1. Acts 1 From Old to New

2. Background Author: Luke the Physician Written: AD 60 Purpose Old TestamentGospelsNew Testament Acts

3. Acts 1 1 The first account I composed, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when He was taken up to heaven, after He had by the Holy Spirit given orders to the apostles whom He had chosen. 3 To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God.

4. Acts 1 4 Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, "Which," He said, "you heard of from Me; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."

5. Acts 1 6 So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, "Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?" 7 He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority; 8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth."

6. God’s Rescue Plan FALL Input from Prophets, Judges, Miraculous Signs, etc.

7. God’s Rescue Plan FALL Input from Prophets, Judges, Miraculous Signs, etc. The Old Testament – God working with the Jews □Protects their national identity.

8. God’s Rescue Plan FALL Input from Prophets, Judges, Miraculous Signs, etc. The Old Testament – God working with the Jews □Protects their national identity. □Teaches them who God is and what he is like through Revelation.

9. God’s Rescue Plan FALL Input from Prophets, Judges, Miraculous Signs, etc. The Old Testament – God working with the Jews □Protects their national identity. □Teaches them who God is and what he is like through Revelation. □Pre-Authenticated the coming Messiah through this Revelation.

10. God’s Rescue Plan FALL Input from Prophets, Judges, Miraculous Signs, etc. The Book of Acts

11. Acts 1 8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you

12. Acts 1 8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses

13. Acts 1 8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth."

14. Acts 1 8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth." Ends of the Earth Samaria Judea

15. The Holy Spirit The key to this expansion was the Holy Spirit. Old TestamentNew Testament

16. The Holy Spirit The key to this expansion was the Holy Spirit. Old TestamentNew Testament Selective Ezekiel 37:1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley

17. The Holy Spirit The key to this expansion was the Holy Spirit. Old TestamentNew Testament SelectiveUniversal 1 Corinthians 12:13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.

18. The Holy Spirit The key to this expansion was the Holy Spirit. Old TestamentNew Testament SelectiveUniversal Temporary Empowering Psalm 51:11 Do not cast me away from Your presence And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

19. The Holy Spirit The key to this expansion was the Holy Spirit. Old TestamentNew Testament SelectiveUniversal Temporary EmpoweringPermanent Indwelling Ephesians 1:13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise

20. The Holy Spirit The key to this expansion was the Holy Spirit. Old TestamentNew Testament SelectiveUniversal Temporary EmpoweringPermanent Indwelling No Baptism of the Holy Spirit

21. The Holy Spirit The key to this expansion was the Holy Spirit. Old TestamentNew Testament SelectiveUniversal Temporary EmpoweringPermanent Indwelling No Baptism of the Holy Spirit Baptism of the Holy Spirit is central

22. The Holy Spirit The key to this expansion was the Holy Spirit. Old TestamentNew Testament SelectiveUniversal Temporary EmpoweringPermanent Indwelling No Baptism of the Holy Spirit Baptism of the Holy Spirit is central No Indwelling

23. The Holy Spirit The key to this expansion was the Holy Spirit. Old TestamentNew Testament SelectiveUniversal Temporary EmpoweringPermanent Indwelling No Baptism of the Holy Spirit Baptism of the Holy Spirit is central No IndwellingAll believers indwelt Romans 8:9 However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.

24. The Holy Spirit The key to this expansion was the Holy Spirit. Old TestamentNew Testament SelectiveUniversal Temporary EmpoweringPermanent Indwelling No Baptism of the Holy Spirit Baptism of the Holy Spirit is central No IndwellingAll believers indwelt This change in relationship was God’s plan all along. Jeremiah 31:31-33 “The time is coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt… This is the covenant I will make… I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.” Joel 2:28-29 'And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. 29 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days Isaiah 42:6 I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles

25. Acts Acts is the account of the New Testament church busting out. The Focus is on the source of power: the Holy Spirit. Acts 4:13 Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus. Acts 4:8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them...

26. Acts Acts is the account of the New Testament church busting out. The Focus is on the source of power: the Holy Spirit. Acts 7:60 And he fell to his knees, shouting, "Lord, don't charge them with this sin!" And with that, he died. Acts 7:55 But being full of the Holy Spirit, he gazed intently into heaven…

27. Acts Acts is the account of the New Testament church busting out. The Focus is on the source of power: the Holy Spirit. Acts 13:6-8 When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a magician, a Jewish false prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus, 7 who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. 8 But...the magician...was opposing them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith. Acts 13:10-12 and said, "You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked the straight ways of the Lord? 11 "Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and not see the sun for a time." And immediately a mist and a darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking those who would lead him by the hand. 12 Then the proconsul believed when he saw what had happened, being amazed at the teaching of the Lord. Acts 13:9 But…Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fixed his gaze on him The Holy Spirit also works quietly in the Book of Acts, transforming lives.

28. Conclusions Possible Reasons for the absence of the power of the Holy Spirit Have you invited the Holy Spirit into your heart? Romans 8:9b But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. Revelation 3:20 'Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in…

29. Conclusions Possible Reasons for the absence of the power of the Holy Spirit Have you invited the Holy Spirit into your heart? Wrong Agenda? “We often heard these members speak of the ‘great fellowship’ or how they ‘look after the needs of their members,’ but we rarely heard them express excitement about evangelistic outreach… many of these members do not know what the New Testament church should look like today. Many of the comparison churches are thus inwardly focused.” Thom Rainer, Breakout Churches, p. 178

30. Conclusions Possible Reasons for the absence of the power of the Holy Spirit Have you invited the Holy Spirit into your heart? Wrong Agenda? Grown self-sufficient?

31. Acts 1 Questions? Comments? Experiences?