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To all of our digital disciples watching live across America and around the world, we welcome you. Our digital family, we on mission right now for Christ across the world standing on business for the Lord Jesus Christ in these last days. It's more than just technology. We are global family. We pray for you. We love you. You're an extension of our house wherever you are.
If you're in this room or you crept into this channel and you're not a follower of Jesus, we are glad that you're here. We want you to know that you could belong before you believe and be amongst us before you believe. And our prayer is that you would come to know the Lord Jesus before time has run out of you.
We're in a series called Acts 1 and 2 where we are walking through the first two chapters of the book of Acts together. A book of origin written by Luke in the AD '60s. It records the formation of the Christian Church in the first 30 years of its history. Our text today, Acts chapter 2 verses 1 through 13.
I'll come against every demonic force arrayed against 28:19 and every demonic force pushing on the minds of people in this moment Satan the Lord rebuke you.
Spirit of THE LIVING GOD WE THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE PRESENT IN THE EARTH PRESENT IN THE ROOM PRESENT ACROSS THESE CAMERAS. BREATHE MOVE WALK HAVE YOUR WAY SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD.
HEY. HEY. HAVE YOUR WAY SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD HEY.
FOR NONE IS MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU HAVE YOUR WAY GOD.
HEY. HEY. HEY GOD. HEY. FIRE GOD HALLELUJAH. SEND FIRE GOD. SEND FIRE. TEAR DOWN STRONGHOLDS IN OUR MINDS. LIES BUILT UP IN OUR MINDS. ROB US OF HEARTS OF STONE. AND GIVE US HEARTS OF FLESH. HEY. HEY. HEY. HEY.
GIVE US HEARTS OF FLESH GOD. BREATHE.
BREATHE. BREATHE. On your sons and daughters. Give revelation and insight. We ask IN THE MIGHTY AND IN AND THE MATCHLESS name of our SOON-COMING KING. THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
AND ALL GOD'S PEOPLE SHOUT, "AMEN." SHOUT, "AMEN." AND AMEN. HALLELUJAH.
HEY. HEY. HEY. HEY. HEY.
HALLELUJAH.
HEY. HALLELUJAH GOD. HEY. FIRE. HALLELUJAH GOD.
FIRE.
FIRE. HALLELUJAH GOD. FIRE. HEY. FIRE GOD. HEY. HALLELUJAH GOD.
FIRE.
FEEL THE SPIRIT OF GOD. HALLELUJAH GOD. FIRE. HALLELUJAH. HEY. HEY.
FIRE. HALLELUJAH. HEY.
FIRE.
FEEL the spirit of God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. You feel the spirit WALKING THE ROOM. WALKING PAST YOUR CHAIR. HEY. I FEEL THE SPIRIT WALKING PAST YOUR CHAIR. HEY. HALLELUJAH.
HALLELUJAH, GOD.
FIRE. HALLELUJAH, JESUS.
Come on, man. Come on. We ain't dead. THERE'S SOMETHING ALIVE ON THE INSIDE OF ME, ON THE INSIDE OF YOU.
HEY. WOO.
SOMEBODY CLAP. SOMEBODY RUN. SOMEBODY JUMP. SOMEBODY SCREAM. HALLELUJAH. WOO. HEY.
YOU FEEL THAT? THAT'S CALLED POWER. YOU FEEL THAT? YOU FEEL THAT IN THE ROOM? THAT'S CALLED POWER. I SAID, "DO YOU FEEL THAT?" I'M TALKING TO YOU. THAT'S CALLED POWER. LET ME TELL YOU WHAT DOES NOT HAVE THAT. NO SPORTS TEAM. NO FORTUNE 500 COMPANY.
NO FALSE RELIGION. SEE, THE MOST POWERFUL ORGANISM IN THE EARTH IS THE GLOBAL CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST.
