POWER FOR A VICTORIOUS LIFE TEXT: ACTS 2:1-11

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引言 1. 在你经过任何一家国际机场时，你会听到什么？ 来自世界各地的各种声音和语言。

    a. 对于那些有幸拥有第二或第三语言的人来说，可能会听懂一部分在国际机场里听到的话。 b. 但对于我们大多数人而言，相当令人困惑，听到这么多的声音却听不懂。

现在让你想象一下，你被送回2000年前的耶路撒冷，在五旬节那天的集市上，你发现来自地中海16个区域的犹太人都在用自己的语言或方言说话。 然后，突然间，你听到从一个特别大的屋子里传来一阵强劲呼啸而过的风声，但树木没有动，你也感觉不到风。 你感到困惑，像集市上其他人一样，向这间屋子跑去，看看发生了什么。 在你奔跑时，听到了屋子里人说话的声音，奇怪的是，你听到了有人用你的家乡话在说话，你说。 7 看 哪 ， 这 说 话 的 不 都 是 加 利 利 人 麽 ？ 8 我 们 各 人 ， 怎 麽 听 见 他 们 说 我 们 生 来 所 用 的 乡 谈 呢 ？ 9 我 们 帕 提 亚 人 、 玛 代 人 、 以 拦 人 ， 和 住 在 米 所 波 大 米 、 犹 太 、 加 帕 多 家 、 本 都 、 亚 西 亚 、 10 弗 吕 家 、 旁 非 利 亚 、 埃 及 的 人 ， 并 靠 近 古 利 奈 的 吕 彼 亚 一 带 地 方 的 人 ， 从 罗 马 来 的 客 旅 中 ， 或 是 犹 太 人 ， 或 是 进 犹 太 教 的 人 ， 11 革 哩 底 和 亚 拉 伯 人 ， 都 听 见 他 们 用 我 们 的 乡 谈 ， 讲 说 神 的 大 作 为 。(徒 2:4-11)

1, 在此之前，我们学到： 五 旬 节 到 了 ， 门 徒 都 聚 集 在 一 处 。2 忽 然 ， 从 天 上 有 响 声 下 来 ， 好 像 一 阵 大 风 吹 过 ， 充 满 了 他 们 所 坐 的 屋 子 ，(徒 2:1-2) 从天上来的风声象征圣灵。被称为 “上帝的气息” 圣灵降临，充满了整个屋子—屋子里的每个人都被圣灵覆盖，浸濡在圣灵里， 这就是圣灵的洗礼。 这是神的作工。 在得救那刻，圣灵把信徒带到基督的身体里， 这是非体验式的–身体上你不会有所感觉， 你不会喊叫或颤抖，没有温暖的感觉。 这是神的圣工。 又 有 舌 头 如 火 焰 显 现 出 来 ， 分 开 落 在 他 们 各 人 头 上 。 4 他 们 就 都 被 圣 灵 充 满 ， 按 着 圣 灵 所 赐 的 口 才 说 起 别 国 的 话 来 。(徒 2:3-4) 所有在场的人被圣灵覆盖后，门徒们看到了像火舌的东西。不是真正的火，但看起来像火 这火 “分开，落在他们各人头上”。 他 们 就 都 被 圣 灵 充 满 然后， 按 着 圣 灵 所 赐 的 口 才 说 起 别 国 的 话 来 。 得救时，圣灵给信徒施洗进入基督的身体。 这是神的圣工，你不会有任何感觉 然而，当圣灵充满你时，圣灵的力量开启，并充满你的生命中的一切。你会经历到变化，看到果效。 对门徒来说，他们开始用从未学过的语言说话，随后，能够做使徒行传中记载的所有奇事神迹。 5,我们不要把圣灵洗礼和圣灵充满混为一谈。 圣灵洗礼在救赎时只发生一次，是神的做工，你不会有任何感觉或情绪。 每位信徒都是在得救时接受圣灵， 而且是永恒的。 只有当你在得救时接受了圣灵的洗礼，圣灵驻在你体内，你的身体现在是圣灵的殿，你才会被圣灵充满（哥林多前书6:19）。 你一生中会一再被圣灵充满。 实际上，我们被敦促要 “被圣灵充满”（以弗所书5：18）。每次你顺从圣灵时，就会被圣灵充满。 因此，我们要不断顺从圣灵。 6,每次你顺服圣灵，被圣灵充满，你会立即体验到成果，因为被圣灵充满是体验式的。

    a. 你会用歌曲、赞美诗、灵歌同自己说话。 b. 你会阅读研究领悟神的话语，获得智慧 c. 丈夫们，你会爱你的妻子。 d. 妻子们，你会尊重和顺服丈夫。 e. 孩子们，你会尊敬和顺从父母。 f. 父母们，你会爱孩子，不会作惹儿女的气的事 g. 如果你是雇主，你会合理对待你的工人。 h. 如果你是雇员，你会诚实地为雇主工作。

