Pentecost – the outpouring of the Holy Spirit

Happy Pentecost blessings to you all.

 Pentecost: “ So what does this mean?”.

This was the question posed by the crowd in Jerusalem during the Feast of Weeks, also known as Shavuot. Pentecost, from the Greek word pentēkostē, meaning “fiftieth,” falls fifty days after Passover. For Jews, it was a time of harvest celebration. But for the early followers of Jesus, it marked something far greater—the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

As recorded in Acts 2, the disciples were all together in one place when suddenly:

“ a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.  They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.  And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.” (Acts 2:2-4).

From that moment, the Church age was born.

The Holy Spirit the third person in the trinity, God’s very presence, now dwelt within His people.

What happened to the disciples following Pentecost Sunday?

The Holy Spirit, the promised comforter began his work amongst all believers.

Jesus said, “ the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you” (John 14:26).

The Spirit didn’t come just once. He continued to fill the disciples again and again, empowering them for bold witness, miraculous signs, and deep unity.

After Peter and John were released from prison, the believers prayed, and…
“They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.” (Acts 4:31)

Even Paul, after his dramatic conversion, was filled:

“Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes… He got up and was baptized, and after taking some food, he regained his strength… and was filled with the Holy Spirit.” (Acts 9:18–19)

AND …. That same Spirit Still Fills us Today

As Paul reminds us:

 “The Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.” (Romans 8:26)

The same Spirit who empowered the early disciples is still at work today—guiding, comforting, convicting, and empowering.

Come, Be Filled

Just as the crowd asked, “What does this mean?”, we too may have questions. But the invitation remains the same:

Come this Sunday as we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit and the birth of the Church.

Come with open hearts. Come to be filled again.
All we have to do is ask…

“If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” (Luke 11:13)

Blessings in Christ

Enosa