![]() That the “outward physical evidence” was the SAME for BOTH the 120 and 3,000 follows from it being a function of “the One Body of Christ”, “the One Spirit who regenerates”, “the One Faith all belong to”, “the One Baptism common to every believer”. The “outward physical evidence” the 3,000 were filled with the Holy Spirit was their changed heart and mind towards God and His Truth, and love for His people (Acts. That this was a special group of Jews who received the revelatory gifts is evident by it being specially noted these were “Twelve” in number (Acts 19:7), clearly implying they were part of this exclusive group of Jews who would establish the Church (1 Cor. ![]() God also employed this sign to confirm salvation is only by public confession Jesus is LORD (Acts 19:1-7 4:12). They did not speak foreign languages.Ĭonfirming the 3,000 saved that day did not manifest revelatory gifts is the fact these were so uncommon they were deemed a “sign from God” of something new (Acts 10:44-47 15:7-8). Tongues of fire did not rest upon their heads. 2:38-39) there was no sound from heaven like a rushing wind. ![]() When the Second Group received the Holy Spirit (Ac. Of these 120 unique followers of Christ only the Twelve Apostles did signs and wonders (Ac. The flesh must wait for the resurrection yet future (1 Cor. 8:5-16) because our Holy God cannot abide with sin and touches no unclean thing (Rom. Only their soul was made alive, all of this was Spirit to spirit (Rom. They became partakers of divine nature (2 Pet. 3:5) gave birth to their “inner man” (Eph. The “washing of regeneration and renewing” (Tit. 2:7), they became “new creatures” (2 Cor. 8:5-16), God breathing into their souls the breath of lives (Gen. A sound from heaven like rushing wind filled the house, and tongues of fire sat upon each of their heads and they spoke in languages of Parthians, Medes, Elamites, Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia, Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, Libya, Cyrene, and Rome (Acts. 1:14) were followers of Jesus from the days of John the Baptist to His resurrection (Ac. ![]() On the day of Pentecost two separate groups received the Baptism in the Spirit, numbering 120 (Ac. ![]()
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