Oakwood Community Church
The Unstoppable Savior - Acts 1:1-3
Locations & Times
Oakwood Community Church
11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA
Sunday 7:00 AM
“It seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught.” Luke 1:3-4
Luke’s Purpose: to give believers Confidence in the Gospel
“It seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught.” Luke 1:3-4
“It seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught.” Luke 1:3-4
Luke’s Purpose: to give believers Confidence in the Gospel
“It seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught.” Luke 1:3-4
“It seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught.” Luke 1:3-4
“In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach.” Acts 1:1
Why Jesus is Unstoppable:
• He is the Ultimate Prophet
• He is the Ultimate Priest
• He is the Ultimate King
• He is the Ultimate Prophet
• He is the Ultimate Priest
• He is the Ultimate King
1. Jesus was the Ultimate Prophet
“All that Jesus began to do and teach until the day he was taken up, after he had given commands… appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.” Acts 1:1-3
“All that Jesus began to do and teach until the day he was taken up, after he had given commands… appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.” Acts 1:1-3
1. Jesus was the Ultimate Prophet
He not only spoke the word of God, He was the Word of God
“All that Jesus began to do and teach until the day he was taken up, after he had given commands… appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.” Acts 1:1-3
He not only spoke the word of God, He was the Word of God
“All that Jesus began to do and teach until the day he was taken up, after he had given commands… appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.” Acts 1:1-3
1. Jesus was the Ultimate Prophet
He not only spoke the word of God, He was the Word of God.
“‘Everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.’ Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.”
Luke 24:44-45
He not only spoke the word of God, He was the Word of God.
“‘Everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.’ Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.”
Luke 24:44-45
2. Jesus was the Ultimate Priest
“He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs.”
Acts 1:3
“He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs.”
Acts 1:3
2. Jesus was the Ultimate Priest
He served as the perfect mediator and as the perfect sacrifice.
“He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself.” Hebrews 7:27
He served as the perfect mediator and as the perfect sacrifice.
“He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself.” Hebrews 7:27
2. Jesus was the Ultimate Priest
He served as the perfect mediator and as the perfect sacrifice.
“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”
2 Corinthians 5:21, NIV
He served as the perfect mediator and as the perfect sacrifice.
“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”
2 Corinthians 5:21, NIV
3. Jesus was the Ultimate King
“He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days…” Acts 1:3
“He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days…” Acts 1:3
3. Jesus was the Ultimate King
He conquered sin and death through His resurrection.
“For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.” Romans 5:19
He conquered sin and death through His resurrection.
“For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.” Romans 5:19
3. Jesus was the Ultimate King
He conquered sin and death through His resurrection.
“We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.”
Romans 6:9
He conquered sin and death through His resurrection.
“We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.”
Romans 6:9
3. Jesus was the Ultimate King
“All that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day he was taken up, after he had given commands…” Acts 1:1-2
“All that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day he was taken up, after he had given commands…” Acts 1:1-2
“Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last. But the word of God increased and multiplied.” Acts 12:23-24