Here’s the chief implication of the ascension—because Jesus went from here to there, he can now go from there to everywhere.
The apostles, through consecration and transformation, became a demonstrative manifestation of the presence of God to the world.
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.
PRAYER OF CONSECRATION Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you. Jesus, I belong to you. I lift up my heart to you. I set my mind on you.
The Christian challenge is determining what winning looks like in a game where the leader went through crucifixion to get to resurrection.
Humility is the full embrace of the fullness of what we are and the rising up into the fullness of that responsibility.
Celebrity happens when an image bearer of God is turned into an idol and worshipped in the place of God.
The war is already won, and we will finally win, but the battle still must be fought all the way to the end.
“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.”
A relationship with Jesus Christ is not a static state but a dynamic reality. It is ongoing and calls for interactivity.
So much happens in a worship gathering, so many good things, and yet we can completely miss the main thing.
Jesus of Nazareth, the risen and ascended Lord, is present to us by the power of Word and Spirit.
