Resurrection: Ascension (part 1)

A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church

I. ASSURANCE

A.       REAFFIRMING
Acts 1:3 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.
1.       PROOF (also I Cor 15:3-8)
2.       MESSAGE ON POINT (also Matthew 13)

B.       REMAINING
Acts 1:4b-5 And He ordered them not to leave Jerusalem, but keep waiting for the promise of the Father . . “For John immersed in water, but you will be immersed in the holy Spirit a few days from now.”
1.       PROMISE
2.       POWER (also John 14:16-18)

II. ANSWER

A.       RESTORING
Acts 1:6 So when they had come together, they asked, “Lord, is it time now for You to restore the kingdom to Israel?”
1.       LAST QUESTION
2.       WEIGHTY ISSUE (also Lk 22:20)

B.       REMINDING
Acts 1:7 He answered, “It isn’t for you to know times or seasons that the Father placed in His own authority.
1.       TIMING
2.       AUTHORITY OF THE FATHER

C.       RECEIVING
Acts 1:8 But you will receive authority when the holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
1.       AUTHORITY OF THE SPIRIT
2.       WITNESSES (also Isaiah 43:10)