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*The Anticipation of the Spirit*
/Luke 24:50-53 & Acts 1:1-11/
*I.
ME*
A.
I have to admit something to you…I am a sucker for cliffhangers!
B.
I admit – I feed off cliffhangers because it incites within me an anticipation for what is going to happen next.
*II.
WE*
A.
I think we all need to admit it – we love the thrill of anticipation, don’t we?
B.
Oh, it may not be over movies or TV shows – call me carnal.
1. But what about Christmas as a child?
a.
Do you remember that feeling of anticipation?
b.
Hardly being able to go to sleep Christmas Eve knowing that first thing in the morning it was present time.
c.
And for those of us getting older in life, we relive that excitement as we watch our kids or grandchildren.
2. How about your wedding day?
a.
I was reminded of my personal feelings as I watched Marvin Verwys pace the floor wringing his hands.
b.
I remember that butterfly in your stomach feeling just as I walked out in front of all the people and looking at my bride.
C.
I think if we were to admit it, most of us love a good cliffhanger, because it incites within us that feeling of anticipation and excitement for what is going to happen next.
*III.
GOD*
A.
Did you know that this is exactly what we find at the end of Luke’s Gospel?
1. Luke 24 ends like a cliffhanger
2. It leaves us hanging and ought to incite within us that feeling of anticipation for what is going to happen next.
B.
Setting the Scene
1. Jesus was been raised from the dead, because sin and death could not hold Him.
2. And as we continue on through these weeks between Easter and Pentecost, we have been studying how Jesus slowly began to reveal Himself to others.
a.
Private Appearances beginning with Mary at the tomb and then the two disciples walking on the road to Emmaus.
b.
Last week, we saw Jesus making a Public Appearance to the disciples, saying “Peace be with you”.
- Emphasizes the new reality or new relationship based on the work of Christ.
- Christ is our Peace for He has restored our relationship with God by sacrificing Himself in our place.
3. PD said last week that because of this new relationship in Christ, the disciples were given a new assignment…
4. A reassignment to be more precise ….
To be His witnesses!
*(READ Luke 24:45-48)*
C.
Now – I don’t know about you, but I have been trying this week to put myself in their shoes.
D.
Allow me the opportunity to take you on the journey…
1. As committed followers of Jesus, we probably witnessed first hand the Triumphal Entry as mobs of people came to pay homage to their king by shouting, “Hosanna!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the king of Israel!”
a.
We most likely witnessed the amazing turn of events from shouts of jubilation to shouts of rage as they shouted for Barabbas and called for His crucifixion.
b.
We may have watched in horror as they stripped him of his clothes, beating him with rods.
c.
We may have seen his flesh torn and blood shed as they whipped him.
d.
We also may have heard the pounding of the hammer as they fastened his feet and hands with rusty spikes to a wooden cross to die the death of a vile criminal.
2. I imagine plunging into despair much like Cleopas and his friend heading to Emmaus when they said, “We had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel.”
3. BUT NOW – here He stands, bodily right in our midst, proclaiming our new relationship with God and giving us a new assignment as His witnesses.
4. I don’t know about you, but I would have been looking for the door.
5. He’s ALIVE – let’s get this mission started!
I’m ready!
Let’s get it on!
D.
*REVERSAL*: But I would have been wrong!
1. Notice Luke 24:49 – the word “but” could be rendered “so”.
2. Jesus said, “Stay in the city and WAIT”
3. Wait for what?
All Luke tells us is “to be clothed with power from on high”.
E.
Luke finishes his Gospel with these words in 24:50-53 *(READ)*
F.
Cliffhanger…Excitement…Anticipation!
1. After Jesus ascension, Luke leaves the disciples in the city waiting for this power to cloth them.
2. What a great set-up for a sequel…and you know what?
3. We have it!
It is called the book of Acts.
You cannot read Luke without continuing to read Acts, so turn to Acts 1
G.
Note Luke’s expansion of the promised power from on high *(Read Acts 1:1-5)*
1. Promised Holy Spirit is a GIFT (vs 4)
a.
God’s promise to send HS was not given out of compulsion or relunctance.
b.
Rather, God sent His Spirit as an expression of love and joy.
c.
God was not going to leave His people to accomplish this renewed mission by themselves.
d.
Reminds me of the Golden Calf Incident in Ex 32-34
1) After the people’s idolatry, God says in Ex 33:3…
/ Go up to the land flowing with milk and honey./
/ But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-/
/ Necked people and I might destroy you on the way./
2) Listen to Moses’ response (33:15)
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/ If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us /
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