 Yes, so we will continue. So we were at the most repeated scripture in the book of Acts Acts chapter 1 and verse 9 and we saw how we too must depend on the baptism in the Holy Spirit for us to see God's purposes unfold through our lives and for us to fulfill those purposes. Now continuing from there, what happened after that? You know, we noticed that the Lord Jesus actually ascended and he was taken up into heaven and the believers, the disciples and I would use the term apostles and other disciples, they all looked at Jesus being taken up into heaven. Okay, that's what the next passage there says. And while they were watching the Lord Jesus being taken up, you know, there is also a two men it says who stood in white apparel which seems like the description of angelic beings. They stood and they spoke to these people and said, men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus who was taken up from you into heaven will so come in like manner as you saw him go into heaven. So it's beautiful because this is again a prophetic word which tells us that the Lord Jesus is going to return. Now the Lord Jesus was taken up in the sight of everyone. So again, when we talk about the ascension of Jesus, remember we said that when he was here on the earth for 40 days after his resurrection, there are many who actually saw him. Many who saw the some of the miracles and the things that he did as well. So it's not just the Bible that records it but there are other historical accounts. In the same way, when something happens in the sight of witnesses, you know, it's very difficult to cover that up. It's very difficult to say that, hey, it didn't happen. So the Bible very clearly points out that the Lord Jesus ascended and that was seen by a lot of people. Now like any set of followers, earnest followers, these disciples probably felt sad that their leader was being taken away from them. So it's very obvious, you know, that they stood, they saw that the cloud received him up and they watched it says, they watched. Now they would have watched in sadness, they would have watched in fear. How are we going to continue the work of God on the earth? You know, there could have been so many questions in their minds. Again, you know, God was faithful enough to direct them to the right perspective. And he says, you don't worry. I mean, you don't have to stand and watch the ascending Christ being taken up because he's going to come back, but you have work to do, right? So why don't you go ahead and why don't you do what God has called you to do? So that was the intention behind giving them this message and say, you know, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? Okay, please go on. What did Jesus tell you to do? And they would have immediately said, Oh, he asked us to go to Jerusalem and wait there for the promise of the Father. So they were faithful to do that. Now, from verse 12, you notice that they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount Olive. So where from where did Jesus ascend into heaven from Mount Olive? Okay. And it clearly shows that, you know, it's a Sabbath's journey away. So those days, they measured the distance by the time that it took to travel. Okay, so a Sabbath's distance away, they go from Mount Olive to Jerusalem. And there they do what Jesus told them to do. And now they found a place. It's called the upper room. Was the upper room really, you know, the kind of an upper room? Well, what we know is it was probably a, it was probably a room in the, like the temple area, you know, somewhere, somewhere there, it was a room over there and it was called upper room for whatever reason. But it was a large portion of space. And that was the place where these apostles and the believers were, you know, waiting, they were staying there. And you notice that these people, they were gathered together. Okay, so who are, who are the apostles who are remaining now? There's Peter, there's James, there's John and Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James, the son of Alpheus and Simon, the zealot and Judas, the son of James. There is one person missing here. That is Judas Iscariot. You know, we know that he betrayed Christ and he also died a very, like a, you know, a very gruesome death. Okay. So these 11 are here and they all continued, it says with one accord. So one accord in prayer simply means to have a common cause that you're holding on to and you are praying. So I'm sure at this point, you know, they would have been praying for the Holy Spirit baptism, what Jesus told them would happen. So they would have been mainly praying for that, but praying about a lot of other things. And they were making supplication. Supplication is requesting God, requesting God and bringing their petitions before the Lord, earnestly, you know, asking God, seeking God. So it was not just these 11 people, but you notice here there were the women, Mary, the mother of Jesus and the brothers. Okay. They were all present over there. So that's why I told you, they were the apostles and they were also the other followers. So among the other followers, you notice here you have the very family of Jesus. Okay. And, you know, we know right that it's not easy sometimes for our own family members to follow us and our leading. But obviously they had understood that the man who lived with them was more than just a human being that he truly is the Messiah. So they also are disciples. Now, if you recall in the gospels, there were times when, you know, the brothers of Jesus, they were not cooperative. They never thought much about Jesus. All that happened. But now what happened to them? They have become followers of the Lord Jesus Christ. And as they are staying in the upper room, you read that Peter stood up. Okay. Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples. Now, Peter had this personality where he wanted to... Okay. Just coming to the question here on the chat, sorry for the distraction there. Manu says, Ma'am, how to know that we are filled with the baptism in the Holy Spirit? Okay. We'll come to that later, Manu, because, you know, there's a lot that we need to talk about it in the chapters that follow. So coming back to what I was saying, so Peter stood up and he had this personality where he is too quick to speak. Okay. You would agree with me. He has done this in the past. But here in line with that same personality, you see that he is demonstrating leadership. Okay. Nobody told him to speak. Nobody told him to stand. But, you know, that leadership, the grace that God has given him, that begins to emerge. So he just stands up. Okay. In the midst of the disciples and how many were there? There was, it says about 120 people who had gathered and he begins to speak to them. And, you know, he says that scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit had spoken about Judas. Right. And, you know, he says that, look, you know what Judas did and how he died. So he goes ahead to explain that, how he fell in the field and even his intestines gushed out, you know. And so basically he talks about that. And he, Peter has this understanding. See, till now they've lived with Jesus and they realize that a lot of what happened is the fulfillment of the prophetic word from the scriptures that they know. So Peter is faithful to that. And he remembers that, hey, the book of Psalms talks about, you know, a person who experiences loss and who experiences the removal from, you know, God's covenant. So he quotes some of these scriptures. He says, you know, he quotes, he says, let his dwelling place be desolate and let no one live in it and let another take his office. So these are the scriptures which are spoken in the book of Psalms and he connects it to the life of Judas. He knows that one part has already taken place, which is Judas dying. But the other part, let another take his office. Peter realizes that that has not yet happened and he wants to see the fulfillment of scripture. And I'm sure the Holy Spirit would have guided him and told him that this is the right time to make sure that another takes his place. So Peter leads the community there to choose that missing person, that another who should take the place. So what exactly happens? You know, he says that there are two people whom he proposes. One is Joseph called Barcebus and the other one is, you know, Justice and he's also called as Matthias. So he says that these two people are there and, you know, these people are not new to the teachings of Jesus. They are not, you know, some fresh believers or things like that. No, but they have heard the Lord Jesus, you know, they have moved in and out, you know, from different places where Jesus was ministering. So they have observed and they have walked with the Lord Jesus. Seems like these 120 people are those committed followers, right? And among those committed followers, he again points out that there are two people who are very, very committed. Okay. And maybe we can depend on them to continue the legacy which Judas never fulfilled. So he suggests two names, right? He suggests two names and then he wants the group to respond to that. So what exactly do they do in order to select the right person after Judas? So we go on to see that, you know, they, he wants the people to actually pray. All right? So they are depending on the direction of the Holy Spirit to replace Judas. So they prayed and said, Lord, you know the hearts of all. Show which of these two you have chosen to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas by transgression fell that he might go to his own place. So how do they select the 12th person among the apostles through the leading of the Holy Spirit, right? Because many of us remember the second part, they cast lots, they picked one, they got the name of, you know, Matthias or Matthias and he was numbered among the apostles. But is it simply because they picked a lot? See in the Old Testament, they had these practices, if you recall, the picking of lots because they practiced it, they did not have the indwelling Holy Spirit till that time, right? So they would depend on all these things and, you know, God would guide them in that manner. But once people were born again and we know, I think it was John chapter 20, where we read that the disciples were born again. Jesus comes and He breeds on them, receive ye the Holy Spirit, right? So the indwelling Holy Spirit presence is with the disciples now, they are born again. And so they actually don't have to pick chits and things like that. But because it's part of their tradition, they continue it, but their faith is in God, even though they are using that same old practice of the Old Testament, they are praying and they are asking the Holy