Acts reveals that the Spirit of God is the primary actor. He guides; he speaks, and he moves; the disciples are simply trying to keep up. At their best, they are conduits of this mighty, rushing wind. At their worst, they are obstructions. In fact, they seem to spend a lot of time in Acts arguing with the Spirit (see, for example, Acts 9:13 – 14; 10:14 – 16). He slowly drags them to victory. It becomes readily clear that the Spirit, not them, is the one accomplishing the mission Jesus gave in Acts 1:8.
