SUMMER SERMON SERIES, 6/7/26
CONVERSIONS IN ACTS: SENDING OF THE APOSTLES
Acts 1:1-10
A few days after receiving The Great Commission from Jesus Christ to go into all the world preaching the gospel(Matthew 28:19-20 and Mark 16:15-16), the apostles did just that starting in Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2), fifty days after the Passover and the resurrection of Jesus. On that day 3,000 plus people accepted the gospel message and were baptized into Christ, giving birth to the church of Jesus Christ.
Luke recorded how the apostles and other disciples carried out The Great Commission of Christ in his history book known as The Acts of the Apostles. In the Book of Acts, we see how the church started in Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost and continued to spread throughout Judea and the known world multiplying exponentially with more and more people submitting their lives to Christ in baptism being “added to their number [the church] daily those who were being saved” (Acts 2:47).
This summer we will be studying from the Book of Acts the CONVERSIONS of those who heard and accepted the gospel of Christ as proclaimed by the apostles of Jesus and were baptized into Him. We will see the uniqueness of each conversion story in Acts as well as the similarities. Luke records how the apostles carried out The Great Commission of their Lord despite strong opposition from both the Jewish religious leaders and the governments of Israel and Rome.
Come join us this Sunday as we begin this study with the SENDING OF THE APOSTLES by Jesus just before His ascension to the Father.
SUMMER SERMON SERIES, 6/7/26
CONVERSIONS IN ACTS: SENDING OF THE APOSTLES
Acts 1:1-10
A few days after receiving The Great Commission from Jesus Christ to go into all the world preaching the gospel(Matthew 28:19-20 and Mark 16:15-16), the apostles did just that starting in Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2), fifty days after the Passover and the resurrection of Jesus. On that day 3,000 plus people accepted the gospel message and were baptized into Christ, giving birth to the church of Jesus Christ.
Luke recorded how the apostles and other disciples carried out The Great Commission of Christ in his history book known as The Acts of the Apostles. In the Book of Acts, we see how the church started in Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost and continued to spread throughout Judea and the known world multiplying exponentially with more and more people submitting their lives to Christ in baptism being “added to their number [the church] daily those who were being saved” (Acts 2:47).
This summer we will be studying from the Book of Acts the CONVERSIONS of those who heard and accepted the gospel of Christ as proclaimed by the apostles of Jesus and were baptized into Him. We will see the uniqueness of each conversion story in Acts as well as the similarities. Luke records how the apostles carried out The Great Commission of their Lord despite strong opposition from both the Jewish religious leaders and the governments of Israel and Rome.
Come join us this Sunday as we begin this study with the SENDING OF THE APOSTLES by Jesus just before His ascension to the Father.
ACTS 1:1-10
In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. 3 After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. 4 On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. 5 For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
6 Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”
7 He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
9 After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
10 They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.
