NT Framework - Sight & Spoken, Known Language

The verifiable miracle of speaking in known languages and their perfect dialects was the sign, the proof, the undeniable source of the miracle. 

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Jeremy Thomas is the pastor at Spokane Bible Church in Spokane, Washington and a professor at Chafer Theological Seminary. He has been teaching the Bible for over 20 years, always seeking to present its truths in a clear and understandable manner. 

Transcript

Welcome And Lesson Setup

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Welcome to Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas and our series on the New Testament framework. Today, a smaller, bite-sized piece from the larger lesson. We hope you enjoy it.

The Wind Sign Of The Spirit

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There is a obviously miraculous event that transpires in Jerusalem on that day. It was a sight and sound miracle. The sound was that of a mighty rushing wind, and wind signifies the Holy Spirit many places in the Old and New Testament, like John 3.8. You with wind, you you don't see it or where it comes from, but you see the effects of it, so it is with the Spirit of God. And so this sound that you see in Acts chapter 2, verse 2 is this signifying the Spirit's arrival.

Fire And Foreign Languages Explained

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Also, you have the vis the uh sound and this other sound called the tongues and a visual fire, uh the tongues you know that distribute in themselves like fire upon either the twelve or the hundred and twenty, and they began to speak in uh other languages. We said these are foreign tongues, foreign languages, the Greek word glosa, um, and it's real languages, and you can see that quite easily because there are people there in verses 9 and 10 and 11 who are from all over the Mediterranean world and they're hearing in their own native tongue, their own native language. So they understood what was being said because they were native speakers of these languages. Uh but not only that, what was so astonishing was they weren't just speaking in foreign languages that they never learned or studied, but they were speaking even in the exact dialects of certain areas in these provinces. And that was very impressive because they say, are not all these Galileans? And um Galileans, of course, were considered among the Jewish people to be basically like country bumpkins. You know, people who live up there by the Sea of Galilee, maybe they fish or are involved in trade along the trade routes, but um they weren't considered to be educated people. And so how how could they be speaking in these foreign languages and uh these dialects? So they're asking that question, and that's really the important question in verses, you know, where's the where's what do they ask? How can they do these things? Um, yeah, verse 8. And how is it that we hear each of them? How can this happen? How can this be?

Two Crowds And The Drunk Claim

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So there are two groups of Jews there on the day of Pentecost. Let's just kind of pick up in verse 14 because you can see these two groups, but Peter taking his stand with the eleven. So they had tried to give an explanation. They, uh the Judeans, the Jews from the native area in verse 13 said, Oh, they're they're full of sweet wine. Sweet wine was evidently more intoxicating. And so maybe the explanation is that they're drunk. But Peter, taking his stand with the eleven, raised his voice and he declared to them, men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem. Now there's actually two groups there. Those are not the same groups. The men of Judea are the people from the area of Judea around Jerusalem. But those who, he says, live in Jerusalem, that is actually a word Katoikea, which means temporary residence. They were not from that area, but they temporarily resided there because they came for Passover, unleavened bread, first fruits, and then 50 days later, Passover. So they're there for an extended period of time. Uh we would say basically a couple months, right? And those are the people who were from the diaspora. So you have these two groups of Jews, and it's important to keep in mind that there are two groups of Jews here. One group, they understand the languages because they're from out in the diaspora, and those are the languages that are being spoken. But the people in Judea, they don't understand those languages because they don't speak those languages. So they say, ah, they must be drunk. So Peter in this verse takes his stand with the eleven, and he declares to them, men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words. For these men are not drunk as you suppose, because it's only the third hour of the day, which was 9 a.m.

Peter Anchors It In Joel

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But this is what was spoken of through the prophet Joel. And then he quotes a long section from Joel chapter 2, verse 28 through 32. Now, if you just kind of back away from your Bible, if you're not using an electronic Bible, one of the advantages is you can kind of see a big page, maybe two, sometimes two chapters or so on both pages. And if you just kind of scan, starting in verse 17, you're going to see a lot of uh quotations from the Old Testament. Usually a Bible, if it's a study Bible, or they'll offset the quotes in a different font so you know that the author's quoting something from the Old Testament. If they don't do that, sorry, you might just have to get another Bible or something. But um but it's helpful to see where they're quoting the Old Testament. So verse 17 is a quote from the Old Testament, 18, 19, 20, 21, and then you start in verse 22 and you just start scanning, and then when you get to verse 24 and 25, you see in verse 25 there's a quote from the Old Testament, 26, 27, 28, those all come from the Old Testament, right? Then you have verse 29, no. Verse 30, yes. Verse 31, yes. And then you keep scanning down and you get to verse 34, and again, 34 and 35 are quote from the Old Testament. And then his uh sermon is somewhat over in verse 36 or so there or so. And well, he keeps going, but there's some the dialogue

Why The Old Testament Is Essential

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there. If you do like just some sketchy math, just quick math, which which which is what I did, and you ask yourself, how much of this Old Testament is Peter, and how much of this this sermon is Old Testament? Is it is it Peter talking or is he quoting the Old Testament? I did some rough math, and 68% of his sermon is quotations from the Old Testament. Now we're often told, well, we live in the New Testament, we don't really need the Old Testament. I mean Jesus came, he died, he rose. Okay, we don't need this Old Testament stuff anymore. Uh we'll just study the New Testament. Here's the problem with that. You start to study the New Testament and you read what Peter wrote here in this sermon, given on the day of Pentecost, and you realize that, well, 68% of it came from the Old Testament. So if we don't know the Old Testament, how in the world are we supposed to know that understand the New Testament? See? So what I want to do today is kind of take us back as we walk through the passage and take you to these passages that he quoted. Sixty-eight percent of which that's a lot of a sermon.

Visuals Online And Final Wrap

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Thank you for joining us on Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas. If you would like to see the visuals that went along with today's sermon, you can find those on Rumble and on YouTube under Spokane Bible Church. That is where Jeremy is the pastor and teacher. We hope you found today's lesson productive and useful in growing closer to God and walking more obediently with him. If you found uh this podcast to be useful and helpful, then please consider rating us in your favorite podcast app. And until next time, we hope you have a blessed and wonderful day.