How It All Began (1 of 8)
Series: Acts: The Gospel Gone Viral
Jonathan McLeod
Acts 1:1-11
''You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth'' (v. 8).
GONE VIRAL
Up until the last few years, when you heard the word ''viral'' you probably thought of a viral infection (e.g., the common cold). But now when you hear the word ''viral'' you might think instead of a viral video. A viral video is a video that quickly gets millions of views by people sharing it with others on the Internet.
In the beginning of the book of Acts, only a handful of people are aware of the gospel. But at the end of the book, thousands of people have heard and believed the gospel. The gospel went viral. How? By people simply sharing it with others.
[Read Acts 1:1-11.]
JESUS IS ALIVE!
The Acts of the Apostles is a sequel to the Gospel of Luke. Luke states that in his ''first book'' (i.e., the Gospel of Luke) he wrote about what ''Jesus began to do and teach'' (v. 1). Now in the book of Acts Luke will tell us about what Jesus continued to do and teach through the apostles.
Luke writes that during the time between the resurrection and ascension of Jesus, Jesus ''presented himself alive to [the apostles]...by many proofs'' (v. 3). The apostles were convinced that the gospel was true. Jesus had died for their sins and had risen from the grave! All who put their trust in Jesus will be saved!
SHARING THE GOSPEL
Jesus says to the apostles, ''You will be my witnesses'' (v. 8; cf. Isa. 49:6). A witness is someone who tells others what he/she has seen. The apostles were witnesses in a unique sense. Unlike us, they had seen Jesus before and after his death and resurrection.
- ''This Jesus God raised up, and of that we are all witnesses'' (2:32).
- ''You killed the Author of Life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses'' (3:15).
- ''We ...
Series: Acts: The Gospel Gone Viral
Jonathan McLeod
Acts 1:1-11
''You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth'' (v. 8).
GONE VIRAL
Up until the last few years, when you heard the word ''viral'' you probably thought of a viral infection (e.g., the common cold). But now when you hear the word ''viral'' you might think instead of a viral video. A viral video is a video that quickly gets millions of views by people sharing it with others on the Internet.
In the beginning of the book of Acts, only a handful of people are aware of the gospel. But at the end of the book, thousands of people have heard and believed the gospel. The gospel went viral. How? By people simply sharing it with others.
[Read Acts 1:1-11.]
JESUS IS ALIVE!
The Acts of the Apostles is a sequel to the Gospel of Luke. Luke states that in his ''first book'' (i.e., the Gospel of Luke) he wrote about what ''Jesus began to do and teach'' (v. 1). Now in the book of Acts Luke will tell us about what Jesus continued to do and teach through the apostles.
Luke writes that during the time between the resurrection and ascension of Jesus, Jesus ''presented himself alive to [the apostles]...by many proofs'' (v. 3). The apostles were convinced that the gospel was true. Jesus had died for their sins and had risen from the grave! All who put their trust in Jesus will be saved!
SHARING THE GOSPEL
Jesus says to the apostles, ''You will be my witnesses'' (v. 8; cf. Isa. 49:6). A witness is someone who tells others what he/she has seen. The apostles were witnesses in a unique sense. Unlike us, they had seen Jesus before and after his death and resurrection.
- ''This Jesus God raised up, and of that we are all witnesses'' (2:32).
- ''You killed the Author of Life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses'' (3:15).
- ''We ...
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