GS Newsletter - August 9th, 2022
IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN - PART III
by Gabriel Swaggart
“AND WHEN THE DAY of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance” (Acts 2:1-4).
I’M LOOKING FOR THE POSSIBLE
A few years ago, someone was telling me a story about a little girl with an extreme disfigurement, which would leave most with a negative view of themselves. She attended a school for kids with physical impairments. The school was located in a particular state up north. A local television crew was sent to follow her throughout the day.
What was seen by the local crew caused absolute dismay, for this little girl, with her extreme disabilities, never once had a frown on her face, but rather was beaming throughout the interview.
The host asked her about her difficulties and why she was able to smile through those difficulties. The little girl’s answer was telling.
She said, “I’m not looking for that which is difficult, but I’m looking for that which is possible!”
As a believer, quit looking at the difficulties and start looking to a God who is able to do the impossible. God is bigger than any mountain, and He’s greater than any valley. He is able to do whatever it is that you need Him to do.
You need to believe that He specializes in the impossible, that no matter how big your problem is, He’s bigger than that problem.
Start believing that today and start claiming that God is able to do for you what no other power can do. God is able to do for you what you cannot do for yourself, and it makes no difference how difficult the situation may be—He is able!
Without prayer, there is no relationship, and there is no petitioning the Lord for His will.
Prayer is vital to a true move of God that we need in this nation and around the world. Those individuals were gathering together on that day and praying and seeking the Lord for His will.
We should take a lesson from the early church and establish a prayer life and believe God to do great things within our lives and within our church.
FEAST OF FIRSTFRUITS
While the disciples were gathered together in the temple courtyard, they were in one place and in one accord, seeking the Lord for something that they really did not understand.
All of a sudden, from out of nowhere, something took place that literally changed the world forever. It began on what is known as the day of Pentecost.
The word Pentecost in the Greek literally means “fifty” or the “fiftieth day” for the waving of the sheaf of the Feast of Firstfruits (Lev. 23:15-16).
This was done at the very beginning of the Passover, which, as many of us would understand, was another one of the feast days. It took place seven weeks after the Passover Feast, and it marked the completion of the wheat harvest.
There were seven different feasts in which the children of Israel participated, which all represented Christ.
Today, the Christian doesn’t need to participate in these different feast days as all have been fulfilled in Christ. Each feast represented Christ in some fashion, and was either completely fulfilled by Christ in His first advent or will be fulfilled in the not so distant future.
It was during the Feast of Firstfruits that God sent the promised Holy Spirit to His disciples.
Before I get into what took place on that momentous occasion, I want to take us back to the days before the crucifixion of Christ.
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