# The Holy Spirit Comes Upon God’s People - The Book of Acts

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 2 Apr 2024, 12 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 187. Delve into this episode where Jesus' friends get a surprise visit from the Holy Spirit, letting them chat in all sorts of languages. Peter then steps up to explain it's all part of a big plan, and ends up inspiring thousands to join their brand new, super kind community. It's a story of unexpected gifts and the beginning of a big, happy family that loves to share and pray together! Sign up to receive Kids Bible in a Year devotionals in your inbox every weekday: https://www.kidsbibleinayear.com/ Get ready to experience the Bible designed specifically for children with the official KidsBibleinaYear.com podcast, led by Julia Jeffress Sadler. This captivating audio series presents the age-old wisdom of the Bible in an engaging format that will captivate your kids. Each episode Julia translates biblical teachings into real-life applications, making Bible comprehension a breeze for young minds. And if you want more Christian resources and content, you can download the Pray.com app. Pray.com is the digital destination for faith, offering over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime Bible stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible. For more resources on how to live a successful Christian life, visit Julia Jeffress Sadler's website at https://ptv.org/julia/. This episode is sponsored by Little Passports. Visit LittlePassports.com/blessed and use promo code BLESSED to receive 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: Acts 2, 2-4. Acts 2, 2-4.
[0:22] Speaker 2: Dear God, thank you for sending your Holy Spirit to us.
[0:27] Speaker 2: By your Spirit, you helped us to become the boys
[0:30] Speaker 2: and girls you want us to be. And you remind
[0:33] Speaker 2: us that we're never alone. Help us to learn even
[0:37] Speaker 2: more about your Holy Spirit in our story today.
[0:40] Speaker 1: Thank you. We love you. In Jesus' name, amen.
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[1:20] Speaker 4: The Holy Spirit comes upon God's people. In our last story,
[1:25] Speaker 4: Jesus came to the eleven and said, Go and make disciples.
[1:31] Speaker 4: Jesus ascended and was taken up in a cloud, and
[1:34] Speaker 4: the disciples waited in Jerusalem to receive the Spirit and
[1:38] Speaker 4: be witnesses. In this story, the Holy Spirit will descend
[1:43] Speaker 4: on the day of Pentecost, and Peter will explain what
[1:47] Speaker 4: God is doing. As inspired by Acts.
[1:55] Speaker 2: Hi there, it's Julianne Thompson, guest hosting for Julia Jeffress
[1:58] Speaker 2: Sadler with the Kids Bible in Ear podcast. I am
[2:01] Speaker 2: so happy you're here. Today, we get to hear the
[2:05] Speaker 2: story about how the church began. We'll also get to
[2:09] Speaker 2: learn how God has been planning this wonderful event since
[2:12] Speaker 2: the very beginning.
[2:14] Speaker 1: Let's jump in.
[2:18] Speaker 4: After Jesus ascended to heaven, the apostles were in the
[2:22] Speaker 4: upper room. Not many days after, the day of Pentecost
[2:26] Speaker 4: had come, and all of the apostles had come together
[2:29] Speaker 4: again to pray. While they were praying, a huge wind
[2:33] Speaker 4: came and filled the room. Then the Holy Spirit fell
[2:37] Speaker 4: in the room, and what seemed like flames of fire
[2:40] Speaker 4: from heaven stood above each person. When this happened, the
[2:45] Speaker 4: noise was heard from all around Jerusalem and a large
[2:49] Speaker 4: crowd came around the house. The people in the crowd
[2:53] Speaker 4: heard all the men and women speaking in other languages
[2:56] Speaker 4: and were instantly amazed and confused. These men are from Galilee.
[3:03] Speaker 4: How do they know all of these other languages? They
[3:06] Speaker 4: exclaimed from the crowd. Some of the people in the
[3:09] Speaker 4: crowd responded saying, These men are drunk. They have had
[3:13] Speaker 4: too many drinks. Peter heard this. and realized that the
[3:17] Speaker 4: crowd was mocking these men, and he stood up to
[3:20] Speaker 4: confront the crowd.
[3:22] Speaker 1: These men are.
[3:23] Speaker 4: Not drunk, as you say. What you see here is
[3:27] Speaker 4: the fulfillment of Joel's prophecy when he said, In the
[3:31] Speaker 4: last days, God says, I will pour my spirit on
[3:36] Speaker 4: all people. Peter then quoted the prophecy of Joel, which
[3:40] Speaker 4: said that people will prophesy, see visions, and dream dreams
[3:46] Speaker 4: as a result of the Holy Spirit falling on these people.
[3:50] Speaker 4: Peter continued to preach about the life and ministry of Jesus.
[3:54] Speaker 4: He spoke of how Jesus was sent by God, and
[3:57] Speaker 4: how the people handed Jesus over to the men who
[4:00] Speaker 4: put him to death. He then shares the hope of Jesus' resurrection,
[4:05] Speaker 4: which is what made it possible for the Holy Spirit
[4:08] Speaker 4: to fall, for Jesus left his people the Holy Spirit.
[4:12] Speaker 4: Peter said this to instill hope into the people of God.
[4:16] Speaker 4: He spoke of David and what he said about God
[4:19] Speaker 4: and his place in heaven. He encouraged them that they
[4:23] Speaker 4: are witnesses of Jesus' resurrection so.
[4:26] Speaker 1: That they could, through the Holy Spirit, spread God's word.
[4:30] Speaker 4: Peter continued to proclaim Jesus as Lord and Messiah through
[4:35] Speaker 4: God the Father. After this, the people asked Peter and
[4:40] Speaker 4: the apostles, Well then, what do we do? Peter looked
[4:44] Speaker 4: at them and said, Ask forgiveness for your sins and
[4:48] Speaker 4: be baptized in water, all of you. Then you will
[4:51] Speaker 4: receive the Holy Spirit. This promise will remain true for
[4:55] Speaker 4: you and all of your descendants to come who will
[4:58] Speaker 4: accept God's call. He then warned them, saying, Keep yourselves
[5:03] Speaker 4: safe from this very corrupt and twisted generation that you
[5:07] Speaker 4: live in.
[5:08] Speaker 1: There were many who.
[5:10] Speaker 4: Accepted Christ, and were baptized in water that day. And
[5:14] Speaker 4: the number of believers grew. About 3,000 people were added
[5:18] Speaker 4: to their number. These people then began to follow the
[5:22] Speaker 4: apostles and their teaching. They all came together often in fellowship.
[5:27] Speaker 4: They committed to this fellowship and continued to eat together
[5:31] Speaker 4: and pray together as often as they can.
[5:40] Speaker 1: Wow, what an amazing story.
[5:43] Speaker 2: Did you know that Pentecost is like a birthday for
[5:45] Speaker 2: the church? Just like Christmas is a birthday party for Jesus,
[5:50] Speaker 2: it is. Now, when you think of a church, you
[5:54] Speaker 2: might think of the place you go to worship God.
[5:58] Speaker 2: Maybe it has a steeple or a stained glass window,
[6:01] Speaker 2: or maybe.
[6:02] Speaker 1: It has a rock star stage and lots of lights.
[6:05] Speaker 2: Maybe you go to Sunday school or children's church or
[6:09] Speaker 2: special kids activities. Or maybe you sit with your mom
[6:12] Speaker 2: and dad in the main worship service. Whatever your church
[6:17] Speaker 2: experience is like, God's church is not actually a place.
[6:23] Speaker 1: It's a people.
[6:25] Speaker 2: It's all the people all around the world who know
[6:28] Speaker 2: and love Jesus and who have received the Holy Spirit.
[6:33] Speaker 2: The Holy Spirit is the friend Jesus said he would
[6:37] Speaker 2: send us when he went back to heaven. It's the
[6:40] Speaker 2: very spirit of God.
[6:43] Speaker 1: Living in you.
[6:44] Speaker 2: It's the quiet voice reminding you that God loves you.