THERE IS NO ORGANISM, NO ENTITY IN THE EARTH MORE POWERFUL THAN THE GLOBAL CHURCH OF JESUS. BECAUSE AT THE CENTER OF THE CHURCH IS THE POWER OF THE THIRD PERSON OF THE TRINITY. THE THIRD PERSON OF THE GODHEAD. HIS NAME IS THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND HE HAS NOT ATTACHED HIMSELF TO 500 COMPANIES. HE HAS NOT ATTACHED HIMSELF TO FALSE RELIGIONS. HE HAS NOT ATTACHED HIMSELF TO FALSE PROGENITORS. BUT HE IS FOREVER UNITED WITH THE CHURCH. AND WHEREVER THE PEOPLE OF GOD ARE IN ANY CITY, IN ANY STATE, IN ANY NATION, IN ANY CONTINENT, THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THERE. AND WHEREVER YOU ARE AS A SAVED CHRISTIAN, EVEN WHEN YOU'RE BY YOURSELF, THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THERE.
WHEN YOU SHOW UP, THE HOLY SPIRIT SHOWS UP. HE IS THE ONE THAT'S EMPOWERING THE CHURCH. IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT INSPIRES GOSPEL PROCLAMATION. IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT INSPIRES GOSPEL SONGS LIKE FOR CHRIST ALONE. IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT LEADS YOU AND GUIDES YOU INTO ALL TRUTH. IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO WARNS YOU OF PEOPLE YOU SHOULD NOT BE IN RELATIONSHIPS WITH. IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT ENGINEERS OUR PATHWAYS TO CROSS ONE ANOTHER IN DIFFERENT SEASONS AND TIMES. IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT CREEPS INTO YOUR PRAYER ROOM AND COMFORTS YOU WHEN YOUR HEART IS HURTING AND WOUNDED AND BROKEN. It is the Holy Spirit WHO IS ORDERING YOUR FOOTSTEPS. WARNING YOU OF DANGERS AROUND THE CORNER. PUTTING SONGS IN YOUR HEART IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. GIVING YOU COURAGE WHEN YOUR HEART IS FULL OF FEAR. GIVING YOU GUIDANCE WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. GIVING YOU ANSWERS WHEN YOU ARE CONFUSED.
IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT SNEAKS UP ON YOU IN YOUR CAR WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING TO WORK AND YOU'LL BE FLOODED WITH TEARS BEFORE YOU GET TO YOUR JOB. IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO HAS GIVEN YOU ALL OF YOUR GIFTS. EVERY GIFT ON THE INSIDE OF YOU WAS GIVEN TO YOU BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO ENGINEERS MOVEMENTS. WHO ENGINEERED 2019? It is the Holy Spirit who takes tissue symbolically and wipes it from your eyes when you're hurting. All of your interactions down here is with the person of the Holy Spirit. And because he's at the center of the church, you are, I am, we are the most powerful force on the planet.
IT IS ONLY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE prayers of the saints that's keeping back the full force of evil from overtaking mankind. IT'S ONLY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE WORK OF THE SAINTS THAT'S KEEPING BACK THE FULL FORCE OF EVIL from overwhelming mankind. It is the Holy Spirit giving birth to churches and sending OUT MISSIONARIES AND DOING GOSPEL WORK THROUGH HUMAN BEINGS, ALBEIT IMPERFECT THEY ARE. IT IS THE PERFECT PERSON OF THE HOLY SPIRIT INSIDE BROKEN SHELLS OF CLAY.
REPEAT. IT IS THE PERFECT PERSON OF THE HOLY SPIRIT INSIDE BROKEN VESSELS OF CLAY THAT MAKES US STRONG WHEN WE ARE WEAK THAT ANOINTS US FOR WORKS OF SERVICE. IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT WHEN WE FEEL FIRE COME INTO A ROOM.
