Right Side Of Easter, Wrong Side Of Pentecost

Q. What did you mean in your MP-3 study of Gospel of Mark when you said : “They are on the right side of Easter, but on the wrong side of Pentecost” in reference to Christians who bear no fruit?  I thought by definition if you have no spirit in you (i.e. on the wrong side of Pentecost), you are not a Christian.

A. What I meant is that while some people are believers, they don’t seem to have any spiritual power.  Remember, the disciples received the Holy Spirit on the  evening of Resurrection Day, what some call Easter Sunday (John  20:22) , but His power only came to them seven weeks later at Pentecost.  Some believers spend their whole lives stuck between Easter and Pentecost.