Midweek Review #1 (Acts 1:1-8)
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Please take 2 minutes to review some of the major take-aways from Acts 1:1-8.
"And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, He said, 'you heard from me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now'" (Acts 1:4-5)
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- area and then to the ends of the earth. So in closing, we kind of circle back around to where we started.
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- As we sit here this morning, we need the Holy Spirit. We can go through the motions or we can be filled and controlled by the
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- Spirit of the Living God, and the difference is night and day. The difference between a
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- Spirit -controlled, Spirit -filled believer and someone who's going through the motions is night and day. You can't do this
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- Christian walk on your own. That's why I don't have to offer a guilt trip about Acts 1 -8.
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- Acts 1 -8 says be a witness. I mean this is your whole point, your whole mission. Go to the ends of the earth preaching the gospel.
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- I don't have to try to guilt you into evangelizing your neighbor. What I'm trying to tell you is you surrender control of your life to the
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- Spirit and He will do that in you. It'll come naturally because Acts 1 -8 says, and you will be a witness.
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- So are you willing to ask for that? Are you willing to say, you know what, I'm not really fully controlled.
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- There's a part of me that's controlled by the Spirit, but a lot of me goes through the motions and I want more.
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- Are you willing to ask? Ask for the filling of the Spirit and begin to wait on that, to keep asking.
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- Luke 18, this is all one book. Luke 18, the persistent widow. Ask. Keep asking. How much more will the
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- Father give this gift to you? In the meantime, as you're asking and waiting, obey the precepts.
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- Don't think it's gonna be some lightning zap that just changes everything. Obey. Be patient.
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- Learn sanctification through patience. The opposite of patience is anger. How do you react?
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- Be patient. Listen to the work of the Holy Spirit.
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- Abide in Christ, but ask for these things. These were the last words. It's got to be important, right?
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- He went up on a mountain to tell them these things, which in the Scriptures marks that off as a special occasion.
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- So in closing, we're gonna pray and we'll ask the worship team to come. I want you right now, I'm not gonna do the praying for you.