Spirit to guide them. And obviously, you know, the Holy Spirit guided them and the Lord fell on Matthias and he became the missing apostle. Okay. So till that, we notice the preparation that the disciples had before the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. And, you know, they were still praying, they were still waiting for that promise of the Father that Jesus had talked about. So now we are going to come to Acts chapter 2 and we will see, you know, how this outpouring actually takes place. So it's a rather long passage. Are you okay if I just explain without us reading the entire passage or will it be good to just read it today? Okay, we can go ahead. Yeah, you can keep the Bible open in front of you. Or reading is more clear, some people are saying. Okay, maybe just accept it too. Shall we shall we read it? Okay. Because yeah, I think it'll be good. So there are quite a few. Oh, wow, there's like 47 verses there. Okay, how about I just try to narrate it and wherever required, I will read the verses. Is that okay? I'll be a little slow. Okay, fine, fine, fine. Okay, let's continue then. Okay. So now we know these people were waiting, they were praying, they selected the next apostle among them. And when the day of Pentecost had fully come, I told you, the next festival is Pentecost. And finally, you know, that day is here. How did Jesus tell them in how many days they are going to receive the Holy Spirit? No, exactly. He didn't point out to, you know, a certain number of days, but their earnestness, you know, their hunger is what mattered. And these people, it says they were in one accord in one place. So the upper room, you know, that place, initially, they prayed for, for the selection of Matthias. But even before that, we read, right, their posture is prayer, their posture is prayer, their posture is, you know, a supplication. It's just coming before the Lord, waiting on the Lord. So they had the right posture to receive the promise of God. Now, Jesus is already spoken. He's already told it's going to happen. It's just a matter of time. But here the people are waiting. And it says in one accord, right? So one accord, what, what is the meaning of that word? One accord, I will give you the Greek meaning for that. It is from the Greek word homo to mandon, quite a, you know, long word there. But it says unanimous, unanimously, meaning having like a just one heart, one thought about matters. So unanimous, they're all hungering, thirsting for the same thing. It's like that. Okay. And they were waiting. And look at the beauty of this. There is a preparation to receive the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. And that is the right, you know, right heart condition and right position where they are hungering after God. While there is that preparation, we still read it says, and suddenly, okay? Because in a way it was not suddenly, they knew that it's going to happen, but they just didn't know the exact time. So while they are waiting, God is faithful, right? That exact time only he knew. And suddenly, how did it happen? It says that came a sound from heaven as of a rushing, mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues as a fire and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. Okay. So it's happening in a very dramatic way on the first day when the Holy Spirit was poured out on the believers here on the earth. Okay. So they hear the sound of a rushing mighty wind. Some of us, you know, we stay in coastal areas. We have storms, you know, see coastal storms and rains and you know how it can be, right? It can be quite scary, loud, rushing, mighty wind. Okay. We can relate to things like that. So in a supernatural sense, you know, these things started happening. And obviously, whatever we are talking about is real, like even in the natural realm, this has happened. So they heard the sound. They felt the, you know, like a rushing, mighty wind and the whole house was filled with this change in environment. Okay. And tongues of fire came and sat on each one of them. And for the first time, the Bible records that they were filled with the Holy Spirit. You don't read that earlier. You never really read that, that they were filled. Jesus breathed on them and they received the Holy Spirit. That's what we see. But they were actually filled with the Holy Spirit. Okay. Then what happens? Once they were filled with the Holy Spirit, they began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Okay. So Manu, the question which you asked, how do we know if we are filled with the Holy Spirit? How do we know, you know, another term, we could say that this is the baptism in the Holy Spirit because remember Jesus said, John baptized you with water, but you will receive the power of the, you will receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit. So though the Bible describes this as filled with the Holy Spirit, this is also the baptism. Baptism means being dipped baptismal again from the Greek word. It is like, you know, when you drink a cup of coffee with a biscuit or something, what do you generally do? We have this habit of just dunking it in the tea and then taking a bite of it. So what is that dunking into the liquid there? That is baptismal, immersed. Okay. So baptism is being immersed into something. So it's the same thing, you know, baptism in the Holy Spirit where you