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Lesson 7 · May 19, 1900

Day of Pentecost, and Gifts of the Spirit

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Jerusalem, A. D. 31.

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  1. 1.During the tarrying for the descent of the Holy Spirit, how many disciples were together? .
  2. 2.On the day of Pentecost, shortly after, where were all the disciples? . See note 1. Side texts: .
  3. 3.While thus together, what came suddenly upon them? . Side texts: .
  4. 4.What appeared unto the disciples? . See note 2.
  5. 5.What effect did the descent of the Spirit have upon those filled with it? . See note 3. Side texts: .
  6. 6.Who were present to hear the words spoken under that condition? How did it affect them? . Side texts: ; .
  7. 7.How did Peter explain the circumstance? . Side texts: .
  8. 8.Repeat the prophecy. . See note 4. Side texts: .
  9. 9.What gracious promise is given to them who truly call upon the name of the Lord? .
  10. 10.Give the story of Jesus of Nazareth as related by Peter. .
  11. 11.Repeat the prophecies that he quoted and applied to the resurrection of Christ. Verses 25-31, 34, 35. See note 5. Side texts: .
  12. 12.What additional evidence did Peter give to prove the resurrection of Christ? Verse 32.
  13. 13.What did he say of Christ's position and relation to the scene before them? Verses 33, 36. Side texts: ; .
  14. 14.What effect did this straight testimony have upon the people? Verse 37.
  15. 15.What did Peter tell them to do? Verse 38. Side texts: .
  16. 16.What promise was set before the obedient? How far-reaching is the promise? .
  17. 17.What further exhortation did he give? .
  18. 18.What is said of those who gladly received the word? .

Notes

1. "With one accord." This is a condition on which the presence of the Father and Son is guaranteed to the church. The prayer of Christ for the disciples was "that they may be one" even as the Father and Son are one. The Spirit, which would guide them "into all truth," would enable them to keep the commandments of God. Jesus says, "If a man love Me, he will keep My words; and My Father will love him, and We will come unto him." By this union the world would know that Jesus Christ had been sent of God, and that God loved them. .

2. "Cloven tongues." This was the form in which the Holy Spirit visibly appeared to the waiting disciples, indicating the special endowment which was essential in proclaiming the gospel to the world.

3. It could no longer be truthfully said that the apostles were unlearned men, even from the world's standpoint. They had been about three years under the tutelage of Christ, who had in every contest baffled the wisdom of the learned ones; and now they received the gift of tongues, such as no man possessed or could have acquired in any of the schools of the world. "The Holy Spirit had done for them that which they could not have accomplished for themselves in a lifetime. They could now spread the truth of the Gospel abroad, speaking with accuracy the language of those for whom they were laboring. This miraculous gift was the highest evidence they could present to the world that their commission bore the signet of Heaven."—Spirit of Prophecy, vol. 3, p. 267.

4. The pouring out of the Spirit was the "promise of My Father" and the "power from on high" mentioned in and in . See .

5. "David is not ascended into heaven." This declaration, together with the statement in that "he is both dead and buried," gives us positive proof that the dead lie in the grave until the resurrection. If David were still conscious, he could not be dead. But if it be insisted that he had a dual life, and that only his body died, then the statement that he "is not ascended into the heavens" would class him among the conscious wicked dead, wherever that might be. But such a conclusion is forestalled by "the last words of David," which were spoken by the spirit of prophecy. See .

Bible texts in this lesson

Acts 1:15 · Acts 2:1-42 · Acts 2:1 · Leviticus 23:15 · Leviticus 23:2 · Acts 1:14 · Acts 1:3 · Acts 1:4 · Mark 16:17 · Mark 16:5-13 · Romans 10:18 · Colossians 1:23 · Colossians 1:14-16 · 1 Thessalonians 5:7 · 1 Thessalonians 5:17-20 · Joel 2:28-31 · Joel 2:21 · Joel 2:22-24 · Psalms 16:8-11 · Hebrews 8:1 · John 15:26 · Luke 24:47 · Luke 24:38 · Luke 24:39 · Luke 24:40 · Luke 24:41 · Luke 24:42 · John 17:22 · John 17:23 · Luke 24:49 · Acts 1:8 · Acts 2:33 · Luke 24:29 · 2 Samuel 23:1-7

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