Posted on: March 1st, 2009 Pentecost as New Creation – Acts 2:1-36 (Class #6, 2/16/09)
Here is the outline for class #6 in our Acts study at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Austin, TX. The title of the course is “A New Kind of Conquest” (see blog categories below). For the outline of Acts we are using, see here, and for more info please contact Matt.
Acts 2:1-36 (Sunday, February 15, 2009)
“The Beginning of the New Creation”
I. The Phenomenon of Pentecost: Thinking Typologically (2:1-4)
A. Holy Spirit as first fruits.
1. Some NT uses of this word.
a. Rom 8:23
b. Rom 16:5
c. I Cor 15:20
d. James 1:18
2. First fruits of what?
B. Holy Spirit as new law.
II. New Words for New News (2:5-13)
A. Blessing the World through Israel.
1. Reversal of Babel
2. New house / oikos.
B. Deed à Question à Word (NT Pattern of Mission)
III. Words of Explanation: Peter’s Sermon (2:14-36)
A. Prophecy of Joel: Now Being Fulfilled (2:14-21)
1. “Last Days”
2. “Day of the LORD”
3. Earth-shattering events.
4. Radical Inclusivity (& Political Discomfort)
5. “Salvation”
B. King of Israel, for the World.(2:22-36)
1. Ps 16: King of Israel
2. Ps 110: for the World
