Pentecost for Kids: The Holy Spirit Comes - Acts 2 Bible Story (Sharefaithkids.com)

[Music] one day as Jesus and His disciples were sharing a meal Jesus told them to wait in Jerusalem because the Lord was going to give them an amazing gift the Holy Spirit Jesus told the disciples that they would act as witnesses to the whole world about the great works he did while on earth then right before their eyes Jesus rose up into the sky and was hidden from them in a cloud Jesus ascended to heaven just as he had promised as they stood there staring into the sky two angels appeared they asked the disciples why are you looking at the sky Jesus will return to the earth one day the same way he left after witnessing Jesus ascend to his father in heaven the disciples began the day long walk back to Jerusalem they gathered together in the upstairs room of the place where they were staying there of the disciples the women and Jesus mother and brothers joined together in prayer on a regular basis after Jesus death resurrection and ascension his close followers devoted their lives to prayer [Music] on what seemed like a normal day the group of Jesus followers gathered as usual in the upper room to pray and fellowship when a sound like a rush of mighty wind from heaven suddenly filled the entire house as they tried to figure out what just happened they looked at each other saw what looked to be tongues of fire that settled on each person this was it this was the gift of Jesus promised would come the Holy Spirit when they opened their mouths to praise God for this incredible gift they began to speak in different languages languages they had never spoken before this was the power of the Holy Spirit Jerusalem was packed with people who had traveled from many foreign lands for the festival of Pentecost these foreign pilgrims began to overhear the disciples speaking foreign languages a crowd of stunned and confused people gathered outside of the house where the disciples were staying when the disciples spoke the people in the crowd heard them speaking in their own foreign languages how is this possible some people were amazed wondering what this could mean but others mark the disciples and said they were drunk Peter came out of the house and addressed the crowd of people explaining how they were able to speak all these languages he told the crowd that everything that was happening at that moment had been promised long ago in Scripture Peter explained that Jesus the man they had put to death was God's Son and he had risen from the dead and ascended to heaven Peter said let everyone in Israel know for certain that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified to be both Lord and Messiah when the people heard Peters message it pierced their hearts filled with sorrow grief and regret they were desperate to know what they could do to make things right between themselves and God and the Messiah they did not recognize and had rejected people in the crowd cried out to Peter and the other disciples what must we do to be saved Peter shared the simple gospel message with them turn from sin turn to God and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins Peter continued preaching to the crowd telling them that the promise of forgiveness of sins through repentance and baptism was for them their children and everyone who would believe that Jesus Christ is the Messiah Peter urged the people to save themselves and turn away from the path of the evil Jewish leaders about 3,000 people who heard Peters message that they believed and were baptized they devoted themselves to the disciples teaching about all the great works Jesus had done and his call for us to love each other this group of new believers met to learn fellowship and pray together just as we do today this was the birth of the Christian Church [Music] you

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Length: 5min 18sec (318 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 10 2018