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Today we are going to be in Acts - commonly called The Acts of the Apostles, but perhaps a better refer-ence would be The Acts of the Holy Spirit through the Apostles.
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Jesus provided many promises, unlike the world had to offer me - one of those promises was eternal life and with that decision, the power of the Holy Spirit in my life.
The Book of Acts was written by Luke, a physician who traveled with the Apostle Paul on his 2nd and 3rd missionary journeys.
In this 1st chapter Jesus appears to the disciples after He is raised from the dead. Appearing over a 40-day period, teaching and speaking of the things concerning the Kingdom of God.
The Gospels are about the ministry of Jesus Christ here on earth, but the book of Acts is about the minis-try of the Holy Spirit that Jesus sends.
So we are going to do a verse x verse study of the first chapter together and uncover several Promises im-portant to our security in Christ today and also in the future.
We are going to look at Jesus’ Ascension - His going back to Heaven after the resurrection and what differ-ence that makes to you and me.
Acts 1:1-11
I. The Promise of Power
v1 - Theophilus - we don’t really know him or much about him. Some believe he was Lukes master - bib-lical times Dr’s were servants to the rich -
Theory…
v3 - He presented Himself alive - Praise God
• So the Bible says for 40 days, 11 apostles were with Jesus for teaching - everything about His life, death, prophesies…
• Remember, Judas was gone, he hung himself -
• So Jesus did not immediately leave them!
When you read the NT have you ever considered or thought about where all these uneducated, untheologi-cally trained men got their amazing theology, in-sights…?
They were farmers, fisherman, tax collectors - Where did they get all this prophesy?
From the Lord Himself…from the risen Christ Him-self! 40 straight days He taught them…
v4 - Being assembled there, Jesus commanded them not to depart Jerusalem - to wait for the Promise of the Father…this is familiar to us isn’t it?
• Where did He previously talk to them about the promise of the father - the coming of the Holy Spir-it?
John 16:7-8; But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. And He, when He comes, will con-vict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment;
• This instruction is happening on the Mount of Ol-ives
• So He’s saying, I’ve already spoken to you about this - stay here and wait.
v5 - He reminds them that John the Baptist was bap-tized with water - but they will be baptized with the Holy Spirit, “not many days from now.”
• You can read about it in Acts Chapter 2
v6-7 - They ask, Lord will you at this time restore the Kingdom to Israel? It is not for you to know…
You will receive Power…
• They misunderstood His mission - they were still looking for a physical kingdom - what happened to Him was not their plan - but it was the Father’s plan.
• It’s not for you to know the time and hour. They were looking for that - is now the time?

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