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Podcast: Seeking the Gospel Truth
Episode: 21.2: The Holy Spirit Comes, the Good News is Preached and a Church is Born
Description: This is one of my favorite chapters in the New Testament. It's the birth  of the church. Notice that they're not called "Christians" yet. That  comes later in the Book of Acts. Here they are just believers. We left  them in Acts 1 waiting, being patient. Jesus promised them the gift of  the Holy Spirit from God. They just didn't know when. However,  interestingly enough, God took advantage of a Jewish festival celebrated  50 days after Passover. In Greek, it's called Pentecost. There were  many Jews from other countries there for the festival. Consequently, the  Holy Spirit gives all the believers a specia...