eee) || THEOLOGY III : .CHURCH Pus ORM CHAPTERI PARTS 1-3. PG 27-39 % JESUS CHRIST AND THE FOUNDING OF THE CHURCH AuGust 17, 2009 Sagem” uy1. WHEN DID JESUS SEND THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GUIDE THE CHURCH? PENTECOST Many call Pentecost the Birthday of the Church because that is when it was born, or founded. Pentecost means fifty days - it was fifty days after the Resurrection. Originally it was a Jewish feast meaning fifty days after passover. Jesus gave the Church his power. Read Acts 22. WHO IS THE CORNERSTONE OF THE CHURCH? JESUS CHRIST was rejected by his people who crucified him but this made him the foundation of the Church upon which all are connected. Psalm 118:22 The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. Matthew 21:44 Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the scriptures: 'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; by the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes'? Ephesians 2:19-20 So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone.