Come! Holy Spirit! Come!

"Come Holy Spirit", by GMF Netherlands & Myanmar Choir

“Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, 

and it filled the house where they were sitting. Then, what looked like flames or
 tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them.” (Acts 2:1-4, NLT)

Greetings to you all in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ,

It is a new season, the season of summer and the season of growing! Now, how’s your seed of faith which has been coming out of the power of Jesus’ resurrection going with you all in this season? As I begin to see that the green nature is breaking through the ground and begins to grow in the field, I am pretty sure that our faith is putting its big step on a totally different dimension, the field of joy and thanksgiving, filled with the Holy Spirit!

How is it so?

About two thousand years ago, as the followers of Jesus gathered together in one place, they experienced something strange but very new in their lives. It was fifty days after Jesus’ resurrection or ten days after Jesus’ ascension. We know Jesus spent his forty days with his disciples, teaching them more about the Kingdom of God and eating with them before his ascension. And as Jesus commended them, all of his followers met together and were constantly united in prayers for ten days after Jesus’ ascension, waiting for something new.

Then what happened? They received the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. Through this, their doubts and fears turned into the hope of the Kingdom eternal because they were able to dream dreams and vision visions. That was not all. They began speaking in other languages as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability so that Jews from every nation living in Jerusalem were able to hear about the wonderful things God has done through Jesus Christ in their native languages! It was the birthday of the Christian community, the church.

Now two thousand years after, it is us who hold this hope of eternal Kingdom of God filled with the Holy Spirit. Is this true to us all? And are we still experiencing this Holy Spirit of God each and everyday?

“All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, 

and to sharing in meals including the Lord’s Supper, and to prayer... performed many 

miraculous signs and wonders... met together in one place and shared everything 

they had. They sold their property and possessions and shared the money with those 

in need. They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord’s 

supper and shared their meals with great joy and generosity.” (Acts 2:42-47, NLT)

A couple of months ago, during the confirmation class, we talked about this particular event in the bible. But our best interest was how they did after the birth of the church through the Holy Spirit because we want to be a church like that. Then, we found that all those things are still possible now through our willingness to be faithful to God and to the church, meeting together regularly for worship, study and prayer as well as bringing our true offerings to God to support the ministry of the church. However, there is one thing we cannot do by our willingness or by our decision unless the Holy Spirit gives us. It is to perform many miraculous signs and wonders! We asked ourselves, “Do we want to have that?”

"Holy Spirit Come to Us" from Taize Community

Now brothers and sisters in Christ, do we dream dreams and vision visions like this early church believers two thousand years ago? And do we want to be a church like that, taking the steps that the early church followed with the Holy Spirit? If we do, we will continue to ask, seek and knock until we receive, until we find and until it is opened to us through this season of Pentecost, the season of growing! Then everything will be turn into the joy and thanksgiving on earth as in heaven.

Join me..

Grace and Peace,

Pastor Kyochul