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  WHAT WE ARE MISSING
  by Bill McLeod
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of Pentecost as the
turning point for the Apostles' ministry, and encourages churches to
prioritize empowering their ministers with the Holy Spirit.

Duration: 2:37 Topics: "Holy Spirit", "Empowered Ministry"
Scripture References: Acts 1:8, Acts 2:1

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This sermon emphasizes the importance of being fully prepared and
empowered by the Holy Spirit before embarking on the mission of
spreading the Gospel. It highlights how even the Twelve Apostles, who
witnessed countless miracles and teachings from Jesus, were not ready
until they received the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. The message challenges
the notion that mere education or training is sufficient for ministry
without the empowering presence of the Spirit.

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CONTENT
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Here is something, and I don't know exactly how to say it, I want you to
remember it though. The Twelve Apostles, called by Christ, so they're
with Him for three years. They saw those thousands of miracles,
including people being raised from the dead.

They heard all His teaching, they did some preaching on their own, but
they were not ready yet. So, they're still with Him, none of them are
running around the world preaching, they're not ready yet. After all
this teaching and training, and they're not ready yet? No.

So, then what? The Resurrection. I don't know how many preachers have
made the mistake of saying that They went flaming around the world in
the power of the Resurrection. That wasn't it.

They saw the Resurrection, they were still not on the road. They weren't
ready yet. And after the Resurrection, they had 40 days teaching by
Christ.

And they were still not ready for the road. He said to them after the
Resurrection, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. I don't know how you relate
that to Pentecost.

I would relate it this way, they received the indwelling Spirit of God.
They were still not ready for the road. So, it wasn't until Pentecost
that they were ready.

How have we forgotten this? In our churches, I mean. We put them through
three years, four years Bible college, or seminary, or whatever, and
figure they're okay. Are they really okay? Are they doing it? Many of
them are doing nothing, you know.

The one thing we are missing is Pentecost.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/hasABZEd1cQ.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/bill-mcleod/what-we-are-missing/
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