Acts 2:1-13

1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

5 Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. 6 When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. 7 Utterly amazed, they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? 9 Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome

11 (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” 12 Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”

13 Some, however, made fun of them and said, “They have had too much wine.”

All great moves of God are always followed by a HOWEVER.

No matter what God is doing and how amazing it is, there will always be people who choose to dismiss it. Here in the passage we see the pouring out of the Holy Spirit, and God moving in a powerful way. The people were speaking and everyone heard it in their own language. It was like a historical UN Meeting without translators!

But what happens is that there were people who dismissed it.

The verses following demonstrate how Peter responded.

Many times we do not need to respond to those that would say however, but when we do, we must speak SCRIPTURE. Peter did not fight or argue, but simply spoke the truth and allowed God to do the rest!