Between Two Questions

We find ourselves in a pivotal moment in the book of Acts where a crowd witnesses something extraordinary and asks two profound questions that frame our entire spiritual journey: 'What does this mean?' and 'What shall we do?' These aren't just historical questions from curious onlookers at Pentecost. They're the very questions we must wrestle with when God moves in our lives. The sermon Peter delivers cuts through religious confusion and cultural noise to reveal a simple yet transformative truth: Jesus came, lived, died, and rose again so that we might have fullness of life through the Holy Spirit. But here's where it gets personal for us. We live in the space between what God has done and what we're called to do now. This is the 'already and not yet' of the kingdom. The danger isn't that God is absent in our lives. The danger is that we misunderstand His presence in the liminal spaces, the in-between moments. We settle for spiritual curiosity without spiritual clarity. We witness miracles, feel conviction, experience God's providence, yet we drift from the meaning of the message. We start making our own meaning instead of surrendering to the gospel. Peter's response to the confused crowd is both ancient and urgent: repent, confess, commit, and receive the Holy Spirit. This isn't about adding religious activities to our lives. It's about centering our entire existence on Jesus and allowing His Spirit to fill us with dreams, visions, and prophetic words that transform not just us, but our neighborhoods, workplaces, and cities. The normal Christian life isn't maintenance or manifesting. It's revelation.