Acts 1: 8-11 “Passing The Torch” * Power of Holy Spirit * The Great Commission * The Ascension of Jesus

“Celtic Christians had a name for the Holy Spirit –An Geadh-Glas, or ‘the Wild Goose.’ I cannot think of a better description of what it’s like to follow the Spirit through life.” - Mark Batterson

So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” John 3:8 “The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

Is your life powered by the Holy Spirit Sailboat vs. Rowboat Is your life powered by the Holy Spirit or by your own energy and effort?

Acts 1:8 Matthew 28: 18-20 The Great Commission Of King Jesus

The “Witness-Bearing” of the Disciples is a HUGE theme in Acts: 1.) Jerusalem (Acts 1-7) 2.) Judea & Samaria (Acts 8-10) 3.) The Ends of The Earth (Acts 11-28)

that make this Commission “Great”: There are Four Things that make this Commission “Great”: 1.) The Giver of it 2.) The Importance of it 3.) The Scope of it 4.) The Difficulty of it

Are you honored and excited to be “commissioned” by King Jesus? Have you sought ways to excuse yourself from His mission?

Acts 1:11 “…This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into Heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into Heaven.”

1 Timothy 2: 5-6 5 “For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all people.”

Hebrews 7: 24-25 Romans 8:34 24 “… because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. 25 Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.” ------------------------------------------------------- Romans 8:34 “Christ Jesus… is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.”

Have you entrusted your present salvation on Earth and your everlasting salvation in Heaven to Jesus Christ?

Luke 24: 50-53 50 “When [Jesus] had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. 51 While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. 52 Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. 53 And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God.”