IV. C- The Ministry of the Holy Spirit: The Evangelist
C- The Ministry of the Holy Spirit: The Evangelist (Acts 5:29-32) The apostles were arrested and brought before the Sanhedrin for evangelizing. They were accused of filling Jerusalem with the gospel- the Good News that Jesus Christ was resurrected after been crucified. In holy boldness Peter said, “The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom you murdered by hanging on a tree.... And we are His witnesses to these things [the death, burial, and resurrection], and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those obey Him” (vv.30-32) . Paraphrased, Peter was saying, “we are witnesses [evangelists] and the Holy Spirit is an evangelist also.” We must live that the lost may see Jesus in us; but even though they see Jesus in us, they cannot know how to be saved until they hear the gosp...