Oakwood Community Church
The Unstoppable Promise - Acts 1:4-8
Locations & Times
Oakwood Community Church
11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
Clarity about Jesus provides Certainty about 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
Clarity about Jesus provides Certainty about the Gospel
• Jesus was the ultimate Prophet
• Jesus was the ultimate Priest
• Jesus is the ultimate King
• Jesus was the ultimate Prophet
• Jesus was the ultimate Priest
• Jesus is the ultimate King
“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.” Acts 1:8
The Promise Fulfilled
• Acts 1-7 – Jerusalem
• Acts 8-12 – Judea and Samaria
• Acts 13-28 – the end of the earth
• Acts 1-7 – Jerusalem
• Acts 8-12 – Judea and Samaria
• Acts 13-28 – the end of the earth
Three Unstoppable Kingdom Realities
1.God’s Plan
2.God’s Power
3.God’s Promise
1.God’s Plan
2.God’s Power
3.God’s Promise
1.The Plan – Transforming God’s people spiritually now, physically later
“They asked him, ‘Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?’” Acts 1:6
“They asked him, ‘Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?’” Acts 1:6
1.The Plan – Transforming God’s people spiritually now, physically later
“It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.” Acts 1:7
“It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.” Acts 1:7
Biblical prophecy has been compared to mountain climbing. As you approach a mountain, you can only see one peak in front of you...
But, when you reach the top of the first peak, only then can you see that there is another, higher peak, beyond it.
2. The Power – Immersing All of God’s People in the Holy Spirit
“He ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father… ‘You will be baptized with the Holy Spirit…’” Acts 1:4-5
“He ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father… ‘You will be baptized with the Holy Spirit…’” Acts 1:4-5
2. The Power – Immersing All of God’s People in the Holy Spirit
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses.” Acts 1:8
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses.” Acts 1:8
3. The Promise – Gathering worshipers from all nations through the testimony of believers
“You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8
“You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8
3. The Promise – Gathering worshipers from all nations through the testimony of believers
“After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb.” Revelation 7:9
“After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb.” Revelation 7:9
Confidence in these realities produces Boldness with the Gospel
“I am not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.” Romans 1:16
“I am not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.” Romans 1:16