The cataclysmic events that happened in Acts 2 and the events that followed forever changed the landscape of the world. It was indeed as the new believers said, “a mighty work of God”—the church is something only God could do. Acts 2 is the only place in the Bible where we learn about the church’s birthday. It recounts endearing, powerful stories about the early years in which we continue on in faith and by God’s grace, century after century. In this message from Acts 2, James directs us to the mission that shapes the body of Christ, that is the church—then and now.