In the Meantime (1 of 3)
Series: Witnesses
Jonathan McLeod
Acts 1:1-11
''Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven'' (Acts 1:11).
LIVING BETWEEN TWO GREAT EVENTS
The Acts of the Apostles is the sequel to the Gospel of Luke. Luke writes that his ''first book'' (i.e., the Gospel of Luke) was about what ''Jesus began to do and teach'' (Acts 1:1). The Acts of the Apostles is about what Jesus continued to do and teach through the church.
We are living in the time between two great events: the ascension and the second coming. You could say that we're living in the meantime. In the meantime, there is one thing we must not do.
[Read Acts 1:1-11.]
THE ONE THING WE MUST NOT DO
What is the one thing we must not do? We must not do nothing. After Jesus ascended to heaven, the apostles were mildly rebuked by the two angels: ''Why do you stand looking into heaven?'' (v. 11).
Jesus went up to heaven, and one day he'll return; in the meantime, we have WORK TO DO.
PEOPLE LIKE US
Though they lived in a different time and culture, the apostles and the other followers of Jesus were people like us. Like us, they struggled with fear and doubt.
The resurrection of Jesus was not something that was easy for them to believe. This is why Jesus gave them ''many proofs'' (v. 3). What kind of evidence would you need in order to believe in the resurrection? That's the kind of evidence that they were given.
THE ASCENSION AND THE RETURN
''As [the apostles] were looking on, [Jesus] was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight'' (v. 9). We shouldn't downplay the significance of the ascension. Jesus is now ''exalted at the right hand of God'' (Acts 2:33; cf. Psalm 110:1). The apostle Paul writes, ''Christ Jesus is the one who died-more than that, who was raised-who is at the ri ...
Series: Witnesses
Jonathan McLeod
Acts 1:1-11
''Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven'' (Acts 1:11).
LIVING BETWEEN TWO GREAT EVENTS
The Acts of the Apostles is the sequel to the Gospel of Luke. Luke writes that his ''first book'' (i.e., the Gospel of Luke) was about what ''Jesus began to do and teach'' (Acts 1:1). The Acts of the Apostles is about what Jesus continued to do and teach through the church.
We are living in the time between two great events: the ascension and the second coming. You could say that we're living in the meantime. In the meantime, there is one thing we must not do.
[Read Acts 1:1-11.]
THE ONE THING WE MUST NOT DO
What is the one thing we must not do? We must not do nothing. After Jesus ascended to heaven, the apostles were mildly rebuked by the two angels: ''Why do you stand looking into heaven?'' (v. 11).
Jesus went up to heaven, and one day he'll return; in the meantime, we have WORK TO DO.
PEOPLE LIKE US
Though they lived in a different time and culture, the apostles and the other followers of Jesus were people like us. Like us, they struggled with fear and doubt.
The resurrection of Jesus was not something that was easy for them to believe. This is why Jesus gave them ''many proofs'' (v. 3). What kind of evidence would you need in order to believe in the resurrection? That's the kind of evidence that they were given.
THE ASCENSION AND THE RETURN
''As [the apostles] were looking on, [Jesus] was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight'' (v. 9). We shouldn't downplay the significance of the ascension. Jesus is now ''exalted at the right hand of God'' (Acts 2:33; cf. Psalm 110:1). The apostle Paul writes, ''Christ Jesus is the one who died-more than that, who was raised-who is at the ri ...
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