This coming Lord’s Day, as the Lord allows, we will be reading and studying Acts 19:1-20 where Paul arrives at Ephesus during his third Missionary Journey. This is yet another one of those passages that must be understood in the light of the transitional nature of The Book of Acts! Since the key issue is ignorance of the Holy Spirit, I have entitled this week’s sermon, “The Holy Who?”

Apollos had not heard anything about Jesus beyond John the Baptists’ testimony that Jesus of Nazareth is the Lamb of God – the Messiah of Israel. Paul meets twelve men who have also not heard of the ministry of Jesus and of the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Paul lays his hands on them and the basic pattern of Pentecost is repeated. As you read through these verses and pray to prepare your spirit for worship on Sunday, consider these principles we find in these verses:

A great problem is created when God’s people are ignorant about the Holy Spirit!

There were things that only the Twelve Apostles could do!

People rejected the gospel message even in the presence of these Apostolic miracles!

Some divinely-given abilities were strictly reserved to the Apostles, and those who tried to appropriate them for themselves paid an awful price!

God is also glorified in the humiliation of His enemies!

And, God is still in the business of radically changing people!

I hope you will read over this exciting portion of God’s Word and ask HIM to prepare your heart for the message this week! I hope you will get studied up, prayed up, and fired up over the opportunity to worship God together with your Church Family!

Feel free to email, FB, message, or tweet me any questions or comments you have about this upcoming sermon…

I hope to see you Sunday with a Bible in your hand, a smile on your face, and your family and friends by your side…