& MANY MORE? : HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US, THE CHURCH,THE BODY OF CHRIST (PENTECOST 2014)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US, THE CHURCH,THE BODY OF CHRIST:
http://www.biblicalperspectives.com/books/festivals_1/4.html
"The Birthday of the Christian Mission.
Pentecost celebrates also the birthday of
the mission of the Church. After His
resurrection, Christ instructed His disciples
about "the kingdom of God (Acts 1:3) and
promised them that, after being energized
by the Holy Spirit, they would become His
witnesses from Jerusalem "to the end of the
earth" (Acts 1:8). Peter's proclamation
"standing with the eleven" (Acts 2:14) was
the first manifestation of Christian
obedience to this missionary task.
Throughout the book of Acts, we are
reminded that Christians became witnesses
as a result of the outpouring of the Holy
Spirit. "We all are witnesses" (Acts 2:32).
"We are witnesses to all that he did both in
the country of the Jews and in
Jerusalem" (Acts 10:39; cf. 3:15; 5:32;
10:41; 13:31)..."
http://www.biblicalperspectives.com/books/festivals_1/4.html