Sermons onActs 1

Asking for a Friend

• 23:03Acts 1:8

  So what happens when you belong to a local, visible church? Love, goodness, and encouragement grows. This is what happens in the local church. But what happens when you belong to a local, visible, gathered assembly? You participate in the power of the Holy Spirit. You participate in the power of the Holy Spirit. Acts 1.8. Jesus is about to ascend and he says, hey, guys, it's going to be okay.

Jeremiah

• 28:30Acts 1:8

  …send people in but their people can go back and they're going to be more effective at building a church and reaching people anyway God loves the nations and so he expects us to love them and share the gospel with them Acts 1 8 says but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon

Savior

• 0:52Acts 1

  Okay, welcome to the church that gathers here locally at Bethel. My name is Josh, lead pastor here, and I'll bring the word today from the book of Acts. So if you have your Bibles with you, join me in Acts chapter 1. For those of you watching online, as many of you do, for the balcony, the upper room,

• 1:31Acts 1

  So now what? What do we do? In Acts chapter 1, we're going to find out together what we do. So picture the disciples, stunned by the empty tomb, breathless in wonder. Jesus had risen in Acts chapter 1 that we're going to read. Jesus has now ascended, where he is seated at the right hand of the Father. What do we do? That's a question that we need to ask.

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You Asked for it

• 10:19Acts 1

  So Jesus says that day will come. And look what he says right here in verse 8. To the question, are we there yet? Show us a sign. Show us something. Give us a time marker. The same thing that the disciples ask in Acts 1. They say, are you now going to restore the kingdom? And Jesus says, I will give you power. The Holy Spirit comes upon you. And to the question of when and why, Jesus in verse 8 says to us,

• 4:05Acts 1:6

  We're going to look at Acts chapter 1, verses 6, 7, and 8 shortly. But we don't know anything about Simon, really. But we do know, as one of the 12 disciples, he gave up everything to follow Jesus. You don't know anything about him through Scripture, but you do know…

• 4:48Acts 1

  And in that, he should be an example for each of us, that we should give up everything to follow Christ, our Lord and our Savior. So today's message is simply called Zealous for Christ. Zealous for Christ. I'm going to read Acts 1 shortly. I know you're expecting me to do that now, but we'll hold that towards the end of today's message. Simon the Zealot. In Scripture, he's called many things.

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• 8:17Acts 1:8

  that is a church I want to be a part of. How about you? So let's, how do we get there? How did this happen? So what are the key events of the early church? In the book of Acts chapter one, verse eight and nine, it says these words right here. It says, but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you will be my witnesses. That's not just to the preachers. That's not, that's to everybody. You…

Because He Lives

• 22:51Acts 1

  Not only Is the Resurrection The power Of God To You Not only Is this The resurrection Power Of God In You But also Now Because of Christ This is The power Of God Through You Think Think About The Verse Acts 1 Verse 8 You Will Receive Power We Stop There Yes Give Me That Power And God Says Hold On Now You Will Receive Power

Reset

• 5:58Acts 1

  The writer of Timothy said, "God has not given you a spirit of fear." Now you didn't know that this was written in the southern dialect. It should be, "God has not given you all, y'all a spirit of fear." Because it's plural. But of power and love and sound mind. Acts chapter 1. What we are going to read today. God reminds us that prophetically he says that I have given y'all a spirit of power.

• 7:40Acts 1

  And whether I like it or not, you are mine. Because we are in this together. And so how do we reset our lives for the glory of God? Turn to me in Acts chapter 1. We are going to read a famous passage. And we are going to ask God to reset our lives this morning. Acts chapter 1, I am reading from the CSB beginning in verse 4.

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