For the promise is on to you.

"For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call" (Acts 2:39 KJV). Jesus poured out His Holy Spirit upon His disciples on the day of Pentecost. It was through the Holy Spirit that the first church came alive, into existence, and became filled with boldness and power from on high. Jesus Christ, our Savior, has made a way and given all who believe an opportunity to live a life of peace and rest here on this earth. The first church came alive once it was baptized in the Holy Spirit. They could not just sit around, for they received the promise from on high. They prayed, fasted, and began to move across the city under the authority of God's Spirit. People were being saved, healed, and given life. Darkness had to flee because the light of Christ shined upon lost people. However, the authority, the priests, the Pharisees, and the Sadducees, did not like this one bit. So, they came against the church by persecuting them and telling them not to preach Jesus Christ. They put the church in prison, whipped them, and even stoned them to death. We read about how Stephen was under the power of the Holy Spirit. He was a man who knew the Glory of God, which the flesh cannot stand, and he was stoned to death for it. However, this did not stop the first church, if anything, it got them deeper into prayer and fasting. The Holy Spirit got them deeper into intimacy with Jesus Christ. This created a boldness beyond man's own ability to speak aloud and continue walking and doing the work of the Great Commission. There's no stopping the Spirit of God, which lives inside of man. God bless you. Amen