Power For Mission - Acts 1:1-8
September 13, 2020 Speaker: Joel Scott Series: Presence and Power
Topic: Presence and Power Passage: Acts 1:1–8, Amos 5:24
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The Holy Spirit offers a:
1. New Power
2. New Identity
3. New Destination
Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.
-Dallas Willard
On identity and activity
What we do flows from who (and whose) we are.
What Jesus DOESN’T Say
You’ll receive power to:
- Be the judge
- Be the attorney
- Have all the answers
- Change other people
A witness is never the center but only the person who points to or names what is going on at the center - in this case, the action and revelation of God in all the operations of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. -Eugene Peterson
Acts is saying you are going to have to break down your assumptions about missions - people are not going to come to Jerusalem - you will take Jerusalem to them.
- Mike Goheen
The scope of God’s Mission
To see every person, everywhere come to say: Jesus is Lord.
To see reconciliation and restoration break forth in our world.
To see reconciliation and restoration break forth in our world.

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