are being put into the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit is filling you up, right? So it's the same experience and what happens as a result of that? We notice here that they speak in tongues. Now, as we go forward in the book of Acts, you know, wherever we come across accounts of people being baptized in the Holy Spirit, people being filled with the Holy Spirit, you will see this common thread in many places. You know, it says that they spoke in tongues, they spoke in tongues, they spoke in tongues. So Manu, you can take this as one of the common things that happens when people are filled with the Holy Spirit. You know, you would see them speak in other tongues. Now, this tongues, it's not a known or a learned language. That's why it says here, as the Spirit gave them utterance. So the language comes from the Holy Spirit. This is not something we can learn, but the Holy Spirit gives this language, okay? And it happened for the first time on the day of Pentecost. Okay. Now, when this happened, you have to imagine with me, okay? There is this place called the Upper Room, you know, sort of close to the temple. And, you know, people are staying close to the temple because they have come to celebrate the Pentecost festival. And there are people from all other many different regions in Jerusalem. Now, in a dramatic way, when there is this rushing mighty wind sound and then suddenly 120 people are speaking in some strange language, what will happen? It will be so noisy, isn't it? So others around them took notice of this. We are told that they were dwelling. So a lot of people were staying in Jerusalem at that time. They were Jews. They were devout men. They had come from every nation under heaven. And when this sound occurred, that's how we know that it was a natural sound as well. You know, it's not like something spiritual. They heard it in their spirit and that's it. No, but obviously it was a loud natural sound because others responded to what was going on. So when others heard this sound and speaking in new new languages, the multitude came together and they were confused, okay? Why were they confused? Because we are told that they heard the, they heard their own languages. Now, remember I told you people were speaking in all kinds of languages and there were men present from different parts of the, you know, it's as many nations, so different parts of the world. Now, they all heard their own languages. No wonder they were so amazed. Okay. Now let's read on. Let's read on. Okay. So what did they remark as? Okay. And it says that they were confused. Everyone heard them speak in his own language. Then they were all amazed and marveled saying to one another, look, are not all these who speak Galileans? And how is it that we hear each in our own language in which we were born? Okay. So there were Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phygeria and Pangphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene. Visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs, we hear them speaking in our own tongues, the wonderful works of God. So they were all amazed and perplexed saying to one another, whatever could this mean? Others mocking said they are full of new wine. So this passage is extremely, like you have two reactions. You have one group who are amazed. They are perplexed. They hear these Galileans. Apparently the Galileans were not good speakers. They were not very well educated people with great exposure and eloquence. They were not people of that kind. They had their jobs and they would just go about their regular duties. So they were not like the learned people. And that is why a lot of others who heard them speak in their own languages, they were amazed. They said, they are Galileans. How can they even know our language? And they are speaking of the words of God. So there's something confusing taking place before the eyes of people from different nations. And that is what is unfolding right now. I'll just quickly show my screen here. I'll share it with you. Excuse me. Oh, okay. I'm not sure if you would. Let me share my, yes, everyone. Let me just take you to, okay. Are you able to see everybody? Okay. Wonderful. Okay. Okay. So remember, I told you, they are all in Jerusalem and people have come from different parts of the different nations and in Jerusalem, in Jerusalem, okay, people from all these parts, I've listed it out for you. You just notice all the names. So it's actually like 15 different regions that are mentioned, okay. They could hear from among the 120 people, 15, at least 15 different languages. So obviously this has to be the supernatural work of God. And why were all these people present in Jerusalem? We read that they were God fearing men and women. Okay. So they had come to worship God and God is helping them see this marvelous milestone in the life of the church, which is the baptism in the Holy Spirit. And he doesn't do it in a quiet way. You know, when sometimes we have these huge events, something, something amazing like you have the, you launch a spacecraft or something like that and a huge celebration is held to do it. It's somewhat like that, you know, God wanted this, this time when he pours out the Holy Spirit to be a very mark notable time in history. And, you know, it came in with a rushing mighty wind and the people began to be filled with