In Acts 2, Luke writes about the Apostles being filled with the Holy Spirit and miraculously speaking in foreign languages. Jews from all over the world heard these Galileans fluently speaking languages they shouldn’t have known. Luke captures the crowd’s response—they were bewildered, amazed, astonished, and perplexed. They couldn’t explain it, but they knew something significant was happening. But some in the crowd mocked and accused the apostles of drunkenness. Isn’t it amazing that a notable miracle occurred right before these people, and they mocked the Apostles?
As we seek to walk in step with the Spirit, live out our faith, and share the gospel, we can expect resistance. Some will always prefer darkness and respond to the light with derision and hostility. Don’t let that distract you. While some will ignore and others will mock, there will also be those who watch and listen and just might respond to the gospel and become followers of Christ themselves!