Pentecost 1.0

 "And being assembled together with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father." Acts 1:4

"Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" Acts 1:6

"...It is not for you to know times or seasons..."Acts 1:7

"But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; ..." Acts 1:8

"And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance." Acts 2:4

As a Pentecostal church it amazes me how many saints do not speak in tongues for worship or in prayer. Consequentially, they seem to have a hard time worshipping out loud or praying out loud.

Jesus said they needed the Holy Spirit to do His will. They wanted to talk politics.

Jesus told them there are things that are none of their business.

Jesus told them that the power they need to follow Him is in the baptism in the Holy Spirit.

Whey they were filled with the Spirit they spoke in other tongues. The tongues of men and angels. A language that God understand even though we do not.

Some churches are so well run that the Holy Spirit could be absent and they would not know it.

Organizations usually are born in revival but are developed by the children of revival. There is more to real revival than numbers. 

To have what we have you have to know what we know and experience what we have experienced. Otherwise you are just a shadow of what we are.

I wonder if we sacrifice truth and experience for growth? Preaching truth is hard on church growth. Speaking in tongues out loud in worship is hard on church growth.

Speaking in tongues is Pentecost 1.0. Until you speak in tongues you are just saved.

You do not speak in tongues to get saved. You can have the Holy Spirit once you are saved.