Pentecost
INTRODUCTION FOR BARRY;; ADLIB
THINKING OF CHRISTMAS AND EASTER I WONDER WITH YOU WHAT
BELIEVERS ARE DOING OR THINKING ABOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR? HERE IS ONE HOLIDAY THAT GOD CALLED US TO CELEBRATE ANNUALLY. PENTECOST WHICH IS THE PERIOD AFTER EASTER
CELEBRATING THE ARRIVAL ON EARTH OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD. WE HAVE COME TO CALL IT THE HOLY SPIRT OR FOR SOME THE HOLY GHOST.S
SO AS WE GO FROM EASTER BUNNIES TO CHRISTMAS TREES WE HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT REASON TO CELEBRATE. GOD DEMANDED A CELEBRATION AND WE CERTAINLY WANT TO HOLD THE SPIRIT OF GOD AS A HOLY BEING IN OUR LIVES. PENETECOST WAS FIRST CELEBRATED AROUND AD 33. AT THAT TIME THE CHRISTIAN OF THE FIRST CENTURY LOOKED LIKE THEIR JEWISH FRIENDS;
WORSHIPED ON SATURDAY
KEPT THE OLD TESTAMENT HOLIDAYS
DID NOT EAT PORK
WORSHIPED IN A SYNAGOGUE
THE ONLY DISTINCTION WAS THEY BELIEVED IN JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR MESSIAH.