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

4. “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

5. 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.”

6. 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?

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

8. 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)

9. 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

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

12. 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.”

13. 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.”

14. 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.”

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

17. 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.”