YOU ARE powerful and I am powerful BECAUSE OF THE PERSON OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. IT WAS THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO CAME AFTER YOU WHEN YOU WAS UNSAVED. CONVICTED YOU OF YOUR SIN. WOO YOU TO THE FATHER ON BEHALF OF JESUS, UNZIPPED YOU, TOOK OUT YOUR UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, HOPPED ON THE INSIDE OF YOU, AND ZIPPED YOU UP WITH HIS POWER. THAT'S ALL OF EPHESIANS 1. IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT SEALS YOU. THAT MAKE YOU cry out son, daughter. All of that is because of the Holy Spirit. And it's the Holy Spirit empowering over 2 billion people around the world who claim Christ as king. Over 2 billion. It is the Holy Spirit even working through good men and around evil men to make sure that the words of Jesus never falls to the floor. To make sure the words of God never fall to the floor. It is THE HOLY SPIRIT ENSURING THAT ALL OF THE PLANS OF GOD WILL COME TO PASS. AS HE HAS WRITTEN THEM. And we feel him. And we interact with him. And we hear him. AND WE SENSE HIM. He is forever united to the church. For this reason, repeat, there is nothing in the earth no religion, no company, no entity, nothing in the earth. Don't ever forget that. More powerful. Watch the word. Powerful. WATCH THE WORD. POWERFUL. WATCH THE WORD. POWERFUL. WATCH THE WORD. POWERFUL. WE NEVER WITHOUT HELP. THERE IS NOTHING IN THE EARTH MORE POWERFUL THAN THE CHURCH. NOT BECAUSE OF SERMONS OR PLATFORMS OR INSTAGRAM FOLLOWINGS. THE CHURCH IS powerful because the church is forever united. Watch the word. United. Watch the word. UNITED. WATCH THE WORD. UNITED. BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT ALWAYS. How did all this happen? Where did all this start? How did the Holy Spirit get united with the church? How did the Holy Spirit make you and I so powerful? It's right here in our text. Where Luke records the most important Sunday after the resurrection of Christ in church history. Luke chapter 2, Acts chapter 2 and verse 1. When the day of Pentecost arrived, and the old King Jimmy it says, "When the day of Pentecost had fully come." THEY WERE ALL TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE. STOP RIGHT THERE. LUKE WROTE, "WHEN THE DAY OF PENTECOST CAME, ALL OF THE BELIEVERS were in one place."
Now, the Jews had many feasts and festivals that they used to commemorate seasons and important events that happened in the life of their nation. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FESTIVALS THEY EVER CELEBRATED WAS THE PASSOVER. AND THEN 50 DAYS AFTER THE PASSOVER, THEY CELEBRATED ANOTHER FESTIVAL CALLED THE FEAST OF WEEKS OR THE FEAST OF HARVEST, WHICH GOT A NEW NAME, THE FEAST OF PENTECOST, which means 50. Penta like pentagon. 1,500 YEARS BEFORE CHRIST'S MINISTRY CAME TO EARTH. THE PEOPLE OF GOD WAS IN EGYPTIAN SLAVERY FOR 400 YEARS. FOR 400 YEARS, THEY CRIED OUT TO GOD FOR DELIVERANCE. AND NEAR THE END OF THAT 400 YEARS, GOD STARTED SPEAKING TO THE ANSWER. THEY'RE CRYING OUT FOR DELIVERANCE, GOD IS TALKING TO THE ANSWER. THEY'RE CRYING OUT FOR DELIVERANCE. GOD IS TALKING TO THE ANSWER. THEY'RE CRYING OUT FOR HELP. GOD IS TALKING TO THE ANSWER. BECAUSE NOT JUST BECAUSE GOD'S NOT TALKING, THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE'S NOT WORKING ON YOUR ANSWER. You