Make It His Problem

• I want to give you a bit of a background to a pretty familiar day Acts chapter 1 verse one and I’ll read from the New Living Translation today and this is uh Luke who is writing in my first book I told you theophilos about everything Jesus began to do and teach until the day he was taken up to heaven after giving his chosen Apostles further instru instructions through Holy Spirit during the 40 days after he suffered and died he appeared to the apostles from time to time and he proved to them in many ways that he was
• actually alive and he talked to them about the kingdom of God once when he was eating with them he commanded them do not leave Jerusalem until the father sends you the gift he promised as I told you before John baptized with water but in just a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit In other words he prophesied that he prophesied it’ll happen in just a few days so New Testament prophecy is possible even after the resurrection so when the apostles were with Jesus they kept asking him Lord has the time come come for you to free Israel
• and restore our kingdom he replied the father alone has the authority to set those dates and times and they’re not for you to know but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you and you will be my Witnesses telling people about me everywhere in Jerusalem throughout Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the Earth after saying this he was taken up into a cloud while they were watching and they could no longer see him as they strained to see him Rising into heaven two white robed men suddenly stood among
• them two angels men of Galilee they said why are you standing here staring into heaven Jesus has been taken from you into heaven but someday he will return from heaven in the same way way you saw him go then the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives a distance of half a mile when they arrived they went to the upstairs room of the house where they were staying here are the names of those who were present Peter John James Andrew Phillip Thomas Bartholomew Matthew James son of alas Simon the Zealot and Judas son of
• James they all met together and were constantly United in prayer along with Mary the mother of Jesus several other women and the brothers of Jesus Pentecost was about to activate the promise of the father was due power from heaven was coming to empower the very first church the first apostles the first Body of Christ the first HS of God and Joint HS and the first kingdom of God and its move on planet Earth 2,000 years of Prophecy see were coming to life they were coming to their moment the prophet Joel’s prophecy was