Acts 1:4-9  “On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with[a] water, but in a few days you will be baptized with[b] the Holy Spirit.”  Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. Why do we have the Spirit? To Be A Witness! Acts 1:14  They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers. We should be praying for the promises in scripture. Acts 2: 1-4  When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues[a] as the Spirit enabled them. Pentecost is a Jewish holiday with a great feast.  It is 50 days after the feast of firstfruits which is barley. Leviticus 23: 16-17 & 22 Count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the Lord. 17 From wherever you live, bring two loaves made of two-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour, baked with yeast, as a wave offering of firstfruits to the Lord. 22 “‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you. I am the Lord your God.’” Christ is our firstfruits.    1 Corinthians 15: 20-23  But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. When we give our firstfruits to Jesus it symbolizes our complete trust in Him. Death is defeated, the resurrection life is ours to receive. Pentecost is the first fruits of wheat where two loaves are baked symbolizing Jews and gentiles.   Read the book of Ruth.   Ruth 1:16 But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. We are the second firstfruits: the promise of something good to come.  A whole new creation. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits[b] to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. James 1:18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created. 2 Corinthians 5:17  Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,the new creation has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here! We who are in Christ are a whole new creation.  This is truth, we have the choice whether we will live it out. It’s like the caterpillar who turns into a butterfly but chooses to act as a caterpillar instead of living it its true self and soaring.   The Jewish people love the law; they meditate on it day and night.  They are obsessed with it. We possess the Spirit. We should be crazy for the Spirit.  Our craziness for the Spirit should outshine the obsession of the Jews to the law. Romans 8:14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. When God created Adam, He breathed life in him.  To create the church He used a great wind and a fire.   Grab ahold of this….live the with God life. Do you pray for the promises shown in scripture, for them to manifest in your life?   If you have received the Spirit, how has your life changed? What would your life look like if you really believed you were the firstfruits?