were taken by surprise by what they were hearing. I tell you, the very tongues being spoken invited them, lured them as it were, to the place of outpouring.  All who heard came, including those who wanted to make a mockery of what the Holy Spirit was doing in ordinary people.  They were invited, by the very fact that it was their tongues, each native tongue, which called each one individually, just as how, what seemed to be tongues of fire, came and sat on each disciple of Jesus, individually.  Non-disciples share this miracle of Pentecost, for they are invited.

May we look, listen and learn from the crowd that gathered. May we also know that God’s Spirit still enables ordinary people to speak the language of some listening, hearing ear. It is all the Lord’s will and work, for He is Master of His works. As for me, whether speaker, hearer or both, I too will know the Miracle of Pentecost.  Amen!