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Find Your Place in Christ’s Blueprint of His Church & His Mission
Please turn in your pew Bibles.
To Acts 29?
No chapter 29? Right… that is the story of our congregation, but if we are going to write it properly in your words and deeds, if our elders anddeaons going to lead us into an Acts 29… going to need the story of the founding of Christ NT church!
Exciting and encouraging to dig into your own roots - genealogical …also humbling see wild uncle,orpainful marriage; Excited to find coat ofarmsinhouse I gre up in - D’angermont - Huguenots !
Danger of haigoraphy like this falll - glory to …no glaring blindspots… early church too - our church too… But facts, life, witness to God’s master plan for us…
…; for most Canadaina stories of their beloved country… the body of Christ, DNA of church - descriptoion of fellow citizens of heaven while liiving on earth - … Gospels recount the person and work of Jesus as Saviour who came to save His peopoe from their sins; Acts = how the Holy Spirit came and savingly applied the message of the gospel to multitudes of people across the Roman world.
Theophilus, like Luke himself, not Jewish, but god-fearer - Gerntile attendee of the synagogue - one true God - … Luke clarifying and confirming what this one God had done in His Son Jesu Christ, who died,atoned, won vicotry oversin and death and hell, and rose again - with each appearance proof that the end of sin is coming, that te new creation dawning, that those who live in unioin wiht him by faith- they becomelike him a first fruits of the great harvest to come at end of the world!
So Jesus appeared to many over perdiod of 40 days to prepare them for The Rest of the Story - what is that?
Look at
- thru ministry of the apostles and the new born church - redemption accomplished vs. redemption applied!
Gospels tells us what the gospel is; Acts dramatic accounting of what the gospel does - ie. game tape… = the history of the work of the Holy Spirit in the Church!
And when we are confirmed in the teaching of the gospel like those in the early church,interesting 30% of this book is the vital teaching of what Jesus’s death and resurrrection mean, and when we embrace new teaching of the Kingdom of God and confess our dependence on the Holy Spirit - we too with that blueprint will find ourselves being built into a church that goes out with power in world mission and evengelism!
- thru ministry of the apostles and the new born church - redemption accomplished vs. redemption applied!
Gospels tells us what the gospel is; Acts dramatic accounting of what the gospel does - ie. game tape… = the history of the work of the Holy Spirit in the Church!
And when we are confirmed in the teaching of the gospel like those in the early church,interesting 30% of this book is the vital teaching of what Jesus’s death and resurrrection mean, and when we embrace new teaching of the Kingdom of God and confess our dependence on the Holy Spirit - we too with that blueprint will find ourselves being built into a church that goes out with power in world mission and evengelism!
Dear congregation, these ragtag gathering of common people like you and me, were so unsure of their identity, not sure where Christ had gone, confused about what Kingdom ofChrist iin world woud be and do.
But armedwith the teaching of X’sdeatha ndresurrection, empoweredby the Holy Spirit - led by those apostles whom Jesus said would continue His teaching to establish His church - find all the prinicples and strategies that church today needs to right a 29th Chapter of Acts.
Key Truth: When you are confirmed in the truth of Christ, depend on His ongoing power and work through His Spirit, you will are built into His Church on Mission!
Key Truth:
Consider first then how you and I must be 1.
Get confirmed in the heart of Christianity!
Imagine what this would have been like for Theophilus, not unlike you - heard stories but didn’t see with own eyes!
This is essential to see.
I have a brother, interested in organizedreligion,sees values, lofty ideas and especially community of church - must be soemthing there - But about Jesus unsure.
Aksing about the postiive benefits.
whether open to him Of course, but not ideas or values aeven ommunity that’s the core… Find that community is embodiement of a Person not ides or values, tthe ideasand vlaues stem from Living Person.
Luke’s gospel saying - what Jesus did is the core:death resurrectionbut that’s just thebeginnign of the story!
Proved Hisemlf alive, and what you seeinthemiraculous growth of the church, thewonder of apostlesministry- that is His onging work - that you must salso come to understandand believe!
That Jesus Risen, ascended - reigning - so that nations will know salvation,spiritual powers of darkness will be defeated!
But how do you get confirmed in that truth of what Jesus did and is doing right now?