the Holy Spirit in that upper room and started speaking in tongues. They themselves did not know that they were speaking earthly languages, at least 15 different languages. Okay. And when something like this happened through the Galileans, who are not eloquent people, the others realized that this is marvelous. It has to be a work of God. So a lot of these devout Jews at that point, they realized that God is at work. But notice in that same passage, you know, I also read and I told us that some people said that these men, they seem to be drunk, right? They, they are not in their own senses. So what do we realize with this? You see, when God works, right? When God works, it may not always be easy to receive what God is doing. So what is the reaction that people have for the work of the Holy Spirit? You have one group which says that this is God, you know, and something is amazing about what's going on. But you have another group which tries to rationalize it and give an excuse and say, how can it be God? You know, and it looks like these people are drunk. Why are they behaving without any decorum, without any decency, speaking out aloud and, you know, just causing so much of chaos. Don't they know how to stay disciplined while the festival is going on? So, you know, you have that other category that is not receptive of the work of God. And in fact, they are mocking of what the Holy Spirit is actually doing, right? So to the work of the Spirit, we could see both these reactions and we see it even till today. Some people accept it, but a lot of people want to mock it, okay? So that was the same thing that happened on that first day when the believers began to speak in other tongues. So when they were told that, you know, you all must be drunk, what happens? In verse 14, we notice Peter, he stood up with the 11. Okay, remember, I told you, there was a grace for leadership on Peter's life and you see him coming into that position, right? And it's happening as the events are unfolding. You know, it's not like Jesus, I don't know whether Jesus sat him down and said, okay, Peter, when I'm gone, you have to take the lead. I'm not sure if Jesus ever did that, but the grace of God upon his life, right? He is beginning to move in that direction of that grace and he is taking his position. So Peter, he stands up and it says he raised his voice and he said to them, so he's responding to the comments which are coming and he's telling them, men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and heed my words for these are not drunk as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. So he begins by providing some explanation to clear their confusion and he says, you know, how can you call us drunk? Because according to that timing, right, the Jewish timing, it was only 9 a.m. in the morning. So he says, do people drink in the morning? You know, generally that doesn't happen, right? People get drunk at the end of the day. So he's trying to provide some clarity to the onlookers. So he starts by refuting their accusation and he says, no, we are not drunk. Okay, now this is what is actually happening and you see Peter is quite, sorry, keen on the fulfillment of God's promises, on the fulfillment of God's word, on the fulfillment of the prophetic word. Even earlier, he said, okay, Judas died but the scriptures say that somebody has to replace him. Let's go ahead and pick that person. In the same way, in Acts chapter 2, he goes back to the prophecy of Joel, okay, and he speaks that prophecy of Joel. Now, you must realize, you know, these are Galileans. They are not into all these intellectual speeches and all that, but how is it that Peter is speaking like this boldly in front of people from other nations? You shall be my witnesses, remember? Jesus said that and the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You shall be my witnesses. You will be bold to stand up for me. You will be determined to stand up for me. So it's happening in split seconds. Peter is baptized in the Holy Spirit. I'm sure he's spoken tongues to and now that others are saying y'all are drunk, he says, hey, we are not drunk. Let me tell you what is going on. And so he speaks of the prophecy of Joel and he says it out. He says, and Joel said, and it shall come to pass in the last day 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. And on my men's servants and on my maid servants, I will pour out my spirit in those days and they shall prophesy. I will show wonders in heaven above and signs in the earth beneath blood and fire and vapor of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord. And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. So remember, we said that devout men from every nation have gathered in Jerusalem. So Peter knew that these Jews know the scriptures. Okay, Jews generally, they were very well versed in scripture. So he was reminding them of this portion that Joel spoke of and said, God promised us, didn't he, that there will come a day when he said he will pour out his spirit on all flesh. Now see the difference here till the day of Pentecost, the spirit of God was not poured out on all flesh. Okay, in the Old Testament we have accounts of the spirit coming upon the prophets and that too then stay with the prophets all the time would come when they minister and leave. You see the spirit, the anointing coming