WE ARE ALL WITNESSES (3 OF 3)
Scripture: Luke 24:36-53
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We Are All Witnesses (3 of 3)
Series: Unexpected
Jonathan McLeod
Luke 24:36-53
''You are witnesses of all these things. And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothes with power from on high'' (Luke 24:48-49).
WITNESSES
In 2005, Nike introduced a new marketing campaign featuring basketball superstar LeBron James and the slogan ''We Are All Witnesses.'' Fans were able to access an online ''Witness Board'' featuring shared testimony about James. Nike selected notable testimonials each day from a fan as the prize-winning ''Witness of the Day.'' [Comment on how the billboard features a photo of James with outstretched arms, similar to how the arms of Jesus would have been outstretched on the cross.]
After his resurrection and before his ascension, Jesus told his followers, ''You are witnesses of these things [i.e., his death and resurrection]'' (v. 48). Though we haven't seen these things with our own eyes, we too are to be witnesses of what God has done for us through the death and resurrection of Jesus.
[Read Luke 24:36-53.]
PEOPLE LIKE US
The original followers of Jesus lived in a time and culture very different from ours, but they were like us in many ways. For example, they were fearful people. When the risen Jesus appeared to a group of them in Jerusalem, they were ''startled and frightened'' (v. 37).
It was these fearful people who were to be ''witnesses'' (v. 48). How can fearful people share the mes ...
Series: Unexpected
Jonathan McLeod
Luke 24:36-53
''You are witnesses of all these things. And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothes with power from on high'' (Luke 24:48-49).
WITNESSES
In 2005, Nike introduced a new marketing campaign featuring basketball superstar LeBron James and the slogan ''We Are All Witnesses.'' Fans were able to access an online ''Witness Board'' featuring shared testimony about James. Nike selected notable testimonials each day from a fan as the prize-winning ''Witness of the Day.'' [Comment on how the billboard features a photo of James with outstretched arms, similar to how the arms of Jesus would have been outstretched on the cross.]
After his resurrection and before his ascension, Jesus told his followers, ''You are witnesses of these things [i.e., his death and resurrection]'' (v. 48). Though we haven't seen these things with our own eyes, we too are to be witnesses of what God has done for us through the death and resurrection of Jesus.
[Read Luke 24:36-53.]
PEOPLE LIKE US
The original followers of Jesus lived in a time and culture very different from ours, but they were like us in many ways. For example, they were fearful people. When the risen Jesus appeared to a group of them in Jerusalem, they were ''startled and frightened'' (v. 37).
It was these fearful people who were to be ''witnesses'' (v. 48). How can fearful people share the mes ...
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