say, "I FEEL LIKE GOD IS NOT HEARING ME RIGHT NOW." NO, MAYBE HE'S WORKING ON YOUR ANSWER. SO, THEY'RE CRYING OUT FOR DELIVERANCE. GOD IS SPEAKING TO THE ANSWER. AND THE ANSWER COMES IN THE FORM OF A MAN NAMED MOSES. GOD CALLS A MAN NAMED MOSES, SENDS HIM DOWN TO EGYPT TO LEAD OVER 2 MILLION PEOPLE FREE FROM Egyptian slavery. THROUGH MOSES, GOD OVERTHROWS THE NATION OF EGYPT WITH 10 MIGHTY PLAGUES. THE LAST ONE WAS THE DEATH OF EVERY FIRSTBORN CHILD. MOSES TELLS EVERYBODY IN THE CITY THAT NIGHT, "KILL A LAMB, TAKE THE BLOOD, put it over YOUR DOOR. AND WHEN THE DEATH ANGEL WALKS THROUGH THE STREET, HE WILL SEE THE BLOOD ON THE DOOR. GUYS, watch this. AND THE DEATH ANGEL WILL PASS OVER YOUR HOUSE." THE PEOPLE THEN ARE DELIVERED FROM EGYPT. THE FIRSTBORN OF EGYPT DIED. THEY COME OUT OF EGYPT, AND THEN THEY'RE LED TO A PLACE CALLED SINAI, A MOUNTAIN. 50 DAYS AFTER THEY'RE LED TO SINAI, MOSES IS ON TOP OF A MOUNTAIN. HE COMES DOWN WITH THE moral law, the 10 Commandments, 50 days after the Passover. AFTER THOSE 50 DAYS, WHEN THAT 50 DAY HAS COME, THAT WAS A CELEBRATION OF GOD'S PROVISION, HIS GOODNESS, HIS KINDNESS. THEY CELEBRATED WITH A GIFT, AN OFFERING UNTO GOD, 50 DAYS AFTER THE PASSOVER. THIS IS THE SYMBOLISM IN PENTECOST. IT SYMBOLIZES IT'S SYMBOLIC OF GOD'S GOODNESS, HIS FAVOR, HIS MERCY, HIS GIVING, HIS GENEROSITY. AND PASSOVER WAS CELEBRATED FOR OVER A THOUSAND YEARS. IT WAS ONLY A FORESHADOW OF THE DEATH OF CHRIST, THE ULTIMATE LAMB. DURING THE WEEK OF PASSOVER AROUND THE YEAR AD 33, THE ULTIMATE LAMB WAS KILLED ON A CROSS. THAT WAS THE FINAL PASSOVER IN HISTORY. THEN 50 DAYS LATER ON ANOTHER SUNDAY COMES THE FINAL PENTECOST OF HISTORY. THIS DAY RIGHT HERE, PENTECOST SUNDAY, THE FINAL PASSOVER, THE FINAL PENTECOST.
NOW, NOTICE IT SAYS ON THIS SUNDAY IN PENTECOST, ALL OF THE BELIEVERS WERE TOGETHER. YOU REMEMBER IT WAS 120 OF THEM IN THE UPPER ROOM, AND THEY HAD BEEN IN THERE FOR DAYS PRAYING AND SEEKING GOD'S FACE. MAN, 10 DAYS HAD GONE BY WHILE THEY WERE IN THAT UPPER ROOM PRAYING. THAT WAS ENOUGH TIME FOR THEM TO DESCEND INTO DISCORD, BUT THEY WERE PRAYING. THAT WAS ENOUGH TIME FOR THEM TO DESCEND INTO OTHER THINGS, BUT THEY WERE PRAYING. THAT WAS ENOUGH TIME FOR THEM TO GET WEARY, BUT THEY WERE PRAYING. THAT WAS ENOUGH TIME FOR THEM TO BE FRUSTRATED, BUT THEY WERE PRAYING. THAT WAS ENOUGH TIME FOR THEM TO HAVE DOUBT and unbelief about what Jesus said, "Go and wait," but they were praying. They were in that room praying, going through the scriptures because they believed what Jesus had said. HE GAVE THEM FINAL COMMANDMENTS, "Make disciples, BE MY WITNESS, GO INTO THE CITY, WAIT UNTIL YOU ENDUE WITH POWER FROM ON HIGH." SO, THERE THEY ARE ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST, 120 of them gathered in the upper room. VERSE TWO, "AND SUDDENLY THERE CAME FROM HEAVEN A SOUND LIKE A MIGHTY rushing wind, AND IT FILLED THE ENTIRE HOUSE WHERE THEY WERE SITTING." I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS FACT, SUDDENLY. THEY SAID AS THEY WERE IN THERE PRAYING, SOMETHING HAPPENED UNEXPECTEDLY. THEY HEARD A SOUND." I FEEL THE SPIRIT OF GOD. THEY'RE IN THERE PRAYING AND OUT OF NOWHERE, 10 DAYS LATER, THEY HEAR A SOUND. LIKE A MIGHTY RUSHING WIND. I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE WORD MIGHTY. MAN, IT WOULD PROBABLY SOUND LIKE IF YOU'VE