By Lucy Peppiatt2023-05-02T09:59:00
Writing ahead of Pentecost Sunday, Lucy Peppiatt says the greatest gift the early Church received was not signs and wonders, but a fresh revelation of the love of God
Later this month, the Church will celebrate the gift of the Spirit poured out on all people, men and women, young and old.
Before Jesus ascended, he promised his disciples he would send them a comforter, one who would remind them of all the things Jesus had taught them while he was with them; the Spirit of truth who would clothe them “with power from on high” (Luke 24:49; John 14:16-17). The disciples, along with the rest of the Jewish nation, were gathered in Jerusalem for Pentecost, also known as the Feast of Weeks, which celebrated the first wheat harvest.
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