五旬节的讲道
使徒行传二章14至21节
14彼得和十一个使徒站起，高声说：犹太人和一切住在耶路撒冷的人哪，这件事你们当知道，也当侧耳听我的话。
15你们想这些人是醉了；其实不是醉了，因为时候刚到巳初。
16这正是先知约珥所说的：
17神说：在末后的日子，我要将我的灵浇灌凡有血气的。你们的儿女要说预言；你们的少年人要见异象；老年人要做异梦。
18在那些日子，我要将我的灵浇灌我的仆人和使女，他们就要说预言。
19在天上、我要显出奇事；在地下、我要显出神迹；有血，有火，有烟雾。
20日头要变为黑暗，月亮要变为血；这都在主大而明显的日子未到以前。
21到那时候，凡求告主名的，就必得救。
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因着圣灵的骤然降临，出现前所未有的景象，在场目睹的人都非常惊讶，议论纷纷，甚至有人批评门徒醉酒闹事，众人都希望有人能够为他们作出解檡。
于是，彼得站起来向群众解释说：「我们并非喝醉。这乃是圣灵的工作，正好应验了旧约先知的预言。」
我们只要将醉酒所出现的副作用，与圣灵的工作互相比较，就会发现两者恰好相反。酒精刺激人的原始欲望；但圣灵却激发人对神的敬拜。喝醉的人往往会倒下或做出羞耻的行为，但圣灵的工作却使人充满能力和喜乐。
一个喝得酩酊大醉的人，会以为自己是个超人。反观圣灵却将复活主的大能赐给人。酒精会使人脑筋混乱，胡言乱语；但圣灵却使人充满能力去为主作见证，并将见证的话语赐给人。
彼得指出，神要将祂的灵浇灌全地(17节)；使徒行传便是记述圣灵浇灌全地的经过。圣灵的工作至今不变。祂仍然感动人心，使人知罪悔改。
是否只有昔日的门徒，才能在五旬节那天得着圣灵的充满呢？感谢神，圣灵的工作至今仍没有改变。只要我们愿意敞开自己，接受圣灵进入我们的心内，圣灵就会充满我们、掌管我们的生命，并使用我们来荣耀基督。祂会赐能力给我们为主作见证，并胜过一切的试探。当我们靠着圣灵的能力为神作工，工作的成果将无远弗届。我们是否为此而深受激励呢？
祷告：
主啊，求你帮助我，使我懂得顺服圣灵，以致得着圣灵的充满。
THE EXPLANATION OF PENTECOST
Acts 2:14-21
14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and heed my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 ‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,
That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your young men shall see visions,
Your old men shall dream dreams.
18 And on My menservants and on My maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days;
And they shall prophesy.
19 I will show wonders in heaven above
And signs in the earth beneath:
Blood and fire and vapor of smoke.
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood,
Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.
21 And it shall come to pass
That whoever calls on the name of the Lord
Shall be saved.’
Message
The unusual happenings of the early verses of this chapter called for some kind of an explanation. People were amazed and even criticised what was happening.
So Peter stood up to explain what had happened. 'We are not drunk. This is the work of the Holy Spirit exactly as the Old Testament prophets foretold.'
If you compare the effect of wine and the work of the Holy Spirit you will see how they are exactly the opposite in effect. Wine stimulates the natural passions, but the Holy Spirit quickens holy desires. The result of wine drinking is often weakness and shame. The work of the Spirit brings strength and joy.
Wine can make a person think he is a superman. The Spirit actually gives new power, the power of the risen Christ. Wine can make a man say silly things. The Spirit takes our words and makes them powerful and effective for Christ.
Peter said God would pour out his Spirit on all the world (v. 17). The book of Acts tells how this worked out. The Spirit of God is still working today in the same way. His work in the world is one of conviction, then conversion for those who will listen to his voice.
Was that mighty fullness of the Spirit only for Pentecost, or is it still available today? Thank God the Spirit of God is still exactly the same. Where a heart is yielded to him he will fill and control that life and use it for Christ's glory. He will give power for witnessing and for overcoming temptation. When God's work is done in the power of the Spirit there is no telling where it will end. Isn't that challenging and encouraging?
A PRAYER:
Lord each day teach me how to yield to the Spirit so that he can fill me.