The Bethany Bullet Sermon Message - Week of June 9, 2019

Sermon: “Promise Made…Promise Kept”

Text: Acts 2:1-21

The classic Disney film Beauty and the Beast includes a scene in which the character of Lumiere & Cogsworth coach the Beast on how to court Belle the beauty. Cogsworth’s advice includes, “Flowers, chocolates, promises you don’t intend to keep.” 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPih629zvqQ

All of us have at some point made promises we had every intention of keeping; and most of us have at some point made a promise we had no idea how we’d keep at best or at beastly worst we had no intention of keeping. 

Pentecost is a day of promises made…promises kept!  Through the prophets God promised that He would pour out His Spirit before the great and glorious day of His coming and that all who called on His name would be saved.  Pentecost’s event validate that God’s promises made are promises kept.  Jesus before His Ascension promised the sending of another, the helper, guide, the Counselor.  Pentecost’s event is proof that God’s promises made are promises kept.  Through the apostles God promised that His people would be identified with His mission.  Pentecost’s event, read Peter’s words about the happenings in Acts 2, verify that God’s promises made are promises kept indeed!

-Pr. Kevin Kritzer