The document discusses faithful listening to God's word in order to cultivate a hunger for it, find God's plan, obey what is true, and celebrate life in Christ. It then summarizes passages from Acts 1 where Jesus appears to the apostles after resurrection and instructs them to remain in Jerusalem and await the Holy Spirit, and that they will receive power to be witnesses for Jesus in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the earth. The document connects this to Jesus' Great Commission in Matthew to make disciples of all nations.

2. Faithful Listening
We listen in order to:
1. Cultivate a hunger for God’s Word
2. Find God’s plan and purpose for our lives
3. Obey what we believe to be true
4. Celebrate our life in Christ with the church

3. The Work Continues
Acts 1:1-8

4. Acts 1
1 The first account I composed, Theophilus,
about all that Jesus began to do and teach,
[2] until the day when He was taken up to
heaven, after He had by the Holy Spirit
given orders to the apostles whom He had
chosen.
3 To these He also presented Himself alive
after His suffering, by many convincing
proofs, appearing to them over a period of
forty days and speaking of the things
concerning the kingdom of God.

5. Acts 1
4 Gathering them together, He commanded
them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for
what the Father had promised, “Which,” He
said, “you heard of from Me; [5] for John
baptized with water, but you will be
baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days
from now.”
6 So when they had come together, they were
asking Him, saying, “Lord, is it at this time
You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

6. Acts 1
7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know
times or epochs which the Father has fixed
by His own authority; [8] but you will
receive power when the Holy Spirit has
come upon you; and you shall be My
witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in
all Judea and Samaria, and even to
the remotest part of the earth.”

7. Acts 1
1 The first account I composed,
Theophilus, about all that Jesus began
to do and teach, [2] until the day when
He was taken up to heaven, after He
had by the Holy Spirit given orders to
the apostles whom He had chosen.

8. Acts 1
3 To these He also presented Himself
alive after His suffering, by many
convincing proofs, appearing to them
over a period of forty days and
speaking of the things concerning the
kingdom of God.

9. Acts 1
4 Gathering them together, He
commanded them not to leave
Jerusalem, but to wait for what the
Father had promised, “Which,” He said,
“you heard of from Me; [5] for John
baptized with water, but you will be
baptized with the Holy Spirit not many
days from now.”

10. Acts 1
6 So when they had come together, they
were asking Him, saying, “Lord, is it at
this time You are restoring the kingdom
to Israel?”

11. Acts 1
7 He said to them, “It is not for you to
know times or epochs which the Father
has fixed by His own authority; [8] but
you will receive power when the Holy
Spirit has come upon you; and you shall
be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and
in all Judea and Samaria, and even to
the remotest part of the earth.”

12. The Great Commission
Mat 28:19–20
“Go therefore and make
disciples of all the nations,
baptizing them in the
name of the Father and
the Son and the Holy
Spirit, teaching them to
observe all that I
commanded you; and lo, I
am with you always, even
to the end of the age.”
Acts 1:8
“you will receive power
when the Holy Spirit has
come upon you; and you
shall be My witnesses both
in Jerusalem, and in all
Judea and Samaria, and
even to the remotest part
of the earth.”

13. “you shall be My witnesses”
If you have been given the gift of the
Holy Spirit, you are a witness for Jesus.
Will you be an effective one?

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