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What was it that
suddenly awoke the timid Christian community, fifty
days after the Passover at which time Jesus had been
crucified?
What was it that set them
alight as a humble, yet powerful community?
Why were they so gripped
by life together, the love for one another and the care
that was practical, yet ever proclaiming the astonishment
of their newly revealed Messiah?
It was because the Cross
and passion of their Lord became real to them, and universally
significant. It was because the Resurrection was an outstanding
fact for all mankind, all history. It was Christ’s Ascension
and Reigning at the right hand of God that amazed them.
Yet none of this could be real without the coming of
the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. It was he who led into
all the truth, clarified the doctrines and dynamics of
the Christ event.
Why should we not, by the
power of the Holy Spirit, recover the same apostolic
joy and love and power.
This is what our Pastors’ School
is all about.
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