“The 7 faces of the Holy Spirit”
Introduction How did Christianity begin? Think about it – on Good Friday, the Jesus movement consisted of around 120 people (cf. Ac. 1.15) whose leaders, the apostles, decided to hide in a locked room because they were afraid that what had just happened to Jesus would also happen to them (Jn. 20.19). Even the sightings of the resurrected Jesus on Easter and the following 40 days seemed to have left the disciples with more questions than answers (cf. Ac. 1.6-8). So how do we explain the fact that less than 2 months after Good Friday, the followers of Jesus were boldly proclaiming throughout Jerusalem and beyond that Jesus was alive, that he was Israel’s true King (Messiah) and the true Lord of the entire world? How do we account for the fact that they continued to do so despite being imprisoned and threatened with death for doing so? What had happened? If we were to go back in time and interview the apostles, they would...