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The Holy Spirit Arrives
To Remember: Jesus sent the Holy Spirit
Vocabulary: tongues- languages
Lesson Acts 2
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The apostles were gathered together in Jerusalem
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The Holy Spirit gave them power and there appeared
something like tongues of flame over each one's head
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Craft: Copy a coloring page of the
apostles gathered together. Help the students cut out little "flames" of red
and orange construction paper. Glue to flames to the paper as you discuss
what happened.
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Peter and the others preached to the large crowd
gathered for Pentecost
- Discuss how many people from many nations heard their own
language as Peter, a Galilean fisherman, spoke.
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3,000 souls were saved
Memory Verse: Act out the memory verse Acts
2:38 Repent (turn around) and be baptized (hold nose and go under water)
every one of you (point to everyone in class)
Sing: Apostles
song
Worksheet: match the number to the word
True or False
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The disciples waited in Jerusalem. T
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The Holy Spirit appeared to them as a man. F
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Only Peter preached to the crowd. F
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Each person there heard his own language. T
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No one responded to their lesson. F
Review Questions (can be used with gameboard)
 linguistic questions
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Say any word you know from another language.
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Recite the twelve apostles' names.
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What book of the Bible is this lesson from? (Acts)
 activity questions
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Point to each person in the room and ask them where
they are from.
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Tell the person next to you how you found out about
Jesus.
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Act out a crowd member listening to Peter.
 emotion questions
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How do you think the Apostles felt when the Holy Spirit arrived? (excited,
overwhelmed, relieved)
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What were some reactions of the crowd? (disbelief, amazement, ridicule,
belief)
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How did the crowd feel when they realized they had killed the son of God?
(fear, grief, shame)
 application questions
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Will we always receive God's promises immediately? (no,
sometimes we have to wait)
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Does the Holy Spirit work in our lives? (yes, but not
the same as he did for the Apostles)
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Should we also preach the gospel? (yes, that is how God
designed for the Word to spread)
 fact questions
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Where were the Apostles? (Jerusalem)
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Who sent the Holy Spirit? (Jesus)
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Who did they preach to? (Jews celebrating Pentecost)
 review questions
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Why was the gift of languages useful to the Apostles at
Pentecost? (there were people from many nations - the languages enabled the
Apostles to communicate, and the miracle proved what they said was true)
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What was Peter's message to the crowd? (the Jesus you
crucified is now reigning in heaven over us all)
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Why did the people need to repent and be baptized? (in
order to have their sins forgiven)
Memory Work
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Acts 2:38 "Peter replied, "Repent and
be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness
of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."
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