Title: The Power of the Holy Spirit (1)
Series: Outside In
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Acts 1:8
A few years ago, the power went out on the north side of town. I first noticed it when I saw that the traffic lights weren't working but I didn't think much about it until I tried to stop into CVS to pick up some batteries. One of the clerks met me at the door and explained: "I'm sorry we have no electricity. So, we can't sell you anything." And I thought... that's odd! Yeah, all the electricity was out on that side of town, but I just took it for granted that I could walk into that store - even in the middle of a power outage - and get whatever I wanted. But I was wrong! They had no electricity and so they had no power. Without that power, their machines wouldn't work. They couldn't run their computers; They couldn't open their cash registers. They couldn't log their sales. They were literally shut down because they had NO POWER. It was only when that clerk told me they couldn't sell me anything that I realized how important that power was for their store. Electricity empowered them to do what they were meant to do.
In today's text we are in Acts 1:8, and what we read there are the last words Jesus said before He ascended into heaven: "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."
Here's a question: Why was the POWER of Holy Spirit given to Jesus followers? What was the Holy Spirit supposed to accomplish according to this verse? It says - the Holy Spirit was given so that followers of Jesus could have power to be HIS WITNESSES! In other words - without the power of the Holy Spirit... the church couldn't have done what they were meant to do! Just like CVS, God's church would have been shut down. The Church would have been powerless.
Now, what is the name of the Bible book we just read from? It's called the BOOK OF ... (Acts). But actual ...
Series: Outside In
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Acts 1:8
A few years ago, the power went out on the north side of town. I first noticed it when I saw that the traffic lights weren't working but I didn't think much about it until I tried to stop into CVS to pick up some batteries. One of the clerks met me at the door and explained: "I'm sorry we have no electricity. So, we can't sell you anything." And I thought... that's odd! Yeah, all the electricity was out on that side of town, but I just took it for granted that I could walk into that store - even in the middle of a power outage - and get whatever I wanted. But I was wrong! They had no electricity and so they had no power. Without that power, their machines wouldn't work. They couldn't run their computers; They couldn't open their cash registers. They couldn't log their sales. They were literally shut down because they had NO POWER. It was only when that clerk told me they couldn't sell me anything that I realized how important that power was for their store. Electricity empowered them to do what they were meant to do.
In today's text we are in Acts 1:8, and what we read there are the last words Jesus said before He ascended into heaven: "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."
Here's a question: Why was the POWER of Holy Spirit given to Jesus followers? What was the Holy Spirit supposed to accomplish according to this verse? It says - the Holy Spirit was given so that followers of Jesus could have power to be HIS WITNESSES! In other words - without the power of the Holy Spirit... the church couldn't have done what they were meant to do! Just like CVS, God's church would have been shut down. The Church would have been powerless.
Now, what is the name of the Bible book we just read from? It's called the BOOK OF ... (Acts). But actual ...
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