‘Power With A Purpose.’
Acts 1:8.
a) These are Words of Jesus, spoken to His Disciples, before He went back to Heaven.
b) They were to receive power when the Holy Spirit came upon them.
c) This power would enable them to be His witnesses, telling people about Him.
d) This telling people activity was to be carried out all over the World.
(This QT reminds me of God’s Power With A Purpose)
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‘It Really Occurred.’
Acts 3:15.
a) The Death of the Author and Prince of Life is a Biblical fact.
b) That God raised the Prince of Life from the dead is a Biblical fact.
c) These occurrences were witnessed.
(This Second one convinces me about the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, that It Really Occurred)
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Chris.
The major emphasis in the Scripture about the Holy Spirit’s Power in the new Believers’ lives in the Book of Acts was that this Power would enable them to be witnesses of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ was the emphasis of their message. Much harm is being done today by men and “movements” taking credit for supposed “works of the Spirit” which are in fact glorifying them and not Glorifying Jesus Christ.
