Introduction

  • Luke 19:36-38

What was their purpose?

  • Hebrews 2:3
  • Miracles proved the message was legitimate.
  • Acts 5:36-37
  • Acts 2:22-23
  • Acts 11:15-18
  • John 3:1-2 – Nicodemus recognized Jesus because of His signs.
  • Luke 5:20-26
  • I Corinthians 2:3-5
  • I Corinthians 12:8
  • I Corinthians 14:22 – Speaking in tongues is a sign to unbelievers.
  • II Corinthians 12:12

Who was doing miracles?

  • John 16:7
  • John 13:1
  • Who was Jesus talking to in John 13-17?
    • “His own” (John 13:1)
    • “twelve disciples” (Matthew 26:20)
    • “the twelve” (Mark 14:17)
    • “the apostles” (Luke 22:14)
  • Luke 24:49
  • Acts 2:4 – Who got the Spirit here?
    • Acts 1:15, 26
    • Follow the pronouns in Acts 1:26-2:4. The apostles received the Holy Spirit.
    • Acts 2:7, 14, 37, 38, 40, 42, 43
  • Luke 1:67
  • Luke 9:45
  • Luke 10:1, 9, 17 – The seventy
  • Acts 9:10-12 – Ananias
  • Acts 10:44-48 – Gentiles: Cornelius and his household
  • Acts 6:5-6; 8:5-7, 12-24
  • Acts 19:2-6 – Not everyone who was baptized had the Holy Spirit in a miraculous way.