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May 17, 2020

Encounters: The Ascension (Click here for Resources)

Passage: Acts 1:1-11

Speaker: Brian Land

Series: Encounters with Jesus

Category: Grace Brevard

Keywords: spirit, prophet, priest, ascension; god with us; god’s right hand; advocate

The Book of Acts is essentially Luke Part 2, showing us that Jesus came back from the dead in a glorified body and ascended to the Throne of Heaven where he is Perpetually our Prophet, Priest and King as he births and grows His Church through us his people by the indwelling Power of the Holy Spirit.

5.17.20 GBV Online Service from Grace Brevard on Vimeo.

Order of Worship

Prelude: Spiderman 2

Call To Worship: Hebrews 4:14-16 ESV

Reading: John 14:15-17 ESV

MUSIC: Before The Throne, Dwell, Christ Is Risen

The Lord's Prayer

Apostle's Creed

Central Text: Acts 1:1-11 ESV

MESSAGE: Encounters with Jesus: The Ascension 

ILLUSTRATIONS: 

BENEDICTION: Romans 15:13 ESV

ADDITIONAL SCRIPTURES:

  • Luke 1:1-4
  • Luke 24:39-42
  • Luke 24:50-53
  • Acts 7:55 (Stephen’s Execution)
  • Hebrews 4:14-16
  • John 14:18-20
  • Psalm 110:1, 4
  • Revelation 21:3-4

ILLUSTRATIONS:

QUOTES:

 

  •  "A missional church then is one that trains and encourages its people to be in mission as individuals and as a body.....the church must not be only attractional: it also must equip and send the laity into the world to minister....missional churches must equip laypeople both for evangelistic witness and for public life and vocation.  In Christendom, you could afford to train people solely in prayer, Bible study and evangelism -skills for their private lives- because they were not facing radically non-Christian values in their public lives. In missional church, all people need theological education to "think Christianly" about everything and to act with Christian distinctiveness.  They need to know which cultural practices reflect common grace and should be embraced, which are antithetical to the gospel and must be rejected and which practices can be adapted or revised." - Timothy Keller 

 

SERMONS / TALKS:

The Ascension of Jesus by Timothy Keller

How the Holy Spirit Influences Disciple Making by Jeff Vanderstelt