Five
Things Jesus Left the Church
Text: Acts 1:1-11
Jesus left a great work to carry on until He comes again.
I. UNTIL HE COMES AGAIN HE HAS GIVEN US AN UNFINSHED TASK - (v 1-2) Isaiah 6:9-12
A. It Will Be Unfinished Until We're Gone - Matthew 24:14
B. It Will Be Unfinished Even After We're Gone - Revelation 14:6
II. UNTIL HE COMES AGAIN HE HAS GIVEN US AN UNALTERABLE MESSAGE - (v 3)
A. The Deity of Christ;
B. The Resurrection;
C. The Inspiration of Scripture;
D. The Miracles of Old;
1. Salvation by grace;
2. The Blood of Atonement
III. UNTIL HE COMES AGAIN HE HAS GIVEN US UNLIMITED POWER - (v 8). Romans 15:19
IV. UNTIL HE COMES AGAIN HE HAS GIVEN US AN UNSHAKEALBE TESTIMONY - (v 6-8). John 17: 6,14,17 and Acts 4:29
V. UNTIL HE COMES AGAIN HE HAS GIVEN US AN UNFAILING PROMISE - (v 6-7, 11). Luke 24:49
"If you want revival, let me remind you that
God only plants the seed of His life in soil which has been broken up by
repentance."
- Alan Redpath
"A revived Church is the only hope for a dying
world."
- Andrew Murray