At Pentecost believers in Jesus were filled with the Holy Spirit and it did not go unnoticed by the unbelievers. Witnesses were astonished with what they saw and heard. Some wondered what was happening and others assumed that wine was the cause. The bottom line is however; that when the Holy Spirit is at work, people will notice.
We see throughout Acts, the result of Spirit filled believers. They performed wondrous works, they spoke powerful words, they endured hardship with joy, and they proclaimed the love of Jesus and the promise of salvation through Him. The same people who crucified Christ became the first to be offered the gift of His grace and the gift of His Spirit. As we read these verses, we see how difficult it is for people to abandon traditions and rituals that are embedded in family, religion, and culture. But when Christ said that we must be born again (John 3: 3), this is what he was talking about. We must be born into His family and turn away from all those things which gave us our old identity. He wants us to be identified with Him and one with Him as He is one with the Father (John 17: 9).
When we receive Jesus as our savior, we receive His Spirit and His identity. However, dying to our old identity is a journey we must choose to travel. His Spirit will guide us and counsel us on this journey. Reading the Bible, Prayer, Meditating on Him, Serving in His Name, and Worshipping Him are all ways to become more like Him. He calls us to share the Good News which we can only do by His power and clothed in His Righteousness.
Discover and Proclaim the Truth of The Bible which is: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life." (John 3:16 NRSV). Jesus came to humanity to proclaim and give evidence to that love and He has commanded us to do the same. We, who believe, must not merely be followers, but we must be proclaimers of the Gospel Message and we can only do that by being filled with the love of God.
