The Birth of The Church

Acts 2:1-13

"All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit" (Acts 2:4a).

The Birth of The Church

 written by: Derl G Keefer
(District Superintendent,
Wisconsin District Church
of the Nazarene)

One of the greatest experience of my life was being present when our children were born. It signal significant changes in our lives from those  moments forward. These changes have radically impacted us as we watched them grow. Each stage has had its challenges and victories as we have journeyed with them.

The birth of the church on the day of Pentecost was an important event for the people of God. They obediently waited in prayer in an upper room for the next step of the journey in life. Little did they realize how much was going to change, not only for them but in the coming centuries for those who would also place their faith in Christ. The challenges seemed insurmountable: persecution, hatred, imprisonment,and even death. God understood that they would need someone to  galvanize their faith. That someone was the Holy Spirit-the Third Person of the Triune Godhead. 

The Holy Spirit was sent to be present with Christ's Church and to sustain its existence. He grows the Church by convincing the world of sin, granting new life to those who believe and repent, sanctifying believers, and guiding us into all truth in Jesus Christ.


The Spirit-filled life is not a special, deluxe edition of Christianity. It is part and parcel of the total plan of God for his people.
(A.W. Tozer).