Bulletins - Charity Baptist Church

10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)
To God Be The Glory
Blessed Be Your Name
Come Thou Fount
Lord I Need You
Acts 1:1–4 ESV
1 In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 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. 4 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;
#1 - Take Time to PONDER What You Experienced ()
Acts 1:6–11 NLT
6 So when the apostles were with Jesus, they kept asking him, “Lord, has the time come for you to free Israel and restore our kingdom?” 7 He replied, “The Father alone has the authority to set those dates and times, and they are not for you to know. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” 9 After saying this, he was taken up into a cloud while they were watching, and they could no longer see him. 10 As they strained to see him rising into heaven, two white-robed men suddenly stood among them. 11 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why are you standing here staring into heaven? Jesus has been taken from you into heaven, but someday he will return from heaven in the same way you saw him go!”
#2 - Do Not STRESS About What is Not Revealed or what is YET FUTURE in God’s Plan
Studying the Future in Biblical Texts is OK, and PROPER, and even here we see that v. 11 gives us a Theological Frame-Work for the Return of Jesus...
But, our TRUE FOCUS is something altogether different
The Great Plan of God for our Sojourn prior to the Kingdom of God being Established by the PRESENT Jesus Christ is found in Verse 8
The Holy Spirit INDWELLS BELIEVERS and EMPOWERS them to become VERBAL WITNESSES of JESUS

Acts 1:12–14 NLT
12 Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, a distance of half a mile. 13 When they arrived, they went to the upstairs room of the house where they were staying. Here are the names of those who were present: Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James (son of Alphaeus), Simon (the zealot), and Judas (son of James). 14 They all met together and were constantly united in prayer, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, several other women, and the brothers of Jesus.
#3 - Bathe the PROCESS of becoming a witness of Jesus in PERSONAL and CORPORATE PRAYER
- - Acts 1:1–4ESV
- - Acts 1:6–11ESV
- - Acts 1:12–14ESV

#1 - Take Time to PONDER What You Experienced ()

#2 - Do Not STRESS About What is Not Revealed or what is YET FUTURE in God’s Plan

The Holy Spirit INDWELLS BELIEVERS and EMPOWERS them to become VERBAL WITNESSES of JESUS

#3 - Bathe the PROCESS of becoming a witness of Jesus in PERSONAL and CORPORATE PRAYER

Acts 1:1–4ESV

Acts 1:6–11ESV

Acts 1:12–14ESV