7,对于五旬节的第一天在屋里的门徒们而言，神的圣灵充满了他们每个人，以致他们用从未学过的不同语言说话。 8,他们在说什么？ 我们知道这11个门徒（此时犹大已经不在他们身边）与耶稣在一起3年了。

    a. 他们与耶稣一起走路、吃饭。 b. 耶稣教导他们关于神的国度。 c. 他们见证了耶稣把水变成美酒的神迹 d. 他们见证了耶稣医治的神迹 e, 他们见证了耶稣两次用食物喂饱众人的神迹–先是5000人，然后是4000人（如果加上妇女和儿童，耶稣实际上分别喂养了大约15000人和12000人）。 f, 当耶稣让人从死里复活时，他们也在那里。
    i. 拿因的寡妇的儿子（路加福音7：11-17）。 ii. 睚鲁的女儿（马太福音9：18-26；马可福音5：21-43；路加福音8：40-56）。 iii. 拉撒路（约翰福音11：1-44）

g, 而且，他们见证了耶稣被钉在十字架上–天空变黑，地随后震动，至圣殿中的幔子裂开，旧约中的圣徒从死里复活 然后，复活的耶稣亲自向他们显现，耶稣穿过墙壁走进他们躲藏的房间，对他们说：”愿你们平安”。 i. 耶稣复活后在地上停留的40天里，与门徒们在一起，教导他们 j. 他们见证了耶稣在向他们应许圣灵礼物会降临后升天。 9. 当然，当耶稣与他们在一起时，他们并没有完全理解所见所听到的一切。 但现在，他们被圣灵充满， 他们充分领悟了，并找到了自己的声音! 不仅仅是语言，而是一个信息 1. 在这第一个基督教五旬节上发生的事情，不仅与语言有关，而且与信息有关。 门徒们并不是单纯在发出声音

    a. 他们甚至不是在 “闲谈”。 b. 而是圣灵充满了他们，以致他们找到了自己的声音，没有什么能阻止他们宣扬与耶稣在一起三年所见证的神的能力和神迹!

2. 因为每个门徒的心都是敞开等待着圣灵的降临，也因为圣灵之火触动了每个人，现在每个人说话都有全新的真实性，权威和力量。 3. 说者和听者双方都受到了祝福–说者为寻到自己的真实声音（来自上帝的礼物）而感到震撼。而听者为听到来自天堂的第一手信息而受到震撼，即上帝并不遥远，此时此地一直在作工。 4. 我们今天看来，五旬节事件似乎不会引发争议，是无害的转换。 但你需要知道，第一个五旬节和后来所有五旬节的事件都引发争议，因为它让人认识到神此时此地一直在作工，神正在打乱我们所有甚至微小的生活方式！ 5. 换句话说，圣灵是作为礼物赐给我们的，我们的生命会改变!

    a. 旧习惯定会消除，养成能行出公义的新习惯。 b. 老语言定会消失，我们会带着信念和力量说出神的真理

6. 在第一个五旬节期间，圣灵的大能彰显在使徒们的生活是口才的恩赐，宣扬神的大能奇迹，教会自此诞生，在那一天有3000人承认基督是主宰和救主！ 7. 当保罗定义圣灵的充满时，已经与语言无关了。 首个赐予的语言天赋礼物已经达到了目的， 就是在犹太人中宣扬神的大能事迹，教会并由此诞生。 8. 现在，被圣灵充满的生命证据在以弗所书5章。

    a. 不断被圣灵影响和掌管（”被充满”–以弗所书5：18）。 b. 用诗篇、颂词、灵歌彼此交谈（第19节）。 c. 从心里向主唱歌和书写乐章(第19节) d. 常常为一切事感谢神（v20） e. 出于对基督的敬畏，彼此顺服(v21) f. 妻子要顺服丈夫，如同顺服主(第22节) g. 丈夫要爱你的妻子(第25节)

