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To Be Continued…

To Be Continued…. Sermon #1 on series in the book of Acts. Seeing the potential. Learning by doing. The Plan – Acts 1:7-9.

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To Be Continued…

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  1. To Be Continued… Sermon #1 on series in the book of Acts

  2. Seeing the potential

  3. Learning by doing

  4. The Plan – Acts 1:7-9 • 7 He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

  5. The Plan – Acts 1:7-9 • 9 After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

  6. Holy Spirit Empowered Witnesses

  7. Jesus’ Divine Surrender • Philippians 2:6-8 • Romans 8:3 • Hebrews 2:14-18

  8. Jesus’ divine anointing – Matthew 3:16, 17.

  9. Jesus Spirit Led… • Into the wilderness… (Matthew 4:1). • Temptation to prove His divinity (4:3, 6). • Victory through the word of God (4:4).

  10. Jesus Spirit Led… • Victorious over temptation (Mt. 4). • Teaches, heals, casts out, large crowds. • Reconciles the Father with humanity (1 Corinthians 5:17-19). • Gives clear picture of God (John 14:8,9).

  11. Acts = To Be Continued • 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1

  12. Acts = To Be Continued • Victorious over sin… • Healed, cast out, escapes, care for poor… • Crowds listened to their words… • They showed a clear view of God…

  13. Fear of Deception… • Deception video • Matthew 24:24 • John 10:10-14 • 1 Corinthians 6:1-5

  14. Fear of Deception • The lapse of time has wrought no change in Christ's parting promise to send the Holy Spirit as His representative. It is not because of any restriction on the part of God that the riches of His grace do not flow earthward to men.

  15. Fear of Deception • If the fulfillment of the promise is not seen as it might be, it is because the promise is not appreciated as it should be. If all were willing, all would be filled with the Spirit. Wherever the need of the Holy Spirit is a matter little thought of, there is seen spiritual drought, spiritual darkness, spiritual declension and death.

  16. Fear of Deception • Whenever minor matters occupy the attention, the divine power which is necessary for the growth and prosperity of the church, and which would bring all other blessings in its train, is lacking, though offered in infinite plenitude. {AA 50.1}

  17. Do It Ourselves

  18. Church Growth • Holy Spirit + Jesus Followers = Witnesses • Acts 5:12-16

  19. Wakesurfing

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