upon the kings. You see the anointing coming upon the priests. So you only find those who were anointed for ministry receiving the Holy Spirit. It was not for all flesh. That is why people were you know flocking, they wanted to meet these so-called anointed prophets, anointed priests because they knew that the spirit of God was upon them. But from now the day of Pentecost something very beautiful is taking place and Joel had already spoken of this and Peter is telling them, look don't you remember God already said he is going to pour out his spirit on all flesh. It's like good news, great news that God, all of the spirit of God and as a result of the outpouring of the spirit what can be expected. Now Joel gave some some pointers and he said you would find that both men and women they will prophesy, there will be visions involved, there will be dreams involved and in this manner there will be signs, there will be wonders and so many things will happen and all this will take place. The outpouring of the Holy Spirit will take place well before the return of Christ. So now that he has explained that there is such a word given by God to his people, he continues in verse 22 and he says men of Israel hear these words Jesus of Nazareth a man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs which God did through him in your midst as you yourselves also know him being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God you have taken by lawless hands have crucified and put to death whom God raised up having lose the pains of death because it was not possible that he should be held by it. So you know he has explained that this promise is there in the word of God and that it is unfolding before their eyes and then he moves on to talking about the Lord Jesus Christ. Now I think I missed one scripture which I wanted to highlight. This is again if you just go back a little bit verse number 16 okay verse number 16. So before going through the prophecy of Joel Peter uses this sentence he says but this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel. So you know when the men stood amazed and some people were questioning whether all these believers were drunk Peter starts by saying no we are not drunk but what you see is what Joel has spoken so that verse 16 is very important because Peter is in some translations it says this is that okay this is that. So he's providing them an explanation and I'm sure any devout Jew at that time would have understood that oh okay this is the outpouring on every human being by the spirit of God right. So he clarifies he clears their their doubts and he assures them that finally the prophecy of Joel is fulfilled. Now a couple of things you know that would come up is Joel said there'll be prophecy dreams visions there'll be wonders signs but none of that happened in the upper room okay. What happened in the upper room it was just tongues okay and we won't go into the depths of it but I encourage you to go and read one of the APC publications from our books section. So you can go to apcwo.org forward slash forward slash I think it's books right. So you can go there and you you can download the book on the gifts of the Holy Spirit and there is an elaborate explanation about tongues and the types of tongues. You find that there is a particular type of tongues which is seen here in Acts chapter 2 and what is that tongues? This is the tongues that we call as a sign to the unbeliever okay. What is this sign? When we begin to speak in tongues we're actually talking an earthly language okay. So it's a kind of tongue not every time would we speak in an earthly language no because we have acts of 1 1st Corinthians 14 of which tells us that we speak heavenly languages right heavenly languages of angels languages of angels so there are other languages as well that we speak when we speak in tongues but what happened in Acts chapter 2 the people spoke in earthly languages okay. So there is a different manifestation till that time nobody knew about tongues but the manifestation of the spirit is very different right in Acts chapter 2 but what is Joel speaking in his prophecy? Joel is talking about other manifestations but you know it takes the Holy Spirit for Peter to say in verse 16 this is that okay. So the manifestation is somewhat different from what was expected but when the outpouring in the Holy Spirit happened God gave Peter the discernment to say that this occurrence is actually what the prophet Joel prophesied in Joel chapter 2 okay. So he provides this explanation to the onlookers and I already showed you the map people from at least 15 different nations who are observing what is going on and then you know he makes this grand speech about the Lord Jesus. So a lot of people call this like the first sermon of Peter okay wonderful sermon but what is the theme of Peter's sermon? The theme of Peter's sermon is Jesus of Nazareth okay. Now you realize it needs a lot of courage to talk about Jesus at this point why? Because they are only like 50 days after the Passover right roughly two months after all this chaos and disturbance took place in Jerusalem about the crucifixion of Jesus. Now there must be a lot of people opposing Jesus and his teachings and at the time when Peter was asked are you one of his disciples? He denies because he was so covered Lee but now after the resurrection of Christ after