Quotes About The Day Of Pentecost

#1. The new covenant only begins after the cross, when the Holy Spirit was given on the day of Pentecost. There is a lot of confusion and wrong believing in the church today because many Christians read their Bibles without rightly dividing the old and new covenants.

Joseph Prince

#2. St. Peter announced the glad tidings of the Gospel to the people on the day of Pentecost, and converted, by the first Christian sermon, ever preached, three thousand - which formed the primitive Church.

John Strachan

#3. Before three thousand people were brought into the church on the day of Pentecost, the disciples had spent fifty days in prayer, fasting, and spiritual travail.

Billy Graham

#4. The Spirit is as operative today in communicating the gospel to all who seek the truth as it was on the day of Pentecost anciently.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

#5. From the day of Pentecost until the present time, it has been necessary to be of one accord in prayer before the Spirit of God will work with mighty converting power.

John Mott

#6. When the great promise of the Spirit was fulfilled on the day of Pentecost, it was fulfilled not in reference to the apostles only.

Charles Hodge

#7. When you strip it of everything else, Pentecost stands for power and life. That's what came into the church when the Holy Spirit came down on the day of Pentecost.

David Wilkerson

#8. We do not need to wait for the Holy Spirit to come: he came on the day of Pentecost. He has never left the church.

John Stott

#9. You can be a hero to someone just by being their friend.

Ray Rice

#10. The whole aim of comparative anatomy is to discover what structures are homologous.

Libbie Hyman

#11. Pentecost was the day of power of the Holy Spirit. It was the day the Christian church was born.

Billy Graham

#12. You have no idea who he is, Suzanne. If you judge him by his actions, you will never know him.

Tiffany Reisz

#13. Luther's objection to the antinomian preachers of his day, who were "fine Easter preachers but disgraceful Pentecost preachers, for they taught only redemption through Christ and not the sanctification through the Holy Spirit."16

Mark Jones

#14. Peter and others who experienced the special filling on Pentecost Day (2:4) were filled with the Spirit again and again (4:8, 31; 6:5; 7:55) and so boldly spoke the word of God. That was just the beginning. The fullness of the Spirit affects all areas of life, not just speaking boldly (

John F. MacArthur Jr.

#15. The silence encompassing the feeling so juvenile, veiling everything but a sham smile.

Parul Agrawal

#16. People respond in accordance to how you relate to them. If you approach them on the basis of violence, that's how they'll react. But if you say, 'We want peace, we want stability,' we can then do a lot of things that will contribute towards the progress of our society.

Nelson Mandela

#17. I stand on victory ground for today. I claim all the work of the cross of Jesus, His resurrection power, His ascended authority, and Pentecost for all my victory. You are Lord of all my life this day. In Jesus' name, Amen.

Sylvia Gunter

#18. My brethren, do you believe in the Holy Ghost? ... Have we such a reliance upon the Holy Ghost? Do we believe that, at this moment, He can clothe us with power, even as He did the apostles at Pentecost? Do we believe that, under our preaching, by His energy a thousand might be born in a day?

Charles Spurgeon

#19. A philosophy of work is essential if we would be whole men, holy men, healthy men, joyous men. A certain amount of goods is necessary for a man to lead a good life, and we have to make that kind of society where it is easier for men to be good.

Dorothy Day

#20. Love is disgusting when you no longer possess yourself.

Pola Negri

#21. From the first Day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit has proven that He will only come to the degree that we have unity.

Rick Joyner

#22. Me and God have a great relationship, but we're both seeing other people.

Dolly Parton

#23. Andy Kaufman's mom wanted a girl, his father wanted a boy, and they were both satisfied!

Jerry Lawler

#24. When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing

Bo Schembechler

#25. Q: How did the blonde dog get hurt? A: From chasing parked cars.

Various

#26. Love is everywhere. It is the tie that binds us each other, to the world we live in and to something above and beyond the world.

Morgan Scott Peck

#27. I just hadn't wanted to admit it, because admitting it meant acknowledging the possibility that the odds might be in my favor. And that possibility was terrifying.

Robyn Schneider

#28. Suppose that you didn't make your Easter duty and it's Pentecost Sunday, the last day, and you're on a ship at sea. And the chaplain goes into a coma! But you wanted to receive. And then it's Monday, too late ... But then you cross the International Date Line! Would that then be a sin then, Father?

George Carlin

#29. I hit the dance floor, wincing a little bit as the DJ looped feedback through the throbbing of a useless song about someone playing poker with his face or something.

Lili St. Crow

#30. What do you think Dimitri? Is this a good idea, Dimitri? Please give us your blessing so that we can fall down and worship you, Dimitri.

Richelle Mead