EVER HEARD THE WINDS FROM A HURRICANE. THAT SOUND LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN ON THE OUTSIDE OF OUR HOUSE. THEY'RE SITTING IN THAT ROOM AND THEN THEY HEAR WIND, SOMETHING LIKE SOUND. IT WAS MIGHTY. IT WAS POWERFUL. IT PROBABLY SOUNDED LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN. They said IT WAS LIKE A RUSHING WIND, LUKE WROTE. WIND IS SYNONYMOUS WITH GOD'S PRESENCE. THE WORD WIND IN GREEK MEANS PNEUMA, WHERE WE GET BREATH FROM. IT WAS GOD WHO MADE A MAN FROM A LUMP OF CLAY AND THEN WITH WITH PNEUMA, HE BREATHED INTO HIM THE BREATH OF LIFE. IT WAS GOD WORKING THROUGH EZEKIEL in a VISION WHO SAW DRY BONES, WHICH REPRESENTS THE STATE OF ISRAEL, AND breathed into them life. IT WAS GOD THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT BREATHED INTO MEN TO WRITE THE HOLY SPIRIT. SO, WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE SEE WIND, IT REPRESENTS GOD. IT REPRESENTS his breath. It represents his power and his presence. AND IT SAID THEY HEARD THAT SOUND. IT WAS LIKE A MIGHTY WIND. AND THEN WATCH, SUDDENLY SOMETHING HAPPENED IN THAT ROOM. MAN, THIS IS POWERFUL TO ME BECAUSE RIGHT HERE IN THIS TEXT, IT REMINDS US THAT THE words of Jesus CAN BE TRUSTED. IT WAS CHRIST WHO SAID TO THEM, "GO INTO THE CITY, STAY THERE, AND A FEW DAYS YOU WILL BE BAPTIZED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT." AND HERE COMES THE HOLY SPIRIT RUSHING INTO THAT ROOM FROM HEAVEN. SO, WE KNOW THAT THE WORDS OF CHRIST CAN BE TRUSTED. THE WORDS OF THE SCRIPTURES CAN BE TRUSTED. BUT NOT ONLY THAT, WE SEE THE RESPONSE TO PRAYER. THEY WERE NOT IN THERE 10 DAYS WASTING TIME. THEY WERE IN THERE PRAYING. AND WE SEE HOW GOD RESPONDS SUPERNATURALLY TO PRAYER. THEY'RE IN THERE SEEKING HIS FACE AND THEN SUDDENLY, MAN, A SOUND COMES FROM HEAVEN. IT'S JUST A REMINDER TO YOU WHEN I HEAR ME, HOW GOD RESPONDS TO OUR PRAYERS IN SUPERNATURAL WAYS. MAN, LAST WEEK IN A MEETING, IT WAS OUR OUR DIRECTOR DANNY B OF global missions for 2019 was sharing with us POWERFUL STORIES WE NEVER SAW FROM Access when we had that prayer gathering at State Farm Arena. And amongst those testimonies WAS A BROTHER FROM SOME OTHER CITY who sent a video in. And in his video, he was telling his story of how he was diagnosed with a terminal disease and the doctors told him he was surely going to die. HE CATCHES WIND OF ACCESS AT STATE FARM ARENA, BOOKS HIS TICKET ON A FLIGHT, FLIES TO ATLANTA, COMES TO THE ARENA BY FAITH SAYING THIS WILL BE THE MY LAST ATTEMPT FOR HEALING SINCE the doctors can't do anything for me. He gets into the arena. He's sitting in a chair in the bleachers. He's believing God for healing. And he makes a video and sends us the video. He goes back to the doctor and they are confused. And now his health insurance is in a jam. They don't know what to do with him now BECAUSE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD, BUT NOW HE'S STILL ALIVE. And we're WATCHING THIS IN THE OFFICE, SHEDDING TEARS IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, REMINDED OF HOW GOD RESPONDS TO PRAYERS IN SUPERNATURAL WAYS. MAN, THEY WERE IN THERE PRAYING FOR 10 DAYS. SOME OF US CAN'T PRAY FOR 5 MINUTES. AND YOU WONDER WHY GOD'S NOT MOVING, WHY HE'S NOT BREATHING. MAN, WE CAN'T EVEN SIT STILL IN HIS PRESENCE FOR 5 MINUTES. