The Sound of Heaven
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โข How many languages do you speak? How or where did you learn these languages?
โข Has anyone ever made a promise to you that seemed impossible? Did they deliver on that promise? Share with us what happened.ย
โข Have you ever had a carefully thought-out plan unexpectedly go off course? What steps did you take to get things back on track?
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๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐บ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฎ:๐ญโ๐ฑ
(Read also ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฎ:๐ฒโ๐ญ๐ญ.)
God has called us, His Church, to reach every nation so that all may know who He is. This is the mission for which His people are sent. From the beginning, even before sin came into the picture, Godโs heart has been for all nationsโthe whole earthโto be filled with people who are made in His image and reflect who He is (Genesis 1:28). The Bible has many stories of people who were empowered by God, committed to pursue His mission and purpose in their lives. One such story happened at Pentecost after Jesusโ resurrection.
In Jewish culture, Pentecost is a feast celebrated fifty days after the Passoverโa day where they remember and celebrate how God spared them from death by the blood of a lamb. In Acts 2, the disciples were gathered together to hold this celebration, but this was unlike any other Pentecost. Today, let us look at what God was doing.
๐ญ. ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ฑโ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐.ย
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐บ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต . . .ย ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฎ:๐ฎโ๐ฐ
God wants to involve His people in His mission. Through Jesus, He promised to send His Spirit so that they could take part in being His witnesses (Acts 1:8). However, they were to wait until they were clothed with Godโs power from on high (Luke 24:49). In Acts 2, the phrase โthe sound from heavenโ indicated that God indeed was fulfilling His promise. As the disciples were gathered together, this sound filled the place and tongues as of fire came upon them. Then they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and miraculously spoke in other tongues. Who is the Holy Spirit (John 16:7โ8, 13)? Why do you think it is important for us to know that it is God who called us to His mission and that it is He who is empowering us to carry it out?
๐ฎ. ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฑโ๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐.ย
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. . . . โ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ, ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ถ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ? . . . ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ.โ ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฎ:๐ฐ, ๐ด, ๐ญ๐ญ
The coming of the Holy Spirit was not just a display of Godโs power and supernatural abilities. The disciples spoke in other tongues to proclaim the ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ. Jews from other nations who had come to Jerusalem for Pentecost marveled at what they heard. This shows us a glimpse of Godโs heart for the nations. He wants other nations to know in their own tongues who He is and what He has done. Why do you think God wants other nations to know who He is?ย
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โข Have you experienced the empowering and infilling of the Holy Spirit? How may you rely on the Spiritโs power and guidance as you pursue Godโs purpose in your life?
โข To whom can you share the mighty deeds God has done in your life? Commit to share your testimony and Godโs faithfulness to them this week.
โข Is there a particular nation or people group God has placed in your heart to pray for and possibly reach with the gospel? How might you start taking part in Godโs plan for that nation?
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โข Thank God for the Holy Spirit who was not just with the disciples then but even with us today. Pray that you would walk in step with His Spirit every day.ย
โข Ask God to remind you that the Holy Spirit is with you, empowering you for His plans and purpose for your life.ย
โข Pray that God would use you to make His name and mighty deeds known to those around you. Pray for the nation God placed in your heart, that they may know who God is and follow Him.ย