Discussion questions for Life Groups based on the Sunday sermon.
(Updated weekly)
March 1, 2026
*** This guide may have more questions than your group could reasonably discuss in one meeting. Feel free to pick and choose questions that best encourage, challenge, and instruct your particular participants.
Read Acts 2:1-13
1. The sermon describes Pentecost as a “spiritually seismic” day that divides history into before and after. Why is Pentecost that significant for the life of the church?
2. Why is it important to see Acts 2 not as a strange or secondary event, but as central to God’s redemptive plan?
3. How does viewing Pentecost as the ignition of God’s mission reshape how we think about the church today?
4. Wind and fire are both powerful biblical symbols. What do they communicate about the nature and work of the Holy Spirit?
5. Jesus compares the Spirit to wind in John 3:8. How does this imagery help us understand the Spirit’s freedom and authority?
6. Why is it comforting to know that the Spirit’s work is real even when unseen?
7. Fire appears throughout Scripture as a sign of God’s presence. What is new or unique about the fire resting on each believer at Pentecost?
8. How does this shift—from fire on a mountain or in a temple to fire resting on individuals—shape our understanding of God’s nearness?
9. The sermon emphasized that the Spirit is not an “upgrade” for elite Christians. Why is this truth vital for assurance and humility?
10. Romans 8:9 says anyone without the Spirit does not belong to Christ. How does Pentecost give confidence rather than anxiety to believers?
11. How does knowing the Spirit dwells within you change the way you think about obedience, holiness, and perseverance?
12. Why is it significant that Pentecost occurred during a major Jewish festival attended by people from across the known world?
13. How does God’s use of Israel’s calendar demonstrate His long-term, sovereign planning?
14. How does Pentecost function as a reversal of Babel (Genesis 11)?
15. Why is it important that the gospel unites people without erasing language, culture, or ethnicity?
16. Why were the crowds shocked that Galileans were declaring the mighty works of God?
17. How does this encourage believers who feel ordinary, weak, or unqualified?
18. How does knowing that “God is never improvising” bring comfort in seasons of suffering or waiting?
19. How does this passage prepare us for mixed responses to the gospel today?
20. How does Pentecost balance God’s sovereignty with human responsibility in mission?
21. How does the Spirit’s coming protect the church from relying on personality, power, or programs?
22. In what ways do you rely on your own strength instead of the Spirit’s power?
23. How can your group reflect the Pentecost pattern: unity, prayer, proclamation, and dependence?
24. How does Pentecost give hope for the spread of the gospel in a broken world?
25. What comforts you most about knowing the Spirit dwells in you?
26. What challenges you most about being a Spirit-empowered witness?
