The Holy Spirit is God
A sermon for Pentecost
Acts 2:1-21
On this the third of the three great festivals of the Christian Church, Pentecost, you will note, if you happen to have a commercial calendar, that the calendar will likely identify Christmas and maybe Easter, but not Pentecost.
Some congregations celebrate Pentecost by asking people to wear red on that day. It’s one way to make this great festival festive. The color red represents fire, and Acts 2:2-4 states that on the Day of Pentecost the disciples were gathered together. “And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind” (Acts 2:2). Note a similar word about wind and Spirit in John 3:8:
