February 4, 2024

The Risen King's Commands - Acts 1

Preacher: Rev. Tom Cox Series: The Risen King's Commands Topic: Sunday Sermon Scripture: Acts 1:1–11

February 4, 2024         Rev. Thomas M. Cox

The Risen King’s Commands- ACTS 1



  1. A) JESUS HAS GIVEN MARCHING ORDERS
  • Commands/O__________ not rescinded:



  • Post-Resurrection appearances of Christ:



  • A Trinitarian passage:

 

  • The Father-
  • The Son-
  • The Holy Spirit-



  1. B) WAYS TO THINK ABOUT THE GREAT COMMISSION IN ACTS 1:8



  1. Concentric Circles (geography)





  1. Cultural Considerations

 

  • Jerusalem & Judea (culturally and geographically N______)
  • Samaria (geographically N_____, *culturally F___) {see John 4}
  • Ends of earth (culturally and geographically F___)

 

  1. C) ACTION POINTS

 

  • Flat Branch S__________ their Pastor’s involvement in world missions.

 

  • How can we reach out to those N_______ who are *D_________ from us? 

 

 

Acts 1:1-11 (ESV, emphases mine)

 

In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when He was taken up, after He had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom He had chosen. 3 He presented Himself alive to them after His suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the Kingdom of God.


4 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; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” 6 So when they had come together, they asked Him, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” 


9 And when He had said these things, as they were looking on, He was lifted up, and a cloud took Him out of their sight. 10 And while they were gazing into heaven as He went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, 11 and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw Him go into heaven.”


*John 4:7-10 A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” (For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to Him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”