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT GOD WOULD DO WHEN YOU WOULD JUST BE RELENTLESS IN PRAYER. YOU'LL BE BANGING ON HIS DOOR LIKE, "LORD, IT'S ME AGAIN." I DON'T GIVE UP THAT EASY. HE SAID, "WHOEVER KNOCKS." LORD, IT'S ME AGAIN. I'M TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THIS AGAIN. I'M SEEKING YOU FOR THIS AGAIN. I'M PRAYING ABOUT THIS AGAIN. AND IT SAID, "THAT ROOM, SOMETHING SHIFTED IN THAT ROOM." WATCH THE WORD. SUDDENLY. I LOVE THAT WORD. SUDDENLY. IT REMINDS ME THAT GOD CAN CHANGE ANY CIRCUMSTANCE SUDDENLY. HE CAN INVADE A MARRIAGE AND CHANGE IT WHEN HE GETS A HOLD OF A HUSBAND'S HEART SUDDENLY. HE CAN REPAIR A BROKEN RELATIONSHIP SUDDENLY. HE CAN HEAL A PHYSICAL BODY SUDDENLY. HE CAN LIFT YOU FROM DEPRESSION SUDDENLY. You could get a phone CALL FOR A BRAND NEW JOB SUDDENLY. ONE HANDSHAKE USHERS YOU INTO A NEW SEASON SUDDENLY. YOU HAVE NO IDEA THE THINGS that God do in somebody's life suddenly. It was summer of 2024, my wife and I were gone. But we get phone calls like, "Pastor Phillips, something is happening." You're coming back to a different church. Like, "What's happening?" People are coming by the tens, hundreds, thousands. We don't know where they're coming from. Something just happened in the church, suddenly. Watch. I wasn't here. So, you see it's not contingent upon a man. The Holy Spirit was stirring something up in 2019. AND HE STARTED DRAWING PEOPLE TO THE CHURCH BY THE THOUSANDS. SUDDENLY. One summer. WENT FROM A CHURCH OF 500 TO SEVERAL THOUSAND IN A SUMMER. SUDDENLY. SUPERNATURAL. Verse three. AND DIVIDED TONGUES AS A FIRE APPEARED TO THEM. Oh my God. And rested on each one of them. AND THEY WERE ALL FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND BEGAN TO SPEAK IN OTHER TONGUES AS THE SPIRIT GAVE THEM UTTERANCE. OH MY GOD, THIS IS SO MUCH HEAT. MAN, PICTURE THE SCENE. I'M A PICTORIAL PERSON, SO I READ THE SCRIPTURES, I SEE IMAGES IN MY MIND. 120 PEOPLE IN A LARGE ROOM. THEY DON'T HAVE NO ELECTRICITY, IT'S THE FIRST CENTURY AD. THEY GOT CANDLES BURNING IN THAT ROOM. It's dim. YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE LAID OUT ON THE FLOOR PRAYING AND SOME PEOPLE SITTING AGAINST THE WALL PRAYING AND SOME PEOPLE ON THEIR KNEES PRAYING AND SOME PEOPLE ARE WALKING PRAYING AND THEN SUDDENLY THEY HEAR A SOUND. IT'S SHAKING THE ROOM THAT THEY'RE IN AND THEN THEY SEE LIGHTS START FALLING FROM THE SKY IN THE ROOM. LIKE TONGUES OF FIRE COMING DOWN FROM HEAVEN. AND IT JUST LANDS ON EACH ONE OF THEM. AND THEN AS SOON AS IT LANDS ON THEM, THEY START SPEAKING IN OTHER TONGUES. FIRE REPRESENTS THE PRESENCE OF ALMIGHTY GOD. GOD LED HIS CHILDREN IN ISRAEL BY A PILLAR OF FIRE. GOD SPOKE TO MOSES IN A BURNING BUSH WITH FIRE. GOD IN THE SCRIPTURES IS CALLED A CONSUMING FIRE. SO, FIRE AND WIND REPRESENTS THE PRESENCE OF GOD. NOT ONLY DID THE HOLY SPIRIT INVADE THAT ROOM WITH A SOUND, HE INVADED THAT ROOM WITH A VISIBLE MANIFESTATION. HE CAME DOWN UPON THEM LIKE FIRE. LANDED ON THEM. AND AS THAT FIRE HIT THEM, THEY ALL STARTED SPEAKING IN OTHER TONGUES. NOW, I JUST WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS IN THE TEXT. When the Holy Spirit is poured out on the church, these 120 who are the embryonic form of the church, when the Holy Spirit is poured out, and notice the first thing God touches on man, their mouth. The first thing God touches on man when he comes