Acts 1:1-11
What is this passage saying?
Luke is recounting briefly at the beginning of this book the events and purpose of the Gospel of Luke. He is reminding them of the ministry of Christ, His commands to the disciples, the proofs of Christ’s resurrection, and how the disciples are to wait in Jerusalem for the coming of The Holy Spirit. Before Jesus’ ascension to heaven, He tells them that when The Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will be His witnesses to the ends of the earth.
What is this passage teaching?
Imagine the scene that is unfolding here; the disciples have seen and been with their risen savior Jesus for 40 days. They can see the fulfillment of many things that Jesus had taught them, and Jesus is telling them to wait here for a little while longer. How frustrating is it when you feel like you have all the details to go ahead with a plan, a plan that you believe in, a plan that you cannot wait to put into action, and someone tells you to hold off. Jesus is telling them to wait for the Holy Spirit and when you receive His power you will GO & BE witnesses to all the nations.
How do I respond?
Listen and obey to what the Bible is teaching. Don’t be filled with just passion and enthusiasm, be filled and empowered by The Holy Spirit.
Acts 1:1-11
“In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 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. 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; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. 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.” 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. And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, 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.””
Acts 1:1-11 ESV
https://bible.com/bible/59/act.1.1-11.ESV
Luke is recounting briefly at the beginning of this book the events and purpose of the Gospel of Luke. He is reminding them of the ministry of Christ, His commands to the disciples, the proofs of Christ’s resurrection, and how the disciples are to wait in Jerusalem for the coming of The Holy Spirit. Before Jesus’ ascension to heaven, He tells them that when The Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will be His witnesses to the ends of the earth.
What is this passage teaching?
Imagine the scene that is unfolding here; the disciples have seen and been with their risen savior Jesus for 40 days. They can see the fulfillment of many things that Jesus had taught them, and Jesus is telling them to wait here for a little while longer. How frustrating is it when you feel like you have all the details to go ahead with a plan, a plan that you believe in, a plan that you cannot wait to put into action, and someone tells you to hold off. Jesus is telling them to wait for the Holy Spirit and when you receive His power you will GO & BE witnesses to all the nations.
How do I respond?
Listen and obey to what the Bible is teaching. Don’t be filled with just passion and enthusiasm, be filled and empowered by The Holy Spirit.
Acts 1:1-11
“In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 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. 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; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. 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.” 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. And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, 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.””
Acts 1:1-11 ESV
https://bible.com/bible/59/act.1.1-11.ESV