Chapter 6-1 The Spirit is Poured Out

Read p. 135 – 141Complete the unfinished outline

Aim: How is the Spirit poured out?

I. The Ascension: Returning to the FatherA. forty days after the Resurrection B. called Ascension ThursdayC. spread the Good News of God’s

Kingdom throughout the worldD. Jesus promised to send the Spirit

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb2Cvyy_XPU 2:35

II. Pentecost: The Gift of the Holy Spirit upon us

A. Fifty days after EasterB. Birthday of the ChurchC. Images of the Spirit–1.Mighty wind–2. tongues of fire–3.ability to speak other languages

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5tr4pqWIo4 2:18

III. The Spirit at Work in the Early Christian Communities A. Jerusalem

1. All things in common2. Sell possession and distribute to

the poor3. Followers of the Way, early name

for Christians with their generous, grateful spirit

B. Beyond Jerusalem1. Act of the Apostles’ account of the

early church written by Luke 2. Attracted non-Jews, Gentiles as

converts3. Antioch, place where they were first

called Christians, followers of Jesus The Christ

4. Council of Jerusalem rules that Gentiles did not have to become Jewish first and keep the whole Jewish Law

C. Paul, Apostle to the Gentiles1. Zealous Pharisee who persecuted the

followers of Jesus2. Life changing encounter with the risen Jesus3. Spread the faith all over the empire4. Wrote letters called Epistles to nurture the

faith of the new churches

D. Separation from Judaism5. Temple destroyed in 70 AD by the Romans6. Jewish Christian were no longer allowed by

Jewish leaders to worship in the synagogues