2. Get Confirmed by Embracing Christ’s Gospel Teaching
If what Jesus did and does is primary, you must also see that the method to come to know andbelive to trust in the Living Person of Jesus is through his teaching.
Just like the gospel of Luke gave teaching who He is what it meas to believe on Him - Jesus through the Word revealing that, so too, inActs wesee apromise fulfilled about how people who didn’t see Jesus can come to know Him.
This is the fulfillment of a promise Jesus made to those apostles!
says Jesus is the one andonly original apostle:
Sentby Fatheron commission - nowJesussends12- makes themhis popwer of attorney while he will be leaving the earth.
He made a promise to them before leaving - Give you another Counsellor/Paraclete - one who goes beside …Listen to the promise -
These 40 days before Jesus ascension,mysteriously thereon several Lord’s Day appearances, but then absent fromthem.
Training for thattime when Ascends and is gone.
Different minsitry for Christ, and different minsitry for the apostles… During this time he gives commands through the Holy Spirit!
This is the mthod of our confirmation - very specialHoly Spirit givenwordsfor the new ongoing contiinuing work of jesus -given to these apostles…
This is
This is
The disicples werer econfused and clueless about howthis kinngdomwould come, what is the spiritual nature of it, timing - In asnesse Jesus is saying - don’t need to know the timetable needto know thenature and missionof the church.
And Ineed to ask whether you too, nowthat you have embraced gospel of what Jesus did and taught;now the oningn mission of Jeuss, the kingdom of God - will you be taught here fromActs for how you and I do churh and mission?
andwiththose words look what is supposed to happen to all of us:
Many Christians want to sipmly bleive in jesus as Saviour,take cheap grace, without embracing Him as Lord, and receiving the costly grace of being transformed- being changed to be a little Christ- Christian - engagesinthe ongiong work of Christ with His church His Kingdom!
As church so easy to become a club that doesour business the way of fallen man, the way of the kingdom of this world, and not God’s way, with God’s means!
Story unfolds in Acts - must learn howto do church God’s way.
How to serve, pray, preach, give God’s way! Used to think principles of leadership, service, of Christian living not preaching the gospel - but don’t you see how vital the place of Christ’s church is in the making and growing of bleivers in the grace of Christ!
Jesus fuflilled his promise to teach the apostles the message instructing them by the Holy Spirit in between resurrection and ascension!
Had no weapons to establish the gospel violently, only Word of God and the big surprise is that the common people sided with the them!
See the authority of the gospel teaching?
think all sorts of things will win unbeliever… Satan will throw everything to keep people from the message of salvation; enemy of God’s glory and men’s salvation; BUT what is the glory of God unto salvation?
What is our confidence, what was recovered by Reformers, simple confidence since...
Though men of no authority, apostles not intimidated.
Steadfast though weak and inexperienced … accomplish task of proclaiming though every obstacle thrown at them… Why not discouraged …why Reformers weren’t; we don’t have to be : our calling is not to triumph in this world - we must suffer after the example of Christ and his apostles for the sake of the good news… knowing our triumph awaits us in heaven…
Christ will maintain His church where His name is invoked and His gospel expounded!
- fulfills promise to send the Holy Spirit!- if not Satan would completely fill this world with His lies… no memory of God’s promises or His gospel!
interesting story of gravside request…little stil born baby - mark his place but no service, no blessing… asked me - even when no faith…inner seed that can’t end this way… more … - BUT god has left us His wrod....
Calvin invaluable treasure in this text = how the church is established by God, and how he maintains it by his power… excellence of the gospel … gospel will reign forever - at foot of cross - taught this and trained for endureance…
Before descended to save us, now ever extends his hand to help us = rose not a temporary event but to govern his church as it suffersin the midst of enemies= showing Jesus is still Saviour, Head, and Guide today!
Jesus continues to do = = continuous revealling of the fullness of the gospel of salvation, now through us!
not just his teaching, but familiar with His works as well as His words, - charge to snatch us from eternal death…learn to the teaching of the gospel confirmed by miracles…LUke’s gospel is that resmision of sins is in Jesus Christ, …brought to Creator and receive grace through Jesus … being made perfectly righteou makes us participants in his righteousness so that we will through him be Pleasing to God His Father.
Then follow in repentance!
= out of true spiritual poverty , yield ourselves to God,
And myaabe yo say that is just way to daunting, I can’t dothat- cheap grace, Jesus as Sagviour is just fine for me.
