This 10-day study is designed to walk you through the Scriptures, helping you intentionally focus on pursuing the power of Pentecost in your life.

Take time today to read and reflect on the verses and answer the questions that follow. Here is Day 2:

Fifty days after Jesus resurrection, 120 followers of Christ were celebrating the festival of Pentecost. It was there that God poured out His promised Spirit to those present that day. During this Pentecost festival, the church was birthed; God’s Spirit empowered the disciples in a way that they would never be the same.

Ephesians 1.13-14
And now you Gentiles have also heard the truth, the Good News that God saves you. And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago. ¹⁴ The Spirit is God’s guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him.

What does Paul (the author) say about the significance of the promised Holy Spirit?

John 14.26
But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative—that is, the Holy Spirit—he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you.

John 15.26
“But I will send you the Advocate—the Spirit of truth. He will come to you from the Father and will testify all about me.

John 16.13
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future.

In the previous verses, Jesus speaks to the promise he would send at Pentecost. What did Jesus say the Holy Spirit would do for His disciples?