Acts 2: 36-45 Pentecost and the Early Church

Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ—this Jesus whom you crucified.” Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brethren, what shall we do?” Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.” And with many other words he solemnly testified and kept on exhorting them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation!” So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls. They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many wonders and signs were taking place through the apostles. And all those who had believed were together and had all things in common; and they began selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need.

Pentecost is the promised coming of the Spirit to the believers in Jesus Christ. This was a Jewish event at first, because the church had not been born until now. Men were convinced and convicted in their faith in the Messiah and repented of their sin of his crucifixion. Now the Jews, as a Covenant People, commit themselves to Christ by belief and baptism.

Daily Prayer: Father, I thank you for the Era of Grace, where men are no longer counting on the keeping of the Law for salvation, but are depending on Jesus Christ's perfect works and resurrection from the Cross for my personal atonement with you. Now let me walk in favor with my Father, all the days of my life. Amen.