[Propertalk] Fwd: Sermon Resources for May 27 - Part 1

[Joe Parrish]

Sermons for Pentecost:
   Acts 2:1-21 – Are You Pentecostal?
   John 15:26‑27; 16:4b‑15  - God’s Two Hands – by Leonard Sweet     
 
 Acts 2, the sermon titled "Are You Pentecostal?"
 
The well known author and preacher Fred Craddock tells a rather funny story about a lecture he was giving: A few years ago, when he was on the west coast speaking at a seminary, just before the first lecture, one of the students stood up and said, "Before you speak, I need to know if you are Pentecostal." The room grew silent. Craddock said he looked around for the Dean of the seminary! He was nowhere to be found.
 
The student continued with his quiz right in front of everybody. Craddock was taken aback, and so he said, "Do you mean do I belong to the Pentecostal Church?" He said, "No, I mean are you Pentecostal?" Craddock said, "Are you asking me if I am charismatic?" the student said, "I am asking you if you are Pentecostal." Craddock said, "Do you want to know if I speak in tongues?" He said, "I want to know if you are Pentecostal." Craddock said, "I don't know what your question is." The student said, "Obviously, you are not Pentecostal." He left.
 
What are we talking about this morning? Is the church supposed to use the word Pentecost only as a noun or can it be used as an adjective? And so I ask you: Are you Pentecostal?...
 
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 John 15, the sermon titled "God’s Two Hands"   
 
There is a reason the disciples are best known as the “duh!-ciples.”
 
Jesus hand-picked his own team, these twelve companions in ministry and mission. How could his chosen dozen have been so duh! and dumb?
 
Come on, now. Don’t deny that this very thought has not crossed your mind at some point or another when reading any of the four gospels! From the safe distance of twenty centuries it is easy to look back self-importantly at Galilee and assert that, “If I’d been there I’d have ‘gotten it!’”
 
Really? You think?
 
The Man — the charismatic Jesus, the greatest communicator and most creative person the world has ever seen.
The Message — the master teacher of Torah with revolutionary claims and astonishing insights. 
The Miracles — the signs and wonders that made divine powers a seaside, roadside, bedside experience.
 
It is easy to wonder. After all, the disciples lived with Jesus. They were as close to him as anyone could get. They traveled with Jesus. They listened to his every word…
 
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You Are in the Spirit
 
It’s like the story of the shark and the whale. Both were swimming in the sea when the shark swam up to the whale to engage in conversation. As they swam along, the shark said to the whale, “You are so much older than I, and wiser too. Could you tell me where the ocean is?” The whale responded, “The ocean is what you are in now.” The shark would not believe it. “Come on, tell me where the ocean is so I may find it!” The whale repeated, “The ocean is here, now; you are in it.” Unbelieving, the shark swam away searching for the ocean.
 
The moral of the story, I believe, is this: don’t spend too much time looking for God because the Spirit of God is here in the now of your life, dwelling within you, within me, within this community. And that truth is nurtured in prayer.
 
Susan M. Fleenor, The Indwelling Spirit of Pentecost
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