Acts Chapter 1: Be Jesus’s Witness by Ho King Swee dated 9.3.14

There are two parts to this sermon.

             1. What Jesus did before taken up to heaven ( 1:1-11)

        A)     He presented and proved Himself alive ( 1:1-3)

What did the Lord did for 40 days ?

-          Presented Himself alive and spoke of Kingdom of God to the people.
-          He appeared to more than 500 people after the resurrection.

 B)  He gave final commands ( 1:4-8 )

i)         Wait for promised Holy Spirit at Jerusalem

ii)        To be His witnesses both in Jerusalem and all of Judea, Samaria and to the end of the earth

Are we true witness ( martyr ) for Jesus ? 

C)      He was taken up into heaven ( 1:9-11)
The Lord was taken up to heaven in Mount Olive.  This is the place the Lord is going to descend again ( Zech 14:4,  Eze 11:23)

  
2.  What the disciples did before receiving the promised Holy Spirit? (1:12-26)

A) The disciples in one accord continued ( devoted themselves ) in prayer ( 1:12-24)
B) The disciples chose a replacement for Judas ( 1:15-26 )

Why did Peter quote Psalm 69 and 103?

In these Psalm Jesus was prophesied.

Why is there a need to replace Judas Iscariot to make up 12 Apostles?

In the throne room there were 12 seats for the 12 Apostles.  In Revelation 12, the new city have 12 gates.

How shall we represent Christ and be the true witness for Christ only?

The speaker share about John Stott how he had followed and lived according to God’s commands, and yet he said the one true important thing for Christians is to be like Christ.