Promised Restoration and Empowerment
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This sermon is the concluding sermon in the series 40 days and focuses on Jesus' Ascension. We consider 3 Promises which God makes in Act 1 during the Ascension passage.
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Promised Restoration and Empowerment
- 2. Upward Bound
- 3. Promises… Promises…Promises “We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land. The poor-house is vanishing from among us.” August 11, 1928
- 4. Promises… Promises…Promises “I have said this before, but I shall say it again and again and again: Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars.” October 30, 1940
- 5. “Read my lips… no new taxes!” 1988 Republican National Convention Promises… Promises…Promises
- 7. 3 Necessities for Absolutely Keeping Your Promises •Absolute Integrity.
- 8. 3 Necessities for Absolutely Keeping Your Promises •Absolute Integrity. •Absolute Knowledge.
- 9. 3 Necessities for Absolutely Keeping Your Promises •Absolute Integrity. •Absolute Knowledge. •Absolute Power.
- 11. Acts 1 6 So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
- 12. Acts 1 7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.
- 13. The Mount of Olives
- 14. Did the disciples ask this question knowing it was their last?
- 15. John 20:17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
- 17. Jeremiah 23 5 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
- 18. Jeremiah 23 6 In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel willdwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The LORD is our righteousness.’
- 19. Ezekiel 37 25 They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children’s children shall dwell there forever, and David my servant shall be their prince forever.
- 20. Ezekiel 37 26 I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore.
- 21. Ezekiel 37 27 My dwelling place shall be with them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 28 Then the nations will know that I am the Lord who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.”
- 22. Acts 1 7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.
- 23. Matthew 24:36 (NIV) “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.”
- 25. Empowerment “When you know yourself, you are empowered. When you accept yourself, you are invincible.”Tina Lifford
- 26. Acts 1:8 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.”
- 27. An Outline of the Book of Acts • Acts 1-7 describes the gospel in Jerusalem. • Acts 8-12 speak of the gospel in Judea and Samaria. • Acts 13-28 tells of the gospel going to the end of the earth.
- 28. Promise #3 A Promised Return
- 29. Acts 1 9 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.
- 30. Acts 1 10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes,
- 31. 11 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.”
- 32. “The ascension is not only a great FACT of the New Testament, but a greater FACTOR in the life of Christ and Christians, and no complete view of Jesus Christ is possible unless the ascension and its consequences are included” William Henry Griffith Thomas
- 33. Consequences of the Ascension Jesus disarmed the demonic powers He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him. (Col. 2:15)
- 34. Jesus raised us up with Him. 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 2) Consequences of the Ascension
- 35. Jesus makes us citizens of heaven. 20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself. (Phil. 3) Consequences of the Ascension
- 36. Jesus makes us rulers in heaven. 11If we have died with him, we will also live with him; 12aif we endure, we will also reign with him; (2 Tim. 2:11-12a) Consequences of the Ascension
Editor's Notes
- Today is day 40 in our 40 day journey through the post-resurrection appearances of Jesus.
- “We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land. The poor-house is vanishing from among us.” Herbert Hoover: August 11, 1928
- “I have said this before, but I shall say it again and again and again: Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars.” October 30, 1940
- “Read my lips… no new taxes!” George H.W. Bush: 1988 Republican National Convention
- 3 Necessities for Absolutely Keeping Your Promises Absolute Integrity.
- Absolute Integrity. Absolute Knowledge.
- Absolute Integrity. Absolute Knowledge. Absolute Power.
- Promise #1 A Promised Restoration
- Acts 1 6 So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
- 7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.
- Did the disciples ask this question knowing it was their last? 1. Clearly it is a weighty question. 2. There is no indication in the text that they are aware that Jesus is about to ascend into heaven.
- John 20:17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
- Was the Disciples’ Question Appropriate?
- Jeremiah 23 5 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
- 6 In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’
- Ezekiel 37 25 They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children’s children shall dwell there forever, and David my servant shall be their prince forever.
- 26 I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore.
- 27 My dwelling place shall be with them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 28 Then the nations will know that I am the Lord who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.”
- Look at Acts 1:7 again: 7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. This is not a word of rebuke… Jesus is simply stating a limitation that He already asserted in a previous sermon on this very same Mount of Olives.
- In Matthew 24:36 Jesus said: “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” There is no way of knowing whether the risen Jesus now knows this timing of His return, or whether this is something He will choose to know upon His Ascension. What is crystal clear was that this knowledge was not for the disciples now… or for us. Let’s look at a second promise of the Ascension.
- Promise #2 A Promised Empowerment
- Actress Tina Lifford “When you know yourself, you are empowered. When you accept yourself, you are invincible.”
- 8 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.” Important application. Notice the connection between empowerment by the Holy Spirit and our witness. The disciples were told to wait for the coming of the Holy Spirit. Their effectiveness in fulfilling the Great Commission hinged upon their receiving the Spirit’s power. We see this powerfully demonstrated in the remainder of the book of Acts.
- David Guzik makes a compelling observation. He notes that the Great Commission repeated in Acts 1 forms an Outline of the Book of Acts! Acts 1-7 describes the gospel in Jerusalem. Peter’s sermon at Pentecost is delivered in Jerusalem. Peter and John heal a Lame Beggar at the Beautiful Game of the Temple. Acts 8-12 speak of the gospel in Judea and Samaria. Acts 13-28 tells of the gospel going to the end of the earth.
- Promise #3 A Promised Return
- 9 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.
- 10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes,
- 11 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.”
- “The ascension is not only a great FACT of the New Testament, but a greater FACTOR in the life of Christ and Christians, and no complete view of Jesus Christ is possible unless the ascension and its consequences are included” 19th century Anglican cleric, Griffith Thomas.
- Jesus disarmed the demonic powers He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him. (Col. 2:15)
- Jesus raised us up with Him. 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 2)
- Jesus makes us citizens of heaven. 20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself. (Phil. 3)
- Jesus makes us rulers in heaven. 11If we have died with him, we will also live with him; 12aif we endure, we will also reign with him; (2 Tim. 2:11-12a)