结语 1. 如果你是一个信徒，你已经在圣灵中受洗，在基督和他的身体即教会中成为一体。 这是非体验式的，是神的做工，你不会体验到任何感觉。 2. 受圣灵洗后，你会不断被圣灵充满。这是实际体验。 只有顺服圣灵才能过上得胜的基督徒生活。 3. 如果你仍然在基督徒生活中无力挣扎，如果基督徒丈夫和妻子彼此不相爱，如果你仍然生活在黑暗中，这并非难以理解 4. 你可能信主多年或刚信主不久，你已在圣灵中受洗，并与基督和教会成为一体。 然而，如果你不顺服于圣灵，不被圣灵充满，你就不会有能力过一个得胜的基督徒生活。 5. 圣灵洗会赋予你力量，但圣灵充满则开启了这力量!

INTRODUCTION 1. Walk through any international airport, and what do you hear? Voices and languages from almost every nation on earth.

    a. For those of you who are fortunate enough to have a second or third language, you may be able to understand some of the words you hear at the international airport. b. But for the majority of us, it can be quite bewildering to hear so many voices without understanding.

2. Now I want you to imagine yourself being transported back 2000 years to Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost. There, in the market place, you find Jews from 16 regions of the Mediterranean area – all speaking in their own languages or dialects. 3. Then, all of a sudden, you hear the sound of a mighty, rushing wind, coming from one particularly huge house, but the trees are not moving and you do not feel the wind. Perplexed, you, like the crowd in the market place, run towards this house to see what’s happening. As you run, you hear voices coming from the people in the house and, strangely, you hear your own language being spoken. And you remark: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? 9 Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,[b] 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome 11 (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” (Acts 2:7-11, NIV)

POWER FOR VICTORIOUS LIVING 1. Previously, we learned: When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. (ACTS 2:1-2, NIV)

    a. The sound of wind that came from heaven is symbolic of the Holy Spirit who is called the “breath of God” (pneuma). b. The Holy Spirit came and covered the whole house – everyone in the house was covered or immersed in the Holy Spirit. This is the baptism in the Holy Spirit. c. This is an act of God. At the point of salvation, the Holy Spirit takes a believer and places him or her in the body of Christ. This is non-experiential – you cannot feel anything physically. You don’t shout or tremble, there is no warm feeling. It is a divine act on God’s part.

2. And then, something else happened: 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues[a] as the Spirit enabled them. (Acts 2:3-4, NIV)

    a. After the Holy Spirit covered all who were present in that house, the disciples saw what looked like tongues of fire. No actual fire, but what looked like fire. b. This fire “separated and came to rest on each of them.” c. And then, “all of them were filled with the Holy Spirit” d. Then what happened? They “began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.”

3. At salvation, the Holy Spirit baptizes a believer into the body of Christ. This is a divine act of God and you do not experience any feeling. 4. However, when the Holy Spirit fills you, when the power of the Holy Spirit is turned on and He fills every part of your life, you see results, you experience changes. For the disciples, they began to speak in languages they never learned and, subsequently, they were able to do all the wonderful things recorded in the book of Acts of the Apostles. 5. We are not to confuse the baptism in the Holy Spirit with the filling of the Holy Spirit.

    a. Baptism in the Holy Spirit happens only once, at salvation. It is an act of God and you do not experience any feeling or emotion. Every single believer received the Holy Spirit at the point of salvation. And, this is a permanent thing. b. The filling of the Holy Spirit happens only if you have been baptized in the Holy Spirit at the point of salvation and the Holy Spirit takes residence in you – your body is now the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19). c. The filling of the Holy Spirit happens repeatedly throughout your life. In fact, we are urged to “be being filled with the Holy Spirit” (Ephesians 5:18). You are being filled with the Holy Spirit each time you yield to Him. So, we are to keep yielding to the Holy Spirit.

6. Every time you yield to the Holy Spirit and are filled by Him, you will experience immediate results because the filling of the Holy Spirit is an experiential thing:

    a. You will speak to yourselves in songs, hymns, spiritual songs; b. You will read and study the Word of God and gain wisdom and understanding; c. Husbands, you will love your wives; d. Wives, you will respect and obey your husbands; e. Children, you will honor and obey your father and mother; f. Parents, you will love your children and not do things to provoke them; g. If you are an employer, you will treat your workers right; h. If you are an employee, you will work honestly for your employer.

