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God's Necessary Ingredient Acts 1:1-8. Acts 1:1-8 (NLT) 1 Dear Theophilus: In my first book I told you about everything Jesus began to do and teach 2 until the day he ascended to heaven after giving his chosen apostles further instructions from the Holy Spirit. 3 During the forty days after his crucifixion, he appeared to the apostles from time to time and proved to them in many ways that he was actually alive. On these occasions he talked to them about the Kingdom of God.
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1. God’s Necessary IngredientActs 1:1-8 The Holy Spirit is a required ingredient in the Kingdom of God
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5. God’s Necessary IngredientActs 1:1-8 The Kingdom of God
The church; God’s instrument to advance His kingdom on earth
Guided by the Holy Spirit
Jesus’ post-resurrection Period
Proof of the resurrection
Instruction regarding the Kingdom of God
Old Testament understanding
New Testament understanding
6. God’s Necessary IngredientActs 1:1-8 The Necessity of the Holy Spirit
Wait upon the Spirit
Illumination a ministry of the Holy Spirit
More than just ‘understanding’
Implications for the Kingdom of God
Baptized by the Spirit
Similar to John’s baptism
Relationship to sin and repentance
7. God’s Necessary IngredientActs 1:1-8 The Power of the Holy Spirit
Poured out on the church
To accomplish its mission
Church’s mission – “Be Witnesses”
Proclaiming the Kingdom of God
Displaying the Kingdom of God
Locally, regionally, counter-culturally, until all have heard
8. God’s Necessary IngredientActs 1:1-8 Our Response
Fill me with your Spirit Lord
Eph. 5:18 –”Be Filled With The Spirit”
Ministry of the Holy Spirit
Convict us of sin
Give us understanding of God’s truth
Empower us to live a life pleasing to God
Provide us with Spiritual Gifts to use in service to the body and in ministry for the Kingdom of God