F O O T H O L D
READING
64 JESUS' WORK CONTINUES
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PRAY Lord, please give me
the joy that comes from your salvation
(Psalm 51:12).
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READ Acts 1:1-11.
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THINK What does this passage
teach us about the Holy Spirit?
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FOCUS It's thrilling to be
reminded that Jesus' work was only just
beginning as he left this
earth to return to heaven (1). In his
Gospel, Luke told of what
Jesus had done. In the Acts he tells
what Jesus continued to do,
through the apostles. His work still
goes on through all
Christians.
PROOF OF BEYOND DOUBT (3).
Jesus Christ's victory over death is
the key to everything else -
and so he made sure that his
followers had plenty of
evidence. When Luke wrote these words,
many of those who were
involved were still alive, and could
easily have challenged him
if he had claimed too much.
POWER TO BE WITNESSES (8).
It was not enough to know that Jesus
had risen; the tasks he had
for his disciples to do would demand
superhuman strength, and
this was what he promised - the power of
the Holy Spirit. The
Spirit's presence and power would more than
make up for Jesus' physical
absence. Quite a new experience for
the disciples. Do you know
it?
PROMISE OF RETURN (11).
Jesus was returning to heaven to control
his universal activities. He
was to be in the seat of authority -
God's right-hand man, the
ascended Lord of the Church and of
history. But the word of the
heavenly messengers was that Christ
would return to earth.
We do not know when Jesus
will come again, but we can be sure
that one day he will.
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PRAY Pray that you might
have the power of the Holy Spirit to witness
for the Lord Jesus.
