Wait For The Promise Of The Father - Countdown To Pentecost
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Discover Jesus' command to His church to wait for the Promise of the Father. Learn the waiting actiivities and how the modern church can also apply the countdown to Pentecost today.
Bible Verses in which Jesus told the Church to wait for the Promise of the Father
And, behold, I send the promise (g1860/epangelia) of my Father upon you: but tarry (G2523 - kathizō) ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued (Strong's G1746 - endyō) )with power ((g1411/dynamis)) from on high.
Act 1:1
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
Act 1:2
Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
Act 1:3
To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
Act 1:4
And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
Act 1:5
For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
Act 1:6
When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
Act 1:7
And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
Act 1:8
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
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Jesus promised the Holy Ghost to the church
Luk 24:49
And, behold, I send the promise G1860 of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
Act 1:4
And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise G1860 of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
Act 2:33
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise G1860 of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Act 2:39
For the promise G1860 is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Jesus said that His disciples must stop all other activity
Tarry (Strong's G2523 - kathizō) n Jerusalem = sit down. .
Jesus promised that God would clothe His disciples with heavenly, supernatural power:
Endued (Strong's G1746 - endyō) - clothed, put on raiment. The verses with synonyms for endued show that it means to be clothed, to put on.
Therefore, Jesus told the disciples that God would dress them with the spiritual power of the heavenly dimension to enable them to BE WITNESSES
Remember how Elisha received an impartation of power through the mantle that fell as Elijah acended? - 2 Kings 2:13
God would endue the church with supernatural power to perform mighty works
With power g1411/dynamis
- wonderful works
- mighty works
- virtue - virtue went out of Jesus to heal the sick.
- miracle/ miracles G1411 /special miracles G1411
- power of God.
- power of the Highest overshadowed Mary.
- the power G1411 of the Spirit
- power G1411 of the Lord to heal.
- he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power G1411 and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
- Stephen, full of faith and power, G1411 did great wonders and miracles among the people
The power of the Holy Ghost gives joy and peace
Rom 15:13
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power G1411 of the Holy Ghost.
The power of the Holy Ghost gives strength to endure affliction
2Co 12:9
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength G1411 is made perfect in weakness.
2Ti 1:8
Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power G1411 of God;
The power of the Holy Ghost gives strength of spirit to the believer
Eph 3:16
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might G1411 by his Spirit in the inner man;
Strengthened with all might, G1411 according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
2Ti 1:7
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, G1411 and of love, and of a sound mind.
The Power of the Holy Ghost keeps the believer faithful
1Pe 1:5
Who are kept by the power G1411 of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
The Power of the Holy Ghost gives the believer life and godliness
2Pe 1:3
According as his divine power G1411 hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
According as his divine power G1411 hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
The power of the Holy Spirit endues with physical strength
Heb 11:11
Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
Jesus told the church to WAIT FOR the Promise
Wait - they waited about 10 days afterHis ascension,
The Holy Ghost Is The Promise of the Father
Jhn 14:16
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
Jhn 14:26
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Jhn 15:26
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
Jhn 16:7
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you
How The Church Waited For The Promise Of The Father
Act 1:14
These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
The Modern Church Must Wait For The Promise Of The Father - Countdown To Pentecost
Pentecost is a Feast of the Lord - a time to meet with God.
God set the template for His church on the Day of Pentecost.
The disciples (120) were in an upper room in Jerusalem instead of in the temple which represented the old covenant.
God is calling us, His church from now to follow the pattern Christ gave. He told His church to countdown to Pentecost by waiting for the Promise of the Father.
The church obeyed and met in one accord in prayer and supplication.
Let's obey the command of the Lord.
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