Pastor Strickland's sermon emphasizes the transformative power of the Holy Spirit received at Pentecost, urging believers to die to self and embrace the Spirit's patience, power, passion, and presence to fully live out their faith.

Pastor Strickland's sermon emphasizes the profound truth that Jesus is Lord, using Peter's transformation and bold proclamation at Pentecost as a central example. He encourages believers to recognize Jesus's authority and divinity, backed by scriptural evidence and personal conviction.

After Jesus rose from the tomb, He appeared to His disciples for forty days. Not long before He ascended to heaven, He commanded His disciples to wait for the promise, which was the baptism of the Holy Spirit. In this message, we want to answer the question, “Can believers be baptized with the Holy Spirit today according to Scripture? If so, what is the goal of the Holy Spirit in our lives?”

When we think of Pentecost, we normally think of the upper room; but the first Pentecost occurred 50 days after the first Passover. There must be a death before Pentecost. The death of the Passover Lamb and the death to self. Let's look at the origin of Pentecost.