Pentecost

Today marks 1,993 years since Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit birthed the church and solved humanity's two greatest problems. The Eden problem created separation from God through sin, which Jesus resolved through His birth, death, and resurrection. The Babel problem created separation between people through scattered languages and division, which the Holy Spirit solved at Pentecost by uniting all believers under one Spirit with one purpose. God had promised this solution through Ezekiel and Jeremiah, offering new hearts and a new covenant written on our hearts. The Holy Spirit is another of the same kind as Jesus, and every believer receives the complete Spirit. Collectively, we are being built together as God's dwelling place, worshiping and using our gifts to strengthen the whole church. Individually, the Spirit gives us faith, testifies that we belong to God, and seals us as His own.