[6:49] Speaker 1: And when you're mad, sad, or upset.
[6:52] Speaker 2: It's what gives your prayers power and what helps you
[6:56] Speaker 2: understand God's word when you read it. And the very
[7:00] Speaker 2: first time followers of Jesus met the Holy Spirit was
[7:04] Speaker 2: the special day we learned about today, Pentecost. Now, I
[7:09] Speaker 2: want you to know some extremely cool things about the
[7:13] Speaker 2: way God sent His Spirit to His church.
[7:17] Speaker 1: First, Pentecost wasn't new.
[7:20] Speaker 2: It was a celebration God gave His people at Mount
[7:24] Speaker 2: Sinai through Moses.
[7:26] Speaker 1: Isn't that awesome?
[7:28] Speaker 2: God didn't just give his people laws to follow. He
[7:32] Speaker 2: gave them parties to enjoy too. He wants us to
[7:36] Speaker 2: celebrate the gift of life that he gave us.
[7:40] Speaker 1: The Jews celebrated.
[7:42] Speaker 2: Pentecost by offering the first bundle of grain they harvested
[7:45] Speaker 2: each year to the Lord. It was a sign they
[7:48] Speaker 2: trusted him that more food would follow. In a similar way, Jesus'
[7:55] Speaker 2: followers were the first people to receive the Holy Spirit.
[7:59] Speaker 2: And because it happened on this special holiday, God was
[8:03] Speaker 2: giving a sign that many more believers like you and
[8:07] Speaker 2: me would follow. The second extremely cool thing that God
[8:13] Speaker 2: had to do with the little flames of fire that
[8:15] Speaker 2: floated above everybody's heads.
[8:18] Speaker 1: Now, what do you think that was all about?
[8:21] Speaker 2: Let's think back again to Moses and the Israelites at
[8:25] Speaker 2: Mount Sinai. When the glory of God rested over the tabernacle,
[8:30] Speaker 2: God's house in the desert, what did it look like?
[8:33] Speaker 1: Do you remember? It was a cloud by day and
[8:38] Speaker 1: a fire at night.
[8:40] Speaker 2: Fire was a picture of God living among his people
[8:43] Speaker 2: in the tabernacle.
[8:45] Speaker 1: And from that time all the.
[8:47] Speaker 2: Way until this time, everybody believed that God lived in
[8:52] Speaker 2: the tabernacle or in the temple. But when the Holy
[8:56] Speaker 2: Spirit came, suddenly fire floated above people just like it.
[9:02] Speaker 1: Had over the tabernacle.
[9:05] Speaker 2: It was a sign from God that now His people
[9:09] Speaker 2: were becoming the tabernacle and the temple.
[9:12] Speaker 1: He was going to live inside our hearts.
[9:15] Speaker 2: That's why we can worship God anywhere today, not just
[9:19] Speaker 2: in a church, because now we are his home and.
[9:24] Speaker 1: He is with us everywhere we go.
[9:27] Speaker 2: The last extremely cool thing about Pentecost had to do
[9:31] Speaker 2: with all the languages. Jews from all over the world
[9:35] Speaker 2: were visiting Jerusalem to celebrate Pentecost. They spoke Greek and
[9:40] Speaker 2: Latin and a whole bunch of other languages. But when
[9:44] Speaker 2: Peter and the other believers who received the Holy Spirit
[9:47] Speaker 2: began speaking, each person understood them in their own language.
[9:54] Speaker 1: Whoa.
[9:55] Speaker 2: Do you remember another story when people spoke a bunch
[9:59] Speaker 2: of languages?
[10:01] Speaker 1: Yes, the Tower of Babel.
[10:04] Speaker 2: Just like God used different languages to separate people back then,
[10:09] Speaker 2: now he used language to bring them all back together.
[10:13] Speaker 2: What once kept people apart now made them one. They
[10:19] Speaker 2: shared one purpose, one mission, one Holy Spirit. That's how
[10:24] Speaker 2: the church was born and how we can live as
[10:27] Speaker 2: God's church today.
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