the baptism in the Holy Spirit this is a bold Peter in a crucial time you know he is able to stand up and he is able to preach Jesus Christ no matter what happens to him and he says Jesus of Nazareth and he is not just an ordinary man you know he is giving the people proof that he is God because he is saying he was a man yes but he was attested by God. How? Because of the supernatural things that took place in his life miracles, wonders, signs which God did through him so the Holy Spirit did these things through the life of Jesus but then you know he goes on to accuse the Jewish people and he says but you know though the Lord Jesus was sent for a purpose and by the fore knowledge of God you know you have taken by your lawless hands imagine how bold he should be to speak like this to the Jews and at this point not even two months after the crucifixion of Jesus and he says you have crucified okay he puts the blame squarely on the on the Jewish people and he says you put him to death but he says God raised him up so he's giving witness to what he's giving witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus again this is very it could have been very problematic for Peter but what has happened to him now he's bold he's filled with the Holy Spirit he says whom God raised up having lost the pains of death because it was not possible that he should be held by it so you know you notice here the boldness of Peter which is seen like immediately immediately after the outpouring of the Holy Spirit so what I'm gonna do right now is I'm just gonna pause right here we will answer some of the questions here in the chat right and it'll be good if you could go through Acts chapter 2 and come back I'll do a quick recap and cover it in the next class and continue on with the following chapter so yes there is a question which says only one symbol to recognize the Holy Spirit so you see Manu in this passage there are two things you know rushing mighty wind that symbolizes the Holy Spirit tongues of fire that symbolizes the Holy Spirit but you know it doesn't stop there if you look at John chapter 7 there is the rivers you know rivers will flow out of your belly it's so the rivers it's a symbol so in that way there are a lot of symbols for the Holy Spirit in scripture but you find only two of them at least we saw two of them today okay and Manu says verses 13 and 14 she did not understand so let me just quickly look at verses 13 and 14 yeah others are mocking see basically what happens is people are against what they see some people are for it they say oh Galileans are speaking our languages and glorifying God amazing good but there are others who put them down that is mocking okay and so later on like from verse 14 Peter starts giving them an explanation and saying how can you say that we are drunk it's just nine in the morning okay and I hope that answers your question Kiran's question here how did Peter know about sure sure no problem and Joel's prophecy I told you Kiran that the Jews were well aware of the scriptures so that's why even when Peter's talking the way he would have spoken is like don't you know you all must already know you know that kind of a thing so the Jews already knew a lot of scripture is that okay okay wonderful wonderful okay yes yes Kiran Peter was a Jew so we know that the ministry of Jesus while he was alive was only to the Jews remember he says that to a Saira Phoenician woman who comes asking for healing for her son he says that I have only come for the children of Israel I've only come for the Jews so only after he died you will notice in the book of Acts the gospel will go from the Jews to the Gentiles to the nations of the earth okay so yes the apostles here they are Jews good questions very very good questions all right so you know I'm sure you have a lot of food for thought please do go back and read we will come back and we will pick up from where we stopped I just tried to be you know a little faster so that we could cover up our portions as well but if you have questions please you know bring it along next class we will discuss or post it on the stream page and you know I want to make sure that all your doubts are clarified right so yes please make sure you ask your questions all right at this point let's wrap up and maybe one of us can have a word of prayer and we close this class okay Dave could you please pray okay I'm not sure if he's able to hear me okay I don't want to take too much of your time class okay let me just pray then and we can close Heavenly Father we thank and worship you Lord for the truth of your word Father even as we read about how you have fulfilled your promise in the lives of your children Lord we are encouraged Lord to see the fulfillment of your word and your promise in our lives in our generation today and Lord we pray that this subject will not just be historical but Lord that the power of God will be released into us and through us Lord I speak your blessing over every student Lord and I pray that by the Holy Spirit Lord you will give them the revelation that they need Lord to live victoriously for the glory of your name thank you once again for this time in your presence in Jesus name we pray amen amen amen amen God bless you class please you know carry on feel free to log off all the best for your next class thank you thank you bye bye for now God bless you