Acts 1-2: AD30 Acts 10:
Peter’s Gospel Presentation: (vv.34-43)
What does Cornelius (and I) need to know?
Jesus is (v.36)
…God sent to the people of Israel, telling the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all. – Acts 10:36 (NIV)
(vv.37-38)
As God, Jesus was always , not
Jesus (v.39)
They also put Him to death by hanging Him on a cross. – Acts 10:39 (NASB)
Jesus was (v.40)
As God, Jesus is the ultimate (v.42)
This was all promised in the (v.43)
When someone in Jesus, they forgiveness of sins (v.43)
Something Supernatural and Wonderful (vv.44-48)
Conversion comes Baptism (v.48)
For they were hearing them speaking with tongues (glossa) and exalting God. – Acts 10:46 (NASB)
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with different tongues (glossa), as the Spirit was giving them the ability to speak out. – Acts 2:4 (NASB)
( later) When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues (glossa)… – Acts 19:6 (NIV)
(Jesus) “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned. These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new (kainos) tongues (glossa); they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.” – Mark 16:15-18 (NASB95)
New: kainos – of a new kind, unprecedented, unheard of (OTESD)
Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift (charisma) as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. – 1 Corinthians 1:7 (NIV)
Every of the spoke in tongues
(Paul) I thank God, I speak in tongues (glossa) more than you all… – 1 Corinthians 14:18 (NASB)
Tongues: Speaking/praying to
For one who speaks in a tongue (glossa) does not speak to men, but to God; for no one understands, but in his spirit he speaks mysteries. – 1 Corinthians 14:2 (NASB95)
For if I pray in a tongue (glossa), my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. What is the outcome then? I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the mind also.
– 1 Corinthians 14:14-15 (NASB95)
Praying in the Spirit was given to us
One who speaks in a tongue (glossa) edifies (oikodomeo) himself… – 1 Corinthians 14:4 (NASB95)
Oikodomeo – to build (up from the foundation) to restore by building, to rebuild, repair (Thayer’s)
Context: What will be going on in the last days in the Church
But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, that they were saying to you, “In the last time there shall be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts.” These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded (psychikos: ), devoid of the Spirit. But you, beloved, building (epoikodomeo) yourselves up on your most holy faith; praying in the Holy Spirit…
– Jude 17-20 (NASB)
Psychikos: of life in the natural world and what pertains to it (ALGNT)