Reading: Acts 1/9-11
Introduction
The Ascension of Jesus is the confirmation or approval of God the Father as to His mission - cf. Jn 16/28
I. The purpose of the coming of Jesus on earth
1) Responding to the need of man - John 3 / 16
2) Answer of Jesus to God's call - Heb. 10/5-10
II. The work of Jesus
1) Remove the sin and its consequences - 1Jn 3 / 4-8; Act.10/38
2) Pay the price of sin by dying on the Cross - Phil.2 / 8
III. The rise
1) Approval of the divine work of Jesus - Jn 19/30
2) Now we have an intercessor with the Father - 1Jn 2/1-2
Conclusion
"Why stand ye gazing up into heaven? "-
must now work, obeying the command of the Lord - Act.1 / 8, Mark 16/15.
"This same Jesus ... will come ..." Do you
among those who will be removed?
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