7. For the disciples who were in the house at the first Day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit of God filled each one of them and they spoke in diverse languages that they have never learned. 8. What were they speaking? You see, the 11 disciples (Judas was no longer with them by now) were with Jesus for 3 years:

    a. They walked and ate with Him; b. Jesus taught them about the kingdom of God; c. They witnessed the miracle of Jesus turning water into the best wine; d. They witnessed miracles of healing; e. They witnessed the miracle of Jesus creating food to feed two different multitudes – first the 5000 and then the 4000 (when you add women and children, Jesus actually fed about 15000 and 12000 people, respectively); f. They were there when Jesus raised people from the dead:

      i. The widow’s son at Nain (Luke 7:11-17) ii. Jairus’s daughter (Matthew 9:18-26; Mark 5:21-43; Luke 8:40-56) iii. Lazarus (John 11:1-44)

    g. And, they witnessed the events at His crucifixion – when the sky turned dark, followed by an earthquake and the splitting of the veil to the Holy of Holies in the Temple and the raising of Old Testament saints from the dead! h. Then, they themselves were visited by the resurrected Jesus Himself who walked through the wall into the room they were hiding in and greeted them, “Shalom”. i. They were with Jesus when He spent 40 days on earth after His resurrection, teaching them. j. They were there and witnessed His ascension to heaven after He has assured them of the Promise of the Gift of the Holy Spirit.

9. Of course, they did not have full understanding of all that they witnessed and heard while Jesus was with them. But now, they have the Holy Spirit in them and filling them. Now, they have full understanding. They have found their voices!

NOT JUST LANGUAGE, BUT A MESSAGE What happens on this first Christian Pentecost has to do not only with language, but also with the message. The disciples are not just making noises a. They are not even just making “small talk” b. But the Holy Spirit filled them so that now they find their voices and nothing could stop them from declaring the power and the wonderful deeds of God which they have witnessed while they were with Jesus for three years! 2. Because each disciple’s heart was open and waiting for the Holy Spirit, and because the Holy Spirit’s flame touched each person, each one now speaks with new authenticity and new authority and power. 3. Both sides are blessed – the speakers are shocked to find their true voices (a gift from God.) Listeners are shocked to hear firsthand a message from heaven, that God is active here and now. That He is not far 4. You see, for us today, the events of Pentecost seem safe to us, a harmless diversion. But you need to know that the events of the first Pentecost and all subsequent Pentecost are anything but safe because it helps people recognize that God is active here and now and that He is upsetting all our small ways of life! 5. In other words, the Holy Spirit is given to us as a gift so that our lives will be changed! a. Old habits must die to give way to new habits that lead to righteousness; b. Old language must die so that now we speak God’s truth with conviction and power; 6. During the time of the first Pentecost, the manifestation of the Holy Spirit’s power in the lives of the Apostles was the gift of languages, which was used to proclaim God’s mighty deeds. This resulted in the birth of the church when 3000 came on that one day to confessed Christ as Lord and Saviour! 7. By the time Paul defines the filling of the Holy Spirit, it has nothing to do with languages anymore. The first gift of languages has achieved its purpose – to declare the mighty deeds of God among the Jews resulting in the birth of the church. 8. Now, the evidence of a Spirit-filled life can be found in Ephesians 5:

    a. Being under the influence and control of the Holy Spirit constantly (“be being filled” – Ephesians 5:18) b. Speak to one another in psalms, hymns, spiritual songs (v.19) c. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord (v19) d. Always giving thanks to God for everything (v 20) e. Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ (v21) f. Wives, submit to husbands as you do to the Lord (v.22) g. Husbands, love your wives (v. 25)

CONCLUSION 1. If you are a believer, you have been baptized in the Holy Spirit and made one in Christ and in His body (the church). This is positional. It is an act of God and you cannot experience any feeling. 2. After having been baptized in the Holy Spirit, now you are to keep being filled with the Holy Spirit. This is the practical thing. You can only live a victorious Christian life if you yield to the Holy Spirit. 3. There is no mystery if you are still struggling with a powerless Christian life. There is no mystery if Christian husbands and wives do not love each other. There is no mystery you are still living in darkness. 4. You may be a Christian for many years or for a short time and you have been baptized in the Holy Spirit and made one with Christ and His church. However, if you do not yield to the Holy Spirit and be filled by Him, you will not have the power to live a victorious Christian life. 5. Baptism in the Holy Spirit grants you the power, but filling in the Holy Spirit switches on that power!.