Scripture Reference: Acts 1:1-11
Last winter I preached through the Gospel of Luke. But the Gospel of Luke is only Luke’s first volume, so to speak, about how the mission of God goes from Israel into the entire world. It tells us how the mission of God unfolded in the person of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Then there’s the second volume, the New Testament writing we know as Acts. In Acts we read how the mission of God continued to unfold with the church—a baptized community of believers living in the name of Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit.
So, beginning this Sunday I plan to start preaching through this second volume.
The series is called Acts: In The Name of Jesus, By The Power of the Spirit.
It goes without saying but I’ll say it anyways, read through Acts again. For we too are called to participate in the mission of God and we do that best when, as a baptized community of believers, we live in the name of Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit!
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