The Spirit Poured Out on All Flesh
This article by James Slopsema examines the Day of Pentecost as recorded in Acts 2, demonstrating how the outpouring of the Holy Spirit fulfilled Joel's prophecy of the Spirit being poured out on all flesh in the last days. Slopsema argues that the gift of the Spirit necessarily includes the gift of prophecy, which all believers who have faith in Christ possess and must embrace and use in the church.
But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. Acts 2:16-18 As the 120 disciples of Jesus were assembled on Pentecost in an upper room in Jerusalem, three...
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