4. The early church had the Spirit that produced power.
We can debate for days in seminary classrooms what really happened on the Day of Pentecost. But here’s one thing we can all agree on: On that day, the church was empowered as it had never been before.
You know what we need in the Southern Baptist Convention? We need a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit of God. In his book Forgotten God, Francis Chan writes, “When I read the book of Acts, I see the church as an unstoppable force. The church was powerful and spreading like wildfire. Not because of clever planning, but by a movement of the Spirit. Riots, torture, poverty or any other type of persecution couldn’t stop it. Isn’t that the type of church movement we all long to be a part of?”
These men and women of God were an unlikely group of people. But they had a faith that produced obedience. They had a passion that produced unity. They had a desperation that produced prayer. They had the Spirit of the living God that produced power. May we send men and women of God like that.
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