Peter denies being drunk based on the time of day but when
it comes to the Holy Spirit it’s always noon somewhere. Lutherans, as a rule,
prefer to drink in private and tend to be suspicious of outward signs of spiritual
intoxication. That’s the way the crowd responded when the rush of a violent
wind blew down the doors on the language barrier and men of Galilee were
speaking like a Rosetta Stone® commercial. Amazed and perplexed the
crowd none-the-less listened and by the end of Peter’s sermon a whole bunch were
baptized into the new faith that was really a movement of the Sprit to bring God’s
vision into focus so that the dream of God might come true. There is neither
Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female for all are one in Christ Jesus.
The present anticipates the future where one vast multitude sings the same
language of praise. Even if you remain suspicious of some of the story, (tongues
of fire and not a hair out of place) the point Peter made to the crowd is what
we are to take away as well. The Spirit has been let loose and from now on sons
and daughters and old men and women will be getting drunk on the Holy Spirit morning,
noon and night.
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