Mark Heine - May 23, 2021
Lord and Giver of Life
Today is the Festival of Pentecost, and we are celebrating what we confess when we say these words of the Nicene Creed: “I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life.” In the same way that the Spirit breathed new life into the dry bones of Ezekiel’s vison, the Spirit breathes new life into the spiritually dead, and brings them together as the Church of Jesus Christ. The Lord and giver of life, through the good news of Jesus Christ, brings a spiritual resurrection in this life and a physical resurrection in the life to come. “I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the LORD have spoken, and I have done it, declares the LORD.” Ezekiel 37:14
From Series: "Pentecost"
Pentecost is the day in the Church Year when we celebrate the events of Acts 2. The Holy Spirit filled the disciples and empowered them to embrace God's mission of making disciples of the nations.