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

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.