Pentecost: God's Promises Fulfilled

Sermon by Senior Pastor Daniel Khong at Faith Community Baptist Church on 7 June 2025.

8 June is Pentecost Sunday, a significant day of the church that happened on the day of Pentecost. Acts 2 talks about what happened during the day, when the Holy Spirit came upon the believers and they experienced an outpouring of the power of God. It is widely know as the birth of the church.

Note: Pentecost is one of the 7 feasts in the Jewish calendar as mentioned in Leviticus chapter 23, also known as the Feast of Weeks. Pentecost is Greek for the 50th day.

What are the promises fulfilled at Pentecost?

1. The promise of his entrusted power

Acts 2 talks about the power of God poured on the disciples, where a sound came from heaven and tongues of fire came to rest on them. Then the people start speaking in other languages.

Peter who denied Jesus just weeks ago before the crucifixion was transformed into a man mightily used by God to lead the church. God wants all of us to be witnesses.

The gifts of the Spirit are not medals of honor to be worn in church. They are tools for a job - Reinhardt Bonnke

2. The promise of his manifest presence

In the book of John, chapter 14, Jesus talks about God giving us the Spirit of truth so that he will not leave us as orphans. We do not wait for the Holy Spirit, he came on Pentecost. He never left.

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