But that would be because you are the 2nd promise Jesus fulfills when He calls us to become part of His ongoing work in this world among the nations!
And myaabe yo say that is just way to daunting, I can’t dothat- cheap grace, Jesus as Sagviour is just fine for me.
But that would be because you are the 2nd promise Jesus fulfills when He calls us to become part of His ongoing work in this world among the nations!
3. Get Equipped by Participating in the Power and Purpose of the Holy Spirit
The church when Jesus was being crucified was scattered powerless and ineffective.
Jesus quoted a prophesy in this regard:
Remarkable that when we are notabiding in the personal presence of Jesus - can’t do our calling.
Scattereed justtaking care of ourselves, and love dies in us and fear rules!
But Jesus said, listen sofar I have been with you, Holy Spirit has been with you, but coming a day when Holy Spirit will no longer just be with you, But hHe willb e in you , and when you receive the Spirit like that, I aand my Father will make our dwelling, our tabernacle, our home on earth in your hearts!
Why Jesus promise is
That another is the word for not a different,but same kind of Paraklete that Iwas with you.
Paracletic minsitry - one of Christperosnally presentwith usencourageing us!
Seethis movement in the book of Acts.
120 saredunorganized, commoers, at the beginning of the book - but look how the book ends: Paul is in the Empire’s capital!
That is in the 30 years.
Just like the disicples strength and motivation came from being with Jesus in his earthly mihsitry.
So too now, our strerngth, and motivation will only come as through receive the Spirit and abiding in Him, keeping in Sstep , being filled with the Spirit .. Think of it these impoversished disciples, untrained, showed no sign of organizing a movement, marching on Parliament hill, no sign of bieng church planters and martyrs - that would as Acts later puts it: turn the world upsdie down - answer is the commuion they had with Jesus through the Spirit!
KEY if seems to be contradictedby powerlessness and lifelessness of much of what is called church today- not an arugment for non-existence aand powerlessness of the Spiriti - but of our need of reformation and revival by the Holy pirit and the vigorous proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ!Living presenceo f the Holy Spirit was the heart bear of the Apostolic Age, even if extraordinary gifts ceased with the closing of thecannon and cessation of revelation word gifts, Living presence of the Holy spiit must mark the progress of the gospel church until the Lord comes again - Counselor, Sender/Equipper!
Oh congregation, thank God for 30 odd years - in this town- ministry of Jesus through His Spirit in His church - buillt up - expanded- but will we be faithful in the next 30 - generation of this church - as what Jesus Does and Teaches cherished, expectedprayed…it is as we each in communion with Living Jesus Christ - time in comunioon n- equipped and motivated to act like Him, plan like Hism - stratgeize… see His kingdomcome His way among us...
Oh congregation, thank God for 30 odd years - in this town- ministry of Jesus through His Spirit in His church - buillt up - expanded- but will we be faithful in the next 30 - generation of this church - as what Jesus Does and Teaches cherished, expectedprayed…it is as we each in communion with Living Jesus Christ - time in comunioon n- equipped and motivated to act like Him, plan like Hism - stratgeize… see His kingdomcome His way among us...
And what might the impact of that be - in copperatiing with churches across Barrie, our land, our denominnation … listen to Tertullian in 204 AD
Tertullian:
Consider by 300 AD whole world empire won over … didn’t happen by mere providence, or accident of history… God’s disgin uses these Holy Spirit instructed appointed, and anointed means!
Wrongly relied, distoreted great damage to pepoole, church and individual soul - church rot within it - SO many blind spots - such necessity for book of Acts of r church today!
And that brings us to the final point in our text - to what end are we given gospel of Person of Christ, teaching, His spirit -?
4. Step Forward into the Witnessing Enterprise of Christ’s Church
a. Heart of Christianity = X, began to do and teach = Person work… only beginning…applied, significance, ie.
James asking about positive benefits… anything wrong coming for that - find out embodied presence of a PERSON not ideas...
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Two promises fulfilled at the heart of true church = Spirit as other Counsellor, disciples as witnesses = 40 days with apostles, = present alive = about kingdom of God = continuing work of Jesus as Saviour through his church by Spirit…no Christianity if no risen X...
continuing work of Jesus as Saviour through his church by Spirit…no Christianity if no risen X… Get with the program.
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