May 25: A Weekly Word - Ascension

 

This Sunday, May 29, is the Seventh Sunday of Easter

This week’s sermon will be: New Jerusalem

This week’s readings are:

Acts 1:12-26

Revelation 22:1-6 (7-11) 12-20

John 17:20-26

Psalm 133

Message: Ascension Day

The Church Year: Coming to the end of The Time of Christ

Ascension Day

-        40 days after the resurrection.

-        Acts 1

Key Themes

-        The Kingdom

o   Power

o   Grace

o   Glory

-        Power of the Holy Spirit

o   Creates faith

o   Gives life

o   Provides Words of Witness – Luke 21

-        Witness

o   Martyrdom – the state of the church

o   Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, the Ends of the Earth

o   Planned or Organic?

-        Christ Returns to His Throne

o   Revelation 4

-        Jesus’ Second Coming

o   Christians are apocalyptic

o   Living in a world that we know will end

o   Focuses us

Jesus Ascended for You

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